11.17.11 Wish Listing

1. Grove New York perfume or the lotion, smells like one of my favorite scents, the flowers found in orange groves.

2. Scissor Charm Necklace, supercheap from Forever 21

3. An sleek, chic acrylic make-up storage case. This one's from Muji.

4. Chelsea Boots, and hoping to find them somewhere cheap and random. Found some at Ross, but I hated the ones I saw which were patent-y leather looking. I'm sure I'll find the perfect ones soon. ::hoping::

It's been awhile since my last post, and I have been busy but not with anything I was actually really interested in. Except for moving. We're pretty much settled in, and I'm loving our small cottage. It has character and it's not the type to hoard otherwise it would get super cramped. Eric's in Guam right now for work, and it's not so bad except I really do miss him right now. And so does baby dog.

However, omg! It gets so distracting with him around. I feel awkward to update this blog because I don't want him seeing it. Idk why. Since the holidays are just around the corner, I thought my long follow up entry would be a wish list. It's not much, but they are products I would like to get sooner or later. And I'm hoping to find that necklace at the mall tomorrow. And I know while I'm there, I can stop by Anthropologie to see if they still have the Grove New York lotion in their clearance area. Oh, I hope!

3.31.11 Winters Passing

I had a stomach ache that seems like it's lasting the entire day, and I think it has to do with the weather. I was afraid it had to do with what I ate last night. I went to the Crest Cafe over in Hillcrest last night here in San Diego, and got the Cheese Buttah Squares. It is so not worthy taking a picture of now. It was good at the time, but I felt like I got some slight form of food poisoning (thank goodness without the diarrhea). Anyway, I apologize that to start this entry is a "tmi" type of post.

So unrelated to my latest fashion inspiration, and not to mention but the fact this weather is so hot, the way Reese looks in these two pictures makes me sad it's not cold anymore. And I had these bright red flats one time that I regret selling it to Buffalo Exchange. I eventually found a replacement at H&M, but I just don't think they compare to how cool and at ease it looks on Reese Witherspoon. This is my fashion inspiration as of late.

01.09.11 Fashion, Beauty.. and Oprah's Gate!

Wanted to post these the other day but realized the majority of what I had bought were coats who deserved their own diary entry. hehe. I've been on the lookout for a blouse similar to what I had once seen Lauren Conrad wear. I think I saw it on her in one of her twitter pictures.. Tbh, I can't remember. And then I saw this makeup guru named Vanityhouse on Youtube where she wore a shirt that reminded me of it and she had mentioned she had gotten it at H&M. I never found it. Until just last Friday, I was shopping with my friend, and at a cheap-o store at the mall, I found something very similar to it on clearance for just under 6 bucks. I love the looseness of it and that it hardly shows any chest (because I hate that). Something I'm also really excited to show, and to eventually try is this new product by Sally Hansen. It's a copy of Minx Nails which I thought was awesome! I was just thinking of Lisa Eldridge who had a video on her trying out Minx Nails and it was cool. Her's was leopard print which Sally Hansen also carries. It's ridiculous! There were so many designs. I could hardly decide which one I wanted to try out first. So I got this one. It's in the number/name 220 Cut it Out.

I must also say that I'm in love.. no, I'm in lurve.... with my new Essie polish in Sew Psyched. haha. Although, I'm on a ridiculous kick lately. I feel like it's hard for me to save anything these days. I went on the Urban Outfitters website and bought a purple backpack for around 42 dollars. Hopefully it was worth it. I've been wanting a backpack, ironically enough that I don't even go to school anymore. Except, it would be perfect if I got it by the 15th because I'm going on a weekend trip, wine tasting in Santa Barbara. I'm a little excited. Not so excited on having annoying wino headaches hours later.

I went along with a couple of my friends last time we went there to go Beer Tasting for my friend (the one who got me into beauty's) birthday. That was so much fun. We were debating on doing a beer or wine tasting at the time and realized wine can really sneak up on you. Anyway, this time I'm hoping to get a souvenir wine glass if they'll allow it. Ooh, here's a funny video of the time I went Beer Tasting. I had to throw this in somewhere on the internet. We were picked up by any other normal looking young Southern Californian, and realized just how flamboyant he can be. Rode in his fancy schmancy SUV, picked up two lovely young couples, drank at four of Santa Barbara's famous brewery's, and then got a tour of bumpy Montecito where apparently Drew Barrymore just bought a mansion in, and where Oprah and her dogs live. Enjoy!

01.08.11 All Coats & No Play

Reference coat on clearance, 16 bucks, yo.

Coat from Ross on clearance, around 25 dollars.

Coat from Marshall's, around 25 dollars.

