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An artsy Easter basket , book store finds, Squishmallow lip gloss, looking forward to summer and more.

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Hello, my bucket list friends as you can tell from the title I have a lot of things I want to write about. I’ve also been busy working on a second Word Press site that I will be telling all of you about soon. With all the being said lets get to it

April 15th – On this day I got a really fun Easter basket at work that was full of fun art items. On my lunch I went to Safeway and I got a Squishmallow beachball. The beachball made me think of summer and how excited I am for it to finally get here but I will talk more about that at the end of the post.

April 16th- I was off on this day. I went to my favorite used book store. I got a really cool summer notebook, Two American girl books, and a book about a cat. I also got coffee and went on a walk. It was a good day off.

April 17th – At work on this day I got three Squishmallow lip balms! I had seen this display of lip balms earlier but I waited until today to get them. I love that the lip balms are squishy just like the toys that they are based on. I was so happy to get the lip balms maybe I should do a review on them.

April 18th – On this day I got two Claires Easter items at work. I also got some bubble gum at work. Later on in the day I went to Trader Joes and I got some very cute spring stickers!

April 19th – I got one more Squishmallow lip balm at work I also got a Crayola art set. It was a very stressful day and I did some coloring to calm myself down. It was a hard day but I made it though.

April 20th – Today was Easter but I had to work it was another hard day at work. I feel like Easter did not really happen this year. It just felt like a challenging work day. I hope next year is different.

Looking forward – Summer is on the way and I’m so excited. I’m already thinking about my summer bucket list, the trips I have planned and all of bucket list items I will cross off. May might be kind of a slow month for me as I work to get ready for an amazing three months. I also have a goal of not getting behind on blog posts like I did last year.

Thank you for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

Thrift shopping, fun with friends, stickers, and so much more !

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! April is going by so fast, and due to that, I decided to do one big blog post to get caught up on this month’s adventures! I’ve already had two friend hangouts this month, and that is rare for me, but I welcome it very much! I also went to Savers, got some stickers and other items from Micheals delivered, got two 1990s Barbie dolls, and did some at work shopping. However, that’s not all I have to write about, so with all that being said, let’s dive into my April 2025 adventures so far.

April 3rd – On this day, I went to Safeway on my lunch break, and I got some of those surprise capsules that have foam animals  inside. At work, I got a Hello Kitty chalk set that comes with a stencil. It was a pretty normal day, but it was a good day to get some fun items.

April 4th –  This was another day of at work shopping. I got two fun Squishmallow building sets, a fluffy bunny notebook, a bag of bouncy balls, a bunny garland ,a hairbrush ,mints, and roller chalk. It was a good day to get a few more fun items from work.

April 5th – On this day I got a delivery from Instacart. I ordered some fun items from Michaels, including two sticker books and a little art set. I also got some sport stickers and a Squishmallow slime set. I like like being able to get items delivered while I am at work. Getting some fun items delivered made my work day a little more fun!

April 8th – On this day I did two of my favorite things. I saw a friend and I went thrift shopping. This friend hangout was not planned but my friend happened to be in the same area as my work. I worked a different shift than I normally do so my lunch was earlier than normal. My friend and I went to Subway on my lunch break . It was wonderful to get to spend sometime with one of my very favorite people. Having a good conversation with my friend was something that I really needed. It is so easy for life to get busy and that can make it is hard to slow down and enjoy the best things in life like having a conversation with a friend. Having lunch with my friend on this day was truly a blessing. After work I took an Uber to Savers. I had not been to Savers in a while so I was happy to get the chance to go again. However ,it was a little overwhelming when I got there because it was so busy. It was a weekday but I live in a very crowded area so even the weekdays can be very busy. However, I was still able to get some great items even with all the crowds. My favorite item that I got was a vintage Barbie book. I also got a Barbie doll , a Squishmallow that still had a tag, a Squishmallow clip, a bag that had some stickers in it, two art kits, a large sticker book , and a shirt. It was an overall good trip to Savers but I hope I can go to a less crowded place the next time I got thrift shopping.

