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Episode Transcript

(00:29):
How are you? I'm good.
Look at Margo, chewing away, chewing around town.
I know entire cord during the day we don't have to unplug her
fountain she probably. Really prefers the schedule.
Yeah, as do I, honestly. Yeah, recording at night, it's
like there's no room for anything else.
It's it. That's it.

(00:50):
Like that takes it all out of me.
I told you, when other people, one of their podcasters, when I
listen to their podcasts, when they're like recorded 2
episodes, say I'm exhausted, I'malways like, oh, life is so
hard. But then you do 2 episodes and
you're kind of like, I'm exhausted really talking.
Life is so hard. Life is so hard.
It is really hard. All right.

(01:12):
Should we do the intro? Sure.
That was so different of me. I know you never suggested that.
I've never said that before. I'm Hannah Drillander and I'm
Nora Freed. And you're.
Listening. To New Yorker of the Week.
Oh. Here we are.
That's kind of maybe that's somelike part of, you know, how I
wanted the intro there to be like horns, like beep, beep or
like I'm walking here in like the back of it, you know, like

(01:35):
the sounds of the city. Yeah.
That's kind of what that sounds like, yeah.
Margo's little chews. Margo's We should do a cat ASMR.
Yeah, I love listening to her drink from her fountain.
It's so. Common, but it's so cute.
They're such little sips. New York Moment of the Week.
Do you have one? Honestly, let me think.

(01:59):
It's hard because, you know, fortransparency, we've recorded
like pretty close to each other.So it's kind of like this.
I'm pulling from like the same week, you know what I mean?
Like what? What else do we have here?
Do you have yours? Yeah.
Oh. Then share yours last night.
Well, yeah, you had a very special night last night.
Very. Oh, here she is.

(02:19):
She's drinking from the fountain.
I last night I went to a Love Island themed singles event
hosted by a group called ChaoticSingles.
Maybe we shouldn't have them on.No, like literally and actually

(02:40):
that's a really good idea. I'll reach out to them.
Great event in terms of like theproduction.
Was it like speed dating match? Like were you paired up?
Were there questions for you to answer?
Were there like games to play orwas it just the singles are all
in the room? The singles are all in the room.
You can put a sticker on that says if you're bi or gay, and

(03:03):
then you no sticker if you're straight.
No, you just just kind of classic do what you need to do.
And it was like a big, it was like AI guess 150 people RSVP DI
don't think there are 150 peoplethere, but it seemed like it was
packed. Now what was the like women to

(03:25):
men ratio? It was pretty.
Split like wow it was successfulagain.
And very diverse to all different types of people,
bodies, sizes, heights, every like.
Love Island, everyone. Yeah, and no one actually had
watched Love Island, which I waskind of starting to realize like

(03:46):
I was going around being like crazy.
Like we're we're really down to the last couple couples or
whatever. And they're almost like, wait, I
don't watch the show. I'm just like, here for the
event. And I was like, Oh my God.
I would never go to like a Love Island event and not watch Love
Island. Like just go for the event.
It's, I think this company puts on so many things that the guys

(04:09):
are kind of just like, OK, whatever.
I just want to meet a woman. Girls seem to like this.
Whatever. Yeah.
And do you hear that little crinkling in the background of
the like? Or does it matter What's it
sound like? Just Yeah, but I feel like we
always have that OK. Or is that the?
AC No, it's, I think it's just alittle more than usual, but

(04:33):
whatever. I don't touch anything.
You can turn it down. Technically we don't need to.
We know the mics work like we don't need to hear ourselves.
That's better. That sounds better.
Do you think so? Yeah, OK.
So yeah, it was, it was good. It was definitely the guys were
a little more with it than before.

(04:54):
But my New York moment of the week was standing.
Oh, and in terms of like a game or whatever, they they had
bingo, they had a bingo card andyou would go around and ask
people questions and like you could mark it off and if you
won, you got like something, I don't remember, but I I got rid
of my card immediately. So I didn't really want to play

(05:15):
the game but but other people did and there were also Love
Island themed drinks. And I love the one you sent me.
That ace is annoying after all, spreads.
Yeah, 'cause that's how I feel. Yeah, and it the only thing that
sucks is like, have not drinking.
I'm like, OK, I'm just always pounding diet Cokes at these
things. But it was whatever.

(05:35):
Anyways, this one guy comes up to me at one point.
I'm just kind of taking a break 'cause it's a lot.
It's just like a lot of energy. It's a lot of moving around.
It's like feels like a networking event.
And there's just weird lingeringof like, should I date you
energy going on? So that kind of adds this layer
of pressure. And there's one guy comes up to

(05:56):
me and he's like, hey, my name is Erin.
And I'm like, hey, what's up? And then we start talking.
He's like, so yeah, I work at Costco and you know, you can you
can get a membership for pretty cheap on Groupon.
And I was like, OK. And then he's like, I'm like,

(06:16):
how cheap is it? And he's like, you know, it's
like 40 bucks. And we really have everything
there they do and. He has a point.
He has a point. And I was like, OK, is.
He like working this event. And then he's kind of telling me
about Costco and all the different things they have.
And I've been to Costco. It's been a minute though, and

(06:39):
I'm just kind of like standing there.
We're talking about Costco. He's telling me about all the
different things they. Sell No one's talking about
love. Island and no one's and it's
just like is this my life like is this what we're doing like is
this like this is where we're. Talking to Aaron about Costco.
Yeah, it's like this is where all the stars, they all lined up
and gave me the. Gave me those.

(07:00):
I mean $40.00 for a membership. Like I didn't know they sold
memberships on Groupon. That is a pretty that's a pretty
good deal. He told me if I ever want to
come by, he works at the one in Astoria.
He can't get me a membership. He's like, that's on you.
You got to deal with that. Yeah, and you can't get in
without one. So I was like, so what's going
to happen once I get in? He's like, well, I'm an amazing

(07:21):
salesperson. OK, Laura, just like he sounds a
lot like you. Hannah, if you.
Saw this guy. You're always saying that you
can't turn off your sales side and it's like it sounds like
Aaron can't either. He's like, he's like, I'm always
pushing myself too. And he just, sometimes men, I, I
think they, they really lose themselves in these environments

(07:41):
and they just kind of tell you about their lives for, and it
can keep going. And I'm like, oh, really.
Like he's like, yeah, I really pushed myself to try new things.
Like, yeah, I work at Costco. But like, you know, for me, like
I'm the kind of guy that like, Igo out and it's like we're not
just like going out for dinner, like we're going to go bowling
after. OK.
And he's like, and guess what? I'm pretty good.

