Sunday, December 25, 2011

Catching up for Xmas

Sorry for the sudden absence from here, family stuff and work have killed my energy! Needless to say, it hasn't really felt like Christmas at all to me. My grandma left to live in the Philippines and the house hasn't been the same since.
I grew up with her around and the house was always full of sound and the smell of food cooking but now its quiet and cold. I resented her a lot because I'm the kind of person that gets really stressed out when there's a lot of different, loud sounds all about and now I miss it.


I went to see her off at the airport and it was quite possibly the saddest I've ever felt. For those unaware, she had broken her hip early November and while at the hospital, they found stage 4 cancer in her lungs and they gave her ~9 months to live. Everyone was crying except for me, I just got incredibly teary-eyed. We left the airport at 5am, I had work that afternoon. I woke up feeling like crap and once I got to work, I couldn't keep my composure and ended up crying like a big baby and went home after two hours.
She was the one who always put out the poinsettias, put up the christmas tree, etc. Neither me or my dad felt like putting the tree up, so the few presents we had were just on an end table. Money has gotten exceptionally tight what with my grandma's hospital bills coming in now.


Work has been eating up all my time and its incredibly unfortunate. I'm really excited that I was finally able to sign up for classes, albeit I was only able to get into two. I'll have 3 days off out of the week so it'll be nice to have down time and maybe be able to focus on more projects.


Friday, December 2, 2011

What I wore today 12/2/11


Today was full of way too much driving! My boyfriend was out of town last night so I wasn't able to find a comfortable way to sleep; I ended up falling asleep on the couch at 4am. I went into work at 10 and got off at 4. What did I do today?

  • Cashed my check
  • Took my friend Mariyah home
  • Picked up my friend Roger
  • Showed him our broken wii
  • Picked up Henry
  • Ate at Carl's Jr
  • Picked up my hard drive from my friend Chelsea's house
  • Went to the bookstore and Target
  • Took Roger and Henry home
It really sucks that our wii is kaputz! I guess I'm lucky because Roger doesn't want his anymore so he's going to sell it to me for a pretty cheap price.


Top, skirt, jacket: Forever 21
Shoes: Ebay
Pins: Milkbbi, Naniwear

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

What I want Wednesday Week 2!

A room in my house has recently "opened up" for lack of a better word. My grandmother is terribly sick so we're going to send her back to the Philippines so that when her time comes she's surrounded by family. It's so weird... I grew up with her. She's lived with us my whole life and now she's just going to be gone. Ever since she got out of the hospital she's been staying at my aunt's house because here at my house me, Matt, and my dad are always in and out throughout the day. The house is a whole lot emptier, even my dog misses her! I've never really been through a situation like this before, I'm not really sure how to feel.
Anyways, like I said, I now have an extra room in my house. I'm a tad bit excited because I'm going to turn it into my little "studio" of sorts. I want to move my desk in there, possibly buy a futon to put in, move the TV in there as well... it's not a ton of space, but its enough. I wish I had a sewing machine to put in there!
I wonder when I'll ever move out of my house... I just think, why add on more expenses? I'm currently looking for a better paying job... Lord knows that I wouldn't be able to live on my own by working at the mall!
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Milkbbi + new shoes!

A few posts back I had mentioned buying some Milkbbi items, they finally arrived in the mail along with some shoes I bought off of ebay!

I'm so in love with the art book! Justin Wallis' art is so colorful and inspiring... He has his own "style" with influences from Japanese culture and also '90s video games. The book came with a little cactus bookmark and a thank you card! I also ordered some buttons from him, the bigger the better! I like the eyeball one the most!
I wanted to pre-order the shirt but I'm not sure if I would wear it and it would kind of set me back... here's to hoping for more!


I bought some new platform shoes off of ebay. I'm pretty addicted to ebay, I can't resist a good deal... I got these for only $20!! At first I didn't enjoy the shoe laces but they add a lil' bit of a "tokyo bopper" look to the shoes... I still want to get some new ones though.
The shoes are pretty plastic, they squeak when I walk. They didn't ship in a box to reduce the shipping price, there were a few dents in the shoes but nothing too extreme. The heel height is almost 2.5" and for some reason I find these a little bit more difficult to walk in compared to my rocking horse shoes?
On one of the shoes you can clearly see what I'm guessing was hot glue? You can also see where the shoe and platform are wanted to come undone.

I haven't worn the shoes out yet because of the fact that they squeak and I don't have laces that I like but I guess we'll see what happens!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

What I wore today 11/25!


I didn't really walk away with too much for Black Friday. Matt was out in line at Best Buy getting my christmas present and as soon as he got home I got ready so we could leave for the mall. Last year I worked the morning shift so before clocking in I was able to do a little bit of shopping and I found some pretty good steals... this time not so much. I bought something for my brother at the Disney store, I went to so many stores; Cotton On, Wet Seal, Macy's, Love Culture, Shasa... I like to go into stores I don't usually shop at because on rare occasions you run into something good. I ended up just going to Forever 21 and buying a couple of items.

This top was one of the items that I bought! It's a cropped black velvet bustier~ My cardigan is also from Forever 21, while my pants are from American Apparel and my shoes are from Payless.

Sweetheart cuts on tops are a real weakness for me. Depending on the fabric and/or style of the person, it can come off as innocent or take a turn and be super sexy!

Style Shot Saturday #2!

I'm tempted to make these "style inspo Saturdays" because I know not every post will be just style shots, but I really enjoy alliteration. I'm building up an arsenal for a few "Style Icon Saturdays", I'm still deciding who to use/gathering pictures, blah.

Enjoy!

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

~Happy Thanksgiving~

I was going to do a more elaborate "Things I'm thankful for" post, but one of my friends is currently borrowing my hard drive so I guess that's out of the question.

Today I woke up and got ready to go with Matt to his aunt's house for food.
When we got there the food wasn't quite ready yet so everybody was playing Just Dance. I want that game so bad! I didn't bring my camera in so I don't really have any pictures but the food was so good!

While still in food coma, we went to my aunt's house and didn't really eat anything besides pumpkin pie.











I'm so thankful for my boyfriend, my dad, my wonderful friends that have stuck around for so long... my list also extends to silly stuff like the internet and whatnot.
Matt and I are planning on sitting outside of Best Buy so he can buy my christmas present (he doesn't think I know what it is but I totally do) so I should be snoozing right now, not to mention that I close at work tomorrow night. Did I mention that I'm also going to do my own shopping at around 5am?

Happy turkey day y'all!!