Five Favs | May 2026
It’s been a while since I stopped by here, blogging isn’t coming to me as naturally as it use to. I can thank brain fog and motherhood for that, I guess. Blogging with a baby on your lap makes things a bit more challenging lol.
May was such a blur for me, and I feel like I’ve said this several times already. Or maybe I haven’t and just thought it, I’m not sure at this point. But relying on my camera roll has been a thing for me and thank goodness for it, honestly.
| happy haul blind boxes
Blind boxes at Target?! I mean, new ones. Disney ones. And they’re actually really cute Miniso/Teso quality blind boxes. Oh yeah, rip my bank account. My 7yo did pull Cheshire Cat and she immediately gave it to me because she knows how much I love Cheshire Cat. That was really sweet of her.
Currently there’s only 2 of these type of collections and maybe that’s a good thing lol.
| skinfix eczema+ hand relief cream
This one isn’t new, it’s been a fav of mine for a few years now and it’s a nightstand staple. Seriously. I have yet to find a hand cream that’s just as good for my eczema.
| FFXIV MSQ
Yeah, I said it!
I really enjoyed the ending of Endwalker though that creepy girl was really starting to annoy me. I get it though, I’m sure scouting worlds and finding nothing but you know, the natural course of life and death, can be a lot for one… soul to absorb and I don’t doubt it drove her to her conclusion.
It really made me reflect on life and mortality and why do we want to do good despite the fact it’ll all end. Like what’s the entire purpose. And I love when anything makes me question mortality. Though I do sometimes end up in a weird endless loop of doom.
I think I preferred the Emet version to this one.
| buying myself flowers
My MIL bought me flowers for my birthday and since then I’ve gone back to the habit of getting myself flowers weekly. I miss doing this for myself, even if the origin of this lore is a sad one. But the flowers make me happy, so it’s okay.
I just wish I had a place to put them where I could appreciate them even more.
| Asian Market Days
I have a love hate with this. On one side, I’ve always loved going to asian markets. Even as a kid, and messing with the crabs. Grabbing my snacks (that I still grab to this day and that my kids have started jacking from me) and browsing all the cool asian produce and foods.
Bonus if I find a new favorite.
However, it also means blind box spending which can get pretty intense real quick. I try to have some self control but it’s usually… fruitless. I am trying to be better in general about my blind box spending lol. At least until I can figure out how to properly display them.
I don’t get out much anymore, as I stated in a previous post. And I hate it hasn’t gotten any better. The news hasn’t gotten any better. The cost of living sure as fuck has not gotten any better. And I’m trying really hard to find a silver lining, or something to look forward to because this fear shit they got going on, is not okay and is the opposite of what this country was founded for. The most absurd part is realizing how many people I know or grew up with that agree with this shit. I come from an area of high immigrant population, like, are you fuckin kidding me? So you’re for your parents and family being detained then? Stupid. And the whole “well I’m a citizen” shit is null and void at this point — the people being detained aren’t all undocumented, but they are all brown.
Sigh.
I’m not going to go on a tangent because it’ll just upset me and it’s barely 1030am. I’m trying my best to look on the bright side, any side actually, and while some days are harder than others, I’m trying my best.
