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Pinterest is a GAME-CHANGER NOW! I get viral today!
*UPDATE: 23.1.*SOME RESULTS AND COMMENT BELOW I have been asked to "Dumb it down a bit" so I start with it...My original case below. For those who didn't use the Pinterest short method.Pinterest is one big image / SEO based e-shop/gallery.If you are selling on Etsy just go to Pinterest and register your Business account. If you connect this with your Etsy shop in the Etsy settings you can post any of your items with a single click. If your listing has fair Etsy/Google SEO this default Pinterest re-post is pretty decent and from this moment you will have an extra source of free traffic. Performance and your chance to go viral depends only on "SINGLE IMAGE" and product "ATRACTIVITY" so pick the BEST ONE. After this experience i will try to make custom Pinterest bait click image for every listing in max possible format 735px x 1102px @ 72DPI ORIGINAL POST: For a week (since I opened my Etsy shop my average daily impressions on Pinterest was... let's say expectably low. Today at 15:00 one listing changed everything! Got 50k +impressions in 6 hours and it is just starting! Zero ads running. The old pin (8+days) suddenly goes mad.- STATS PRINTSCREEN: https://prnt.sc/xh4pjd?fbclid=IwAR1GebMtFPYN5hGycLY0nR4C4QeQsWVimcfLc6unE2j5-bIX5b5kCCfI5E8 NEWBIE SETTING at my Pinterest Business acc. Only 2 main long-tail keywords used at the beginning of the Title and Description. First I!m trying to connect 2 main longtail keywords to not so robotic 2 sentences matching both Etsy and Google best practices on the edge of word robotic stacking :D and keep it shortest as possible for example: "White enamel Designer Mug with funny Fox quote. Gun lover Hunting accessories Dad gift." MY THEORY NOT A VALID INFO: Most important I think, If you are selling shirts for example and there is a shirt on this Pin USE THIS KEYWORD IN ONE OF THOSE 2 LONGTAIL KEYWORDS because there is no Etsy category here anymore and you will lose organic traffic of Pinterest image-based shoppers searching for shirts. Used as many as possible hashtags after the main description. I had some free characters left I'm using all of them. Item pinned only in my "ALL ITEMS" folder. The folder name doesn't contain keywords of the viral item. (Niche: Ufo, Area 51) The item is nothing special just another POD t-shirt (retail priced for 18 USD) with 10-12 hours of creating a motif. RESULTS SO FAR 12hours and MY NEWBIE THEORY: The case study looks like a butterfly effect started for more reasons, still very impressive considering that most of the US customers sleeping.
My Pin probably collected some basic data over the week ( Increased only by 3-5 views daily with very slow long-term prediction to grow but the growth was already slightly faster than other my Pins.)
The algorithm probably tested the relevancy of my Pin content related to user keywords (niche check). It is done automatically by users themselves and by sophisticated secret algorithms.
After this ....algorithm will probably check the Pin attractiveness (interest) from user behavior such as people who scrolled out my Pin and people who stare a bit or even click on my pin. How many clicks per view my pin has is probably the most influencing factor to be boosted for a viral. And I think...to maximize your chances you have to NARROW your audience as much as possible to have people who really looking for your type of item and raise your view click ratio. The real principle is unknown but this is the way how to provide popular and keyword-related content to users that Pinterest developers like. I think that if you want to skyrocket less is better in this case because there is a lot of trash and Pinterest wants happy customers.
Reward. After Pinterest compared my ratio with competition in the same niche I probably gain some good internal ranking and Pin was moved to a different tier and get an instant traffic boost. I have seen some crazy virals this one is a tiny fish in a big pool. Probably was mixed with better position into more random and keyword-related photostream search results. People started to Repin my Pin on niche related boards. Now my ranking is in real-time if more and more people will show interest more higher my post will be.Prognosis: My Pin will reach his own limits initial audience soon. Because all pins have a lifetime my Pin will stay in this tear of traffic until some more attractive push him lower or the trend will change etc.
Conspiration theory as a bonus :DPeople over the internet selling kind of Secret Pinterest hubs/boards lists of where people probably help each other with Pinterest repins etc. Because a good friend of mine from Prague is a senior IT developer in social media and I'm a good listener I'm sure that a billion corporation like Pinterest know that Being repinned to Niche related boards by people who really love this Niche (and Pinterest knows exactly what they like!)IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THANbeing repinned by people with business admin account with no relation to content they like and reposting.In fact, my friend says that they created a similar project and the problem is that soon all your social media wall will be full of trash content. and the solution was simple. Content incapable of getting popularity by REAL users and needs to be pushed by a marketer group is probably just a bad ad. This account was (he calls it "Pushed back I dunno how to translate). So his message is clear. Avoid ALL SELLING GROUP in social media with your official accounts..
CONVERSION IS A TRAGIC REQUIEM BUT... 🤦🏻♂️ Unfortunately, because I'm a social media newbie I didn't prepare my mockups and default POD Printfull item description properly for this case. Haven't linked color variations to photos, have no detailed photo of the design in the gallery. That's why I (8 hours after the viral started) made only 3 sales so far I think. From 50 000 views were 2400 really interested customers. but I failed in this part yet and the audience was merged into Etsy traffic and some Item favorites click. Any way it is my daily record since the shop was opened. I didn't expect any viral. I hope that Etsy has some algorithm to appraise this traffic and I get some boost in results :D I have learned one more important thing from this case. People picked a bit unexpected favorite. And my suggested favorites just sitting there with zero visits :D Good luck everyone! Pinterest is really hot now. Go for it and let me know.- Peter
I Read It So You Don't Have To: Life on the Ramona Coaster
Hey all! Long-time lurker, first-time poster inspired by quarantine to read Ramona Singer's 2015 memoir "Life on the Ramona Coaster." It was just as bonkers as I anticipated, so please enjoy the fruits of my experience: ------ Life on the Ramona Coaster is billed as "a candid, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the emotional, dynamic, and often entertaining life of Ramona Singer" that readers will find "alternately heart-wrenching and hilarious." As someone who frowned pensively at least once and also did that thing where you kind of laugh but mostly just exhale forcibly out your nose several times during the 57 minutes it took me to read this book cover-to-cover, I feel comfortable wholeheartedly endorsing this assessment. The cover of the 208-page memoir features a picture of everyone's favorite skincare-and-general-business maven casually lounging on her side, cheekily holding up a golden apple in a way that makes me realize that there is really no non-awkward way to hold an apple. And yes, I did actually go find this weird decorative golden apple I own for some reason and spend an embarrassing amount of time trying out different grasping angles. Ramona has settled for delicately holding the apple as if it were a wine glass with an invisible stem, which is suppose is probably just some kind of muscle memory for her at this point. What I find unforgivable, however, is the fact that Ramona's while silk blouse has gotten bunched up and caught in between her legs like a piece of errant toilet paper. Very elegant and expensive errant toilet paper, but toilet paper nonetheless. Given the New York housewives' sordid histories with ghostwriters, I wasn't sure whether or not I should expect Ramona's authentic voice to come through the page. But by literally one sentence into the introduction (ominously titled, "A Work in Progress…"), my worries were completely assuaged. In just over four pages, Ramona introduces us to RHONY, (an "equally successful" spinoff to RHOC that she describes as "a truly humbling experience"), to her "successful seven-figure business," and to her dark history of family dysfunction. Luckily, Ramona keeps the mood from becoming too somber by making sure that references to her abusive father are couched inside allusions to hip NYC eateries, her many close friends, and her own accolades. Case in point: "Over lunch at Fig and Olive, a chic Mediterranean restaurant on the Upper East Side, I told my close friend, Joni, and in turn the 1.75 million viewers who tuned in to watch that episode, what it was like to grow up in a fractured household." Ramona ends the introduction with a really wild paragraph that is more like a bunch of inspirational Pinterest sayings smashed together end-to-end: "We all go through ups and downs in life. I've been through a lot. I have earned everything I have and I take nothing for granted. Nothing can hold you back if you don't want it to. When you wake up in the morning, you have a choice; you can either control your fate and work towards renewing certain aspects of your life or you can hide under the covers and complain about your misfortunes." Part of me is tempted to adopt this passage as a sort of daily mantra to myself, but the other part of me is imagining the face my therapist will make if I tell her I'm getting my self-help advice from Ramona Singer's 2015 memoir. The first two chapters of the book detail Ramona's early life, as well as her relationship with her parents. And honestly, there's not much to snark on here. True to form, Ramona does a charming job of peppering her painful recollections with brand names ("I stood in front of the Viking free-range."; "I set the table with my antique gold Minton china."; "Mario zipped up my gold Michael Kors dress."). And there are some excerpts that read a bit more like dialogue from