Winter Bucket List

Since we’ve all been stuck home for 10 long months now, I decided to create a winter bucket list for myself so I have a mix of some goals to reach for, some things to look forward to and two motivators to take walks in NYC.  I’ve spent the past

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November Purchases

In an ongoing effort to budget better, I decided to start keeping a running list throughout the month of all of the clothing, accessories, shoes and books I’ve been purchasing. I start with a monthly budget number which goes on the top of my Trello board to do list each

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November 2020 Book Haul

In January 2020, I set a goal for myself to not buy more than 10 books per month… I had a lot of ups and downs with that goal.  I actually did pretty well in January (only bought 9 books!) but in July (my birthday month), I ended up buying 38

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Welcome to Merrily Kristin!

Hello and welcome to the newly revamped and rebranded Merrily Kristin blog! It feels a bit odd to (re)introduce myself here since I’ve already been all over the internet for the past nine years, but here we go. Hi! I’m Kristin.  I’m both an Autumn person and a Christmas enthusiast

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Star Wars Canon

Have you ever wanted to conquer the Star Wars canon universe? In recent years, it’s become something that I’m increasingly interested in! My love of Star Wars runs very deep and I love delving into stories where I’m not only familiar with the world, I already know and love the

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The Definitive Guide to NYC Christmas Trees

Hi friends! It’s been quite a while since I last blogged but I really wanted to share all of the Christmas trees I’ve seen in NYC this year with you.  You know how I feel about Christmas<3 I feel like I’ve been living my best life ever since Andrew and

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Party Planning: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

I’ve been meaning to get back into blogging for some time now and I thought a great place to start would be to share all of the photos from the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before party that I hosted for Alexa and Rachel.  We started planning as soon as the

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Our Harry Potter Themed Engagement Story<3

Never in a million years could I have imagined just how lucky I would be to find someone like my now fiancé Andrew<3  He is an extremely talented graphic designer (which sure helped during this elaborate proposal) and he is the most creative, kind and loving person and I can’t get

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