Adventure Time with Heather and Vicky!

Hi lovelies!! ! Yes I'm back already! I have had a very exciting and busy week this past week. I got to spend some time doing some fun things with my best friend Vicky (Hii Vicky!). I really wanted to share about the fun places we went and our adventures.

My face from like 2-3 weeks ago. Hiiii! 

We FINALLY got to go to my birthday surprise. Where exactly did we go?  We went to a tea house!  As well as my favorite tea shop.

It was such a beautiful tea house called Tea with Tracy. It took us about an hour to get there but it was SO worth the drive! Plus the drive was fun, singing to Fall Out Boy and the Wicked soundtrack. And of course....Take Off by 2PM . I HAVE to listen to that song whenever I'm on a 20+ minute drive.

When we walked in, I was seriously in awe. It was just so beautiful!! The place didn't look like a typical coffee shop or cafe. It was very classy and charming. It was small and cozy.  I felt like every inch of the place was meticulously decorated. 

Even when I went into the bathroom, it was stunning. They had nice tea related pictures hanging on the wall and Victorian styled china dishes to hold things such as paper towels in the bathroom. I didn't go back to take pictures because I didn't want to be that creepy person bringing their phone into the bathroom. They even had a good sized shelved area displaying the teas they use, available for purchase.

There were two rooms in the tea house, when we walked in we were led to the seemingly smaller room, to a little circular table. The table was beautifully decorated, I was just so giddy with excitement. It had a white cloth tablecloth. A cute little lamp, a menu in a cute ornate frame, cloth napkins with silverware and a china sugar bowl with sugar cubes and tongs. 

There were also beautiful china tea cups and saucers. This was my tea cup:

This was Vicky's:

The room had lace curtains and really cute twinkling string lights I like to refer to as fairy lights. They really added to the atmosphere. Even the chairs were beautiful!

We were given a good sized menu of all of the teas that they serve. I was really impressed of their selection. They also had two themed sections. Princess teas:

And superhero teas!

We decided on strawberry green tea and their afternoon tea menu. We were brought a beautiful tea pot with our tea. 

We also got beautiful glasses with water. I was even able to get lemon and honey, which I frequently put in my tea. I was brought some itty bitty lemon wedges in a cute little cup.

With the tea house's afternoon tea course along with the pot of tea,  we were each able to pick a type of little tea sandwich, each a large scone and we each got to choose a dessert. We were brought lovely china plates and the food was brought on equally lovely china plates on a sort of cupcake stand.

These are the tea sandwiches we chose! Vicky went with chicken salad, I went with baked ham and Gouda.

These are the scones! Their scone options were limited and a bit out of the ordinary. We both got cherry almond, which was delicious! They also brought us whipped butter for the scones and homemade strawberry jam in a cute little cup.

For dessert, we each chose something different. Vicky went with chocolate chip cookies of which she got two of. I went with Swedish brownies. 

Now I expected actual brownies, so I was really surprised with what they actually were. Swedish brownies are actually pretty much almond flavored cake with a brownie consistency. It was really good but very rich and sweet. I couldn't even finish one and had to bring the leftovers home.

Here is Vicky being all cute and gorgeous as always ❤. 

Our afternoon tea was very lovely! The food and the tea were wonderful. The atmosphere was beautiful and it was nice to have a little tea party and catch up. I hadn't seen Vicky since June and I missed her so much!!!

From there, we drove to my favorite tea shop Simpson & Vale, the shop that I discussed back in February. We walked around looking at and smelling the teas. I was beyond thrilled to be back and thrilled to introduce Vicky to more types of tea since she is just starting to get into it. As part of my birthday gift, Vicky bought me a tin of tea and some samples of some other teas (thank you so much again!!)

I got a tin of Creme de la Berry which is a wonderful strawberries and cream flavored green tea. The samples I got are Creme Brulee, English Toffee, Strawberry Cupcake and Chocolate Caramel.

We went to some random shops to browse afterwards. We ran around Home Goods trying to take pictures together. This annoying woman kept following us every time we tried to go to a deserted isle. 

This is the first time since I was 18 that Vicky and myself have taken a picture together!! It definitely needed to happened, we both have changed so much since high school. I look like a hot mess admittedly. It was a rainy, but hot and humid day. I don't fair well with heat and humidity. We had been out and about for most of the day so at that point, I was sweating and my makeup was running. Plus my hair was up.

They had just started to get their Halloween decorations in so of course I was spazzing over those and some beautiful tea cups. Seriously, I go nuts when I see stores start to put out their Halloween products. It's the perfect time of year to shop for my year round decor! XD

On Thursday we went on another adventure to the mall for most of the day. I had been achy for days after this adventure, on Friday I could barely walk. I made the mistake of wearing flip flops to the mall, but it was worth it because I didn't get as overheated as I normally do in sneakers.