(08:03):
I think I like. Aaron, I knew you're a dog
because you love the random underdog.
I do love a random underdog. I love when people know who they
are. I love when people know who they
are. And I brought my nephew, he's a
guy brought my nephew to to bowlwith me and.
He had no idea. There was one guy there who

(08:29):
brought his friend who was visiting from San Francisco, and
I was like, this is what you're doing with your friend who's
visiting, and he's like, what? It's a great way to meet people.
I guess I kind of like, I'm trying to think, I feel like I,
I really hate when people come visit and have expectations.
So I guess I could see myself bringing someone to that event
being like, maybe they can meet someone who wants to hang out

(08:49):
with them there. Yeah, there was 1 hot.
There was one like objectively hot guy and all the girls were
like, have you talked to the hotguy?
And it was like, he's the star of the show.
And he was standing by the I would.
Have been like, have you talked to Aaron yet?
Have you talked to Aaron about the discount you can get at
Costco? And now he might go bowling
after this? He, the hot guy, was standing at

(09:15):
the bar and he's talking to thisgirl who just like fully has her
tits out the whole time. And it and I they're yeah.
And I'm just looking at Katie and I'm like, that's my friend
that I went with. And I was like, I guess this is
life, you know, like I'm gonna talk to Aaron about the Costco
membership and she's, she gets to be with the Hot 1.
And then in the end, like we're all just gonna go.

(09:36):
Home. They're the bombshells yeah,
they're the bombshells in the villa.
It's like when what's her name Andrina showed up and it was
like well you're every girl losttheir man when he or when she
arrived and when the girl with the big tits is sitting at the
bar like say goodbye to your man.
To me, because having had a breast reduction, I was like,

(09:57):
wait, should I have not done that?
Because it seems like that was. Well, it sounds like they were
really uncomfortable. Yeah, they were really
uncomfortable, but it just seemslike all of a sudden it's like,
oh, whoa, I guess I'm not in that group anymore, you know?
Yeah, you kind of like wanna go over and be like just so you
know, a couple months ago that would have been me, but have
fun. Have fun with that girl.
Just know that literally a few months ago that was me I.

(10:20):
Chose to, not. I chose to not be like you, so
I'll be with Aaron and you two kids.
Have fun. Yeah, we met.
We we hung out with these guys. They were nice.
We went, we ended up going to the Arlo Hotel after which we
need to go to because they have a pool and because during the
day you can, I think it's like 20 bucks and you can be at the

(10:43):
pool all day and there's like all these lounge chairs and it's
really pretty. I'm sure it's packed out, but we
should try to go. But we can go at like, we can go
like on a morning on a Tuesday, yeah.
So like, that's when we'll go. Yeah, we should go to the Arlo
Hotel. That's nice, because everyone's
trying to. And I'm sure we could figure out
a way to. Get in there.
Yeah, we'll be fine. I'll be getting in there.

(11:04):
I'm getting nervous about my rent being raised in November,
but I'm trying to remember that at my last apartment, every year
I got the rent down and I'm trying to remember to harness
that power totally. And that is what I will be doing
this November and what I'll be doing with you at the Arlo
Hotel. Like, yeah, we can.
I've been trying to say, like, I've been saying it as a joke,

(11:25):
but I think, like, what if I go all in and it's not a joke?
I always like joke. We can say my mantra is like, I
always get what I want, but I like say it as like a joke.
Like at work, I'll tell Brian like, I'm doing this and I don't
care if I get in trouble with Blair, right?
And then I'll do it and Blair will love it.
And I'll turn to Brian and be like, I always get what I want.
And then we laugh. But I'm like, maybe I should
make that like, really go delusional and like, get my rent

(11:47):
lowered, get into the Arlo for free, like really go with that
mindset for a while. Yeah.
I think that's gonna my new mantra.
Cool. I always get what I want.
She always gets what she wants. I don't think I can have that
mantra right now, but I. Think you need it?
Okay, 'cause you have to say it and.
After last night and kind of my current situation, I really
don't think I'm getting what I want but.

(12:09):
So that's why you need to start saying that something was wrong
last night, because I normally always get what I want, so I
don't know why I didn't get it last night.
Last day was a weird blip. But I'm back on track today.
I'm back on track to getting what I want today.
Getting what I want today. Yeah, it was.
It's just one of those things. You go to these events and

(12:30):
you're just like. Wow, when I was single I never
even thought to go to a singles event.
I know and your singles experience is so it sounds so
fun mine. Is awful.
It was not that fun. It was like I used to go on
three dates a week because I because like literally like
nobody, nobody would date me forso long.

(12:50):
Like all of college. I was just trying to get like
one guy to like say the word girlfriend and like they would
not do it girlfriend. I was like just like
accidentally call me it hey, please God.
So then I was like, fine, I guess I need to go on three
dates a week every week. And just really I, I like had
convinced myself like I was not being optimistic and I was not

(13:11):
working hard enough and like, ifyou want something you have to
really try. And so I went on three dates a
week every week and I would get drunk at them and I would have
sex with them unprotected and then nobody and still and still
not one of them dated me. The the real fun dating, I would
say was like the year ish leading up to me meeting Wolf.

(13:36):
I had made an executive decisionthat I'm not using the apps and
I am not trying to date. And it was like a year where I
dated multiple men that I met inreal life all while I was
performing stand up that weren'tall comics.
Like a lot of them were just like people at the show.
And that was when things were fun and those guys still

(13:56):
wouldn't date me. And I was like, that's like,
these are now nice guys. I'm meeting them in in the real
world. We're having these great
experiences. And they still will not just
like say the word girlfriend, girlfriend.
They were like, I'm we're seeingeach other, but we're also open.
I'm like, come on, like why don't you just tell me?
Just let's lie to each other. Like say to me I'm your

(14:19):
girlfriend and then go do whatever you need to tell.
Like come. On come back and we'll have them
protect. Like it was like, my bar was so
low. I just, for the longest time I
was like, I just need one man tocall me his girlfriend, not
someone he's starting to see like girlfriend.
But then I met Wolf and that wasgreat.
And he immediately was like, I really, I really want you to be

(14:41):
my girlfriend. And I was like, I don't know,
I'm not sold on that. Well, it's kind of like you want
something for so long, then you get it and you have to be like,
really make sure it's OK. It's derail, you know what I
mean? So I'm, I was, I'm still vetting
Wolf for that. Wolf Yeah, I'm I yeah, it's
these events are really. I think it would have been fun

(15:02):
if we were single at the same time.
Totally, totally. I would have loved to have you
at the event last night and you definitely could have come even
though you had a partner, but itwould have been.
Also, you know me, I feel like now I've gotten to a stage where
like, like I don't, I don't likechatting for a long time with

(15:23):
new people if we don't immediately click.
But when I was dating, it's like, OK, well, I really want to
have a boyfriend, so I have to do this.
It's part of the job Now. I'm like an event where it's
like I'm not even going to date somebody here and I have to talk
to all these strangers all night.
That would have. That would have.
It's a lie that would have put me out.
I convinced two people to vote in November for the mayor.

