On the right side

You got to be on the right side

I'll get my paycheck

on my blue boots

That's okay and now I've got to me

You're going to be on the right side trends are a direction where something is headed up in a landfill. It's important to look at trends in the past and

present to have better discernment for the future. That way, maybe you won't spend money on the hottest

little dangle dangle. So today, we have a guest who is not a trend, but a longtime friend. Please welcome

Ashley Brooke Roberts on this episode of The Brighter Side. Hi Amber. Hi, Ashley. So good to be here. It is so good to see you. My day is so much better when I saw you. Oh my gosh. We both lit up at each other at the door. Yes. It just feels good. I was having a crazy night last night, doom scrolling. Yeah. Brought that energy into the office today. And as soon as I saw the light in your eyes, I said the world's going to be a better place. Oh, my gosh. What a compliment. Make it my day. So I was thinking about trends, right? Because we talked about this a couple of days ago. You actually saw my laboooooooo hanging from my my bag and we started talking about trends and

liboo-boos and stuff. If it wakes up at night and like, you know, kisses you on the cheek.

Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If it, yeah, brings luck, bad luck. Is it possessed by a demon? Only

time will tell. It's that smile. Mm-hmm. I think it's so cute. But I was thinking about

trends and I realized that like for me I noticed them.

I first started noticing them when I was a kid.

Yes.

And it was like trendy toys because I never really got them.

Did you get trendy toys?

No, because we were talking about Lubbubo's and I said what was before this?

And they said it was the little uh yeah the the little tubbies

yeah oh what do you call them the little bitty ones the beanie babies oh yeah benny beanie babies and

trolls yes i never got them yeah i never had a beanie baby i did have a troll but i got gum in its

hair and my mom was like we're not getting you another, that's it. And but I remember like very specific toys. Like, did you ever have a Polly Pocket? No, I don't remember playing with a lot of toys. I'm sorry. I had dolls and my mother would hang them on the wall and I wasn't allowed to touch them. Wow. And so my wall was like full of like,

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