Third and Already Exhausted

Today is the third day of school and I am already exhausted and ready for summer again.

Anyways, white tank from Target, yellow from Urban Outfitters, cardigan from NET, skirt from Delia's (got it in Minnesota, so no tax! ;D), shoes from Taiwan, I forget where the belt is from, and the bag I rescued from my mom's closet. :)

I really like this bag~ Got a lot of compliments on it too, which is always nice, haha. It's very practical since it's so big and spacious, but I'm afraid to over stuff it so I'll have to start using a real backpack next week The shoes I also like because they have a carefree feel to them and are very comfortable. The only thing is that they are getting really old and the soles are cracked now :/ I also really like the skirt! :) Kind of flouncy, but not over-doing it. So yeah. Back to hw and notes!

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One More Day

One more day until school starts on Monday. Today was a pretty chill day...didn't really plan on doing anything except to snag a locker at night. The tak was from Mervyn's....shorts are Old Navy...they're getting pretty old...the shoes were my old 8th grade grad shoes from Payless. Yeah, and i'm standing on a chair..I know... +_+ Oh! By the way, yesterday (Friday) my friend Jenny and I went to our teacher's house. Played Portal and painted nails :D I found this fabulous blue chrome color amongst my teacher's vast selection of colors~

Yay for espadrilles xD I liked the freshness of white that contrasts my ridiculous tan which I am getting from polo practice. And I really really really like that chrome blue <3 Tomorrow will be...church and one last hang out with friends before school starts...:o

$15 Dollar Gift Card

Ok so yesterday, I went shopping with my mom. She insisted on getting an SATII math book :/ Then we went to DSW to look for shoes. She's getting ready to throw my pretty red flats and polka dotted slip ons away because she say's they are getting old :( Unfortunately we didn't find any shoes we liked at DSW...I needed flats with a softer and comfortable sole because I will wear it a lot and need it to be wearable.

In the end, we ended up getting my slip ons at Payless at the Valleyfair across the street.


This is the front detail....Haha. I was looking for a white canvas background with colorful decor like my old pair, but I guess black works just as well :)


Today's outfit. I wanted to go with a simple black&white. The top is from...I believe Wet Seal, and the shorts I also bought yesterday from Abercrombie and Fitch. Now, I have never bought anything from there, but two years ago my friend got me a $15 gift card, and I've never gotten the chance to use it. And so I finally got a pair of white shorts :D Yay. The belt, [you can't really see it :/] is from Northern Tier, a canoeing trip I went on in July with my brother's boyscouts.

And I am pointing atttt....Dumbledore! x) Made him for a project last year.

8 for 8

Well first of all, not fashion related, but congratulations to Michael Phelps, eh? Freaking crazy xD;; So anyways, today's outfit was a purple tanktop from Old Navy and skirt...also from Old Navy, but considerably older.

I believe I've had it for at least 3 years. :o I like it though. It has a very nice shape to it and swings around :) The only drawback is that it might fly up when there is wind...

The corset/bodice I made. It was an experiment, and I used the pattern from reddawn.net and added the darts. Darts didn't come out too well...but at least now I have an idea of how to make a simple bodice.

This is what my goal is...to make a full bodiced dress :D Lol i just tucked a skirt part of a dress that I took apart to give a general idea xD;

Okok and this next piece totally made my day. My friend who is going off to college came by to drop off Portal for me, and also gave me a drawing and a necklace x) It was a project he and his friend did in Japan, when they stopped by for a glassblowing workshop. :o Whee I like the color ;) It's a bit dark in the picture, but I guess depending on the lighting, it could be dark purple or see-through pinkish. =]

Indecisive

This morning I woke up...and wanted to wear something yellow. I paired the yellow (Urban outfitters) and white (Target) tank with my mom's pants first...

but I wasn't really satisfied with that....plus it would've been a bit hard to bike to class in. Next I tried it with another pair of my mom's shorts...I liked it, but didn't feel like wearing high waist today.

THEN. [finally] I decided I'll just stick with all yellow and gold flats :) The shorts are from Target also, and the flats I purchased in Taiwan. They're really sparkly, but I found you could dress them down, or up, depending on what you were wearing.

See how indecisive I am? xDD;;; Ohwell. I was finally satisfied and got to class on time, too! :) Skit tomorrow! :D since I don't have to bike to class~

Ow I'm Sore

Here goes! Anyways, this is today's outfit...it's super hot today in San Jose. But I have to bike to class in the morning so you'll have to keep with me for two more days of pants. Then I can finally wear skirts again xD;; Sorry the pic's kind of small and blurry o.o;

Anyways, this is actually...hmm. I think most of the stuff I'm wearing is old. Tank from Target, shorts [superold] from Target, flats are from Payless, and the belt...not so sure actually. I really love the flats..but alas, the soles are thinning out :( The belt I also love because since it's black I can wear it with so many outfits, summer and winter. :] And if you look closely you'll see there are a ridiculous amount of holes/grommets, so I can wear it high, low, whatever.

And here....

is an oil painting I did a while ago....Don't remember what the reference was. but I really liked the effortless chic of it xD;;; I added some gold sequins to it..but I'm not sure you can see it. They're on the red wall and her beret.

I realize I really need to not care as much what other people think and wear what I want to....Maybe it's 'cause I'm bigger than a lot of my friends but when I wear certain things, it makes me look more mature? :o that's a weird way of putting it, but yeah...should probably be not afraid to try new things come this school year. Well yeah, that's my entry for the day then ^^.

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the Ring

Ok, so here's my first style blog post....I have yet the nerve to ask someone to take pictures for me, but...Anyways, I think rings really add a touch of elegance to any hand, and this is one of my favorites that I have, which is not many, 2 ^^;

It's pretty good quality and cheap too. I aquired it last summer in a Taiwan night market for...100NT? Which is around $3 here in the U.S. So far I've found it to be pretty water resistant (it doesn't rust), for what reason I have no clue. But I love it. The funny thing is that the size I got fits best on my ring finger, so I get a lot of people asking me who gave it to me! So..yeah. Comments very welcome! :)

Wow I have been so......away from here :o
I found a really great fashion blog though!!
http://www.handmeover.blogspot.com