(15:45):
I meant for love. Island No, that's amazing.
I. Educated two different people
about Zoran, so that felt good and I got.
Literally what Aaron's doing about Costco.
Everyone's pushing their agendas.
That's the thing. It's like you go to these events
and it's like after when you come to realize that you that

(16:07):
you're not attracted to anyone there, right?
And then it's just kind of like you're just like, all right,
well, what can I get done here? I mean, I paid for this and I'm
like, I might as well just do some canvassing work at this.
Point. That's really nice, you should
tell him that. I mean, yeah, the one thing they
asked me, one of the guys that Iwent out with after 'cause we

(16:28):
went and continued to have drinks.
And then I, I'm actually really proud of myself, 'cause I
realized like midway through, hewas really laying it on me
after. And I was just like, I don't,
we're not having a good conversation.
We're not, this is not interesting.
And if I hook up with you right now, we're never gonna talk
again because I literally am so bored to tears talking to you

(16:49):
and I need to let this go. And then so instead of having a
whole night and a crazy morning and whatever, I just looked over
at Katie, who was my friend who came with me.
And I was just like, I was like,let's go.
And he was like, did I say something?
What happened? What happened?
He was like freaking out. And he texted me this morning
and I just like, I'm just like, no, it's just I do not I every
single thing that I was trying so hard.

(17:11):
I was like trying to pull conversation from him and he was
doing, he was kind of doing whatyou were doing in the improv
class. I was trying to get.
He was like, I'm going in this direction.
If you're not coming with me, I don't want to hear what you have
to say. I'd be like, we'd talk about,
like, different cities. And he found out that I was
moving or not moving. I was like, what?
I'm not moving. I'm that I'm going to Berlin.
And he would tell me like, oh, like, yeah, it's really amazing.

(17:34):
The club scene there is, really,and I'd be like, yeah, well, I
don't really know. I might do, like, one night of
clubbing, but for the most part,I'm there to like, you know, go
to museums and walk around and meet new people and whatever and
just kind of explore. And he was like, yeah, the clubs
are just like, really crazy. And it's just like, I kept being
like, yeah, like, no, no, no. I'm just.
Going to the club. And he's like, what kind of

(17:55):
drugs do you do? And I'm just like, so I'm sober
and like, and then he's like, cool.
At the club in Berlin I tried ketamine for the first time and
it's just like honey. He came, he came, he left the
house and I wanted to tell someone about the time he did
ketamine at the club in Berlin. And like, unfortunately he
somehow got there with you. So it's like you're going to
have to hear the story and. He just kept going back and then

(18:17):
he'd be and then he'd be like, so do you think you're going to
live in New York forever? And I was like, honestly, kind
of yeah, I really love it here. And like, I have a really great
community and I would love to travel a lot in my life, but I
want to have my home base be NewYork.
And he's like, yeah, I was like,how about you?
He's like, well, I really like Berlin.
The club scene there is really good.
He. He he wants to live in club in

(18:37):
Berlin. You're like, I get it, I get it.
I got. It I was like, is the club scene
good in? Berlin, can you tell me one more
time? Can you tell me one more time?
Katie, you should ask this guy about the club scene in Berlin.
It seems to be all he knows how to talk about.
Oh my. God, it was so boring.
And then it's just like, and he's like, have you ever been to
Denver? And I'm like, I really got to
go. I got to get the fuck out of.

(18:58):
Here I can't go like state by state with you you.
Know that's what he started doing.
He was like, what if you moved to New Orleans?
Would you move to New Orleans? How about DC?
How about Denver? I was like.
I have a place he wants to move.Like what is the interrogation?
I just told you I want to live in New York.
I don't want to move anywhere else in America.
There's no other city other thanNew York that I want to live in

(19:19):
in America. I'm sorry.
Like, and I know that that's elitist and the East Coast and
and whatever, but that's what weare.
New Yorker of the Week forever. And I don't want to move to New
Orleans. Yeah.
I. Had a really bad time in New
Orleans. Exactly.
That's why I'm not going there, you know?
It's like, fuck that. Well, do I want to travel?

(19:40):
Yes. Will I go to Berlin?
Yes. But it's just.
It's kind of, he's kind of like he's got.
Well, he's singing his one song,which is about the club scene in
Berlin. It is.
So boring. I'm like tired of thinking
about. It I hope he finds like someone
who really is curious about the club scene in Berlin.
Like, I feel like there's like agirl out there who, like, just

(20:01):
wants to talk about the club scene in Berlin.
It's so and. She's gonna say that like he's
gonna meet a girl one day who's gonna ask a question and he's
gonna like light up it's. Gonna be like, let me tell you
a. Story like, you know when you,
you know when you've been sayingto someone over and over again
what you want in a person and then you meet them and you're
kind of like, Oh my God, wait, wait, it's happening like that's
he's gonna have that moment. Yeah, I hope he does.

(20:24):
I mean, I just don't. Yeah.
And then he I asked him when hislast relationship was, he said,
oh, it was in the pandemic. And he was like, no, it like
literally was for the pandemic. Like we started as soon as the
pandemic started and then we ended as soon as that was done.
I was like trying to get something out of it.
I was like, oh, like, it's really intense.
Like what happened? He was like, I just need someone
to kind of hang out with. That's fair.

(20:44):
And I was like, OK, like, where is she now?
He's like, I don't know, OK, I. Was like, did she know what she
signed up? For I was like, what'd you guys
do? Like, like, what'd you do every
day? Like, what did you like?
And I was expecting him to like,be like, yeah, we like talk
through life or whatever. You know, there's something.
We kind of watched movies and hung out.
I was like. For three years, I.

(21:05):
Was like, OK, like you're not giving me.
It's like pulling teeth. Yeah, but then when you want to
leave, he's like, I have no ideawhat could have happened.
He's like what he's like. This I'm being ambushed.
Men are so special. We looked out on the because
there's a nice roof. When we go, you'll see there's a
nice view of the city. I was like, wow, it is really

(21:25):
pretty. He's like just as pretty as you.
I was like, thanks. And then I know.
And then I was like, he's like, you're really pretty.
And I was like, thank you. And then he just sat there and
he was like, so would you ever move to Denver?
I kind of like him. He's growing on me now too.

(21:46):
You should never tell me a full wacky story, 'cause like I'm,
I'm gonna end up on their side, you know?
I would have killed to have you there.
I would have been really interested.
I actually never thought of moving to Denver.
Have you? Ever thought of moving to
Denver? Like has he been there?
He's like been there once, like I didn't like, I don't know.
He's also only been to Berlin once.

(22:07):
It was just. It was.
My God. It was a one time.
Maybe he was. Trying to get you to invite him
to Berlin. No, he, I mean, he was, he was
very cute and I was really, really trying.
But the thing with being sober that is a gift and a curse is
that if it's boring, it's boring.
You've gotta go. There's no way out of that.

(22:27):
There's no way out. You can't liquor yourself up.
And he said, he even said, oh, yeah, I've been, I was sober for
six months. But then I was feeling really
depressed. So I started drinking and it
made me feel happier. And I was like, all right, And
that's a wrap, honey. You're like, we're really.
Different. We're really on a different.
Page 6 months made you sad so you took a depressant.

(22:52):
It's just like, yeah. I'm glad his medication's
working. He was feeling sad.
He's drinking, he feels. Better.
That's literally what he said. If it's.
Working sometimes it's like I feel like we all are trying to
push our lifestyle and people and it's like.
If it works. For them, like who?
If all he wants to do is talk about clubbing in Berlin and he
needs to drink to be happy, thenit's kind of like who am I?