April 9th – I had this day off. I met another one of my favorite people for lunch. It had been a while since I had seen this friend so I was very excited to get to catch-up with her and to have some good food together. While we were walking around after lunch, I saw a doll store. I just had to go inside. I got two 90s Barbie dolls that were still in the box. I also got some doll clothes and some American Girl stickers! It was a really great day off. I wish I could hang out with my friends every week.

April 10th – On this day I got a Crayola Colourwhirl . I had seen this online and I really wanted one. I was not planning on getting one on this day. However the hardware store that I was in just happened to have them. I got the green one because green is my favorite color. I’m happy that I got one!

Thank you for reading about some of my April adventures!

Love, Christina Epperly

local shopping , a Target trip, and a Barbie Easter bundle

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Hello, my bucket list friends! It is so crazy how fast this month is going by and as always I feel like I don’t have a enough time to blog but as always I will make time. I recently had a day off where I went to a book store and I went to Target. Also I recently visited my favorite local thrift store. I can’t wait to tell you about all this and more so let’s get to it.

Thrift store and toy store

3/11/25- On this day, I left the house early, and I went into town. First, I went to my favorite local thrift store.  I got a few cool things like a Squishmallow and a hat that looks really good on me. I also got these really cool snap-on dots that you can put on your clothes. After getting coffee, I went to the toy store where I got a squishy toy and a sheet of surfboard stickers.

Book store and Target

3/12/25- I had this day off. It was a rainy day, but I still made the most of it. After getting  coffee, I went to my new favorite book store . All the books are 1 or 2 dollars. I got some books from the city spies series, a book about arts and craft projects, and my favorite book that I got from this book store trip was a Barbie book that came with a bunch of cute stickers and a poster! After the book store I went to Target.  I had an order to pick up there, but I also stopped by the dollar spot where I got some cute things, including spring themed duck toys! In my pick-up order, I got some regular everyday items that I needed, but I also got some fun items like bath bombs with prizes and an art kit. However, my favorite item I got was the golden egg hunt by Nee Doh . This egg hunt is an advent calendar style box that has a squishy toy behind each door. The goal is to find the squishy golden egg. It did not take me too long to find the gold egg, but my favorite squishy toy in this box is a squishy butterfly ring. I highly recommend getting the golden egg hunt if you love squishy toys!

Barbie Easter bundle

3/14/25

As soon as Valentine’s Day was over, stores began to put out their Easter items.  As soon as I saw this Barbie Easter bundle at Safeway, I knew I really wanted it, but it wasn’t exactly cheap. After having my eye on it for a while, I decided to buy it. It was on sale, after all. I’m happy I decided to buy it and yes, it comes with stickers.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for reading about some of my March adventures.

Love, Christina Epperly

Barbie color reveal Disco Star series review

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I love Barbie color reveal dolls, and I was very excited to see that there was a new series available in stores, so I went to Target and got one of these dolls. Without any more delay, here is my review.

Barbie color reveal Disco Star series

One thing that I thought was cool when I saw this series was that all the dolls come with cowboy hats. They also have multicolored hair. The doll that I got has pink and blue hair. I also loved the necklace that this doll came with. This color reveal doll was similar to other color reveal dolls, but I love the theam of this series, and I would recommend adding this to your collection!

Thanks for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

A lot of stickers, a candy cane, thrift shop books, and more

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Hello, my bucket list friends it is time for another blog post about some of my November adventures ! I did a lot of shopping this month. I do collect toys, but I also love stickers, and in this post, I get a lot more stickers. With all that being said, let’s get to it!

11/18/2024 – On this day, I bought some fun items at work. My favorite item that I got on this day is a Squishmallow sticker book. I also got some Christmas bracelets that I love. I even have them on right now as I’m making this blog post. I also got a Gingerbread house kit.

11/19/2024 – I use YouTube music, and this was the day I got my review of the songs I listened to most this year. I love end of year reviews like that. I also got a Hello Kitty lip gloss set on this day.

11/20/2024 – On this day, I got a Peanuts sticker book and squishmallow slime that comes with a charm.

