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Day 30

This is it guys! The last day. I can’t say that I’ll be super bummed about this being it, I did find it a little hard to consistently post every single day. But I suppose I did learn a lot about my own consumption habits. I especially learned just how much of my life is fueled by my coffee intake. Today I started off with my usual trip to Starbucks, where this time I purchased a white chocolate mocha because I was feeling especially basic. I also got a bacon, gouda, and egg sandwich. 

Wednesdays are my long days, so I was in class from 9:45-6 pm. I had to hit myself in the face a few times just to avoid falling asleep in my classes. On my way home from classes, I stopped at Target to pick up a few things. I grabbed some paper towels, milk, a pair of tweezers, some new bed sheets to match my duvet cover, and some body wash. All of this totaled around 50$. 

Once I got home, I was in the mood to just chill, so I spent about 2 hours watching Rick and Morty (I finally finished season 3 woo!). I ate some rice and ponzu sauce while watching too. Probably not a good idea to eat that in my bed though, which is all white, but hey I survived. At around 8:30 is when I FINALLY started by homework, which definitely proved to be a mistake because I was up until 2:30 am putting together concept sketches on Illustrator for the ADES fashion show project in Text and Image. And that was my day! Thanks for reading friends. Overall, I definitely recognize how much consumption of not only coffee but also media I take in daily, something that I never really paid attention to before. Maybe now I’ll finally learn some self control to make my bank account a little happier. 

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Day 29

Today was a pretty boring day, so I apologize in advance for the less than interesting post. I started off my day consuming only coffee that I made myself this morning. I was so tired though that I accidentally made too much because I wasn’t paying attention. I ended up wasting about 1.5 cups of it. Oops. I then spent the rest of my day in class. 

Class time was extremely boring in Text and Image because we spent about an hour just putting our business cards together to print. So basically, from 8:30-10:25 was spent scrolling through social media and just browsing the web. Very uneventful. 

Once I got home, I had to quickly take a shower then rush off to work. Luckily I was working downstairs tonight though because the weather wasn’t that great, so everyone was obviously going to avoid the roof, meaning good money for me. At work I ate some carnitas tacos and had some diet coke. And that was pretty much it for my day folks, told ya it wasn’t that interesting! 

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Day 28

This weekend was a whirlwind of work, emotions, anxiety, stress, and exhaustion, so going to class was definitely on the bottom of my desires today. I could hardly wake up when my alarm went off, but I managed to have enough time in the morning to make my coffee with vanilla cream and head to class. It was a really nice feeling to be able to wake up and have time in the morning to make my coffee, I forget how therapeutic it can be. I got to class where we spent about an hour answering TopHat questions while I also texted my friends during most of bio lecture. 

I decided to go home after class because my stomach was basically screaming at me to get some food in it. I got home and made myself Nutella toast and a glass of milk while I watched Twin Peaks with my roommate. Around 1pm I decided to head back to class to finish up my screenprinting project which was due today. I spent about an hour on Photoshop fixing my positive so it could be printed on the transparency printer, which I spent about 4$ on printing. Total time it took me to finish all my prints was about 3 hours, which isn’t bad when you think of how much work goes into the process. I was super proud of the way they all turned out though! I had a lot of students in my class ask to keep one, which made me think, huh, maybe I should sell these. 

I then spent about 30 minutes stressfully debating which photo of my prints to post on Instagram. I was going back and forth with my friends on their opinions, which is probably a stupid way to spend my time. But whatever, I got over 100 likes on it so. I was absolutely starving when I left class that I went straight to Punch Pizza in NE and got a Marghertia pizza and a root beer to go. I then sat on the couch for about 2 hours eating that while watching Bob’s Burgers. After about 6 hours of homework after that, 2 glasses of chai, some more nutella toast, and some Rick and Morty before bed, I would say it was a pretty productive day.

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Day 27

Oh my god I hated today. I woke up at around 9 am to the AMAZING email from my boss saying that I no longer had to come in for my double on the rooftop because the weather wasn’t great. The second I saw that I immediately went back to bed. It wasn’t until around 11am that I woke up again to the sound of my phone ringing. Apparently my boss had to send one of the downstairs servers home so they were begging me to come in for brunch. I didn’t have any chance to make myself breakfast or coffee and I just had to book it. When I think about it, I really haven’t had time to casually make myself breakfast in weeks. I miss summer when I would wake up leisurely, make myself some fancy egg breakfast and chill in the morning. Now I’m just always waking up in a hurry and starving myself, and also wasting a ton of coffee because I’m too much in a rush to finish it. 

