hi family. I haven't been in the writing mood at all these last like,... 2 months.. forgive me~  In August I had gone to California for HDLA to hang with Ari again 😸😸 I had soooo much fun 😸 I can't wait for next year :-3..  Anyways.. this was my first time getting to travel totally by myself. I wish I could do that more often; I kinda hate my family. but I have no money, so it's not really an option. sad!  My mother gave me money for this trip (yaaa~y :-3) since there were quite a few shops I wanted to go to while I was there. As opposed to being my regular 'trip style' blog posts, I want to write this as one, and have it be more of a haul/recap post and thoughts on my purchases since I'm so late to writing it. it's more yellow irl..  On my first night there I wanted to go to The Grove since it's right by the hotel. They got a whole lot of strange uppity bullshit brands there that you can't find anywhere else in the country. The first shop I visi...