Good morning, guys.
It's Syd, and welcome back.
So today we're doing another alone but not lonely video.
My last episode of this was episode eight, a month and a half ago, which means this is episode nine.
So we've made it really far you guys, almost to the double digits.
I love that you guys love these videos so much.
I remember thinking of this concept in a coffee shop to do a whole series of just being alone, romanticizing your life alone, because I always just talk about it anyways and I do so much alone.
So today I am alone, per usual.
I, guys, I have friends.
I do have friends.
We're gonna be hanging out today, so grab a little snack, have some tea.
I want this to be a little bit more of a chatty video, because you guys ask for that and I also really like watching just a cute relaxed chatty video.
Whoa, wait, you guys.
Today is January 1st, the first day of 2025.
Last night for New Year's, I did absolutely nothing.
My parents and I just watched a movie and then I went to bed, so...
New Year's is just stressful for really no reason.
Everyone always asks about your plans, what you're doing.
There's so much pressure to be at the best party, be doing the best things.
So I was like, this year I'm doing nothing.
Basically, I'm at my parents' house right now, if you couldn't tell.
They're actually all working today, so I'm on my own.
We are gonna be going to a coffee shop.
This coffee shop is really cute and quaint.
It's in St.
Paul.
I wanna bring one of my books to read.
Okay guys, so I drove to this cafe.
Oh, oops.
I don't really come down to this area very often, but I just wanted to find a nice little cafe to spend some of my morning at.
Wow, that car just went through a red light.
This sounds cheesy, but I wanted to romanticize my morning a little bit.
The vibe and ambiance of a place really is everything for me.
If I like the ambiance, I'll want to stay there all day with my book.
So I think I've been to this place once a really long time ago.
I don't really remember.
Also, I forgot it was New Year's today and it's a holiday.
So every other cafe is closed except for this one.
I brought my book to read.
This is the 101 essays that will change the way you think.
I've been wanting to read this for so long, and my friend actually got this for me for Christmas, which was so nice.
And I didn't even tell her that I had been wanting to read this.
She just told me that it was one of her favorite books and she got me like a highlighter and a little journal to mark pages and mark things that i find the most important.
So i'm really excited.
This is such a nice gift.
I've been dying to read this.
I've heard so many good things about this.
Everyone's staring at me yay, i love filming.
Guys, i'll get over it one day.
So i'm at this cafe.
It's called cafe astoria, by the way, if you're in minnesota, it's really cute.
I barely remember it because i went so long ago.
I'm really happy right now.
This is exactly what i wanted.
I got a prime spot.
Look, no one's at this table except for me.
First thing, i got a hot vanilla oat milk latte.
Coffee's good so far.
It's actually really good.
Wow.
I also don't usually get hot lattes, but when it's so cold out I cannot have a cold latte sometimes.
And then I got this banana muffin.
This is so amazing.
This is really good.
It's basically just banana bread.
I've been in my banana bread routine.
I've been making it so often.
This is so good.
If you ever come here, you need to get this.
It's like so moist.
I hate that word.
Ew.
I love that cafe.
I had the best time.
And my book is also really, really good.
When I was leaving, those girls saw me filming and they were like wait, do you wanna get our hot chocolate in?
Because it's really pretty.
So they let me film their drink, which was so nice.
I do think Minnesota nice is actually a real thing, especially after living in new york.
I see it now that i've moved away.
Those girls were so nice.
Anyways, i'm walking back to my car now.
I think i'm gonna run to ulta.
I want to get this face tanner that i need, and i've been really putting it off, but since i leave to utah tomorrow, i need to get it before i go.
So Thank you.
Okay, guys, so I just stopped in the store called Patina.
I didn't plan to do this, but I saw it was kind of close by.
I'm so glad I did.
I got some really unique, cool things that I'm going to show you guys.
I didn't plan on doing that, but I did want to stop.
So I'll show you guys that later when I get home, but I am going to go to Ulta still.
So I changed my mind.
I just got to Ulta, and before I go in, I cannot wait to show you guys what I got because...
I'm impatient.
I ended up getting two things.
First thing I got is this set of coasters.
They're beaded and they're all these different cocktails.
They sold four different ones, so I ended up getting all four because I wanted a full set.
I love these.
The second I saw these, my eyes gravitated towards them.
I cannot put into words how much I love these.
Look at the little olive and they were only five dollars each, which I thought was a really good deal, so I'm really excited.
I'm gonna put these in my apartment because I've been planning decorating my apartment right now I'm gonna do a whole like apartment transformation, but those will go really well with my room.
And then I got a little Piece of jewelry.
I could not not get jewelry in here.
I saw this little tennis bracelet.
So pretty.
And I think it'll be a really nice layering piece.
Anyways, that's what I got.
I'm gonna go to Ulta really quick.
Finally, like I've been talking about.
So let's go.
After looking at a few face tanners, I decided to get the Face Mist by Saint Tropez.
I've never tried it.
So I'll keep you guys updated how I like it.
Okay, I keep getting distracted.
I just got my stuff from Ulta.
The only thing I got was that face tanner actually.
Now I'm gonna stop and get my nails done.
I keep remembering things that I wanna do because they're really grown out.
So I just called and they said they had an appointment.
I'm gonna get a little, I think dip manicure.
I love my nails.
I was on Pinterest, which is what I always do before I get my nails done.
Usually I don't prepare in advance.
I just figure it out when I'm there.
And I loved this chrome neutral nude color.
I'm really happy.
It's good for the new year, I think.
Guys, this is such a full circle moment because my nail was broken and it was in a cast for a while.
So now they've grown back.
I'm healthy again.
I decided to stop at the grocery store because I wanna make salad tonight for my whole family, like a Caesar chicken salad.
I'm gonna get some fresh ingredients for that.
I just got back from the grocery store.
I got all this stuff for Caesar salad tonight.
I'm gonna be making myself and my family dinner.
It's kind of a big task, to be honest.
I can't stop looking at my nails, though.
I love them.
Look how pretty, especially with the bracelet that I got today.
Also, I'm using my phone flashlight.
You guys know I've been in my cooking era.
I hate saying era not saying that anymore.
I decided i've been cooking more ever since i moved apartments.
I have a full kitchen there and i've just been actually starting to kind of enjoy it which, if you've watched me for a while, you'd probably be shocked, because i've always talked about how i don't really like cooking.
I'm taking advantage of this motivation that i've been having.
One of my favorite things to make that i've made since i was younger is breaded chicken.
So easy you just take the chicken and dip it in some flour, eggs and panko.
So I'm gonna start the chicken since that's gonna go in the salad.
Dinner is served by me.
I made dinner for my whole entire family.
Alone but not lonely, but this time, family edition.
Is this corn? of forgot for a second that i'm flying tomorrow and i need to pack my stuff i've been in minnesota for like two weeks i think so i'm pretty settled in here and i did pack quite a bit if you watched my other vlog so i need to repack everything luckily it's not that bad to some of you this may be bad it's actually pretty doable so i'm just gonna go through i think kind of reorganize since i have my main suitcase and then i have my carry-on over here i want to divide things so i might just put all my shoes in the carry-on and then all my clothes in my suitcase and then i also need to clean this up this is a wreck from christmas so i'm gonna get started before it's too late Don't hate me.
Guys, I forgot to do an outro.
Again.
After I packed, I just went to bed.
But I just wanted to say thank you guys for watching.
And I'll see you in my next vlog.
Bye, guys.