I get to work at around 11:40 and it was a disaster. Apparently the server they had to send home came to work drunk... great. So she probably got fired. Which meant that there were only 2 servers on for a busy Sunday brunch. I noticed that one of the other servers was SO incredibly hungover that she was just sleeping in the back and I basically had to pick up all her tables that she was neglecting. I was chugging coffee at work just to try and keep up. When I finally had some down time, I ordered the soft scrambled eggs with cheese and a side of buffalo sauce and just devoured it in the kitchen. I think I consumed at least 5 cups of coffee, hard to be sure though. 

When I finally got cut at around 4, I knew I had a lot of homework to do but instead I just chilled out on my bed and watched Adventure Time until I finally felt a little less stressed out, which took about 2 hours. I got a call from my dad at around 6 asking if I was around and wanted to get some dinner. Him and I went to R Taco in NE where I got 2 chicken tacos and a baja shrimp one, as well as a lime Jarrito. It was definitely a nice break to talk to my dad and eat tacos while I vent to him about work and my drunk coworkers. 

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Day 26

I woke up today to my cat licking me right in the eye, so probably didn’t start out on a good note. Although, it was 11:45 when I woke up, so probably a good thing she acted as my alarm clock. I knew I had to be at work by 2pm, so I basically hopped in the shower right away at 12 instead of eating breakfast. I did however make myself a iced chai latte out of that Tazo chai tea stuff and milk. I also grabbed some white cheddar Cheez Its and walked out the door. 

It was pretty busy on the rooftop when I got to work. I chugged my iced chai in the back too quickly and had a little bit of an upset stomach though. Not great when you are serving a lot of food. I spent a lot of time scrolling through Instagram in the back during my free time. I had just posted a photo earlier so obviously I was obsessing over how many likes I had on it. It wasn’t until around 5 pm that my head chef came out for preshift to have us try the new burger of the week. It was a mushroom, swiss, grilled onion burger with dijon mustard and served on milk bread. Not my fave tbh. But I ate it anyway because I was stupid hungry. 

I got cut around 8:30 at night because it started to get pretty cold out, and customers were dwindling upstairs. The drunken antics of the night before made me repulsed at the idea of going out again, so the second I got cut I did my side duties, grabbed my Cheez Its and walked out the door to my car. The second I got home I plopped down in bed, made myself another chai tea latte, and watched Holes on Netflix until I just passed out from exhaustion. I think the weekend has finally caught up to me. 

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Day 25

I feel like I’m on a two day hangover. I still woke up with a throbbing headache. Luckily I didn’t have to be to work until 5, so I slept until 11 trying to get rid of this headache. I made myself some coffee, which I accidentally overestimated how much I needed for my thermos and ended up wasting a whole cup. Just gonna add it to the collection!! I also got myself a breakfast sandwich to get a little protein in me so maybe I would feel better. 

I decided to go to the screenprinting studio before I had to work. I put on Spotify and was working until about 2:30 until I decided I should probably head back so I could pick up my cat before having to go to work. Oh, I was listening to the Insecure soundtrack in case you were wondering. It’s mainly hip hop and r&b music which is mainly what I like to listen to. 

Here’s my cat really struggling in the car. Just in case you wanted to see. 

I got to work around 5 and it was so dead. Which is definitely weird for a Friday, even if it’s kind of cold out. I ordered myself a pretzel at work because I never got a chance to eat before getting to work. I got cut at around 8 which is crazy early. I then decided to go to Chino with two of my coworkers (definitely felt like I was 3rd wheeling them though). There we got these steak, kimchi lettuce wraps, some tacos, and a sushi roll all for 30$ for all three of us. Libertine and Chino are both part of Parasole so we get good discounts. My friend Mark and I both decided to go to Uptown Tav and then Coup for some more drinks. Here I go again, drinking and spending a stupid amount of money. 

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Day 24

Yep, I was right. Today I woke up hurting. Every movement was painful, and reminded me of why I never want to drink again. I hurried to Caribou in the morning to get a coffee to recover. I know, shocking that I didn’t go to Starbucks. I got home where i just crashed on the couch and my roommate made me a fruit smoothie to help me recover. 