11/21/ 2024 – On this day, I got a bunch of very cute gel clings from Safeway. I love decorating with gel clings because they are easy to put they are super cute, and they are affordable.

11/22/2024 – On this day, I got even more gel clings at work and at Safeway. I also got some other items at work, including a ring set, a little surprise, Squishmallow, and surprise Christmas items.

11/23/2024

On this day I went to a local toy store and I got some little sticker/ activity books. I love these little books because they are affordable and super cute.

11/24/2024

On this day, I had one of my favorite treats! That treat is a candy cane! This was a big candy cane with chocolate in the middle!

11/26/2024 – On this day, I went to my favorite local party store. I got some stickers, a book of book marks , and some erasers. I also went to savers. I got three books, including a Barbie book. I also got a special New years 2025 Hot Wheels car at Safeway.

Thanks for reading about some of my everyday adventures that I had in the month of November!

Love, Christina Epperly

An advent calendar, lots of toy collecting, and a colorful art project !

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Hello, my bucket list friends!!! Happy December! I hope the last month of 2024 finds you well. I’m still working to get caught up with my blog posts. This post will be focused on some of the fun things that I did in November. With all that being said, let’s get to it.

November 3rd – On this day, I went to Trader Joes, and I got an advent calendar. One thing that is really cool about the advent calendar that I got is that it has ornaments that you can cut out on the back. I always get these as soon as they become available because they can get bought up very quickly. I always recommend buying seasonal items as soon as possible. Since I work in retail, I can tell you that seasonal items get put out pretty early, but they don’t all get bought quickly. Seasonal items get bought up close to whenever the holiday day is. While at Trader Joe’s, I also got some free stickers. I went to Safeway on that day, too. I also got stickers there.

November 4th – On this day, I did some at work shopping. I got some very cute squishy cats that came in a pack of three. I also got some surprise toys that are wrapped in fluff that you have to peal off it see your toy. In addition to that, I also got some Christmas items, including fuzzy socks and a bracelet with bells on it.

November 5th – There was more at work shopping for me on this day. I got this really beautiful and festive red and green hair bow. I also got one of the cutest stuffed toys that I have ever seen. It is a flower pot complete with plush flowers and a smile.

November 6th – This should not come as a shock, but on this day, I bought more items at work, including some surprise Squishmallow toys, a squishy bird, and a beauty advent calendar. However, before going to work, I did go to one of my favorite local toy stores. I got a cute Christmas tree pop toy and some surprise toys and stickers. In addition to all this, I also got another surprise toy at Safeway before going to work.

November 9th – On this day, I got to see my friend! It is always a good time to spend time with the wonderful people in your life. I’m so blessed to have some great friends! I also added a new squishmallow to my collection on this day. It is a cute purple cow!

November 10th – I went to Traders Joes, and I got a free coloring page and stickers!

November 11th – More at work shopping! Christmas items were getting put out, and I was buying them as quickly as I could! I love this light-up snowman cup that I got on this day.

November 12th – On this day, I did an art kit that I had been wanting to do for a while. It is a simple painting art kit. In this art kit, you painted a flower. I made my flower very colorful. I had a lot of fun doing this art kit, and I want to focus on doing more of the many art kits that I have.

November 13th – On this day, I got some cute surprise Christmas items that come with squishy toys. I also got a large present squishy toy!

Thanks for reading about some of my November adventures! I have more adventures from this month to share with you!

Love, Christina Epperly

One of my favorite thrift shopping finds, a trip to the mall ,a new phone case and more

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’m excited to share more of my October fun. In this post, I will share one of my all-time favorite thrift finds! I go thrift shopping a lot and I find a lot of cool stuff but sometimes I find something that I get really excited about and last month I experienced one of those times. I’m very excited to tell you about it so let’s get to it!

10/21/2024 – On this day at work, I got two really fun items. The first one is a Squishmallow Christmas blanket. It is so soft that I’ve loved having it on my bed because the nights have been much colder lately. The other thing I got are Christmas gel clings for my window. I love decorating my window with gel clings, and I love finding gel clings to decorate with.

