Hey guys, welcome or welcome back to the podcast. I am Maddie. I'm your friend Maddie. And today you have just me for a solo episode. I actually haven't done one of these in a while. So I'm excited to be back. You know, it's a little bit hard to do a solo episode because if you've never recorded a podcast

by yourself, you should try because it's actually quite hard. I just feel like I always have to fill

this space and, you know, with Lauren, it's a lot easier. So forgive me if, you know, it's a little

bit slower today. I'm going to try not to say like or, um, or take too many pauses. But anyway, here's the story about the episode today. I'm going to try not to say like or um or take too many pauses. But anyway,

here's the story about the episode today. So we recorded an episode together, Lauren and I,

and we talked all about Christmas wish lists. We chatted about traditions. Some of our past

Christmases, what we're doing this year, of course, gave you our life update.

And then Lauren contacts me after the episode and says, oh, actually my mic wasn't on.

Or maybe it was on, but there was an issue with her audio.

So I'm back.

I'm here alone.

And I'm going to re-record that episode for you with my personal spin on it.

So starting off, let's do a little life update from me.

Lauren can talk about her life update next week, which I guess will be actually this Friday.

I don't know, guys, we're so behind.

I'm so sorry.

And the reason for that is mostly me because, well, actually, it's both of us. For me, it was Black Friday,

which if you are an online shopper or you know anything about e-commerce brands, it is the busiest time

of the year. I guess that's for all brands, but now especially because of online shopping,

I feel like the sales start so early. There's so much content that goes

out, ads, feed post, TikToks. Like, I was so, so, so busy. So that just ended today's, what day

is it today? Tuesday? I think it's Tuesday or Wednesday. Oh my God, I'm actually losing my mind.

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