I couldn’t eat until around 4pm. When my hunger finally hit, it hit with a force. I asked my roommate to come with me to get Chipotle, because that seemed like the only thing that was appealing to me. Proved to be a mistake to ask her to come, because she turned it into an excuse to drive her around to run her errands. We were driving around picking up her tips from working, going to a crystal/magic shop to buy her incense, and more until finally I had to stop her and be like, no more. I need food, I’m getting hangry. 

We got to Chipotle where I spent 12$ on a burrito bowl, some chips, and queso which I devoured immediately. I later crashed in bed where I watched about 2 hours of tv, mainly on She’s the Man. I later met up with my friend Taryn to get drinks at Bulldog (I know, how the hell am i still able to drink). I spent about 25$ there on one drink and some wontons. Today was definitely a reminder that I can’t keep doing this to my body. 

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Day 23

Today’s the day!!! Glass Animals concert! Being in class was extremely difficult, especially since Wednesdays are my longest class days, starting at 9:45 and ending at 6. Before the concert, I consumed a large Starbucks iced vanilla latte, my left over carbonara, and some nutella toast. I was trying to carb up because I knew I was probably going to be drinking tonight. I also added more to my wasted coffee collection. I’m at about 6ish cups right now. 

Before the show, I dipped from my surface design class about 45 mins early after I got the work I needed to get done. I hurried home to change quick and then went to my friend apartment where I chugged a Summit Oktoberfest and then we took an Uber to Palace Theater in St. Paul. 

We were able to get to the front of the line pretty easily, which meant we were going to have some killer spots. And we definitely did, because we were front row. I had 2 Surly Furious’s, which wasn’t a good idea considering how many times i had to leave the crowd to go pee. Also IPA’s usually have higher alcohol content which also wasn’t ideal because I knew I was going to have a hangover. I also made the dumb decision to go out with my friend Hannah in uptown after the show. I drank more Furious’s and ended up spending around 25$ on drinks that night. I ended up having to crash at her place. Tomorrow morning is definitely not looking good. 

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Day 22

Today I actually woke up with enough time to make myself some coffee to bring to class. Shocking. What’s even more shocking is that I wasted less than a cup of coffee! My roommates however, still wasted about 2 cups total. I knew we had peer reviews for our business cards in Text and Image, so basically this was going to be spent browsing online for most of the period while I wait for my group’s turn. I spent most of the time on Society6 looking for some art to buy for my room. I chose one that was a painting of leaves, that I spent 45$ on. I know, kinda ridiculous lol. But it’s going to go so well with my new style of my room. 

I then stayed on campus instead of going home before my second class so I could finish some bio homework. I was absolutely starving, so I stopped at the vending machines before class and bought some Famous Amos cookies and peanut butter m&m’s for a total of 3$. 

I then spent the rest of my day at work, which was extremely slow because the weather was not great. I was the only server on downstairs, which meant I went through a little bit of a rush until all my tables decided to leave at the same time. I did get to be put in charge of coming up with names for our new winter cocktails which was pretty cool. My boss chose 1 out of the 25 that I came up with. Good start. I got some carbonara to go and went home to get my homework done before I got to Glass Animals tomorrow night. 

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Day 21

It was definitely hard to wake up this morning, considering I got home around 1:30 am last night. Definitely don’t know why I keep going out on days I have class the next day. I also forgot my computer when I went to class which was a major bummer because usually I liked to spend my time in my bio class surfing the social medias. After class I went home during my break where I did some more online shopping for my revamping of my room. I only bought one throw blanket from Amazon, nothing too exciting. I also took this time to collect more of the coffee my roommates left behind. I’m definitely growing a collection, and also making my roommates pretty self conscious about their waste. 

I went back to class where I spent my time in the screen printing studio finishing up my portrait project. I left a little bit early though because it was my dad’s birthday and we were going to grab some dinner to celebrate. 

We decided to go to Red Rabbit for dinner, which is one of my favorite restaurants. We ordered a bottle of the Pinot Noir and some burrata to start, which was incredible. It came with some roasted tomatoes and a broccoli pesto. I ordered a shrimp pasta dish, and my dad ordered the carbonara. It was definitely a little pricey, but very much worth it. 