an exceptionally shoddy Lifetime movie. For example, in one passage, Ramona's mother entreats her, "Ramona, I pray to God every night that you go to college. I pray that you get an education, so you can have a career and never have to depend on a man. I pray you [sic] that you will be able to support yourself so you can marry for love, not for money or stability. I pray for you to become a strong independent woman, so you will never feel trapped like me." To which our heroine blithely replies, "Okay Mom. I promise. I will go to college and make money and have my own career." Just the kind of absolutely normal response a human being would give and definitely not the phrasing of the beta version of a Stepford Wife animatronic. There is also a passage where Ramona describes how she apparently cured her mother's cancer with coenzymes and shark cartilage?? Chapter Three, "Fashion Forward," follows Ramona's career from her start in fashion merchandising through the beginnings of RHONY, and it goes more or less exactly how I thought it would. She tells us that she got into FIT ("a very exclusive honors program”) simply by going to see the dean and "convincing him to admit [her]". Which could have been either a very gross casting couch situation or simply Ramona shrieking at a confused man in a grating voice until he agreed to give her what she wanted. Based on the fact that she goes on to tell us that she was good at sales because "I was very aggressive," I'm going to assume the latter. Ramona regales us with business advice ("Rule #1: Always start high.") and shares some emotional insights (of an ex-fiancé, she reflects that "he was successful, funny, handsome, and smart, but he was emotionally distant -- like my father."). After losing her job, dumping the fiancé, and moving in with a roommate ("that I couldn't stand"), a 29-year-old Ramona Singer decides to spend her last $5000 on "the most magnificent Golden Isle fox fur coat I had ever seen" because it "complemented my long blonde hair perfectly." Don't worry, though. This is definitely not frivolous or impractical but actually a "deliberate decision" to "make an investment in myself." And then Mario calls her the very next day and they start dating, so I'm not really sure what the moral of that story was supposed to be, but we'll just keep trucking along. We jump to the summer of 2007, with everyone's favorite "prominent plastic surgeon and expert on natural anti-aging procedures," Dr. Sharon Giese (stay tuned -- there is a literal infomercial for Dr. Giese in a few chapters). Dr. Giese connects Ramona with the RHONY producers, who come and film some scenes with her and Avery out shopping. Avery (reminder, a literal twelve-year-old at this point) gets self-conscious that people are staring them, to which Ramona literally rolls her eyes, reflecting that "it's easy for me to block out the cameras, probably because growing up I had to block out all the noise in my family. I shut the cameras out, just like I shut out my father's yelling." I cannot help but picture Ramona as this horse. Ramona tells us that producers had also seen her at a party "hosted by my friend Pamela Morgan, who owns a culinary business called Flirting with Flavors" (which is explicitly name-dropped in an almost identical sentence in literally the very same chapter). She was just being her "usual animated, outgoing, gregarious self, bopping around and asking questions," leading intrigued producers to try to track her down. This is also where we find the first bit of not-at-all-subtle shade against Jill Zarin -- "Apparently, they tried to track me down, but they couldn’t find me -- even though Jill Zarin, who was also at the party, could have told them how to contact me." Ramona refuses to sign the show's contract until the producers agree to FedEx her the demo tape, which she decides is "totally adorable" and agrees to do the show. But our ever-pragmatic Ramona has second thoughts: "I don’t need to be famous. I'm already popular with my friends. I already have a successful business…I already have a full life." Also, as she tells producers, "I don't really do all those big charity events anymore…That's not where I'm at anymore." Ramona is mature and sophisticated, so she "prefers to do dinner parties for fifteen, thirty people tops." The producers agree to accommodate her, and Ramona ultimately goes through with filming the show "as a way to showcase Mario's True Faith Jewelry website." Sure, Jan. The show also gives Ramona a convenient platform to share her skincare line, which she casually mentions "made my skin look fifteen years younger." But actually, she "mostly did it to show Avery how to take a business from beginning to end." Chapter 4 opens with a less-than-flattering picture of Ramona after what I can only assume is four glasses of Pinot and a Xanax, as well as an anecdote about the first time Ramona met Alex McCord and Simon Van Kempen ("at Townhouse, David Burke's innovate restaurant on the Upper East Side"). You can read this one for yourselves:
Mario and I walk over to the bar and say hello. Jill, who prides herself on connecting people, introduces us to the couple. "Ramona," she says, "I'd like you to meet Alex McCord -- who will be filming the show with us -- and her lovely husband, Simon." I am taken aback. This is Alex and Simon. The same Alex and Simon with whom I will be spending the next few months filming. Now that I'm seeing them in person, I suspect the reason Bravo wanted us to meet after we started filming was so that they could capture my initial reaction to them on camera. Too late. "Nice to meet you," I say cordially to Alex as I kiss her on the cheek. Alex opens her mouth to speak and I hear a grating, Australian accent. Although I may have had one too many cocktails, I know that voice doesn't belong to Alex. Suddenly, Simon is standing up and talking to me. He drones on, and on, and on. I'm not even listening to the words coming out of his mouth. I cannot believe that he won't let his wife get a single word it. I interject enthusiastically, "So, Alex, are you excited about filming the show?" She opens her mouth to respond, but Simon speaks over her and answers the question himself. Alex doesn’t seem bothered by his interruption. Quite the opposite. To me, she seems like a puppet sitting on her ventriloquist's lap, content to simply sit in the background, smile, and nod her head in agreement. She says nothing. My head is spinning…and it's not from too many cocktails. I'm annoyed by their seemingly codependent dynamic and I don't even understand why. I try to tell myself to stop judging people I don't even know. How can you jump to conclusions about Alex based on this one encounter? I ask myself. But I can't help it. It bothers me when I perceive a woman is married to a man who doesn't let her talk and directs her every move. Suddenly, I see the connection. Their relationship reminds me of my parents' awful marriage, a one-sided partnership where the woman is completely dependent on the man. The way Alex and Simon interact with one another has hit a huge nerve. Right or wrong, it's personal for me and I'm completely turned off. I do not like them. "Mario," I say hastily, "we have to go." On the way home, Mario and I discuss the encounter. "That was awkward," I say, working myself up into a frenzy. "I can't believe that Bravo would cast that woman. She has no personality. She's completely nondescript. She's boring." Mario tries to calm me down. "Maybe it was just awkward because you ladies weren't supposed to meet yet." "I don't care if we weren't supposed to meet yet," I snap. "It doesn’t change the fact that she doesn't appear to be a strong, independent housewife like the rest of us." I pause, roll my eyes, and inhale deeply. "This is going to be a long season."
Ramona continues the chapter by once again name dropping "my friend Pamela Morgan of Flirting with Flavors" and telling us about how her newfound celebrity has changed her life, mostly thorough fairly conspicuous humble-brags ("That season I was nominated for Bravos' A-list Drama Queen, which was awarded to the most popular and entertaining female in a reality television series, and I remember one of the producers saying to me, 'Ramona, you're the star of the season.' I just thought, what are you talking about? What does that even mean?"). She describes the Season 2 Reunion as "very abusive" and cryptically says, about Jill yelling at her, that "at that point, I didn't really have the verbal tactics." Apparently, if she could do it again, she would respond by saying "Stop. You're hurting my feelings. What you're saying and how you're treating me isn't right." Which is not a bad thing to say necessarily but also feels like dialogue from an elementary school say-no-to-drugs skit. Ever our introspective queen, Ramona goes on to explain why she had such a strong reaction to meeting Alex and Simon. I'll give you one guess, and if it's not "my abusive childhood," your guess doesn't count. Yup, it turns out that in addition to her Berkshires trauma, Ramona has trauma for anything related to Brooklyn! As in, she literally says, "Now I can see that a big part of why I reacted so negatively to them was in part because they were from Brooklyn. It had a bad connotation for me." Because apparently once Ramona and her mother stayed with a family member in Brooklyn so they could get away from her father? We continue our journey into RHONY Season 3, where Ramona wastes no time in telling us that "Jill is the type of person that if you have something she doesn't have, instead of wishing you well she feels slighted that she's not a part of it." Which is…not wrong. Of course, our wise and empathetic maven understands that "That's just her personality. Although it's often riled me up over the years, I've learned to accept her for who she is." This restraint lasts for exactly one chapter, after which Ramona drops this passage:
For the record: I do not have a drinking problem nor have I ever struggled with addiction of any kind. I am an adult, I work hard and play hard, but I know my limits and I am never out of control. You rarely see Jill drinking on the show and I've heard that the reason for this is that she has had problems with substance abuse in the past. I have always respected her privacy, so for her to publicly accuse of [sic] me of having a drinking problem, which is not true, was very upsetting to me.