I need to stop, I know. But I cannot help but suck myself into the "end of winter" coat sales. These coats aren't anything special. They're not name brand or anything, but they were dirt cheap, it was ridiculous. The last one is the one I'm most excited for because it's going to be a staple in my closet. It's got a classic trench design, except it has this awesome military gold design in between the buttons. It's subtle, but it also says, she's creative, hire her. I should probably mention I went to school for art and design, (and that's all I'm going to say). I actually even wore this for new years. I've got a terrible but mean story that I wish I could tell, but unluckily for my new years resolution, I told myself I'm going to try and be more nice, so I'm ashamed for even bringing it up. Ahh, this is going to kill me. I've already broken a few other resolutions.

This is also going to sound really weird, but I'm also really liking the trench, and also the first one because it has this awkward pocket angle. I hope I'm not the only one who likes this too, but whenever I place my hands in the pockets, my hands are places more towards my hips, making my arms look a lot more slimmer than they are. haha. As opposed to the second one where the pockets are more lower, and my arms just fall limp. hahahaha.

11.12.10 Beauty Time

My mom works at a department store where they recently started carrying a variety of high end makeup products and not only that, but yesterday there was a Veteran's Day sale. I got my first Nars product! Which is the blush/highlighter in Albatross. I've been eyeing this one every now and then and got it because I love, love, love the glow! They also had a Benefit counter and I was so excited to play around with their products. I'm beginning to love looking at their products because most of them are all vintage inspired which I love. And when I was playing around with their Benetint blush, the counter lady recommended a smaller version for a lot cheaper and comes with a lip gloss. So, I had to get that too.

I also got a few other stuff yesterday, but mostly cooking accessories like a cookie press, and a Spam Musubi maker. I also found this awesome Jones New York coat on clearance at Ross. Today I was going to use my cookie tool to see what I could do, but instead I just made a generic version of Pumpkin Chocolate chip cookies. I meant to use a fancier recipe, but instead went with my friend to Vons and found an easy bake Pumpkin cookie bag and bought mini chocolate chip morsels on the side.

11.7.2010 Lovely Details

This would probably classify as fashion, but I don't really think of myself as a fashionista. I'd like to be but I can't afford most fashionable clothes. I don't really go shopping, and I try to make do with what I already have. I wear a lot of stockings, leggings, tight pants, black, coats. I have a lot of prints/textiles clothing, but am trying to steer away from that and if anything find solid neutrals with cute embellishments on them. Yes, those are what I'm currently in search for.

This is a dress I got for myself on my birthday. It was a hefty spend at Anthropologie. It wasn't my outfit of the day, or a uniform I've been wearing, but it's something I plan on wearing to my friend's bridal shower next month and then I'll probably wear it more often. When I decided to try it on again, I noticed it had this cute scallop detail on the edge of the dress. I cannot wait to wear this. Because it was big spend, I was only thinking of wearing it on a lovely occasion and then later wear it on hot casual days or pair it with tights on cold days. Most likely next month soon, I'll post this in an actual outfit of the day post.

10.27.2010 Love, Ludlow

These are film stills from one of my favorite movies, Love, Ludlow. Isn't Love, Ludlow a great title for a movie? Even though it was based on a play, I'm happy to have seen and bought this movie because I love the cinematography and set design. It looks like it was filmed in the 90s. It almost looks grainy, but modern. Modern? I really don't know the words.. It's such a muted colored film but with accents of style and pops of color. And I mainly wanted to do this post because I love Alicia Goranson. Not only is she a great actress (she was also the original Becky from Roseanne), she's a great poet. http://aliciagoranson.blogspot.com/. I love the way they styled her for this role! She plays a tough character but the way she dresses in here is so charming. These pictures don't do her justice. Seriously. I'm tempted to watch the movie and try to take pictures from my camera of her outfits. But that might not work out so well. So far check out her coordinating socks along with her purple coat she wears over her teal green outfit. She has a similar outfit during her next workday but in different colors.

Then check out her date outfit in the fourth picture. It looks either vintage or reminds me of the 90s and I think it fits the mood of the movie.

(photos above via http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews20/love_ludlow_dvd_review.htm)

(photos above via http://www.edwigegeminel.com/portfolio.html)

(photo via google images of alicia goranson)

What really reminded of her was watching late night episodes of the old Roseanne. I thought she played the best Becky. The most recent one I saw was one of the first Halloween episodes. They're probably the best episodes of the entire Roseanne series.

10.24.10 Outfit of the Day (OOTD) and a Statement Ring

So, I felt I needed to post this before the day ended, because this is what I really wore today. And I didn't really smile like this for the sake of taking a photo of myself. I noticed my baby dog staring at me, wondering what the heck I was doing. hah. I'm still not really used to taking a picture of myself, but figured that I should if the majority of my posts talk about my obsession with beauty. I don't have the money to shop high end, but I do like fashion.

Oh, and so when I did go out, I didn't pick up the new Ecotools brush set but I did get this awesome new statement Owl Ring from Kohl's. Pretty awesome! It was only like 8 bucks. And really the rest of the day went to shopping for necessities for the spare room I'm supposed to be working on. I get to use my trial Autocad for Mac software! Soo excited! Although I'm a little hesitant now that it's so easy to get if you want to shell out 4,000 dollars. I'll be sad when the end of the month arrives.