- Hi, guys!

It is Monday.

Welcome to the first day of the September Part Two vlog.

It's 5:42 p.m. and things have finally calmed down

but I've just had so much work to do.

I turned in my rough cut for my 24 hours in New York video

and then I filmed this fall makeup look

which I am rocking right now.

I love it.

I just feel like it really goes well with the bangs.

This fall makeup look is due tomorrow

so I'm gonna spend pretty much the entire evening

editing this guy.

Also I got metal straws finally!

You guys proud of me?

It's something I've been wanting to get for the longest time

because I like drinking out of straws

because I don't want to stain my teeth

and I drink a lot of coffee, a lot of tea,

so the straw really helps.

But anyway, I'm gonna continue to chug along

and I'll talk to you guys in a bit.

So I'm just taking a little break from editing

and I wanted to show you guys the gifts that I got

at the housewarming party Ben and I threw

on last week, I think?

Yeah.

And everyone like brought gifts and it was so nice.

I like really wasn't expecting it.

We had never seen our house that full.

There was over 50 people in our house

and it was cool going to like every story of our place,

seeing everybody get along and hanging out

and just having a good time.

And I just wanted to showcase the gifts that I got

because they were just so thoughtful.

The first item is this.

This is a picture frame that my friend Jonathan gave me.

I think this is my 25th birthday

and these are all my high school friends.

I've known Brianne since I was five though.

Or six?

I met her in the first grade

and we're still friends today.

But it's so cute, I love it.

The second gift I have is this Palo Santo.

I believe this is kind of like sage

and you're supposed to like light it up

and you're supposed to, I don't know, get rid

of any demons or bad juju in the house?

Palo Santo literally means holy wood.

Shamans and healers traditionally burn it

for its energetic purification and healing attributes

much like sage.

Bingo.

This is from Teresa.

She couldn't physically be here but Voo made sure

to give this to us.

So thanks, Teresa!

This next gift is from Sophia.

She got us this beautiful chip bowl.

Me and Ben are always hosting parties

so this is gonna be great to, you know, put the chips

and then put the guac in here.

This is gorgeous.

Looks like a hat.

Okay, and then she also got Ben this apron.

Ben's always cooking and splattering stuff

so this is gonna be perfect for him when he cooks.

It also looks like a really cute dress (laughs).

Now for Stephanie's gift.

She got us this beautiful aloe vera plant.

Unfortunately this is the only pot we have to fit it

and I feel like it's gonna outgrow this pot pretty soon

but it looks awesome.

If we ever get sunburn or...

Yeah, if we ever get sunburned, we can chop it off

and put the aloe vera all over the wound.

So this is awesome.

And it just looks like a work of art.

It kind of looks like something from Beetlejuice, huh?

The next gift is from Waylee and Wa.

They got me this beautiful diffuser.

I'm gonna open it actually.

I'm so excited.

I love things that just make the house smell nice, you know?

They got me this beautiful diffuser.

They got me this soy candle, it's called Dawn Cube.

Thank you guys!

I might as well just feature all the other candles

but this is a candle that Emily got me and Ben.

This one is for Ben actually

because she chose the more masculine scent for him.

This one is vanilla husk and sandalwood

and it definitely smells, it just smells like a man

but a good man.

This next candle I do not know who got for me

because it didn't have a card.

But this is a Kush candle, so there's cannibis in here.

But (coughs).

Doesn't smell like it at all.

It just smells more like tulip actually, tulip and amber.

Next up, I have these coasters from Jolene.

Thank you so much.

These are just beautiful marble coasters

in this one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Octagon shape, and I've got four of them

so this is gonna be great for saving my countertops.

Then from Andrea, she gave me this gorgeous orchid plant.

It's holding up pretty well, I'm very surprised.

And my battery's about to die so let me go change that.

I believe this is also from Andrea

but I haven't opened it yet.

Oh, okay, oops, I forgot to show you guys the packaging.

She taped a little sprig of lavender on it.

Oh, nice!

Okay.

And she got me this huge torpedo of sage.

But yeah, I believe you're supposed to burn this

and it's supposed to purify the space as well.

Thank you, Andrea!

Alright, so this gift is from Aaron and Jamie

and I believe it's one of his prints.

So excited to see this.

Wow.

Whoa, cool!

Oh my god, this is so freaking sick.

I love Aaron Kai's work.

It's very colorful, psychedelic, and shroomy.

Can't wait to hang this up somewhere.

This is so beautiful.

Thank you so much, you guys.

And I also have one last gift.

This is from Rebecca.

We already framed it on the wall

but it is a photo that she took at our engagement party

and it is amazing.

It finally replaced the Flying Lotus flyer

that I've had since college.

So this is a lot more sentimental.

So thank you so much, Becca!

And then we also got a ton of alcohol

so we're pretty much stashed for, you know,

probably end of the year (laughs).

So Ben went grocery shopping today

and he brought back something that we normally don't have

in the cabinet.

He got a wild card item

which are Everything Bagels.

And I haven't had a bagel, well,

I haven't had bagels in the house since I was like a kid.

Actually like got too excited and I ate half of it

while it was still cold.

For tonight's menu, Ben is making shrimp tacos!

- Very excited about this.

Usually we do it with tilapia fish.

Shrimp today.

We got some guac, we got some yogurts and sriracha.

Cabbage and cilantro.

- And a glass of white wine.

How many avocados did you use for the guac?

- One.

- Wow.

Bang for your buck, huh?

- Bang for your buck.

(mumbles) like the yogurt but let's see.

We got so many sauces so there's some sriracha here.

I put it in the sauce as well.

- I'm pretty sure this is the perfect amount.

This is the finished shrimp taco.

(laughs)

(mumbles)

(calm music)

Okay.