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Day 20

Thank GOD I woke up at 9 this morning, because i just happened to check my work schedule on my phone and realize that I was supposed to work a double today, meaning I had to be at work by 10:30. I woke up in a hurry and rushed to work. I was pretty happy to be working downstairs this morning for brunch, this meant that I would be making a lot more money than I would be if I was upstairs. I got to work and ordered an iced coffee from People’s Organic for 2$ (I get a discount there because I work in the building). My parents then decided to surprise me by visiting me for brunch. I decided to take my break then so I could eat with them, which I ordered a grain bowl from work for $4.50 (originally $9, but again, those discounts man).

I finished my food around 3, but I had to be back at work by 5. One of my coworkers and I decided to then go get a drink at Uptown Tavern until I had to be back. Tav was doing $3 Blue Moons. I only got one, though, considering I had to be back at work soon and wasn’t trying to go back with a beer gut and being all sleepy.

I worked upstairs on the roof for the rest of my shift, where it was pretty dead. I ate some carnitas tacos for dinner, had some diet coke with it, and finally got cut pretty early (around 9). Two of my coworkers who got cut early decided to wait for me so we could all get drinks after work. We went to Coup De’Tat where I spent $7 on a vodka soda. Luckily, I was feeling pretty responsible and decided to drive home pretty early tonight instead of stay out until 3am like everyone was probably going to do.

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Day 19

Today was great because yay I didn’t have to work on a Saturday which is wild!! I also got to sleep in which felt pretty great. For breakfast, I surprisingly didn’t waste any coffee of my own, mainly because I didn’t make any at home. But I did notice my roommates both still had left over coffee in their pots. I asked them if I could pour the remaining in my collection, and they thought I was weird but said it was okay. 

I went to get some brunch later with my friend Dave who I haven’t seen in a long time. We went to the Lowry where i had a bloody mary, and their Denver Fritatta. All of that cost me around $30. I then stopped at the liquor store on the way home so I could bring some beer to my friend’s going away party and not have to mooch on her drinks. 

One of my really good friends decided recently to move to Sweden, so we all went over to her apartment to have a little friend’s dinner. We all worked together to make spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, and brownies. It was pretty adorable. I also wore my new shiny space pants I got from Forever 21 last week because I’ve been itching to wear them out. My roommate Sophie and I decided to leave a little early and go to LynLake Brewery to grab a beer. I bought both mine and my roommates beer (because I’m just so nice), which ended up being 15$. I had an Amber which definitely proved to be too heavy for the hot day. We ended the night early, but not before stopping at Galactic pizza. 

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Day 18

I’m sorry to say but this blog post is probably going to be pretty boring. However, because I don’t have classes on Fridays, it did give me some time to reconsider more about what I want to do with my digital collection. 

I’ll start off with what I consumed. For food, I made myself some coffee in the morning with vanilla creamer, made myself some scrambled eggs, went to work and consumed 2 glasses of Diet Coke, and some carnitas tacos. Not super healthy, but I survived. 

Aside from going to work, much of my morning started off with me realizing how much coffee was being wasted by my roommates and I. One of my roommates left our house with half of her french press still full of coffee, I had poured about 2 cups down the sink because I made too much, then my other roommate left about 2 cups just sitting in the pot. I definitely realize through this blog how much coffee is prevalent in my life, and yet I waste so much of it? This got me thinking about starting to just collect all the coffee we waste and put it in a big container. I also will still be collecting photos of the coffees I buy from Starbucks and etc, to also add to my collection, considering I had already been doing that for the past 17 days. The wasted coffee will just add to my collection of overconsumption of coffee. 

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Day 17

Today I dropped a lot more money than I really thought I would. It started off with me waking up late and having to book it to my Text and Image class at 8:30. I didn’t have time to eat breakfast at my place, so I basically sat through class with my stomach growling. Definitely not good because I was so distracted by my hunger that it was hard to listen to the reps from the Goldstein and the Apparel Design students when they were giving us their pitches. After class, I decided to book to it my fave place, Starbucks, where I spent 9$ on a latte and a breakfast sandwich. 