Side note, out of the three longer quotes I've transcribed so far, this is the second one to just have a random extra word in the middle of a sentence? Ramona, if you're reading this? Please let me proofread your next book. I won't charge and I will also teach you where commas are supposed to go. We get Ramona's memories of Jill and Bethenny's final fight, which it turns out was obviously mostly LuAnn's fault, of course. "I don't think LuAnn was a positive presence that day…I really feel that she inserted herself into the situation and prevented them from finishing their conversation…I think it's hard for LuAnn to make friends. It's a common mistake we women make; we get possessive and territorial. But women should not feel threatened by other women's friendship. Friends are meant to be shared. There really is enough love to go around." Ramona is truly teetering on the edge of Sister Wives territory -- love should be multiplied, not divided. And of course, like any self-empowered mogul who supports other women, Ramona goes on to call Bethenny a "scrappy, self-made street urchin." Just like Oliver Twist! Manhattan apartment, Fire Island weekends, and everything! Ramona then hilariously gives her perspective on the Bethenny/Kelly feud: "There was a lot of resentment there because they had met a number of times, but Kelly would always act like she didn’t remember. And probably Kelly didn’t remember because she couldn't have cared less about Bethenny." Honestly, Ramona correctly using 'couldn't have cared less' might be the most impressive part of this book. We then get a recap of the Scary Island saga, which I think enough people have dug into elsewhere. So suffice it to say, Ramona "[thinks] Kelly has a hard time conversing in intimate situation, especially when the subject of emotions comes up. The way I see it, if you have no feelings and you cannot talk about them or be in touch with them, then you might as well be a robot." In contrast, our girl is "a very emotional person. I'm Ramotional." Although it's light on the behind-the-scenes gossip, Chapter 5 ("Look Good, Feel Better, Act Your Best") may have been my favorite chunk of the book. We enter on Ramona nervously prepping for an HSN appearance, where she takes "a sip of sparkling water and a handful of unsalted almonds" to calm her nerves. Ah, yes, unsalted almonds -- my favorite comfort food. Ramona explains why television appearances are so difficult for her in a hilariously self-aware line: "I don't have a problem finding things to say, but I do have a hard time taking direction." We flash back to the genesis of True Faith Jewelry, and Ramona tells the story in the most Ramona way possible: "I researched the latest selling trends in retail and worked with a factory that had on-staff designers to create beautiful pieces inspired by the art deco estate jewelry that I love. Because I had the ambition and courage to pick up the phone and cold call the Vice President of Jewelry Merchandising at HSN, soon I was selling my own jewelry line on live television and through the Internet." I can only hope to develop that kind of bravery and inner strength some day! The next business venture we follow is none other than Ramona Pinot Grigio. "Like Popeye with spinach," Ramona tells us, "I enjoy a glass of wine at night or with dinner." We hear that everyone had been begging Ramona to start her own wine business for years, but our girl has strongly held principles that she just couldn’t compromise! And those principles are that Pinot Grigio "should be from Italy." But sometimes, you just have to give the people what they want. "I couldn’t get away from it. Ramona and Pinot Grigio just go together." One of the funniest things about this book to me is the random little bits of business savvy that Ramona sneaks in (or rather, clunkily forces in). Case in point: "When you go into a liquor store, particularly the larger ones in the suburbs, they stack the cartons and it becomes a display, so you can't just package your wine in plain cardboard boxes. I love the way Moët & Chandon is all yellow-gold with black, so my cartons are inspired by Moët." Because this book is…loosely structured, we start to flip back to Season 4 of RHONY. Did we know that Ramona was the one who brought Cindy Barshop onto the show? I'm not sure how many points should be deducted for that, but I will give Ramona +100 for non-ironically using the word "Jillousy" to describe Jill's behavior during the season. Ramona gets named 2011's "Mogul of the Year" at the Stevie Awards, but tells us that she was running herself ragged behind the scenes. "I remember carrying around five different plastic folders, in different colors, one for each business to keep everything straight." I like this detail because it makes me think of Ramona as an elementary schooler who has a blue folder for Math and a yellow folder for Language Arts. And also because Ramona has apparently never heard of expandable organizers. The final straw apparently comes when the HSN jewelry line gets sold at a much higher price point than Ramona originally planned: "Even I wouldn't pay a thousand dollars for my own jewelry and I'm in the top 1% of wealth!" She tells us that she's taken a step back from many of her businesses and doesn’t travel as much anymore, because family is truly what matters. Family, and "AOA Bar and Grill, a 6,000 square-foot, 190-seat restaurant in Tribeca." It's "a lively sports bar that is conducive to meeting and talking. It's a fun, relaxed place where you can hang out with friends, meet people, and network. I personally feel when you go to a restaurant it's more fun in the bar area. Who wants to sit at a table alone in the corner?" I personally feel this book just took a commercial break. We come back to a scene that seems to have been lifted straight out of a Gossip Girl book (and one of the later, shittier ones, at that), in which Ramona goes to the salon to get her iconic haircut. Roll scene:
I walk past the exposed brick walls and sit in Oscar's swivel chair. I first met Oscar Blandi in 2007. Harper's Bazaar was doing a spread on The Real Housewives of New York City and Oscar was the head hairstylist. I was impressed by how he was able to handle us boisterous and demanding ladies on that long shoot and he has been cutting, coloring, and styling my hair ever since. I figured if he can take on all the Housewives together, he can certainly handle me on my own. I take a sip of Pellegrino and start talking. "I feel like doing something different today. I want a new look. What do you suggest?" He looks stunned. "Really? What's going on?” He runs his fingers through my long blonde hair, "I know how much you love your long locks." "I just feel like it's time for a new look. I'm going through a process of renewal in different aspects of my life. I'm renewing my relationship with my husband, my daughter and my girlfriends. Why not renew my appearance, too? I want to make sure my inner self matches my outer appearance." He smiles devilishly, "Well, how short are you willing to go?" I laugh. His question reminds me of being on an awkward high school date, where the guy asks if you're willing to go to third base. I look around the salon and spot a stunning picture of the vivacious and lovable Kelly Ripa on the cover of a magazine. I turn to look at myself in the mirror and place one hand on top of each shoulder. "Right to here," I say. "Ramona, are you sure?" he asks. I nod my head. He continues, "Okay. We won't make it so drastic. I will keep the front of your hair the same -- long layers and the bands -- and just cut and layer the back. I promise I will make it short, sexy and sassy." "Cut away," I insist. When the steels [sic] scissors hit my long locks, I start to freak out. I have had long hair since I was sixteen years old. I wonder if I have just made a huge mistake. Maybe I shouldn't have been so bold. I try to calm down. I close my eyes and put complete faith in Oscar. I trust him. I tell myself that I can handle this. After all, it's just hair. It will grow back…eventually. "All finished," Oscar says happily. I stare into the illuminated mirror. My eyes open wide. I barely recognize the woman looking back at me. I feel like a new person inside and out. The woman getting her hair done a few stations over says, "Wow, I love your hair. You look so much younger. You look fabulous." "I'll take it," I say, "who doesn’t want to look younger?" I run my hands through my soft, short, sassy hair. I actually feel lighter. I feel free. As I open the salon door and walk out onto Madison Avenue, I want to scream, hey everybody, look at me. This is the new Ramona.
Another important part of 'the new Ramona' is apparently physical fitness. We know this in part thanks to this photo spread, succinctly captioned "My fit body." She goes on to give us her musings on Botox, plastic surgery, and -- of course -- Dr. Sharon Giese. I'm really starting to feel like Ramona wrote this book in a single, stream-of-consciousness sitting and the publishers just immediately starting printing. For example, when discussing IPL facials: "You're in and out in an hour. Youre [sic] face will be red and sometimes your skin will crust over." We also learn that Ramona tried to hide her boob job by telling everyone that she had "been doing push ups." Apparently, Ramona and I were both heavily affected by Are You There God, It's Me Margaret as preteens. And the chapter closes with an extended infomercial for Dr. Sharon Giese. Just one excerpt:
My good friend, Dr. Sharon Giese, offers a treatment in her office called VASER Shape, which eliminates unwanted fat cells and reduces the appearance of cellulite through the use of ultrasound and massage therapy. Studies on these treatments have shown deep tissue massage can break down fibrous bands of fat, aiding circulation and resulting in an improvement on how the skin appears. I have tried this non-surgical, painless procedure and had excellent results.
Sign me up! Chapter 6 follows Ramona's "life-changing" volunteer trip to Africa in 2010. It is exactly as tone-deaf and white-savior-y as you'd expect. However, what I was wholly unprepared for were the descriptions of animal genitalia. You heard me. Animal genitalia.
…we encountered a parade of enormous elephants crossing the road ahead of us. We had to pull over and wait for them to pass through. Seeing these enormous creatures in person I finally understood the phase "hung like an elephant" -- it truly looks like a fifth appendage.
Almost as remarkable as the lions, we saw monkeys with large round testicles of the brightest blue you can possibly imagine, which gave new meaning to the term "blue balls."
On the first day of the trip, Ramona apparently shows up late for the introductory meeting because she never got her scheduled wake-up call. Rather than just sneaking in quietly and making apologies, Ramona goes to the concierge and makes him write her an excuse note, like she was late for school because of a doctor's appointment. Also, in peak Ramona fashion, she decides "to host a cocktail party in the camp's wine cellar on our last night there" and has the staff "deliver handwritten letters to each of the women, inviting them to join me that evening." Soon after Ramona returns from her trip, the group films the RHONY Season 3 reunion, giving her a chance to show off her well-honed conflict resolution skills:
I even did my best to diffuse the tension between Bethenny and Kelly. At one point I got upset because I felt like Kelly wouldn’t stop ranting about Bethenny's PR people attacking her on Page 6, which I don't believe is true. I didn't want to say, "Shut up, Kelly," so instead I stood up and said, "Oh, I'm so hot," and started walking around, flipping the skirt of my dress. They all thought I as [sic] was having a hot flash, but I was actually just trying to interrupt Kelly.
We've gone a full two pages without some sort of thinly veiled humble-brag, but are quickly satiated:
After that Reunion, I remember one of the producers asking me how I would feel about filming with Jill for Season 5. I told her, "Somehow I'll make it work. I don't know how, but I always make it work. I'll figure it out." I remember her saying to me, "Ramona, that's what we like about you, you're a team player."
Which takes us up to Season 5 and the introduction of Heather ("a phony and a fake"), Carole ("a wonderful free spirit" who has encouraged Ramona to "become more edgy") and Aviva ("a snake full of venom"). We also get Ramona's input on Sonja's mythical toaster oven line:
Heather wanted Sonja to put the muscular torso of a man on the box and I thought, who wants to buy a toaster oven from a half-naked man? If I'm a housewife or a grandmother, I'm going to buy a toaster oven because Sonja Morgan is on the box, not some random naked guy. I loved Sonja's idea to have herself, looking glamorous and beautiful, on the box, but I think she didn't speak up because Heather can be very intimidating.