We had such a blast shopping! It was a beautiful drive to the mall, a very bright sunny day. The clouds looked like a painting.

I took a picture of the beautiful old carousel that the mall has near the entrance at the food court. When I was a little kid, one of my dad's relatives worked running the carousel so I would get some free rides on it.

We first hit Lush, I was devastated to find that they were totally out of their wonderful face masks. They just released two new ones that I really wanted to try. I had brought my 5 empty product pots to turn in for a free mask via their recycling program. The store was expecting a shipment of masks later that day, we went back to Lush probably 4 times and found out that there was a problem at the factory with the shipment. It figured that the one time I can get to the mall that I couldn't get a face mask. It's infuriating!!!

We then went to Bath and Body works, mine and Vicky's love ❤❤❤❤. We spend so much time walking around smelling everything. They were just beginning to get their fall scents in and I never had gotten to sample their fall scents before.

From there we went to Sephora. We had a funny experience there. When looking through skincare a Beyoncè song came on (Naughty Girl), suddenly the music got REALLY loud and we were wondering wtf it was about. We then realized that a Sephora employee was walking around singing to it really loudly. It was SO funny!!

On our way to Forever 21 to look at clothes we came across a new store called Kiko Milano that drew us in. It was a makeup store!! It was small but had a lot of nice products all at seemingly decent prices. Not drugstore prices but certainly not high end. It was like a little boutique. They had a large sale going on so we thought we would take a look. Vicky spazzed a bit over the price of the nail polishes they had on sale. We both LOVE nail polish.

After that  we hit CVS and the beauty supply store to look at more nail polish. I helped Vicky choose a blush from the Nyx clearance sale they had. We then ventured to Forever 21 to look at clothes.

We checked out Claire's because I love to get earrings from there. They always have some really cute ones. I was hoping to find some tea cup earrings but could only find latte and coffee ones. Oh well the hunt continues!

Lastly we went to Hot Topic. We always go there last because we KNOW we'll end up blowing all of our money there. I spent a good while looking for the anime section and going back and forth looking at necklaces. I really wanted a Ouija board cameo necklace they had but the price was a bit steep for what it was.

They had a separate small Attack on Titan section, small Black Butler section, anime shirt section and Dragon Ball Z section but I couldn't find the rest. I was miffed because I had yet to see anything Sailor Moon related. The anime shirts they had were Blue Exorcist, Soul Eater, AOT, DBZ, Sword Art Online and Bleach. I didn't take many pictures because Hot Topic is so damn dark!! I did see these awesome AOT water bottles. Yes, I spazzed. No I didn't check the price, I was afraid of the expense to be honest. 

I FINALLY found the rest of the anime stuff and accidentally yelled "Yes, I found my section!!!"...I got some odd states xD. I spazzed so hard at the extra Black Butler stuff, Sailor Moon stuff, SAO and the Free! Wallet.

Curse you horrible Hot Topic lighting! 

I laughed my ass off when I found this, an Attack on Titan Titan mask!! XD

While waiting for Vicky to decide on what else she wanted to get to take advantage of the sale I looked through the bucket of buttons at the checkout desk. I was looking for a Sailor Moon one but couldn't find it. One of the employees literally dumped it out to help me find a Chibi Moon button, but we kept finding Saturn ones. Why did no one want you Saturn? ;___;. If I didn't find the larger Sailor Moon button I would have gotten you Saturn. I also found a Black Butler Button and a Kirito one. I already have an SAO button so I didn't get the Kirito one. The employee was awesome, we chatted for probably 20 minutes while Vicky tried to decide what to buy. We talked about Sailor Moon and how much of a bitch Rei is to Usagi a lot of the time. She was really into anime and Harry Potter. I love Hot Topic employees!

I was having asthmatic problems and I was exhausted so from there we left the mall and headed home. But it was such a wonderful and fun day!!

So what did my mall haul consist of?

At Lush, I got a small slice of their Rockstar soap. I am in LOVE with their soaps. This particular one smells like candy. I also considered Honey I Washed The Kids because it smelled like heavenly caramel.

 I got samples of D'fluff and Angels on Bare Skin to Try. I was all out of Ocean Salt and couldn't buy a pot so I got a sample of that as well.

YAY for lazy pictures!!!! 

At Sephora I just got 3 samples, two face masks and Too Faced Hangover primer. I've been DYING to try it. Vicky purchased one of Sephora's new house brand sleeping masks and one of their sheet masks, I'm excited to hear her verdicts on the products.

At Bath and Body Works I got an Iced Coconut Coolada shower gel and a French Lavender & Honey lotion. The lotion I got for free because I had a coupon, the shower gel I got on clearance. I refuse to pay full price for anything at B&BW because I know that just about everything eventually goes on sale and they always email coupons. 

