How I SURVIVED Election Night! || The Scoop #12
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Summary
In this episode of The Scoop, I talk about a new purchase I have been loving, the election, and more. Teddy Blake makes beautiful leather handbags without the price tag of luxury handbags, and they are stunning!
Transcript
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Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's episode of The Scoop.
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If you are new to my channel, The Scoop is our chance to just catch up, talk about what's
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been going on over the course of the week, act like we're all grabbing a cup of coffee
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I do this once a week on my channel, and it's just a way for us to talk about current events
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So please leave in the comments what you guys have been up to, your thoughts on all the
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I love to hear those things, and I always read the comments.
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So I've just got my handy-dandy water bottle today.
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It's a little bit later in the afternoon, and I have been loving this.
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I got it from Amazon, and it has all of the times listed on the side so you know how much
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to drink over the course of the day and then refill.
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So I'll link that below in case you guys are interested.
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But grab a cup of coffee, tea, water, whatever it is you're into, and let's get into it.
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So the first thing I want to talk about today is this purse.
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I have been loving this purse, and I am so excited to let you guys know that Teddy Blake
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Teddy Blake makes beautiful leather handbags without the price of luxury leather handbags,
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They reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in trying one of their purses,
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I usually use a little purse, but I don't really have many big purses that I like, and
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One of the small pieces that came on this bag, it was this piece right here, actually
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I said, is it possible that I can get this replaced?
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Immediately they said, no problem, and they're sending me a replacement.
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Not only do they make beautiful leather handbags, they also have great customer service, which,
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They have a team of designers from well-known luxury brands, and they make a ton of bags in
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If you don't see something you like right now, don't worry.
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They come out with new bags every single month, so that's pretty cool.
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All of the leather for their bags is made with real, luxurious Italian leather.
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They are dyed and treated to withstand the test of time, and I can definitely feel that
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They use the same Italian factories as other luxury brands.
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And each Teddy Blake bag is characterized by high-quality construction, attention to
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detail, imaginative design, and shape and durability.
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You can really see on their website they have some beautiful designs, and they come in all
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different shapes and sizes, and they're also beautiful to hold in person.
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All of their bags are made with all of the key characteristics that high-end luxury brands
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use, but they remove the super high price tag that's just there because it's a label.
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Now, I'm not saying that these bags are super inexpensive because they're not, but these
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are the kinds of bags that are going to last you a lifetime, and they're also priced fairly
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But Teddy Blake bags are really a wonderful addition to your closet, and you're not paying
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the super, super high price tag just for a label.
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What you're paying for is the quality of the leather and the quality of the construction
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So thank you so much to Teddy Blake for sponsoring this portion of today's video.
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I'm going to link this in the description box below so that you guys can purchase your
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So the next thing I want to talk about is the election.
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And I know that this is a stressful time for many of us.
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We're all just kind of waiting on the edge of our seats to see how things turn out.
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But something that's been really helping me, and I've noticed a lot of people have been
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writing, and I just love it, is that no matter what happens, God is there.
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Of course, we all have a mission and a role to play to make sure that good things continue
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I'm curious to know what you guys watched on election night.
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My husband and I switched between Louder with Crowder and Daily Wire, and it was interesting
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There was a tweet that went around that said, put a gif to represent how you've been feeling
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this election night, and I chose a cat going like this.
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I was kind of looking at the different states, seeing, okay, where's this going?
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Of course, the idea of Joe Biden winning is very scary.
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But at the same time, as long as we can keep hold of the Senate, that should help.
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And just, you know, having faith, believing in God, that is always helpful.
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The craziest thing to me is that Google is working with the Associated Press.
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So if you search election results 2020, the first thing that comes up is the map that the
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And during election night, if you watched, they would not call Florida for Trump, even
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And then they immediately had already called all of the West Coast states for Biden, and
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they literally had not even started counting votes yet.
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And it's not to say that those states wouldn't go blue.
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But the idea that they were kind of pulling this game of, we don't want the scale of,
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okay, Joe Biden has this many votes and Trump has this many votes.
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It seemed like the Associated Press didn't want the scale to ever lean toward Trump at all.
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They wanted it to really look like Biden was winning in a landslide.
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I don't know, of course, how they were actually running it, but that's how it felt.
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What was interesting to note is that apparently the only group of people who have voted less
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for Trump in this election than in the previous election is white males.
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Everybody else from all diverse backgrounds voted more for Trump in this election.
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And I just thought that was absolutely fascinating, given the fact that so many people have called
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Trump a racist, while it seems that many different races do not feel that way.
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So I guess we're still just going to have to wait and see what happens.