Ramona does her best to remain coy about LuAnn's infamous pirate encounter ("All I know is, LuAnn loves men and men love LuAnn, so I can only begin to imagine what really happened.") and gives us her impressions of Aviva's leg throw ("You almost felt like she had cut her leg off because her prosthetic is so realistic looking.") before moving along to her and Mario's ill-fated vow renewal. After meticulously cataloguing the luxury goods in her vicinity ("my gorgeous Kimberly Towers wedding dress"; "I am wearing six-inch platform, silver metallic Casadei heels"; "her Badgley Mischka sequined heels"), Ramona recalls being momentarily taken aback "when a vision of my younger self appears in the mirror by my side. For a split second, I think I am hallucinating, but then I realize Avery is standing beside me." God bless Ramona and her identical twin daughter. The final chapters of the book follow the decline of Ramona and Mario's marriage, ultimately culminating in their divorce. And while she'll never win a Pulitzer Prize, it's honestly hard not to feel bad for Ramona when reading this part (like when she confronts Mario about talking to another woman and he responds, "Yes, I was. Do you want to know what else I do with her besides talk?" YIKES). Instead, I'd like to focus on the real scandal that was inadvertently revealed. Take a look at this excerpt:
I remember the three of us sitting down in our finished basement, where we have this long L-shaped couch. Avery and I were sitting next to one another on one end of the couch and Mario was way over on the far end.
Anything jump out at you?
I remember the three of us sitting down in our finished basement
Anything?
our finished basement
Lower level who? Case closed. There is also this bananas scene where Ramona admits to literally gaslighting her now-adult daughter about her marital issues:
The most convincing lies are steeped in truth, so I very delicately spun a web using threads of what she had heard and what I knew she wanted to believe. "Avery, you misunderstood what we were saying. There is a woman who is stalking your father. She wants our money. She's the one who published the fake article in the press. When I said, 'Go fuck her,' I didn't mean physically. I meant, 'Screw her. Who cares what she does? She can't hurt us.'" I looked into my daughters eyes and what I saw there in that moment was pure relief. Avery is not a naïve person. She is a very intelligent and savvy young woman who can smell bullshit from a mile away. She believed my lie because for most of her life, we were the perfect family.
She also includes an incredibly personal six-page letter that Avery apparently wrote to Mario in the wake of his affair. It includes lines like, "No sane husband would ever bring his mistress into his family home," that make me more than a little suspicious that it may have actually been Avery's identical twin/mother who wrote this. Or maybe I'm just hoping that's the case, because otherwise this feels like a super egregious breach of privacy. Continuing to inappropriately enmesh her daughter in her love life, Ramona says "Avery helped me put up a post on Twitter announcing that I was moving on with my life without Mario." I'm not sure exactly how much technical assistance could possibly be involved in posting a tweet, but thankfully, Avery was there to provide backup. I find it really charming throughout this chapter how obvious it is that Ramona has spent a lot of time googling "why do men cheat" and reading the WebMD page for "Midlife Crisis." A few examples:
Most men define themselves by success. Even if the man isn't the dominant one in the marriage, I think it must be emasculating if the wife's multiple businesses are successful while the husband's business is falling apart.
Looking back, I think he was in the middle of a midlife crisis. It can happen to anyone, male or female, and it is often triggered by such factors as a child leaving home or a struggling or failing business. These potentially traumatic life events can result in an overall sense of dissatisfaction within oneself, which can last for two to six years.
I believe that when a spouse strays outside a marriage of many years, more often than not, it's not usually about the partner. I think it comes from a place of deep unhappiness and instead of communicating with their partner, the spouse goes looking outside the marriage for something to make him or her feel whole again.
I've read that when one partner has an indiscretion and betrays the other partner -- because sometimes it’s the man and sometimes it's the woman -- it takes a good two years to repair the damage.
And just like that, we come to the final page of Life on the Ramona Coaster, which of course gets explicitly name-dropped -- "Life is a roller coaster, or in my case it's a Ramonacoaster." In her final lines, Ramona leaves us with a bit of parting wisdom -- "Sometimes it's thrilling, sometimes it's terrifying, but you just have to raise your hands in the air, throw your head back, and enjoy the ride. The very last page of my copy of Life on the Ramona Coaster contains the "About the Author" section, so I'll end this synopsis with an excerpt from Ramona's undoubtedly self-penned description:
In addition to her role as the spunky, unfiltered, Upper East Side housewife on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City, Ramona Singer is an astute businesswoman and a true aficionado of fashion, who has taken the beauty, accessory, and wine industries by storm…Her entrepreneurial skills have received praise from media industry giants such as Women's Wear Daily, FoxBusiness, and People. She currently resides in New York City with her dog Coco.
I have struggled with infertility. My struggle has not been to the depths of what others battle, but I have battled. I do admit, over the many years, I conceived two boys. Do I want more? I don’t think so. I don’t want to know the painful experiences again. I don’t think my mental and emotional health could handle any of it. Infertility took me down a long and lonely path of pain for many years. And even though I sit here today with two kids, it’s funny how the trauma and pain and the battle are still alive and well inside of me. I didn’t realize that it was all still here until last night... Long story short, I had a best friend of 15 years. When I was struggling to have my first, she accidentally got pregnant and demanded that the guy propose to her and eventually they got married. They hardly knew each other. Time went on and we were a couple of years into trying to conceive our second, and wouldn’t you know that once again she got knocked up (on “accident” again) and had her second. As you can imagine, this put a huge wedge between us because she was so cold and so insensitive with the way that she told me and the ways that she handled everything. Yes, I know that some people don’t know how to handle an announcement toward someone dealing with infertility, but this was my best friend at the time?? However, she has always seemed to compete with me over things that I can’t understand, but this was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Our friendship tarnished and now we are pretty much just acquaintances. We speak once every few months and that’s about it. There is no deep closeness, she knows nothing about my life because I choose to keep private, especially from her. However, I know a good amount about her life because she is an open book with anybody that will listen. So here we are today and this is what I am currently struggling with... Last night I was in the other room and my husband yelled to me from the living room that OldFriend just put on the Internet that she is pregnant once again, another surprise pregnancy. This time it has really fucked with me. I am having a hard time, though, understanding why it felt like I got hit by a semi? Why it made that hot rush of blood run through my system again and why I felt my heart fall right into my stomach and then into my ass? I don’t understand why it felt like the trauma of everything bubbled up inside of me all over again??? Perhaps it is because she has spent the past 5 to 6 months telling everyone how much she hates her husband and is planning on divorcing him. Perhaps it is because she likes to flaunt that she refuses to wear her rings because she is sick and thinks that it’s a funny/cute game that will get her attention from other men. Perhaps it’s because she is saving quotes on Pinterest talking about missing ex lovers and how it never feels like things were over and she still loves them. Or maybe it’s that she was telling the world only one month ago that she keeps trying to add her exes back onto social media and they all keep denying her. Perhaps it is because she just partied like an animal a month ago and was drunk out of her mind but goes to the Internet last night to say that she is 2 to 3 months pregnant? What sane person does that? What stable person does that? I can’t wrap my mind around this and for some reason it is bothering me deeply. It’s all of the old feelings of pain that I experienced before that were caused by her. I know that this post has made it obvious that she is not stable and she is very toxic. The best thing that I’ve ever done was to remove her from my life and I put up barriers. But why does this bother me so much? Is it because I may have experienced some sort of trauma or PTSD-like symptoms from dealing with this before when it comes to her? Why have I been crying off and on since last night when I know full well that I have no intentions of wanting to go through trying to have another baby? Am I hurting because it feels like sometimes the things we want the most we have to seriously struggle to have (and sometimes never even get to have them) while other people who seem so undeserving get those things in spades? I know this is Reddit, but please be kind. This has been hard to put into words and I’m just looking for someone who understands my pain. Again, I know that I have conceived twice and I am so grateful, but it doesn’t take away the dark journey that I remember going through and how the pain is still deeply there today. I didn’t realize it would stick with me forever... ** I also want to add that out of nowhere, only 11 days ago, she sent me a message asking me if I had planned on getting pregnant again..?? I told her no and that I felt whole and complete when I had my second and that I am happy where I’m at in life with my family. (Even if I wanted a third, it is never ever something I would confide in her.) I told her that my husband has mentioned that maybe in a few years he might want to consider another, but as for me, right now, I am finished. She started telling me how she’s done too, but her husband wants more and that it’s “so cute” of him (which I highly doubt given different things I truly know about him and that she is a compulsive liar). It’s just very strange because she had tried to have this whole conversation with me out of the blue and act like she was not pregnant and didn’t want to be pregnant again while knowing that she’s already a few months pregnant??? I am just so lost on why people are like this...
