Flashback Fashion Friday: January 2021

January 2021 was honestly a continuation of 2020... it was such a long ass month. At the end of the month, there was a power outage that lasted for three days... it is just not natural in 2021 to not have power, wifi and to sit in the dark 24/7 for three days. 

I decided when 2021 came around that I wanted to wear the clothes that were in my closest that I hadn't been wearing and wanted to start using my make-up!

Here's what I wore this month:

January 5:

January 7:

January 8:

January 11:

January 12:

Janaury 14:

January 16:

January 19:

January 21:

The best part of January was seeing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris be inaugurated as President and Vice President. The worst part was the insurrection that happened on the sixth, not surprising but wildly dystopian. 

Thomas turned FOUR! I also got to break out a whole bunch of new combinations. I started another challenge because of my graduate work, Individual and Friend 61 Day Challenge!! It's 61 days with daily 30 minute activity between 11 of us on Instagram, feel free to follow along!

I'm excited to share what I'm planning for my February OOTDs!

xo,

KJB

Flashback Fashion Friday: December 2020

 Y'all we fucking did it... insert Kamala Harris' *we did it, joe*

December was truly atrocious... mom was firmly told that she has breast cancer, we're still waiting to hear what stage, so thoughts and prayers appreciated. Her friend was nice enough to make her a GoFundMe, because even though she has killed herself all her years of life working, the American healthcare system is STUPID DUMB and cancer is expensive.

Thomas and I went to LA to celebrate Christmas with mom, she had a doctor's appointment that she wanted me to go to and then we went to see some Christmas lights in a mall parking lot, Wonderland, gotta love LA!

Thomas and I came home on the 27th and mom had another appointment on the 29th and then decided to continue our plans of ringing the new year in together in Davis! 

This month was perhaps one of the saddest since the summertime sadness... the winter months are meant to be spent together and not getting to do that was rough... so how lucky are we to get into the more severe winter months, why shouldn't January and February join in on the fun! Ya know... 

Anyways, here's what I wore:

December 1

This month, I decided to take some liberties with the random pieces in my closet and see what kind of ensembles, I could come up with! Everyone on Tik Tok is embracing the turtleneck life and so I had to pair two of my favorite clothing items together to see what would happen!

This 'fit got me quite the compliments... even if all the compliments were from people I live with and see daily, it sure was fun!

December 3

Had to pull out my jewel studded, dark denim from Lane Bryant and take them for a spin!

December 4

With the beginning of December, comes the close of the holiday season, so naturally I had to pull out all my holiday sweaters! Though to be honest, this sweater can and will be seen throughout January & February, as just a winter sweater!

December 7

December 8

December 9

December 10

December 11

December 14

December 15

December 17

December 18

December 19

Deciding to lean into this whole Zoom Quarantine... we heralded in our first Ugly Christmas Sweater Party since 2017! It was quite fun! I even made a Kahoot! quiz! 12/10 would recommend!!

December 23

Thanks to COVID, this visit has become a once a year kind of reunion, and next time- Dr. Gelber will be an Arizona resident! But it's always fun to get together and gossip about hometown rumors and catch up on current events!

After a doctor's visit (previously mentioned, where I wore joggers) and this friendly visit, I spent the rest of my time with mom in my pjs or in sweats, there weren't any photos taken Christmas Day which while out of character fit the mould for 2020.

Once back in Davis, there weren't really any outfits of note... except for...

December 31

Nope, still nothing of note. Spent the day watching Schitts Creek & then The Prom. Didn’t even bother with any countdowns.

Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021... it's a low bar- but please be good (I'll settle for better!)

xo,

KJB

KJB's Twenty-Twenty Round Up

 The day has come! 2020 has come to an end! While watching Death to 2020...

I realized all the madness that this year has had... like the Australian wildfires.... that almost took out all the koalas! Then there was the Trump impeachment trial... then 2020 truly took off with the coronavirus. Here we were thinking that 2019 was somehow bad... 2020 came along and said, "hold my beer!".

January

January saw Thomas turning 3! I began my first year of my PhD program through Indiana Wesleyan University. The loss of Kobe & his daughter, Gigi. 

Taylor Swift also gave us Miss Americana on Netflix.

February

February saw my 28th birthday and my returning to Ohio for my high school best friend's wedding on Leap Day! While in Ohio, I was able to meet my little's baby for the first time! I also started to hear mention of coronavirus that seemed far fetched to be anything too menacing... boy was I wrong!

March

In March, I was supposed to go to Vegas to see my Little get engaged and then I was going to see my mom in LA over UC Davis' Spring Break- but that's when quarantine started. March, Friday the 13th, made an end to that. A fair amount of the women moved out of the house and life as we knew it changed. 

My Little and her Fiance went to Florida instead and got engaged!

Nothing seemed too serious in March, it seemed like we were just gonna have to be at home for the initially proposed 2 weeks and then thought we would be back to normal... incorrect *David Rose voice*

The end of the month began with tons of video calling and my love of Olive & June took off!

April

April saw the series finales of Schitts Creek and Modern Family! As if this time wasn't sad enough!! We also celebrated Thomas' Gotcha Day!

The quarantine continued and shows started to shut down. I started my second set of classes.

May

My friend, Ellee got enaged this month! Mother's Day was this month so I made sure to send a ton of cards for all my friends that are mothers. Mom moved from LA to SunRiver, OR!

June

The indiscriminate spending continued... I bought so many random things this year- that was truly ridiculous! 

The women decided to end their school year with a week long dress up event! My friend's wedding was canceled. 

July

In July, we decided to get together after months apart and met up in SunRiver for the 4th of July. With Coronavirus, my first year of IWU Summer Residency was online! It was a week long experience with my cohort and the school. It made up for the cancelled Alpha Gamma Delta Convention! 

August

August saw my mom returning from SunRiver to move back to LA. Also this kickass Thomas mask!

September

September saw the start of a new school year for UC Davis and then my final term for my first year! Also the start of the #77Easy!

October

Thomas and I celebrated 3 years in Davis!

November

November saw the beginning of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City! 

Thomas & I spent Thanksgiving alone and just vibing.

December

While the decorations and the movies were full of Christmastime joy, the holiday was a bit melancholy. Thomas and I went to LA for Christmas and then mom came up to Davis for the new year! 

Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021!

xo,

KJB