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The next thing I want to talk about is my hair.
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I don't know if you can tell, but my hair is much less done right now.
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I wanted to try doing kind of a curly girl method day.
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So I know that the curly girl method is something that many of you may have heard of.
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It's the idea that you can really moisturize your hair and it'll bring out your natural
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I have naturally wavy hair underneath and I wanted to get the curl and the wave back onto
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I really cleaned my hair with a good shampoo and then I went in with some curl holding
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products and then I diffused my hair and this is where we're at.
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I think it's kind of cute, but I have to say I tend to like a more polished look.
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So even though I really like the idea of wavy hair, I love it.
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I don't know that I'm 100% comfortable with it yet.
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Let me know in the comments what you guys think.
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I don't know how I feel and I'd really be curious to know how you guys feel about it.
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If you've done the curly girl method, let me know in the comments if you have any tips
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I know you're not supposed to do heat on your hair.
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I'm not doing this full-blown thing where I'm like really trying to get my curls back,
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but I'm kind of doing it in a more loosey-goosey way.
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Okay, there's a day where I want to have more curls.
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Okay, I'm going to diffuse my hair and I'm going to use a few more moisturizing curl holding
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But again, let me know in the comments your thoughts.
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Next up, I want to talk about my current breakfast routine.
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As you guys might know if you follow me on Instagram, I love breakfast brunch.
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I can have the same thing for it every day and I am perfectly happy.
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So I have been doing whole wheat toast with one egg, some soy bacon or soy breakfast links,
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Sometimes I'll have some butternut squash soup, which you can get just at Trader Joe's or something
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So I've also been making pumpkin spice lattes at home.
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I make mine with oat milk because I can be lactose intolerant.
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And so I usually just have oat milk at home just because it's easier on my stomach, but
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And I have been loving having that as kind of the morning, the earlier morning part of
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But I also wanted to talk about Rubbermaid Freshworks containers.
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If you are somebody who likes berries or if you are somebody who has vegetables that go
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bad really quickly, these Rubbermaid Freshworks containers are a game changer.
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They're a little bit expensive, but oh my gosh, do they make a difference.
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And I think they actually do save you money because you don't throw out as many fruit and
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You can have, I'm not kidding, I had strawberries in one of those containers for a full two weeks.
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Normally my strawberries go bad in max six days.
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I will link them in the description box if you're somebody who's interested in them because
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The next thing I wanted to talk about is how Halloween ended and now it's Christmas.
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Is that, is that what everybody does normally or am I just kind of realizing it for the first
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time or is it this year because people are just like, we gotta get to the end of 2020.
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I feel like normally we have a little break between October 31st and Christmas, but this
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year it seems like it's just Christmas, little blip for Thanksgiving and then Christmas.
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I am somebody who loves Thanksgiving, so I don't like to go to Christmas too early, although
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There's this idea and feeling from everybody because of quarantine, because of COVID-19 of
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And I feel like that was the same way with fall this year where all of these seasonal stuff
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we've been kind of pushing earlier because we just want to embrace the things that make
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And if that means making it a little bit too long, then it's okay.
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So I know that I took on fall a little bit early this year and I'm sure in a couple of
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weeks I'll be really feeling the Christmas spirit.
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I have a whole blog post that I wrote about this last year, so I can link that in the description
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below, but basically I talked about why Christmas is something that I can love even though I'm
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It's not that I want to celebrate it as my holiday, but I'm cheering everybody on who
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And everyone is so happy during Christmas time and so festive and I just, it's a wonderful
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And the values of it are just absolutely lovely.
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I cheer you guys on from the sidelines and I listen to Christmas music, which is the best.
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Last but not least, I want to talk about something I have been documenting over on my Instagram.
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And on my Instagram, I have been sharing the story of the cat that has now become a part
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There is a cat that is just the neighborhood cat and I have seen it on our patio every day.
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It has a little collar with a bell, so I'm pretty sure it belongs to someone, but it's just
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a nice little companion and I like to go downstairs and pet her.
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My mom came up with the idea that this cat is called Classically Tabby and I'm going to
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just say, I think Classically Tabby is the mascot for the classic crew.
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So let me know what you think of Classically Tabby.
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I will put a picture right here so you guys can see.
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I want a cat, but my husband and I both have some allergies.
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People always say adopt, don't shop, and I totally get that.
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But for people like us who do struggle with allergies, I don't know exactly how to go about
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that because you don't know the breed of so many cats, of so many dogs.
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And obviously we can't have an animal in the house that we are both suffering with allergies
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So if you guys actually have recommendations on that, I'd love to hear those.
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