For the last day of the year yesterday, I treated myself to a special kind of mocha; I added Starbucks’ sugar cookie cold foam on top. And it was deliiiiiicious! 💖

It was a rainy day, but I got to enjoy the damp patio view from the comfort and warmth of my indoor table. I tinkered around on my laptop and also took some time to read. Watching people come and go with coffees in-hand caught my attention intermittently, as did a massive flock of seagulls accumulating in the distant field outside. 🌧️

I also realized, upon seeing my reflection in my laptop screen, that a few pieces of my bun on the back of my head were sticking straight up. Yeah, like pointed straight upward on the top of my head, waving to the world. SCORE!!!!!

And all that to say – it was the perfect way to close out the year! Why, you may ask? Because no matter how much I have spent my life trying to prevent the awkward and cringe moments that never fail to find me on a regular basis, I want to prove to myself that I can still rock the blunders. I like to think that my cringey quirks make me more endearing (albeit, to no one else but myself.)

Because trying to do things perfectly is but an illusion.

I’ll take that little epiphanic wisdom straight into 2026! 😉

💕 Black and Pink Floral Outfit! 💕

Cheers to 2026 ahead!! 🥂