The Iced Coconut Coolada is described as having the key notes of coconut milk, passion fruit sorbet, orange zest, creamy vanilla and lime ice. To me it smells like coconut with a hint of pineapple and vanilla. It is a refreshing summery scent. I didn't like the scent of the matching lotion but I LOVED this shower gel. A thing to keep in mind with B&BW products is that the scents of matching shower gels, body sprays and lotions often differ at least a bit.

The French Lavender & Honey is described as having a fresh blend of French lavender, lily of the valley and nectarine de province warmed with sun kissed honey and white oak must. To me it smells like sweetened lavender. It reminds me a bit of one of my favorite Bath and Body Works lotions, Honey Sweetheart. This is also my first bottle with the new formula and packaging. I am loving the feel of the new formula!!!

Sorry for the shit-tastic picture! 

At Kiko Milano I got this kawaii nail polish. It's a light sort of robin's egg pastel blue with blue specs in it. It is called Cupcake nail polish, I unfortunately can't find a shade name. They had a huge sale in the store and I got this really cheap, it was under $2. When I put the change down of $2.02 (price + tax. Sales tax is ridiculous in Connecticut.), I cracked myself up by saying "Now that's my two sense cents". Ha ha ha, I'm so punny!! Seriously though, I'm so excited to test out this color. 

Lastly at Hot Topic, I got all of this taking advantage of the buy 1 get 1 half off sale. I love all of their sales. Back when I started shopping there when I was in middle school, they never had sales!!! They also had these little cards they would stamp with each purchase where you would eventually earn a discount. Now they have the HT+1 rewards program.

Anyway, I bought this Black Butler hair bow. Vicky had to talk me into it and convinced me I needed it. She was so right.

Now I can work some Phantomhive realness. Yes...I have watched too much of RuPaul's Drag Race. 

I got this really cute little galaxy hair bow.

This was so hard to photograph ;____; 

I got two buttons, a large Sailor Moon one and a small Black Butler one.

I got this beautiful long crystal necklace. I am VERY into crystal jewelry at the moment.

Lastly I got this Sailor Moon poster. 

I haven't had the chance to even unwrap this. Need to play some poster/wall tetris first!

What the poster actually looks like

They had a good amount of anime posters hidden in the corner. I spazzed so hard when I found them, I probably got some odd looks. I already had 2 smaller Sailor Moon posters in my room so I was a bit hesitant (the other choices were between Soul Eater, Black Butler and Ouran High School Host Club.) But Vicky talked me into it because I'm a SUPER fan of Sailor Moon. Plus it had my Mamoru baby *^*. If I didn't get that poster, I totally would've gotten the Ouran one since I already have a huge Black Butler wall scroll. I have absolutely no idea where to put the poster and I'll have to move stuff to make room, but Vicky was right. I NEEDED IT!!!

My room is becoming SO weeby!!! Or in simpler terms it's turning into a nerdy-ass anime room. I can't help it, I love my shows!! When I get really into something, I pour my entire soul into it. Slowly my room wallpapered with band posters is being covered in anime posters and figures. I love my habitat though, and that's what truly counts.

A few other exciting things happened last week. I began working on a book I was thinking of writing thanks to urging from my friend Natasha (Hey girl!!!! ❤) and of course Vicky. It is non fiction and a bit about my life. It isn't an autobiography but rather of my experiences with something. I'm not sure if I will go anywhere with it or even finish it but it is an exciting endeavor. I miss writing a lot.

I also found out that one of my oldest friends who is like family finally set her wedding date (after being engaged for like 3 years!!) I'm so happy for her and her fiancè. Even more news, I'll be part of the bridal party (I've never been a bride's maid before) and I'll be doing the makeup for the wedding. I know it'll be a lot of work but I couldn't be happier to be a part of her special day ❤❤❤.

Lastly, this blog has gotten over 2,000 page views!! Yaay!!! 

Thank you so much to everyone that reads this blog from the casual readers to my dedicated ones. I love you all so much and am so grateful that you care enough about what I have to say to read my posts. I never thought so many people would read my blog!! 

I'm sorry that this post was so long! I had such a fun time that I wanted to share all of our adventures and my hauls. I hope you enjoyed reading that little slice of my life and that my biggest blog fan (Vicky ❤) enjoyed reading about our experiences too! It's been such a busy and crazy week for me, I'm happy that my anxiety problems didn't totally ruin all of it. I'm starting to slowly learn how not to let it completely control my life.

This week we have Vicky's birthday adventure and another busy week for me. I'm stoked to have some more fun with her and to give her her gifts.

 Hope you all have a lovely day, my dears ❤

Xoxo

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