I finally broke down yesterday to my family about being the “uglier” sister — and although I was showered with support and hugs shortly after, the feeling was still left unstirred. Growing up, I was always compared to my sister. I’m (described by many people) what you call “average.” I have a bad case of acne, big face with big cheeks that make my side profile look squished. My lips hang oddly from my face and my eyebrows are too close to my eyes — resulting in a big "cranky and mad" look. My sister, on the other hand, isn’t just “a little bit above average.” No, she has flawless tan skin, beautiful big fierce eyes (as quoted from many many family relatives and strangers), and a nice angular small face that can pull off just about any hairstyle. In short, she’s got the “Pinterest” look. Her pictures are the type to be pinned under “outfit inspiration” or “aesthetic.” Throughout my 15 years of life, I was always used as a middleman for her. Boys came up to me to comment on my cute younger sister. I was referred to as “(her name)’s sister” and there was even a time where a boy I found interest in immediately started crushing on her the moment she came into my school. Mind you, this boy has never batted an eye towards me, let alone knew I even existed.... but he became obsessed with her. Soon, after realizing I was her sister — he too joined the wagon of endless boys who used me as a middle man — I am always left as the side character who bridges the love interests together. I will forever be discarded to the side, forever task with the job of tending to my sister’s colorful love life that makes mine look so bland in comparison. And it's not even just the boys. No, the boys aren’t the worst part. It’s family and friends too. Relatives after relatives always comment on her looks. My grandpa just a few weeks ago commented on how beautiful she was and it left me heartbroken. He didn’t say anything about me, despite how much care and love I try to show him. In 6th grade, my friends saw a picture of my sister and they all exploded in a burst of surprise: “That's YOUR sister? But she's so pretty! She’s so much prettier than you!” Those were their exact words. It completely destroyed what little self-esteem 6th grade me had left. I did my best to fight back the tears, and for the rest of the period, I bottled up my emotions. When I returned home to deliver the story — I was met with “oh really? Ahaha! That's so funny!” There was no sympathy for me. Just my sister shyly shrugging it off and my mother agreeing along to my friends. That’s not even all. In summer, when I was having lunch with my Godmother — who’s known me as her own daughter, who’s raised me for a few years — commented on how my sister “looked like an angel.” I sat there, poking at my food, nodding my head along, politely forcing a smile and saying “yea yea she’s so beautiful right” while my sister sluggishly brushed it off. And along with my family .. EVEN my sister comments on my looks: Don’t get me wrong — she's a kind, loveable, and a great person but she, too, also jokes around with my looks. She knows I look horrible and hideous in photos, and often, she’ll zoom in and laugh at my face. I play along, as I should, but I still feel pathetic and horrible. Doesn’t she understand not everyone can look as great as her in photos? I hate to say it but she really doesn’t get it. She has a lot of insecurities of her own, despite how beautiful she is, and every self-deprecating insult she makes about her makes me want to prick a finger. I have cried over and over about wanting to be twins with her. Once, I even broke down and ran away from an event because so many relatives were bombarding my sister with compliments — and my mom had to force these relatives to spare me some compliments. I was still young at that time, but I understood the situation perfectly: I will forever be cast aside for as long as I stand beside my sister. I felt pathetic. I felt so pathetic having to listen to the relatives awkwardly stumble across their fake compliments. In the end, I forced myself to smile, crank my voice up one octave higher, and I walked away after reinforcing the fact that I was “fine.” I have taught myself over and over again that it is okay that she is prettier than me. It is okay because this game was based on luck, and your self-esteem should never be invested in something that depends on luck. However, every comment, every good photo of her, every nice outfit that suits her body more than mine still makes my heart aches. I have tried sharpening my other cards too — personality and intelligence — but it seems that she can win me over everything. I am the eldest so I’m what you consider a “test- run.” Every advice about school, all the homework-help sessions, all the information that was presented to my sister were given by me. Because I’m the “test-server,” my sister is given a chance to be more successful because she has someone (me) with experience. And as expected, she is currently on an accelerated route that I never got because I have no one to look up to. I know I sound bitter — but yes, I am proud of her. I understand her whole success wasn’t based off of me and she definitely chip in a lot of hard work on her part to get her to where she is today. As for personality — she’s funny, nice, bubbly, and she attracts people because of her looks. She does have a slight problem befriending girls (jealousy) but with boys, its a snap and done situation. She really is a well-rounded person and I am extremely lucky to have such a cool younger sister in my life. But ... as great as she is, sometimes it really drags down my mental image of myself. I am always living in her shadow. My name will always be after her name. She will always be recognized first. I, to many people, only exist as an extension of her. tl;dr: Tired of relatives, friends, and strangers comparing me to my younger sister all the damn time. Angry, sad, and feels very pathetic for always having to live in a shadow, for always being an extension of someone else.
Idk what to do about my “best” friend and I think I’m getting replaced...
Long post ahead I’ve been friends with Megan (not her real name) since the end of our freshman year of high school (we’re both seniors now). We’ve been through a lot together and we consider each other to be best friends. But I’ve always felt like there was a bit of a maturity difference between us and I feel like I can’t be very deep with her sometimes (I am a year older than her, but we’re still both seniors, both September birthdays). Since covid-19 (middle of our junior year of HS), I feel like she’s grown up a bit and our conversations are a bit more serious. For almost 2 years, we’ve been face timeing almost every night and talk for a good hour or two. We laugh and we’re able to have some good convos, but when we hang out it’s different. We don’t have a terrible time hanging out, but it’s just “ok” and when she leaves or I leave I’m just kinda of like “why did I spend my weekend doing this?”. It’s confusing cuz we have fun on FaceTime but not when we’re in person as much? Idk it depends on who’s around and where we are and ugh idk it’s just weird?? It’s been easy for me to get annoyed with her, but recently it’s been harder to not show it. She definitely copies me in some ways. She died her hair the same color as mine, made her ios 14 update homepage the same as mine, copied my Spotify playlist images, when I began getting deep into philosophy she did too, and she just kinda takes parts of my personality? I understand that this is a natural part of friendships and it’s normal to start acting like your friends after being around them so much, I do it too sometimes, but this just angers me for some reason?? But I never say anything because what if it’s all in my head? Things really started to get more hurtful/annoying after my cat (23) passed away. I was very upset when my old cat died, like anyone would be. I found out we were going to have to put him down while I was in school (I am in school in person 2 days out of the week). This girl in my class who I’m not super close with, but had hung out with a few times and used to be in the same friend group with, helped me bring my belongings to my car. After that, she sent me a long text and a poem she found to help me feel better about my cat passing. As I was driving to the vet to put my cat down, I called Megan who was at home from school that day. I called her hysterically crying and upset because I was about to say goodbye to my cat. She didn’t know how to respond so I changed the conversation to be about her so that she’d stay on the phone by asking what she did that day and how her friend in Arizona was doing (as I’m hysterically crying). Considering we’re best friends in both our perceptions, I thought calling her while I was very upset was an okay thing to do. Maybe I’m wrong and expecting too much from a 17 year old idk. This happened one other time the day after he died and I was still upset. But my friend Lilly (who I’ve been friends with since junior year) baked me a cake because I was sad and that girl from my class helped me out and sent me that long text and poem. Both went out of their way for me which warmed my heart, but the girl I considered my best friend did nothing. Recently I’ve been a lot more calmer. Before covid 19, I was obnoxious, attention seeking, and loud. Now I’m a lot more calmer and just don’t need attention anymore. This really differs from Megan. Today we were both invited to Lilly’s house. Lily and Megan have been friends since freshman year. I noticed that Megan is a lot more louder and obnoxious with lily than she is with me and laughs a lot more. The whole hangout was awkward for me. I don’t find their humor funny which is basically just a bunch of AAVE, saying “coochie”, and quoting Megan Thee Stallion songs. I found none of it funny and had trouble even pretending to laugh while they were laughing until their ribs hurt. They’d either talk abt the classes they’re taking or just used AAVE and cracked stupid jokes, we never really had an actual conversation? It was just boring to me and I felt weird because I wasn’t like this before but I don’t miss how I was before. Lily wanted to play a typing race game (we all brought our computers). I suck at typing and it was awkward because it was more Lily and Megan racing because they could actually type sort of fast. I was embarrassed and just wanted to go home. I tried to have fun with the game and really try, but they could tell I wasn’t so they proposed a new game idea. At this point I felt awful and had my mom call me so I had an excuse to go home early. Along with that, I found out that Megan now calls lily almost every night before she calls me. I actually found out that Megan and Lilly do a lot of the same things Megan and I did that I thought were special (making joined playlists, joined Pinterest boards, calling each other every night without missing a day unless of an emergency). I know it’s bad to be possessive and jealous, but it made my heart kind of hurt for some reason. It made our friendship seem less special and I realized I was being replaced. I feel bad because recently I’ve been getting irritated with Megan and sort of letting it show which must hurt her and I know Lilly doesn’t do that. I also know that Lilly and Megan were just having fun but I couldn’t help but be slightly annoyed with their behavior. I also couldn’t help being a bit sad as I saw how much happier Megan was with Lilly. I feel like I’m too serious now or something and just kind of want to have a normal convo with ppl when we hangout while Megan just wants to like- idk be loud and childish (which there’s nothing wrong with as long as she’s having fun ig). I do feel that lily and Megan click better. Both of them are a bit more sheltered, both Catholic, have never worked, don’t drive, both parents are still together, and have never had any serious mental health issues (as I know of, but we’re all pretty open with each other). I’ve experienced the opposite of those things, but even then we’re all both extremely privileged and life’s been pretty easy for all of us so i guess I don’t know why those would separate us. I’m just a bit sad for some reason and don’t really know what’s going on (sorry if I sounded kind of like a bitch I’ve been known to be a bit judgy).