(23:13):
Who am I to judge? Who am I to judge?
He's happy. What's happy?
All right. Well, I should we talk about our
guest or should we talk about them when they're here?
We can do either or. I mean, because it's going to be
this with just one more person. OK, I'm really excited about our
guest. I think it'll be, I think it'll
be a really fun interview. Yeah, it'll be really, really

(23:35):
fun. He texted that he's on the bus.
Two texts from Kevin. OK, do do you have this game?
OK. And it's a board game.
OK, speaking my language. Speaking my language.
Critter says I'm running a few minutes behind fighting a head
and earache. Fun.
Okay, say no worries. No worries, baby.

(23:59):
No worries, we will see you soon.
OK. All right.
Well, we're at, we're at about it's like 25 minutes.
So I think we're good. All right, we go.
We'll. Be back in a moment, we'll.
Be back in a moment of the week.Love you guys.
Our guest is here. Our guest has arrived.
We were kind of being a little secretive about you in our intro

(24:19):
intro. Yeah, we were.
Yeah. We were like, should we
introduce our guest or wait until they're here?
And then I was like, oh, I got atext from Critter and then I was
like reading the text. Sort of the Ruby all of the
century. This is a big deal for a life.
Don't believe it or not. Because we've, because we've
really come full circle and I think we've all elevated our

(24:43):
lives. Maybe not me, but everyone else.
You have No, you have. No, but I'm just saying like we
started, we started at a mic andnow here we are in Critter, who
is our lovely, lovely guest today has his own business.
Yeah. And we're here and and you and I
have our own business and here we are as at a business meeting.

(25:03):
This is a business. Meeting a business.
Meeting A meeting about talking about our successes.
We're literally sitting and talking about our businesses.
And and if you had rewind maybe two years ago, we were sitting
at a mic maybe thinking about these successes.
Yeah, so. Then outside of a bar like
ripping sags and. Now we're ripping vapes and one
vapes. We've gone full full picture,

(25:26):
full secret call. So it's like a it's, it's like a
wheel. And we're at the.
No. Because if you had told the
three of us when we first met that we would be sitting here,
and then we gave each other an intro of what our lives are like
right now, we'd be like, no way.Yeah.
Yeah. I would have been like, that's a
little unbelievable, but but I'mnot surprised.
Yeah, but I'm not surprised. So our New Yorker of the week is

(25:47):
Critter. Critter and the business which
we're going to see in action in my closet today.
Thank God it's not mine closet. Is my critter closet.
Closet closet singular cuz I just think that was funnier.
Closet. So that's the reason.
That, yeah. OK, OK.
Closet by Critter, which alreadyworked in Nora's closet.

(26:08):
That is true. You were one of the you were an
early investor, yes. In the process and we need to do
maybe a reset because my closet,yeah.
Yeah, we can check back in. My Our journey was interesting
because from what what happened was I lost 80 lbs.
Total, I think I lost. Like 60 but I always say 80
because you lost 80 and I just want to be on the.

(26:29):
Same, I was going to say I didn't realize we lost the same
model. No, I.
Always just say 80 because of you, but I I think it was 60.
I still have more to lose anyways.
But anyways, I so I had all these clothes specifically from
Eileen. I I was like, don't even say it,
Irene. Fisher and Old Navy, which I
which is such a favorite designer still and yeah and and

(26:53):
critter came over as part of my breast reduction gift.
I I felt like it was a nice giftfor a brush because you were
like, I can't cook, I can't be at the hospital, but like I'll
come and redo your. Closet This is like the only way
I can support and. It's nice.
It's like, nice. People show up how they can.
And it really helps because I needed to get rid of all my
clothes for my big boobs and my big.
Body huge Teds that we had to. So we and we left with new

(27:17):
clothes. Yes, we, yeah, we, we did the
full closet edit and then we went shopping.
Actually had a great time at that old.
That was really, really. Amazing.
I watched you open an Old Navy credit card and I was like, this
could be really damaging. Did you know you can use those
anywhere? I unfortunately do know that.
Know that it delies on Nora. Pull it out at CVS.
That's when. I learned wherever we're all

(27:38):
major credit cards accepted. That's so insane to me.
That's why it's even thank the gods truly that I did not get
approved for it like we would have.
It would have been so dangerous if I knew that, no?
It kind of like messed up my life for a few years there and.
It's actively messing up my. Old.
Maybe give a credit card. It gives and it takes it.
Really. Cuz you go all out and then it
in a couple months you're like, oh, I did that.

(28:02):
Yeah. And there's a payment that was
made because I have automatic payments.
So I said, boy, do I forget about that card.
Yeah. Critter.
Can you explain what you do? Yeah.
What's the closet edit? What is a closet edit?
Who are you? Why are you able to do this?
OK, so I mean, we know I well, no, I know you.
Know that's why you're treated as an.

(28:22):
Elder man Yeah. So I'm critter.
I have been doing this for a little over five years now.
I started like officially doing it right before the pandemic,
and that was the first time I started my closet organizing
business. It was called the Clothing
Detailers, which is a terrible name.
And then the pandemic happened and I just kind of lost steam.

(28:43):
And then I moved to New York City and I was like, I'll do
closets eventually. And it was always just this
thing that I, I knew I wanted todo 'cause I was really
passionate about closets, which is kind of random.
But I do think it's the most intimate way to get to know
someone. And I think it's a really fun
process that I've spent a lot oftime in the closet and sort of

(29:03):
the gay way, which I think is a fun thing to say.
I. Like that?
But then I also have just spent a lot of time analyzing my own
closet and my own clothes. And my goal with my closet is to
wear everything that I own. Nothing is too precious to like,
not wear on, just like a day-to-day basis in my world.

(29:25):
And I've always been very, very good at editing things when I
don't wear something when something's just not working.
Like that process has always just come like second hand
second nature to me. And so that was kind of like the
birth place of me wanting to do closets in general.
And yeah, it's just kind of grown.
And then in the last six months,I moved back home to my parents

(29:49):
house, took a breather from New York with the main goal of
resetting and figuring out what I wanted to do with my life.
And yeah, so I was like, let me set the intention.
Like I'm coming back and I'm doing closets in like a really
major way. And people, people know, like we
know that you're a fashion icon,but what's your fashion

(30:10):
background that would make you specifically the best person to
do a closet? OK, so I've been in retail
forever, so kind of like the other side of the coin where
I've always been selling things and trying to get people to add
things to their closet. So now this is kind of the other
side of that where I know how tosell people on things, but how

(30:33):
can I help people actually utilize the things they've spent
money on is the primary goal. But yeah, I've worked all over.
I've worked for a ton of different designer brands.
My first job in New York City was at Buffalo Exchange, which
is where I actually learned so much.
I was only there for six months 'cause it is a really scary
place to work, but I learned so much.
Were you part of the team that decides who?

