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Book Review: Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Ekstron Courage

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Last year, I purchased a novel called Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstron Courage. It is a cozy mystery inspired by the TV series Golden Girls. I am not a big fan of Golden Girls, but I know many people love the show. One of my friends is a fan of the show. They were really excited when they found out there would be a cozy mystery novel inspired by the show. I was happy for my friend, but I didn’t really think the book would be right for me. (After all, I’m not a big Golden Girls fan!)

After my friend read the book, they began to encourage me to buy the book and read it too. After listening to them describe the book, I began like the idea of the book, how it was written, and other parts of it. So, I decided to buy myself a copy of the novel and read it myself.

Before I read the whole book, I decided to try the cheesecake recipe in the book. I talked about it and if I liked it in a previous post. (You can read it here) Aside from talking about the cheesecake recipe, I didn’t talk about the actual novel. I have since read the book and decided to write a review post about it!

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The Sale of Warner Brothers, The CW, and Panic Buying My Favorite TV Shows on DVD

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The sale of Warner Brothers has been really huge news for quite some time. It isn’t every day a studio as large, well known, and is over 100 years old begins the process to sell it’s assets (Including the actual studios, catalogue, and more) and start to close it’s doors.

When I heard about it, it was just a small rumbling my friends heard about. Now, we know what they heard wasn’t a rumor and it was the truth. Yet, I began to wonder what would happen if Warner Brothers did close. What would happen to a lot of movies and TV shows I love? Will they still exist on DVD still or will they be available via streaming services only?

After thinking about this for months, I finally decided to star buying my favorite TV shows and movies on DVD.

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Skylar Boardwalk Delight Fragrance Review (With The Summer I Turned Pretty Limited Edition Packaging)

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It’s fall now, except if you’re waiting until the fall equinox. Then it’s the very last days of summer! Anyway, no matter what season you consider it, I still have one last fragrance to review from Skylar Clean Beauty’s The Summer I Turned Pretty limited edition packaging.

In my previous Skylar Clean Beauty fragrance reviews, I reviewed the other two fragrances with The Summer I Turned Pretty packaging. (You can read them here and here) The packaging was in honor of the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Now that season three is out, it’s time to review the last fragrance in Skylar Clean Beauty x The Summer I Turned Pretty collection.

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Skylar Salt Air Fragrance Review (With The Summer I Turned Pretty Limited Edition Packaging)

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It’s July and that means it’s time to review another fragrance from Skylar. I love Skylar’s fragrances and how they are hypoallergenic. For summer 2025, I decided to review the three fragrances that were part of a collaboration for season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Like with the previous fragrance I reviewed, Capri Summer, this fragrance is exactly the same as the non limited edition version. The packaging, on the other hand, is part of Skylar’s collaboration with The Summer I Turned Pretty. I decided to use it for reference photos. Also, just for reference, the third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty will premiere next week.

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Skylar x The Summer I Turned Pretty Perfume Trio Feature

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Back in the early 2010’s, I discovered The Summer I Turned Pretty novel series. I read it, like them, and then moved onto other books that were newly released. Many years later, a series based off the series was released on Amazon. Although I was excited to see the series, the books will always be my favorite way to experience the story.

Even though I like the series, I felt conflicted about buying the tie in merchandise. Although they were really pretty and were my style, I felt they were too youthful for me. So, I skipped on purchasing many of the merchandise. The ones I purchased are items I really like and make me happy to this day. Three of the products I purchased were the Skylar x The Summer I Turned Pretty perfume collection.

I love the fragrances a lot, I decided to save reviewing each of the fragrances for future posts. Instead, I will be focusing on the collaboration packaging and if they are truly worth purchasing.

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AQUA x The White Lotus at Bloomingdales Collection Favorites (As a Non Fan of The Series)

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As you have probably read by the title of this post, I’m not a fan of the series The White Lotus. When people describe themselves as “not a fan” of something, it can me different things. For me, I didn’t watch The White Lotus, so I think it’s dumb of me to to claim to be a fan of a series without actually watching it.

Despite this, The White Lotus is popular and currently has three seasons. In honor of the release of the third season, clothing brand AQUA created a collection inspired by The White Lotus. It is also available only at Bloomingdale’s.

For the past few weeks, I received emails from Bloomingdale’s about the collection. Since I don’t watch the show, I initially passed on looking at the collection. Recently, out of curiosity, I decided to browse it to see if there were things I’d want to own if I was a fan of The White Lotus. Much to my surprise, I did find clothing, shoes, and accessories that caught my eye and would wear no matter if I am a fan or not. I decided to compile all my favorite items in the collection in a post to talk about what I like about them.

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Profusion Cosmetics x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection

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I really enjoy browsing the makeup section of Walmart every few months. I like looking at all the new releases, brands, and collaborations that are available in store. One of the ones I enjoyed looking at was the Profusion Cosmetics x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collection.

The collection is still available as of the publishing of this post in the section dedicated to Profusion makeup. I saw it for the first time in October 2024, so I’m really happy to see it still available for sale months after I saw it for the first time.

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Bath and Body Works x Stranger Things: New Products Coming Soon

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Tomorrow, August 22, 2024, Bath and Body Works will release all the products in their newest collaboration collection. The collaboration collection is with Netflix’s series Stranger Things.

Bath and Body Works released candles in the collection, but more products will be released tomorrow. According to emails, there is a way to preview the collection in the Bath and Body Works app. I didn’t long onto the app, so I will be waiting until tomorrow to find out what the whole collection has.

Even though I am waiting, I still wanted to write a post about the collection so far and what I think the collection will have without signing into the Bath and Body Works app.

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Bath and Body Works With Bridgerton Collection Haul

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When the whole Bath and Body Works With Bridgerton collection was released, I was excited. While I’m not the biggest fan of Bridgerton, I love to look at products inspired by the Netflix series. I wanted to see the whole collection in person and decide which ones I want to own. Unfortunately, there weren’t many products (Such as candles, wallflowers, ect.) I wanted to purchase. Instead, I purchased two candle holders and a PocketBac holder from the collection.

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Bath and Body Works Haul- March 2024

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A few months ago, I decided to stop by Bath and Body Works and smell some of the newest scents available for purchase. I ended up buying a fragrance mist and body gel in two different scents. I debated if I should post this haul because it is a small haul. Even though it is small haul, I really like the scents I purchased and am still excited to use what I purchased!

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