Budget/Breakdown: $23k Phoenix AZ wedding, February 15 2020, 135 guests, LGBT
We were engaged March 2019, so we had an 11 month engagement. Our wedding was on our 4 year anniversary! Budget I set a budget of $20k, but my fiancee wife upped the budget to $25k, to my surprise, given I was the one more excited about wedding planning! We paid for 95% of the wedding ourselves. My wife’s parents paid for the DJ, and my mom paid for my dress alterations. Guest List Invited: 210 RSVP’d yes: 135 No shows/last minute cancellations: 10 We had a lot of out of state family that we invited but knew would likely not be able to make it. We also had a lot of people not come because they didn’t want to come to a gay wedding, which is surprising given that we only invited those we considered friends and family. I'm glad we had the time to celebrate with those who made it, especially our out of towners, as it was really special seeing them. The guest list was super stressful; my wife had 40 family members she didn’t even recognize on the list after her parents gave her their names. I didn’t realize this was the case until after the invites went out, I just figured it was all extended family I didn’t know (but she did!) We also had 2 of my family members decide they wanted to come the week of the wedding, and my brother let me know he’d be bringing a +1 two days before the wedding. I regret doing my seating chart so far in advance! The 10 cancellations/no shows was a huge bummer (that’s like $500 down the drain). 2 was from my aunt, who was at my bachelorette the week before, and we’re still not sure why she didn’t come. 2 were from one of my good friends from high school, who told me the week of that he was in a play that day a few days before the wedding. 3 were because of a family friend with the flu, and 2 were because they got snowed in. Theme We had the ceremony in the orchards, and the reception in the barn. I went for a more natural, boho vintage theme, and didn’t do a lot of decorating to let the business of the venue not clash. Final costs Venue- $5,822 Schnepf Farms, Big Red Barn This included all tables, chairs, linens, etc. It also included a hayride during cocktail hour, bonfire in the evening, and lawn games. We had the venue from 4pm-11pm, and got there to decorate around 10am. Venue Flowers- $135 This is probably the wedding cost I’m most proud of. Our wedding was the day after Valentine’s day, so florist quotes were especially insane. Instead, I made my own bouquets with flowers from Trader Joes. I went on Valentines and picked out my florals. You can order ahead, but they can’t guarantee color, which was most important to me. I made my bouquet, 4 bridesmaids bouquets (1 slightly bigger, MOH), 8 boutonniere, and had cake and hair flowers with enough left over for a couple more bouquets. I used mostly spray roses, greenery, and little “wildflower”-esque items. I love how they photographed! Flowers S’mores Supplies- $95 This includes enough chocolate and graham crackers for 150 smores, plus extra marshmallows for roasting. I got 3ft long skewers on Amazon, which ended up working out perfectly for safety (kids, drunks) and convenience. Pro tip: if you’re doing a smores bar, get reeces thins; I hate reeces/peanut butter, but everyone remarked about how perfect they were for the smores! Smores Decor- $467 I did faux flowers for my centerpieces because I wanted to be able to do them ahead of time. I started shopping in October at Michael’s, and after about a week, things started getting really hard to find--they were already switching out to winter florals! In a panic, I went to over 10 Michael’s locations. However, I ended up with extra centerpieces. I got my vases from Goodwill over a few months. I wanted a mismatched, vintage look, so I got different crystal and green tinted vases and love how it turned out. I also bought a few sheets of lace to drape over tables, and acrylic stands for the table numbers I made. The table numbers turned out surprisingly good considering my terrible handwriting! Centerpieces Signs- $80 I was planning on DIY-ing my signs, and my FIL got us sheets of acrylic to do so. At the last minute, I chickened out and had someone I found on a local Facebook page do them. She did our seating chart, welcome sign, s’mores sign, and guest book. I probably should have done these myself, as I was not very happy with the end result. They were very smudgey, uneven, and not how I wanted. She re-did them once, but I kept them the way they were after. I didn’t really notice during the wedding, though, and they photographed well--it turned out to be one of the least important things that Pinterest convinced me I need! Signs Harp- $750 Our harpist was amazing! We won a free cocktail hour package at a bridal expo, so we just had to pay for the ceremony. We also paid to do custom songs (First Day of my Life-Bright Eyes and Dear Theodosia-Hamilton). It turns out she’s our neighbor, and we actually hang out now! Everyone thought we were the bougiest for having a harp, and she sounded amazing. Harp DJ- $1000 So the best vendor of the night award definitely goes to our DJ. He was absolutely amazing. Not only did he nail the music, but he was so on top of everything else throughout the night and is the reason I didn’t lose my mind. He revised my timeline so that everything made the most sense, handled things with our day of coordinator (she worked for the venue and I was on the verge of tears talking to her half the day), and I even saw him helping my grandpa to his seat at one point in the night (my grandpa was being a huge jerk to everyone, but apparently him and my DJ are now besties). Our photographer wouldn’t let people record things for some reason (??? she wasn’t doing video! They were trying to record things like the shoe game and she told them to put their phones away) so we were heartbroken that we didn’t have any of the day on video, but he sent us an audio clip of the whole ceremony. Cannot say enough good things about him! DJ Jumpsuit- $300 My wife wore a black jumpsuit from Sezane. It fit perfectly and was super cute. There's a little cutout in the back, but you can't really see it in any of the photos. Jumpsuit Dress- $980 My dress was from Anomalie, and I got it during a 4th of July promo they were having (15% off). It was actually my third dress--I got hit hard with dress regret. I wanted sleeves and an open back, so I went with Anomalie to make sure I got this. The process was super smooth until I actually got my dress, and it didn’t fit at all. The sleeves were too short and I couldn’t lift my arms! I emailed Anomalie and they agreed to remake me a new bodice, and then pay for a local tailor to sew it on. They sent it, and this one fit even worse! With limited time, they said that they’d pay for whatever alterations were needed to make it fit. In the end, I felt the fit was a bit awkward, but everyone complimented my dress all night. Anomalie paid my alterations the day I sent the invoice, so I can’t fault their customer service at all. Dress Alterations- $350 (plus $480) The Anomalie alterations were $480, and I think that was underpriced for the amount of work and reconstruction she had to do to the dress. However, those were paid for by Anomalie. The hem, bustle, and steaming were $350. My tailor was absolutely amazing. She was calm and confident throughout the whole process, and worked a miracle on what seemed like a hopeless dress. Because of her, I was able to lift my arms!! I would recommend her 1000x over. Photography- $1520 Our photographer. I’m really disappointed by the way she treated us during the wedding (and even leading up to it). She was impossible to get ahold of via email. She made it seem like we were bothering her any time we wanted a picture of something. She rushed us through our couples portraits, and wouldn’t let me do pictures in a gorgeous spot I really wanted to do because we “didn’t have time before the grand entrance.” Then, we got back to the reception area and had to wait 15 minutes for everyone to be ready for our entrance. We added an extra hour to our package for $250 that we didn’t end up using, but I never asked her for it back because I feel so uncomfortable talking to her. However, I'm so happy with our photos! I've been stressing since the wedding about whether or not I would like them, but they really are great. A few favorites Dinner and Bar- $9517 (Bar $4211, Dinner $4756, Apps $550) We did a taco bar for our dinner, and it was a huge hit. Everyone loved it, and they had enough for plenty of people to get seconds. The only disappointing thing is that they changed their potato tacos from the time of the tasting--I’m a vegetarian, so this was really important to me. At the tasting, they had crispy, fried potatoes that were the best tacos I’ve ever had. I’ve been dreaming of them since. At the wedding, they had soggy, sauteed potato tacos. For the bar, we did just beer and wine, as the venue isn’t licensed for hard liquor. However, this ended up being a good thing, since the venue was about an hour from everyone coming out, and we didn’t want people drinking and driving. They also had white claw!, hard lemonade, and fizzy sangria, so there were some fun drinks mixed in. Food & Drink Cake- $180 We had a 4 tier naked vanilla cake with honey buttercream and fresh berry filling. We were way under charged for the cake--it was a family friend who is a baker, and she killed it. We tipped her generously. Cake HaiMakeup/Nails- $660 MAN is a two bride wedding expensive for the beauty stuff! Our hair and makeup was $280 each, plus $100 total on nails. My wife loved her hair and makeup from day one. I like my hair, though would have liked a looser curl, and the stylist put the flowers in such a cute way. My makeup just didn’t do it for me. I told her I wanted a natural look from day 1, and after 2 trials, she just didn’t nail it. I probably wouldn’t do airbrush if I were to do it again, even though she insisted it doesn’t affect the coverage, and would probably look for someone else for makeup, though they were from the same company so I’m not sure if that would have been a possibility. Hair make up Photobus- $900 A photobus was at the top of my list for wedding necessities from day one. We booked one right away, but then 2 months before the wedding they cancelled on us. I thought it was hopeless that we’d find another on such short notice, but then a new photo bus company started up that same week. We were their first wedding, and it showed. The pictures printed out with blue or pink stripes and were cut off funny. There was a terrible delay that made most of the pictures blurry. Printing took forever, and they didn’t print extra copies/instruct people to tape copies in the guest book like we’d asked (before the wedding and twice during). Overall, I was super disappointed with our photo bus experience. Photobus Guest book- $80 (Etsy) Wedding bands- $1000 Accessories (shoes, jewelry, hair piece, custom jacket)- $141 Stationary- $83 Bridesmaid’s dresses- $430 (Azazie, Cyber Monday), Sparklers $150 Misc What went well: I was so happy to get our families together! My dad is 1 of 7 kids, and this was the first time he’d seen all of his siblings in over 10 years. The last time they were all together was for my grandfather’s funeral, and a year before for my grandmother’s, so it was a much better gathering this time around. I already mentioned what an amazing DJ we had, but the music was so fun! I’m not a dancer, but I was out on the dance floor as much as I could be without overheating in my giant dress. I didn’t want to do personal vows. At all. However, a week before the wedding, my wife had a bit of a freak out moment about how important it was to her that we did them. Given that I’d made most of the wedding decisions, I conceded, and we did vows. Even though I was super nervous, everyone mentioned all night how amazing our vows were. Our DJ said they were the best vows he’s ever heard, and that he cried twice. I’m glad I did them, even if I couldn’t concentrate on the first half of the ceremony because my heart was pounding so hard. I’m so glad we did the smores bar, it was such a hit! I love roasting marshmallows, and everyone seemed to have a great time with it. I have no regrets here, even if my dress briefly caught fire. The sparkler send off was a lot of fun! I’m glad we did it, as I was hesitant to spend the money. It was super cute and a great photo op. What went wrong: I felt so dizzy/hot from the time that dinner was served to the rest of the night. I already have a heart condition, so I’m sure the excitement/heat/dress didn’t help. Right before our first dance was called, I told my wife I needed to sit down or I was worried I’d pass out--seconds later, we got called to the dance floor, lol. Later in the night, I had to lay down in the bridal suite for about 10 minutes and saw that my heart rate was over 140 after laying there! The photo bus. I already spilled the tea above, I’m just still really upset about this! My grandpa, who was supposed to walk me down the aisle, was having a really hard time walking that day and was in a vile mood. He was snapping at everyone and drinking a bit too much. I told the photographer it was unlikely he’d come out for portraits, but it was important to me that I got a few photos with him later in the night. She remarked “well, he doesn’t like me very much.” I explained that it wasn’t her, but I didn’t get my photos with him. My dad gave an unexpected, impromptu, drunk speech. It was fine, but definitely awkward. The DJ cut the mic as he approached our table, so he just kinda projected his voice. Edit: You don't have to ask me twice! Photo Dump