(30:55):
Like, were you buying the clothes?
I was a buyer, Yeah, I was a buyer and I was really mean.
You've really you've like, made and broke some people's day.
You know, ruined some people's days in a way that I found to be
so fun because so many people come in with like garbage bags
of terrible clothing and are shocked.
It's been me. It's been me.
I'm like this is nothing. But fantastic clothes and that's

(31:16):
why I don't want it and. They're all and that's why I'm
getting rid of all of those and they'll.
Probably give you like a. $100 all of these like, stand
T-shirts, like I'm sure they're gonna give me $100, but you have
to remember like 1, there's likevery strict guidelines that the
company sets that you have to follow.
Are they different per differentsecond hand shop or are they
pretty much all the same? It's like it comes from the same

(31:39):
place it comes from. Like what would you recommend?
Selling What would you recommendto people if they were to like,
clean out their closet? Obviously they wouldn't be doing
that without you, but. Essentially, always do it with a
trained. Provision.
Yeah, that's pretty real dare. Provision trying it can get
really good luck, but no, when you're reselling clothing, you
have to remember is it in good condition?

(32:00):
Is this actually something that someone would pay money to buy
in a second hand store? Like think of yourself as a
shopper, like what are you looking for in a second hand
store? Something decently high quality,
no stains, no ribs. Like all of that stuff is
important when you're selling, but then also just the relevancy
of the item itself. So skinny jeans from 10 years

(32:24):
ago, like no Mama, they're not going to buy those.
Nobody wants them because nobody's buying them.
So you have to just think about trends and what do you see
people wearing? That is how I come to a lot of
my fashion decisions is just by like collecting real time data
out on the streets and just literally what are people
wearing? If I see someone with like an
incredible outfit, I'll try to think of what I own and how I

(32:45):
can recreate it in my own way. And that's how I've always
followed trends. Like I'm not, I don't really
follow a lot of influencers or like fashion pages like that.
Like I really just go and like, what are the people wearing?
Like what do I think would woulddo well on the sidewalks?
What's the worst thing that someone brought in?
The worst thing I mean. Like you're like the scariest

(33:06):
thing, like like a blood stainedshirt or something.
That was happening like all the time Where?
People like fight you when you said no or does everyone just
accept that? Oh my God, no people.
'Cause I was always afraid of the buyers, like I'm like they,
they know better than me, like well.
First of all. No, they don't.
Like they're all like underpaid 20 year olds, so you have to
remember that. That actually really helped.
Yourself with that knowledge andlike if you go to like a

(33:29):
different store, if there's a different buyer working that
day, like you could have a radically different experience
'cause it is all opinion based. Like there are guidelines, there
are still like general knowledges that you have to use
in that job. But it's still just kind of
like, am I in a good mood today or like, am I feeling kind of
crazy? That's hard to hear, so.

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But for the most part, like you can generally expect like if
it's a designer brand, if it's something like worth a little
bit of money, like they'll probably take.
It, but not Eileen Fisher. Not Eileen Fisher, no.
One wants they've never wanted all my Target tube tops they're
never interested in. That well, because you also have
to think of original retail likea Target tube top is what like
$15? Eileen Fisher isn't cheap.

(34:11):
I know. Who she is?
Who is that? Relevancy.
There was a period in my life where I could only shop at
stores for maybe an older woman.Kind of a mature crowd like.
A but you have to remember in itlike a big.
I had AI, had a loft period. Oh, me too.
I had a pig. Yeah, when I was before I lost

(34:32):
weight and I was in the corporate world.
I was and I won't. I go buy.
I go buy some really good pieces.
I go back to. That, I mean, I don't
necessarily recommend Loft because I do think their quality
has dropped quite a bit in recent years, which is true for
most brands. But what I was going to say
about Eileen Fisher is you have to remember the person who's
shopping Eileen Fisher is probably not shopping for it at

(34:53):
Buffalo Exchange. They're shopping for it at
Eileen Fisher because they have good sales and like that
customer. Is just.
You don't need to. You don't need to like second.
Hand, Yeah, you like ultimately,yeah.
So that's why that is like, maybe not like the best part.
Good feedback. That's good feedback.
Well, any Eileen Fisher shoppersout there being like, I really
wish I had that outfit. I wish I could buy it.

(35:13):
Come over, you could. Probably no.
I have Poshmark. Poshmark is kind of that
audience. Like so what's the difference?
So like you have to do it all the work yourself well.
Well, yes, but like. Buffalo Exchange does it for you
and. That's why you get paid so
little at Buffalo Exchange because when you're getting paid
upfront for all your shit, right?
And then they have to do the work of selling it.
So that's why they take or they give you like 25% of the selling

(35:34):
price, whereas like Poshmark, Depop, eBay, sort of like the
big three they you like, you do have to do a lot of the work and
it is a lot of work I. Tried to sell all my prom
dresses on Poshmark and that like almost brought me.
All my prom dresses, Every. Time I went I.
Went to prom every year. It's amazing.
Some of us had to ask their datesenior year.

(35:57):
I was gay guy in small town. I was going to prom all the
time, but boy, prom. You like rent or sue or I was
always renting a suit. There's no dress, no evidence.
Yeah, my. Family had literally like no
money and I was like, I don't know how you guys are gonna do
it, but I'm getting a new dress this year and they're like,
you're just not getting it from us.
But prom kind of around the household.
Do you so okay, what are like ifyou were if someones going to

(36:21):
their closet or you're going to someones closet, what's like the
first thing you're assessing? Yeah, what you're gonna look for
today, so. Okay, so I always start every
session with a closet tour, as Icall it.
So I have the person whose closet is and I'm literally just
like, guide me through where everything is.
Show me how you store things like where are your tank tops?
Where's your underwear? Like where do you put your

(36:42):
pants? And that's radically different
for every person, which I think is so fascinating to see.
Like the way like just if someone hangs their pants versus
like keeps them in a drawer versus like, do they hang their
sweaters or like keep them like neatly stacked?
Do they shove things? Do they like put a ton of
different garments on one hanger?
There's so much nuance in the way that people store their

(37:04):
clothing. And it's so funny talking to
different people about it because I think other people
don't think about this. I'm like constantly thinking
about it, like what kind of likeorganizer are you in your
closet? I'm thinking about how I
couldn't tell you, one of my friends, what their closets look
like. And because that's crazy.
I don't really. I don't know where you keep your
pants. You know where I keep my

(37:24):
sweaters though? You keep those in the closet.
Yeah, the closet up on the top where I can't read to them.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And that's beautiful.
You should never hang your knits.
You'll stretch them out. Oh my God, you'll see my knits
are hung. That's upsetting to hear.
Well, I'm hung, so we'll work. We'll.
Get those. We'll pull those down.
We'll figure. That out I don't even what was
the original question. Just like you do when you get in

(37:46):
there. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
OK. So that just assessing the
situation. Yeah.
And then during that process is when I'll ask people like, OK,
what are we trying? Are we trying to get rid of half
the things? Did you recently like lose a lot
of weight? Like did you get a boob job?
Like are you, did you get a new job?
Are you trying to like style manifesting, manifesting Omar,

(38:07):
but like just really trying to see like what do you actually
need from your closet and what is it not offering you
currently? And you kind of just have to do
that by it's like different for every person.
Like you just kind of go throughevery item and talk about it.
And then once I start editing, Iuse everything I've learned thus
far and that we've talked about in terms of like, what is the
goal of this closet clean out using that information in a way

(38:30):
where I can help that person achieve the goal.
And then tell them what? Tell them what you do in the
end, which I didn't learn until I visited you.
Wait. What do I do in the end?
That you're gonna take pieces and sell them and give them
money. Absolutely.
I know this. Yeah.
So yeah, yeah, I don't do it foreveryone.
Yeah, well, I'm gonna give you some.
I'm gonna give you a couple of. Dresses and I'm just gonna take
some things but cuz I was. Santa sat passing you all this

(38:52):
target tube so. Like all my, all my.
I have a lot of like, leather, like nice dresses that I just
know I'm not gonna wear. Yeah.
And I was like, maybe Critter will sell this.
In the future, I do hope I'm notdoing this full time.
It's just like a side hustle right now.
But in the future, the goal is to clean out closets, have a
storefront to be able to resell in that way.