10/22/2024 – On this day, I went to the mall. I got got some very cute clearance items at Claire’s and some very cute stickers at Daiso. I also went to Taco Bell. I love going to Taco Bell. since the one closest to me closed, I don’t get as many opportunities to go. It was a great evening at the mall. I also went to Target and Starbucks.

10/25/2024 – On this day, I went to my favorite local thrift store. I got some great items as I usually do. This thrift shopping haul includes a bunch of beads, a Build a Bear plush, some small Christmas Squishmallows, Pez dispensers, a bucket hat, stickers, and more! After my thrift shopping fun, I went to get coffee. After coffee, I went to the toy store to get some surprise toys! At work that day, I got a new Squishmallow and a Christmas coloring book. It was a pretty great day!

10/26/2024 – On this day, I went to Starbucks. I also went to work. At work, I got two sets of plastic rings, some chocolate, and a wind-up toy. It was a normal but a good day.

10/27/2024 – I had this day off, and this was the day I got the item that I talked about at the beginning of this post. Before I went to the thrift store, I went to vote, and I went to lunch. When I made it to Savers, I was ready to shop. I went to the normal sections of the thrift store that I usually do. I got a Squishmellow that still has the tag, a bag of hair bows, Barbie dolls, a bag of rubber ducks, and some books. I was also ready to check out when I decided to walk around the store a little bit more. There were some costumes by the regular clothing, and there were two jackets that caught my eye. I could tell that they were military jackets. I tried one of them on, but I noticed that the other jacket had some patches on it. I took a picture of the patch, and I learned that the jacket was from the us Marine Corps. I also learned that the rank was lance corporal. The jacket was priced at $24.00, and that is usually way more than I would pay for a jacket at the thrift store, but this was so much more than any regular jacket. I have a lot of respect for our military, and I knew that I had to give this jacket a good home. After getting the jacket, I found a few more things like some Barbie flash cards and some gel clings. After the thrift store, I went and got coffee. I put my new jacket on when I got home. I took so many pictures in it. I love this jacket so much! I put it on all the time. It is very well made and it is good at keeping me warm. I’m still very surprised that I found this jacket at the thrift store. This was also the day I got my new phone case. I had ordered it and this was the day that it was delivered. It is a fun case with a pink background that has butterflies on it.

What is one of your coolest thrift store finds?

Thanks for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

Going to the movies and shopping at some of my favorite stores

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’m still writing about the month of September, but I don’t have a lot more to write, so I should be caught up soon! With that being said, let’s get to it!

9/18/2024 – On this day, I went to the movies. I went twice in the month of September, and that’s kind of rare for me. I should try to go to the movies more often because it is a good escape from everyday stress. After the movies, I went to Target and got stickers and coffee It was a good day!

9/19/2024 – On this day, I went to my favorite local thrift store. I love how low the prices are at this thrift store. On this trip to the thrift store, I got some glittery stickers, a pretty awesome pair of shoes, a plush eagle, and more! After my thrift shopping fun, I went to one of my favorite coffee shops.

9/25/2024 – On this day, I went to my favorite local thrift store again. I got a bunch of cool stuff on this trip. Some of the things I got were some fun shaped erasers, a bundle of small American flags, glittery letter stickers, a plush shark from Las Vegas, and a jewelry box that was full of all kinds of items. I also went to the coffee shop after thrift shopping, but after that, I visited a local toy store where I got some very cute surprise toys!

9/28/2024

On this day, I went to my favorite local party supplies store! I’ve been going to this store since I was young. I have a lot of good memories of going to this store. I’m a very nostalgic person, so I enjoy visiting some of my favorite places from childhood.  This store is full of items that I love. Such as stickers, art kits, and squishy toys. I got some really great stickers on this shopping trip. I also got this really cute squishy bear toy. Oh, and I got this really fun necklace that has fruit shaped beads. I love it!

Thank you for reading about some of my September fun!

Love, Christina Epperly

Lots of shopping, decorating a bucket hat, painting a frog, going swimming, and more!

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Hello, my beautiful bucket list, friends! To help me get caught up with my posts, I decided to put a bunch of my July highlights into one big post, and this is that post! I hope you enjoy reading about some of my favorite summer fun moments. Let’s get to it!