Hi y’all, The survey has been up for little while, I’ve gotten a lot of answers, most of them very helpful, from you. So, I wanted to go through the results, for those of you who are interested. I’ll be specific with numbers when interesting, but I will mainly be discussing what I found interesting, informative or the likes, reading this. You can find the mod application form at the bottom. There are also some general notes at the bottom. Remember that we have a discord. You can join here: https://discord.gg/U4V4JQH Q1: Which country or region are you from? Be as vague or specific as you are comfortable with. The vast, vast majority of you are from the US. To a surprising degree. Among US-citizens New York and California had the most representatives, confirming all of my prejudices about USA, that it’s really nothing but Manhattan and LA. No, I’m kidding. Q2: How old are you? 44.8% are 20-25 (like me!), and 48.3% are 14-19 years old. Which is what to be expected. The oldest was a single person in the age bracket of 31-35. Q3: What is your current occupation? We have 4 PhD, and 4 post-grad students, 2 people in the workforce and the rest is split down the middle between high-school and undergrad-students. I found it funny how many had given their own answers specifying that they are working part time while studying. In my home country, when you are asked your occupation on a survey there is only either student, unemployed, retired or employed essentially, because most people work while studying. Anyway, I hadn’t considered some of you wanted to specify, but I wanted to make clear, that I am fully aware that many, many students also work (including myself) Q4: If you want to, please tell me about your major: Which are you considering/did you choose and why? If you are out of school or working part-time within your desired field, feel free to tell me what you are working with as well. So, these are obviously individual answers, but I can say many, many studied or wanted to study the fine arts and Classics (obviously), as well as science (especially chemistry! Are y’all mad scientists?) and psychology. Not a lot of representation from the social sciences and STEM minus S. My favourite answer to this questions ended with the following: “I live for bringing beautiful things into this ugly world and being dramatic”. If that ain’t this community, then I don’t know what is. Q5: What’s your gender? 3/4ths identify as female, 10% as male and the rest of you a mix of non-binary (which I forgot as an option, sorry), genderfluid, gender neutral, and prefer not to disclose. Q6: Where did you first learn of Dark Academia? Most people found DA on Instagram (36.2%). That really surprised me, since Instagram is one of the only possible social media platforms where I haven’t seen DA. After Instagram, in the order of frequency, we have: Tumblr, Strange Æons’ video, people IRL, Pinterest (I’m so happy I’m not the only one who still uses Pinterest), Donna Tartt’s novels, Dead Poets society, others Q7: Explain briefly and with your own words; what is Dark Academia? Again, individual answers. But honestly, I’m going to be borrowing from a lot of your answers when writing “about”-sections in the future, because most of you were so, so eloquent in your explanations, damn. But since I loved so many of the answers, I decided to turn some of them into user flairs, so go nuts in those! Q8: Which parts of Dark Academia appeals to you personally? The most popular answer here, by far, was: The general values of thirst for knowledge, etc, (93.7%) which I think is very neat. Other than that you are generally primarily into the aesthetics, fashion, art, and literature. Q9: Where did you first learn ofDarkAcademia? The vast majority (79%) of you actively searched for a DA-subreddit and found us. How nice. Q10: Have you participated in any community activities such as introductions, book club, pen pals or the likes? If so, do you remember which? Most of the answers to this questions were along the lines of “Not very much, but I’d like to”, which is great. We’re a new community, and according to most literature on the topic, the vast majority of Social media users are spectators, rather than commentator or participators, so that’s to be expected. But my favourite answer for this questions was: “yES!” Q11: What do you most come to the subreddit to find? Again, primarily discussions on literature, art, fashion, and aesthetics as well as community. Q12: What would you like more of? Generally, it seems like you want more aesthetic and outfit-based posts, which I definitely get, I’ve been missing that too. Maybe we should do a weekly thread for outfits or something like that? What do you think? Q13: What would you like less of? A large minority (23%) wants less of a discussion of contemporary literature such as The Secret History. Other than that most of you didn’t have anything you would like less of. Q14: Do you have any suggestions for things you would love on the subreddit, or things that you don't like that you would like to see changed? Or generally, if you have anything you'd like to be sure you said, now's the time! Individual answers, here. Many reiterated that you want more fashion and aesthetics -- especially personal examples from users and not picture-perfect outfits/rooms/etc from Tumblr or the likes. I think that is such a good point. Another person suggested having older members of the community teach younger members in their fields of study. Is that something you would be into? I would love to facilitate a weekly or monthly lecture from someone in the community. Q15: Do you believe in aliens? Why/why not? The vast majority believes in aliens, and a big minority said they don’t believe in aliens as the concept, but do believe that there is other life in the universe – I love a pedantic <3 Q16: Do you believe in ghosts? Why/why not? A pretty big amount of you believe in ghosts. This was my favourite response: “As a pan-culture cultural folklore phenomenon: yes. As is "I saw a ghost and it stole my cornchips": no.” Q17: Do you believe in astrology? Do you know your sign(s)? If so, what are they? Even though, astrology seems to be one of the biggest supernatural trends in recent years, y’all haven’t fallen for that, and most of you don’t believe in it. Some thinks it sort of fun or interesting, and some used it as prompts for introspection. None believed 100%. Most of you were pisces. Like, a third of those who shared their sign was pisces. Pisces are supposedly creative and emotional, very much the artist sign. So that’s fun. Q18: Do you believe in Myers-Briggs' 16 personalities? Do you know yours? If so, what is it? Again a lot didn’t believe, but most new their personality type. To literally NO ONE’S surprised the VAST majority are either INFJ or INTJ, which are both introverted people who like to engage with abstract thoughts and organizing said thoughts into plans. Also, fun fact only a single person had the S (instead of N), making them sensing, meaning more practical and down to earth. I thought that was interesting as well. Q19: Do you know which Hogwarts house you identify with? 50,7% Ravenclaw (to no one’s surprise), 25,4% Slytherin, 6% Hufflepuff, 6% don’t identify with a specific house, and the rest are either weird combos, Gryffindors or long explanations that I didn’t read. Q20: What's your favourite book? A lot of classics like Dracula, Anna Karenina, Kafka, a lot of DA-novels such as If We Were Villains and The Secret History, whoever said “The Perks of Being a Wallflower or The Great Gatsby” – I would have wanted to be your best friend, when I was a freshman, also whoever said Momo, that’s an amazing book and no one knows it, but I’m so glad you do, and honestly it’s such a DA book. This respond honestly moved me: “I could as soon pick a favourite star from the heavens”. All in all, I just thought you all in general picked realy awesome books and I’m surprised at how many of my personal favourites I saw among your answers, so that really excites me! Q21: What's your favourite film? A lot of really different films were answered. Lots that I have never heard of, although Pirates of the Caribbean, Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse were also represented. However, this was the best answer: “(and shrek 2 but tell nobody)” – sorry, I just told EVERYBODY. Also: “A mix between Some Like It Hot and Dorian Gray.” That’s how people generally describe me 😉 Q22: What's your favourite song/album? Until this survey, I thought Hozier was over and long forgotten. But DAMN you guys sure love Hozier. “The entire discography of The Smiths” – This was the answer I was expecting. Q23: Last but not least: Share a short poem or quote, that you love, with me! Honestly, this question were just for my own sake. But the American teenager who SHOCKED me by knowing Tove Ditlevsen gets to finish this walk-through off with the poem they shared: "In childhood's long night, both dim and dark/ there are small twinkling lights that burn bright / like traces memory's left there as sparks / while the heart freezes so and takes flight/... Your faith you took with you to great extremes / the first and the last to your cost / in the dark now somewhere it surely gleams/ and there is no more to be lost/ and someone or other draws near to you but/ will never quite manage to know you/ for beneath those small lights your life has been put / since when everyone must forego you" General notes Then there were a couple of requests for more STEM and male content, so if anyone was afraid or wary of sharing their STEM or male content, now is your time to shine, the interest is definitely there! Another note, I’d like to add on: Dark Academia can be a lot of things and I can’t define it for everyone, nor will I try to. However, Dark Academia is not only about being studious or type A. And this subreddit, as long as I am a mod, will definitely not be “conservative” (I don’t mean politically, but rather philosophically). This is an aesthetic inspired by Ancient Greece, Oscar Wilde, Donna Tartt, it is never going to stop being hedonistic and indulgent to a certain degree, and that’s part of the appeal, I think. And also, of course, we’re going to keep being tolerant of everyone no matter race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality. I also want to be putting a stop to the very repetitive “what should I wear”/”Where should I buy DA-clothes?”, but I don’t quite know the solution yet. MOD APPLICATION: https://forms.gle/ZUBhxox5Pt9PzXSg6
Hey - Pat from StarterStory.com here with another interview. Today's interview is with Bryn Connor of I should have said, a brand that sells self defense for bullies. Some stats:
Product: Self defense for bullies.