(39:13):
But right now I'm just kind of doing it.
I'm doing some pop up markets I'm selling online.
Yeah. Check out my Depop.
It's awesome actually. I need to upload so many things
to it so. See all the work of.
Depop. What do you do?
You like Depop or is it Depot? Depop?
Depop or Poshmark or eBay? Who would you choose?
Who kill? Fuck Mary.

(39:36):
Wait, I feel like it's fuck MaryKell.
That's what I was going to say. Fuck Mary Kell.
That was like all the. Last time, the last time you do
that with the con Ed, I thought,oh, maybe I have it wrong, but.
No, I think, fuck Mary. I think it's fuck Mary Kell.
I don't really fuck Mary Kell. All right.
However you want to go about your business.
Fuck Depop, Mary eBay kill Poshmark.

(39:57):
Wow, why? Depop I use the most but she is
like. I I can't say anything.
I was just about to say I was like you just got in there and
fuck her like that sounds reallycrazy, but no, like you just it
is like you're getting the job like done.
Really. It's for trending styles.
It's a younger audience. It is.

(40:17):
Not for me then. You can kind of price things
obscenely and it's hilarious what people spend money on.
But then it's also crazy, like people all list something for
like $100 that cost maybe $300.00, and then someone offers
you like $20 and it's like, wait, we're not living in the
same reality. Yeah, like, this is not what
this is. But yeah, Depop is like a much
younger, very trendy audience. eBay is just like, that is the

(40:40):
gold standard. So there you can get more
specific, especially with vintage fashion, and you can
like really put a lot in the listing.
And people really are like searching for those keywords.
Poshmark, I just hate the interface.
It's to me, it's a very like Midwestern women's secret weapon
that's. A good way to describe.

(41:01):
It So that's where I sell like work blouses for people
interesting, but for like $8 andlike someone has to yell at you
and then you can sell it for $8.It's like so that's.
Why I would kill that one? I really don't use it a lot.
I don't think it's the best option for like a New York
audience. Just like what I'm selling.
Like, I'm selling like a lot of like, Abercrombie and Fitch

(41:22):
skirts that have like, never been worn from like, random
girls. Yeah, they're flying off the
shelves on Depop. But like the vintage stuff, I'll
either sell it in person or on eBay because they are just like
the gold standard. Really.
I didn't really. I thought eBay was kind of like.
Yeah, I thought I had a sketchy vibe.
Yeah, but apparently everyone's still.
On it ebay's. Awesome eBay has.

(41:43):
A bad reputation, I think. It does it, maybe.
Who's saying it? Up with Craigslist?
I think we all are nowadays. But those are like violently
different. I was like were people getting
killed on eBay? But no, that was on.
Craigslist, they were getting killed on Craigslist, so sorry
eBay, no, sorry eBay and I just opened up an eBay store it's you

(42:03):
don't even want to go on it, butand it's.
Different because you can sell everything, it's really easy.
But like the vintage clothing department on eBay is awesome.
Wow, OK. I feel like you can price really
fairly. You can.
The more you know, I wouldn't even think to look for clothes
on eBay. Oh my God.
But now you're like. It's the gold standard for the.
Vintage clothes, I got my amazing fry boots from eBay.

(42:25):
I got a couple of like incredible like vintage like
disco shirts. I love this brand called Nick
Nick and he just does like really crazy disco like crazy
pattern shirts and I got them for like so cheap on there.
That's amazing. But yeah, if it's like vintage
stuff that has a story and that adds value to it, like I would
list it on eBay. OK, good to.
Know. When do you, when should and I

(42:46):
think we're going to wrap up this portion because we're going
to head to. You know my closet.
We're going to hit Get in my Closet.
We're going to get into it, but what would you like?
What's one of your mantras of a closet like if you don't wear
something once, throw it away orsomething like that.
That's a bad mantra, but. You know you want throw it away
the next day like. If like how many I don't people

(43:08):
have like those like those like.Sayings that like the closet
like. If you don't have 6 white
turtlenecks like go kill yourself.
That. Classic, that classic old
saying. Yeah.
And then I always say, I don't know if I have like a true
mantra because I think my thing is it's not a one-size-fits-all.
Like it is so specific to that person.
And I really take that person's lead and I just try to use my

(43:31):
knowledge to guide them through the process.
You're gonna be like strict today.
Like if I'm trying to hang on tosomething and you're like
Hannah, like, well. Yeah, OK.
I'll be a little stricter with you because we're friends and
like, I actually know, like I. Think we need.
I think I need. That some people do need like a
little bit more of a push, but some people are just like, I
don't know, I'm trying to look more professional on a
day-to-day basis. How do I do that?
Right, that I can accomplish OK.Or if you're just like, I need

(43:53):
to get rid of half of my clothesbecause I'm moving in with
someone. Yeah, like a partner, like where
I'm just like moving to a new place.
I have less. I have to get rid of half my
stuff. Then I can be very strict of
like, OK, this is something you've only worn.
Yeah, once in the last year. Like it's got to go, sister.
OK. But then I always allow space
for those conversations about like trickier pieces that are

(44:13):
sentimental that are just hard to get rid of for like whatever
reason. I'm not like a firm believer
that you have to get rid of everything all at once.
I actually think that's often about it.
Like the? Rocks the Jersey Queen T-shirt.
You'll see in my closet that Nora gave me.
You're gonna get rid of No, that's like he.
He'll understand like it's a. Sentimental.
Picture it might not be part of your wardrobe, but when you have

(44:36):
a Jersey Queen Merch original merch T-shirt that will make the
cut. And the process of buying that
was interesting. I do have like a Mantram that's
related to everything I just said.
So as we're getting rid of things, if there's something
where it's like I, I have this black tube top, I love it.
I wear it all the time, but it'slike a little, it's like been

(44:57):
through the wringer. I really need to replace it.
Like I should just get rid of itnow.
I always tell people hold on to it and like use it as a
placeholder until we find the better version and don't get rid
of stuff too quickly because then that's when you start
buying just random shit to like fill in a gap.
Especially wardrobe staples. So like black jeans, plain

(45:19):
T-shirts, a plain sweater, like things like that, like that can
just really complete an outfit. I always say like hang on to it
until you find the better version and then do like a one
for one swap. No, it's so true.
I'll I, I'm quick to do a clean out of stuff just 'cause I'm
like, I don't wear anything. I get rid of it and then I find
myself not actually going to buystuff and then feeling like I