A fun trip to Target on July 7th – I went on a shopping trip to one of my favorite stores, and of course, I got some fun items. Some of my favorite items I got were a Barbie notebook, Barbie coloring pages, a Barbie doll that was on sale, squishmallows ,stickers, and two summer themed activity kits I also got some really fun Barbie pens! It was a great trip to one of my favorite places to shop.

My bucket list bucket hat – I recently put this item on my bucket list, and I was happy to cross it off. It was a project that took a long time, but I was so happy with how it looked when it was done. This hat really looks like a work of art and just so happy that I was able to make something like this!

Going swimming -I got to go swimming on July 25th. I went swimming at a gym pool that I had been to before but it had been a long time since I had been there. I don’t get to go swimming as much as I like, so I was really happy to get a chance to do this classic summer activity.

friend hangout on July 22nd – I got to see my friend this month. It was a simple hangout where we went to Starbucks and the park, but it was a great hangout. Anytime you get to see one of your favorite people, relax, and have a good conversation, it is a good time.

frog art project -I bought this art kit from Five Below. It was a simple painting art kit. I love doing art kits like this. Kits like this are great for relaxation. I had a fun time doing this kit. I loved painting the frog, and I’m really happy that I got this kit.

shopping at Five Below on July 14th – I love going to this store, but I do not get to go often. I put going to Five Below on my summer bucket list because I wanted to motivate myself to go shopping here since it had been a long time. Well, I did get to go, but I did not have much energy because I had bronchitis. The pharmacy I went to was very close to the Five Below, so I went there after picking up my medication. I got some fun items, of course. I’ve been really into stickers lately, so I got some while I was shopping here. Other items I got were squishy toy craft kit, a very small Barbie doll, a Squishmallow water bottle, and a Barbie nail set. I did not spend a lot of time in this store because I was not feeling well and I had very low energy. However, I’m still happy that I got to go, and I’m happy with the items I did get.

Shopping at savers on July 24th – I went shopping at Savers! I bought some fun items, including a bunch of stickers that were in a bag of scrapbooking supplies, a sand art kit, a Barbie book, a My Scene doll, and a cassette player.

Shopping at work – ok, I did so much of this. I don’t even know where to start! I did get lots of stickers, so I guess I can start with that! Our Hallmark vendor put out lots of stickers, and I have had a great time buying them. Some other items that I got at work during July included a bucket of playdough that came with playdough cutters, a Hot Wheels car that look like a slice of cake, an LOL doll, a summer ChapStick set, a Hello Kitty Lip Smackers set, and a Hello Kitty coloring book.

I hope you enjoyed reading about some of my July adventures!

Thank you for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly.

Sunglasses, a squishy lama and dinner with my cousin

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! This month is turning out to be a lot more fun than I had planned on it being, and that is a very welcome surprise. Last week, I had Wednesday and Thursday off from work. On Wednesday I went into town and I went to a store that I don’t think that I had ever been in before. I got a pair of purple sparkly sunglasses. Then I went to one of my favorite local toy stores. Outside of the store there is a sale table. I saw a Barbie that was out of the box but in good shape. She was only five dollars, so I was more than happy to have her join my collection. Inside the store, I got some ice cream shaped erasers, a very cute and squishy lama toy, and more. I also went to Blue Bottle coffee for the first time. I got an iced coffee, and it was pretty good. It was also a very sunny day and I wore a dress for the first time in a while. The next day, I did not have anything planned, but I was happily surprised when my cousin called and asked if I wanted to go to dinner. We went to the Lazy Dog. I had never been there before but now that I have been I can recommend it. It was really good to get to go to dinner with my cousin. I have wanted to focus on being more social, and I have had some good opportunities to do that this month. After we ate dinner we went to Barns and Noble. I got two books. One was a book made up of a bunch of short Barbie books, and the other was a larger Barbie book that comes with toys. Last week my days off were pretty exciting and I’m happy about that.

Thanks for reading about some of my everyday adventures!

Love, Christina Epperly