My big spending happened later in the day. I have been itching lately for a complete decor change for my room, and I was thrilled to see that my bank account had a lot more money than I thought in it. I was getting really stressed out by the cluttered appearance of my room, so I decided to spend $130 online shopping at Urban Outfitters on a new duvet cover and matching pillow set. A pricey decision, but one that would ease my stress over the clutter of my current style. 

This overwhelming stress that I was feeling over simple decor really made me think about how much possessions can affect one’s mood. The fact that literally a change in my duvet cover can relieve my anxiety. It really shows me how much consumerism and materialistic things have a grip on our lives. 

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Day 16

Yet another day of lots of spending on food and coffee drinks. My digital collection is definitely showing lots of growth in this area. I started off with some Starbucks for a iced hazelnut latte (a very weird change for me, I’m usually your basic vanilla hoe), some pesto cavatappi from Noodles & Company, and then some Red Savoy’s pizza which my roommate bought. I also enjoyed a Fulton Lonely Blonde and a glass of red wine. All of this resulted in my bank account decreasing and me getting heartburn by the end of the night. 

As for media consumption, I spent about 30 mins watching South Park on Hulu which I was heavily judged for by my roommates, and then about 2 hours worth of apartment hunting for the summer. My roommates apparently are both leaving the state after they graduate, so lil ol’ me has to find another place to live. I’ve been trying to find places in NE Mpls, but it’s proving very hard considering it’s so early in the year to start looking for a summer place. 

I ended my night by watching a little bit of the Matrix with my roommates. I forgot how much I love Keanu Reeves and his terrible acting skills. Overall, I spent way too much money today, but luckily I’ll be working all weekend to compensate for that. It’s probably not great that I use that as an excuse to keep shopping, but here we are. 

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Day 15

For today’s food consumption, I had an iced coffee (which i spilled all over my car), scrambled eggs with cheese and salsa, a bowl of rice with ponzu sauce, then the Gringo Burger (at work) which is basically just a burger with avocado and pico de gallo on it. As for media consumption, I spent about 45 minutes online shopping on Forever 21, and 30 mins watching Insecure before work. Oh, and I spent $66 on shoes and a jacket from Forever 21. Look! I spent no money on food though!

During class, we had our peer review of our splurchase. I brought my $1.49 little face mask and just started discussing the importance of this object and how it relates to themes of consumption in society, economy, and culture. I’m glad we had this reflection, because I felt like when I bought the item, I literally didn’t think anything of it; I just saw it on the shelf and grabbed it. As for aesthetics, the design really didn’t stand out at all. I basically just saw the price tag while I was already in the beauty aisle. 

However, while we talked more about it in my peer review, I definitely started being able to connect this brand and object to themes of consumption in society. We definitely live in a society that is focused on normative beauty standards, especially when it comes to gender. The object itself was absolutely marketed towards women, considering it has a drawing of a female on the very cover. It really made me think about why we as a culture and society are so quick to place a gender on something as basic as a face mask. Are men not allowed to have clean faces? I find that so odd, and definitely a limiting marketing strategy. However, the price definitely reflects a more accessible economy, where luxury items like face masks are able to appeal to a more broader income spectrum. 

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Day 14

I had a really hard time being a functioning person today. I woke up 20 minutes before I had to be at my 9:45am bio lecture, meaning I had no time to have my morning coffee. I was basically falling asleep in lecture. As far as my consumption goes today food wise, it was pretty slim. I had coffee and nutella toast once I got home from class. I watched Atlanta on Hulu for an hour, then watched an episode of Insecure on HBO until I fell asleep on the couch for 2 hours. 

I woke up with 15 minutes to get to my 3pm class in St. Paul, so I grabbed some Cheez Its and booked it to campus. Once I got there, our teacher allowed us to leave to go buy materials for screen printing. I spent $16 at the bookstore on tape, and sharpies. Yes, $16 on tape... and sharpies...

I left class a little early because I was exhausted and had no creative ambitions to be in class. Once I got back to the Dinky/Como area, I stopped at the liquor store to buy a 6 pack of Fulton Lonely Blondes, then I went to Target to get my splurchase. I walked into target and immediately found these 1.49$ face masks that they were selling. I didn’t even think and I just grabbed one. It looked ok, can’t say how well it will work until I’m allowed to open it. I don’t have that high of expectations for a face mask that cost $1.49 though. I also decided to buy some Maybelline matte lip gloss and some Colgate toothpaste because why not I was there anyway.