(45:40):
have nothing to wear. 'Cause I keep getting hair and
you start just getting like really random stuff that is not
the. Vibe, not the vibe doesn't fit
right. I don't love it.
And it was in a panic. Yeah.
I think one last New York specific question.
Where in New York should people buy clothes or sell clothes or

(46:01):
both? So what are your recommendations
if you are selling clothes with the intention of like I just
need to get rid of stuff. I want to just sell it, get
money back today. I would recommend Buffalo
Exchange in Boerum Hill. OK, Bestie runs the place.
It's incredible. Shout out Ally, she's
incredible. So like we'll always recommend

(46:23):
them, but they do give you the lowest percentage.
They give you 25% cash versus Crossroads, Beacons or OPC, they
all give you 30%. So of those other three, I would
say OPC, whereas other People's clothes, they have three
locations, Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood.
I feel like selling at the Bushwick or the Williamsburg 1

(46:44):
is the best option 'cause they have large spaces that they need
to fill, so they usually take a bit more, but they will price a
bit lower. That's kind of my opinion about
all three of those as they pricea bit lower, even though they do
payout 5% higher than Buffalo. OK, but I've always found
Buffalo to price just a little bit higher, which works out in
your favor. Yeah, so I always say sell at

(47:05):
those places if you're looking for amazing deals on designer
stuff, the real, real, cannot say it enough, cannot recommend
not selling on there. Like I've heard so many horror
stories from people from like myluxury retail clients really,
'cause they can just, they don't, you have no say in the
pricing. They just price it.

(47:26):
However, can be discounted superlow.
They've lost things, they've struggled with authenticity
issues. So people have like some people
have bought fake things on there.
I don't think that's actually a major issue anymore.
I think they've kind of worked through that.
Yeah, but if you just want really high quality, gorgeous
garments for super cheap, that is the place to buy them.

(47:47):
I used to be the guy who worked there.
See who? Worked on the marketing team.
Wow. Well, they do have good
marketing. I'll tell them.
So yeah. I'll let them know, but yeah,
that, yeah. OK.
Well, let's I buy, I do buy. We buy.
It OK. Let's talk about.
That after. Well, we'll offline about that.
OK, Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But I wouldn't recommend shopping at the real world in

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person, that I do find to be really overwhelming.
But just go online, their app isamazing.
You can. Save stuff I.
Really like so have an app and it's awesome.
I just will like like a bunch ofstuff and then wait for it to
get super cheap and then buy it.Amazing.
So yeah, that is my recommendation for shopping.
If you want to go a little bit more luxury, call me, we can.

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We can book a private shopping event for you, which that'll be
coming later. OK.
Where can everyone follow you and hang out with you, etcetera?
So my personal Instagram is at think you up or I think I'm the
only critter think on there. So I'm like pretty easy to find.
If you want to follow me, I posta lot of nonsense.
And then the business account iscloset by critter closet closet

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closet by critter.com. There you can like read all
about the services. Right now I'm offering closet
revamp, closet edit and closet organize all a little different
edit and organizer shorter sessions where we just focus on
editing or organizing. Revamp is the whole thing and
revamp is the one that includes resale.

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The other ones do not because it's too much work said with
love. But yeah, you can read all about
the services a little bit more about my story is on there.
It's like not perfect, not a gorgeous website, but I made it
myself at 2:00 in the morning. So like what do you want from
me? It's.
Really. No, it's.
Good. It's good.
Are you proud? Of it.
AI was like a huge part of that so.

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As it should be. It's just it's.
Like a joke that AI was like ourintern.
Yeah, it was mad at us about. It I mean, everyone's pissed at
me, but like, I what do you wantfrom me?
What do you want from me? I have a writing degree from
Pitt. Like obviously like don't know
how to do graphic design. There you go.
All right, well, stay tuned. Stay tuned, because we're about
to tear it up YouTube. If you haven't already, Yeah,

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because we're gonna do a little before and after of my closet.
It's gonna be amazing. Which I feel like I don't know
if I've said anything concrete about what it is that I do, so
this will be nice to have some like evidence.
To show them exactly what. You're gonna do.
I will say as a previous customer, I was very satisfied.
All right. Like nothing concrete about

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this. There's nothing concrete
previous customer I was very satisfied I.
Like there was a happy ending. Like there could be.
You put two and two together, that's all I'll say.
Stay here and stay tuned. Welcome, welcome.
We are at my house, which we're never at my house.

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We're always at Nora's and it's it's time we're gonna do my
closet. We're gonna get in there so.
Connor's gonna do step one. Yeah, so first Hannah's just
gonna show me where she keeps everything, how she stores
things, and generally which categories we need to reduce.
OK, amazing. So we have two spots.
OK, this is my closet. OK.

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This is Part 1 over here of my shoes.
Right. Part 1.
Unfortunately, this is what Part2 looks like right down here.
Which yeah, this we need to we need to do some work on.
These are my bags, but these arekind of like my this is amazing
Nora, but these are all the bagsI use like day-to-day primary
bags. These are extra bags so.

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Maybe we do like a small bag at it as well there.
Could definitely be a bag at it.This is all my sweatshirts, and
these are something I need to return.
These are all my sweatshirts andhoodies.
This is all my clothes and there's no system at all.
This is just my clothes. But then let me show you, OK?
So we'll definitely be doing a little bit of just organizing

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the category. I think it's always so good to
keep similar things together. A phrase that I love that's
actually so stupid is make sure you're comparing apples to
apples. So if you have like all your
T-shirts together, all of your tank tops, all your like long
sleeve work glasses, if you havethem all together, it's really
easy to assess very quickly where you need more things,
where you're like, I actually hate all of these and it's like

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a huge chunk of your closet. So that's we'll start, we'll do
that as well. And then and then if you come in
here, you see boyfriend of the pod.
Hey. Wolf is here and it's stinky.
This is dog of the pod. Come here.
This is the whole family. Wow.
OK. Nothing now this.
You don't even want to see Critter Critter.

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You don't even want to see how like Wolf keeps his clothes
because he doesn't even have a dresser.
This is just my clothes. Absolutely.
We have up top is just socks andunderwear, but like it's kind of
scary in here. It's it's a mess I.
Tell everyone talk to them like a private journey.
It's scary. But like, you should call your
socks underwear at least once. OK, and then this is pants.

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OK. So we'll be full.
This is pajamas. Hold on.
Actually, some of that says thisis this is shirts that for some
reason don't get hung up. Like they're like, that's just
they don't get hung up shirts. And this is like all athletic
wear, OK. And some of it's like wacky,
like, you know, let's see, where's my I have a lot of stuff

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from like a different era of me,like this tube top.
Is there sex after death? You know what I mean?
Like that's when I was kind of just like, and then also from my
time, like when I was like a little Connecticut boater like
this could probably go. This has to go.
And then I have like, I have every, oh, I have like every

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Halloween costume I've ever like, really shit.
Right now, don't. Go that.
Way you can have all this, but Ijust have and I have like every
bar I've ever worked at. I have like the shirt from that
bar. OK.
But it's like this, this stinky's pissed, but there's

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just like, you know, I bought somany shirts with riding on them.
Not only am I. Funny, I have nice titties too.
I love that. Yeah.
Maybe this. I would look awesome in that,
actually. I really like that.
Oh. Wow, this is this is good.
Maybe I'm sleeping on my clothes.
I'm kidding, but I. Don't fight over the shirt.
I'm just kidding. I'm just.
Kidding. No, I never.