Revenue/mo: $4,000
Started:
Location: Vancouver
Founders: 1
Employees: 1
Hi, my name is Bryn Connor and I am the founder of I Should Have Said… a self defense website for verbal bullies. The people who use my site range from young people to age 65 and many have a difficult person in their life or a bully they are dealing with. The best thing about my site is I receive so many emails from people thanking me and letting me know that the verbal self-defense comebacks and tactics have helped stop bullying and even saved their life. I make money off advertising, books, and apps. Right now I am making about $4,000 a month. I am in the process of redoing all of my products because I have changed my avatar (audience) and I am creating products catering for their needs. I have a book Snappy Comebacks for all Situations and I am finishing off two other books Comebacks that Stop Bullies in their Tracks and Verbal Self Defense for Kids, Clean Comebacks Kids can use at Elementary School. I am also learning to sell physical products on Amazon to diversify my income. image
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?
One day I was at the planetarium with my two sons, who were 4 and 6 at the time, and my older son commented to me that a picture of earth from space was ugly. I didn’t think much of it until another boy came up to me and told me that my son had said the earth looked ugly. I told him that my son was entitled to his opinion thinking it wasn’t a big deal. Two minutes later the boy’s father stomps on over to where I am sitting with my kids and starts yelling at me in front of twenty other families! He is screaming “How dare you talk to my son like that! I can see why your husband left you, he didn’t want to be with someone like you.” Everyone in the room was staring at me, it was horrifying and I was so embarrassed with all eyes in the room on me. I had lost my wedding ring a couple of months before. I pathetically replied, “I am still married, I just lost my wedding ring.” I was so mad that some idiot had publicly humiliated me when we hadn’t even done anything wrong. I was even angrier at myself for the way I responded. For two weeks I kept thinking I should have said… and that is how I got the idea for the website. At the time I was a stay at home mom doing web development projects on the side. I had previously started another web site but I found the writing tiring and I didn’t keep it up. Shortly after I started the site, I had to go back to work full time as my husband lost his job, so I initially only put in an hour a week on the site for the first few years.
Take us through the process of designing the website and concept.
When I first started the site I was doing animations for YouTube videos and embedding them on my website. One day my son knocked water over my computer keyboard and I had to take it in to be repaired. I had to use my spare computer, a notebook, that didn’t have video editing capability. I decided to create polls where readers could vote for the best comeback to a nasty comment or situation. It was a huge improvement to the site, and the spilled water was a blessing in disguise. Over time, the look of my web pages improved, as well as my pictures and storytelling. Most of my traffic is organic and from Pinterest. image My audience kept asking me for apps and books so I created what my audience was asking for. I receive emails from parents of teens and elementary school kids who ask me questions, they need help with bullying situations and I am currently creating products to cater to my audience. I hired someone off Upwork to create two apps for me. I had done all of the storyboarding and had the graphics done by someone on Fiverr. The app developer was extremely difficult and demanding to work with.
Describe the process of launching the business.
The first version of my web site wasn’t that great. Even though I had a web development, multimedia background, I didn’t know how blogging worked and I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Blogging is about connecting to an audience and creating products to serve your audience. It took me a long-time time to find my voice, and I also changed my ideal customer over time. WhenI started out, I would write more formally, over time I started writing as if I was talking to a close friend in a more casual style. Originally my site was for everyone, now my target audience is a 34 year old woman who is having trouble with a friend or family members snipping at her. It took a year to get traffic to the site, blogging is a marathon, not a sprint. It can take a while for new sites to rank on Google and it took me a while to figure out that my social media audience is primarily on Pinterest.
Since launch, what has worked to attract and retain customers?
I focused on SEO and learning what works. I get about 700,000 page views a month and at one point I was getting 1.2 million visitors a month. If people are interested in SEO they can read articles about SEO and listen to Neil Patel, who is an expert at SEO and marketing. image I have focused on SEO and learning tips and tricks. I have blog templates that I created to maximize SEO on a page. Pinterest works well to bring in page views but SEO is better traffic because the reader is searching for what your site has to offer. I have three types of posts I publish on Pinterest, one type works well for click throughs to my site and the other type of image works well for saves. Pinterest is more of a search engine that social media and content you post can be found at a later date. As of today, I have 196,750 repins of images from my site. This type of image is better for click throughs to content. It is very important that your images are large and easy to read on Pinterest. image I find quotes get saved or pinned a lot but not as many clickthroughs to the web site. image I publish one blog post a week and I have found list posts do exceptionally well. My readers request topics, if I receive the same request three times I will create a post. I use newsletters and selling email sequences. I am going to create product bundles and with my new books, with a companion workbook
How are you doing today and what does the future look like?
I plan to expand the products I sell through email funnels and on my site / Shopify store. I had a Woo Commerce store on my site but it was slowing down my traffic, in 2018 site speed became a ranking factor with Google. I recently removed Woo Commerce from my site and I am changing things up. My pan is to eventually have everything set up on a Shopify store. I also plan to sell my books on Amazon which is something that I originally resisted. I created a second website called Bullied to Empowered to help families whose children are being bullied. When my son was in grade 5, his former best friend tried to turn every boy in the class against him. This kid led a two month hate campaign unbeknown to us. We had to figure out how to turn everything around, deal with the school, and help our son navigate friendships and find a way to empower him through this horrible situation. It was so stressful for our entire family, and I know I can help out other families going through a similar situation. I am going to create a product that can help parents and families navigate bullying for elementary school kids. The product may be part of a membership site. Life can work in funny ways, it is amazing how a stressful situation leads to a business idea to help other people. I also launched my first product on Amazon this year. It wasn’t hugely successful but I learned so much, including the use of Facebooks ads to sell products; which is something I plan to do for all my products in the future.
Through starting the business, have you learned anything particularly helpful or advantageous?
If I had to do it all over I would invest in a course like Elite Blog Academy. Many of the rock star bloggers, the Tom Brady’s of the industry, have taken Ruth Sukoups course. If you are interested in an expensive course join a blogging Facegroup course and ask people what they think of the course for an honest opinion. I have also learned more from some Facebook groups than blogging courses. I wasted a lot of time doing everything myself when I should have paid someone to help me. I now have someone helping with social media, Wordpress admin and writing some blog posts. I plan to just outsource everything. I create screen capture videos for tasks and send them off to my VA. I recently heard Raj Jana speak at Seller Con about how he managed to grow his Amazon business to 100,000 a month in a year by outsourcing everything and creating SOPs.
What platform/tools do you use for your business?
Big Scoots - The best web hosting company, all the bloggers with heavy traffic. I love them.
MailChimp - I keep Mailchimp for my email list for lower converting traffic.
Pic Monkey - I could not live without Pic Monkey, even though I know how to use Photoshop I prefer using Pic Monkey for speed.
Tailwind for social media scheduling for Pinterest and Instagram. A must have for heavy Pinterest users.
Vaultpress - An offsite daily backup vault of my website. This is sort of like life insurance for bloggers.
Pinterest - Most of my traffic comes from Pinterest
Amazon Business / Helium 10, Manage by Stats
What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources?
Elite Blog Academy - I found the Elite Blog Academy to be the best blogging course on the market. I listen to about 5 hours of podcasting a day! I like the following podcasts:
Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to get started or are just starting out?
Before you get good at something you have to be a newbie, just get started and work your way through the messy middle of not being so great at something. Learn from the experts and save yourself a ton of time. One big mistake I see people making is not investing in training.
Are you looking to hire for certain positions right now?
I eventually want to have 3 VAs that do almost everything.
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60+ TaoBao Finds: High End Designer + Cool Basics from COS + High Street [Feat Table View]
I have a shared Pinterest board with my friend, where we clip a bunch of stuff from TB. It's getting somewhat huge and messy, so I decided to go Marie Condo and give those finds a better structure. Sharing the curated list with you guys too! Note: I didn't purchase those items and can't vouch for quality/accuracy. Shared some general feedback in the comments, and linked to shops with high ratings. But do your own QC anyways and ask your agent to make inquiries with the seller if you are not sure of something.
Branded. [update] u/the_scatter_of_light just wrote that this Kelly belt is not very good quality. Not leather, bad glazing, very flimsy. Might be okay for a photo but I would be comfortable up close.
High Street Finds: COS, & Other Stories, Free People, Zimmerman etc
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