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Meant. Crazy.
I just like, didn't know what I thought.
You were like suggesting what could be written on a shirt.
That's what I thought. Whore.
I was only a horse. I didn't hear, really not.
Judgmental. Really not judgmental like my
judgment, but yeah, there's likeyou'll see in my closet, there's
a mix of corporate me. There's definitely all my

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athletic clothing, but there's also like bartender Hannah, like
all my shirts I wore as a bartender.
Also, I do play a hooker on a podcast.
Like I do need to keep some of these like stupid shirts as.
They got. Boobs.
OK, But then you'll see shirts like this, which is when I was
trying to like find a way. There was a period of time where

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I was trying to find a way to dress the way I dress as a
bartender, but like a little more mature.
But like, I didn't ever wear this.
This would be really cute if youwere to just wear it.
And then if you have like an oversized work shirt, leave it
open. OK, so I've got under and then
some like cute denim. I feel like that's gonna be your
vibe. We're gonna keep this.
I potentially OK, I mean, I'm just saying if we want to make

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it work, we. Wait until you see the dresses
I'm gonna show you. OK.
But OK, That's that's nice. So I think in here the category
is we really need to focus on our tops, pants, maybe do a
quick call of like pajamas just to do that.
I feel like you're athlete and. You you don't want to touch the
underwear situation. It's in my policies.
OK, something not, but you should do it at least once a

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year, like just while you're in the mindset of just like, OK,
this is a little worn out. That's a lot more than I'm doing
it. Yeah, once a year.
Well, OK, well, we can do it together, all right.
I'd be present for it cuz you'remy friends, but for strangers I.
Am not going nor that could be an episode we clean out that

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we'll get some people yeah so. Yeah.
So I think we're gonna. Do all the old ones OK?
Sorry. We're gonna do tops, pants and
like the at home pajama wear andthen I think we're gonna refold
tops and pants and then we'll dothe closet, OK?
And we'll finish with shoes. Amazing.
We'll be back with the finished product.
Wow, so this is the end. This is the end this.

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Is we did it, we did. It we did it, I didn't do
anything. Nora hung out the whole time.
But it was awesome. We did.
We found some key, we found somesome things that Hannah was
getting rid of that we thought we needed an art wardrobe.
What is your say? I forget.
Is there sex after? Death.
Great question. Am IA slut.

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Find out next week, but let's let's dive in.
So we got rid of a ton of stuff.All these empty hangers are
things we got rid of. We really focused in on the
things that I felt like Hannah actually is going to wear.
We got everything into the rightcategory.
We have little tops, tops we wanted to hang some T-shirts,
move into like dresses and then like outer layers like lasers,

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some sweaters, and then just some like workout things that
are better hung. We really did a great number on
the shoes so that we got rid of a ton of shoes that we're not
serving my dear friend Hannah. And shoes are something that
sometimes are harder to get rid of, but they have a great impact
when you do get rid of a bunch because then you can actually

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wear some of these ones that youwant to wear and they're easier
to find, easier to manage. So I always say like edit shoes
as much as possible and try and be really cautious when buying
shoes if it's like something you're actually gonna wear.
We did just like we didn't really get rid of a ton of
sweaters, but we just folded them nervous.
We did some good work focus and just on on the easy keep.

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So that is just much easier to manage.
Plenty of room to grow. OK, now let's go look at the
dresser. The dresser and honestly, it
didn't really take that much time.
Like you guys are pretty quick about it.
You're efficient. So, well, firstly, this is
everything we're getting rid of so.
Wow, that's a lot of. Stuff for people who aren't are,

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aren't watching. There's multiple giant bags
here, like, and Hannah used to move clothes with these bags and
now she's, you know, we're moving them out.
We do have stinky. Hannah's dog is really excited
about the closet. Edit All right, and now we're

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going to do some. Of the drawers we did drawers we
did. We got like all the tanks, just
really nice and organized. I love doing this Marie Kondo
style. I'm never too precious with the
folding because that just like takes too long, impossible to
maintain. But we have everything like in a
similar category. So these are like all tanks from
like plain to graphic. These are T-shirts from plain to

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graphic. And then these are all just like
workout slash Orangetheory tops.And then we have like athleisure
workout bottoms. This was nuts before.
This was pretty nuts out, but wegot there in the end.
It really shows like once you organize it too.
That that it's really obvious like.

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That it that you. Yeah, that you have.
You have the clothes. You don't.
Have to. Go out and buy 100.
They are here like you have the black skirt, you have denim, you
have pants, you have things likeare there certain things that I
think you could fill in with? Of course.
But now you you really can see what we're working with.
So these are just pants and skirts.

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And then we also did like a gorgeous organizing.
On the Wow, Anna had a lot of. Sports T-shirts.
A lot, yeah, but it's like if you ran to sleep in and if they
have fun memories, like keep them, but just keep them a
little more orderly. So you really?
I love it. What?
You're. Working with SO the massive cell
pile. Yeah.
Then there's a couple items thatwe're going to sell.
We I'm not, I'm not part of the sell, but.

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Yeah, sexy little Skims. Sexy little skims.
If you want it, it'll be on my Depot.
Yep, and we'll link to that too.And then this shirt that Hannah
was tricked out of vintage storeinto paying too much money.
Critter is holding a velvet, forthose listening.
A velvet shirt. It's very chic.
Kind of has a Nicole Kidman lookto it.
Yeah. But yeah, maybe we should keep
it. We don't know you.

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Don't imagine. Well, it that's literally what I
was thinking. Yeah, but you don't.
Like how it fits? It's it's magical.
No, we're not. Going back into.
This so sometimes maybe it's a one-on-one with critter.
Maybe you don't need a friend here because friends will kind
of drag you into a different direction being saying that you
should keep things that you shouldn't.
So. But you can definitely do this

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with a trusted friend, but just make sure you're doing it with
someone who has your best interest, someone with a little
bit of style, someone who's willing to like literally look
at every single thing with you because you do kind of now you
just, you really have to just look at everything.
I do think they should hire Critter.
I mean it's. Like at the end of the day, I
couldn't do this. I mean, look at me just to see.
And just a little slut for thosewho are listening.

(01:01:12):
I'm wearing a I'm wearing AT shirt that says slut and
rhinestones on it. Thank you so much.
Yeah. So.
Yeah. And I feel like my tits look
great. Let's talk too, yes?
Well, we had a great time Critter.
It was amazing. Everyone should hire Critter and
we'll link to everything below. And yeah, enjoy your little

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closet at it. In the future, bye.
Great work. You guys.
That was amazing.