My Mom's DIY for Me

Quite a few years ago, my mom made me this earring holder. It's pretty awesome and after viewing all of the DIY-ing done on Pinterest and other blogs, we thought it would be nice to showcase something of ours. Sorry the pictures aren't very showcase-y of the details. She used a large frame and painted it black. She then measured and cut vegetable garden fencing and painted it black as well (I think, or she just got black fencing). She used a staple gun to staple and secure the fencing down. And for me because of my fondness for leopard print, she used a really pretty furry leopard print material that I think is really fabulous and hot glued it on to the frame behind the fencing. And as an added touch, she used this large black ribbon to make it look like a bow is holding it up and hanging. (But really the frame is hanging on the wall and the ribbon is thumb tacked up after.) That added bow looks really cute and is kind of great to go with my "Bows and Leopard" theme. =)

Talk That Talk

So if you know me, then you know I have an obsession with Rihanna. She is amazing. Gorgeous. Just flawless! I love everything that is Rihanna. (Okay minus all the real fur) I love her accent and attitude, I swear we would be hella good friends if we met...(along with our other friends Khloe Kardashian and Nicole Richie, who also have our same type of humor/personality) Hahaha...Anyways so of course when I heard Rihanna's new music and where she is going with her new look I was also in LOVE (except I liked her being a redhead with me ;-] ) and had to get her new CD immediately! I was counting down the days, and let me just tell you..she is the shit. Perfection! I swear I love every song on here. I can't stop listening to this CD even though I have just purchased some other CDs recently (Like Drake's, which is good!) but this CD is IT right now! It is a bunch of dance songs and is phenomenal for the gym. I promise you when I say this, my legs are more sore now from working out to her music then they have been the entire time I have been going to my gym. I was on the elliptical and was practically dancing. It just gets you goin! I recommend this for adults that want good "get ya goin" music. There of course are a couple ballad-type songs and other stuff sprinkled in too but seriously. LOVE! 

Late Thanksgiving Post

Happy late Thanksgiving!

So I have been sick since that day I went to the Harvest Festival, I don't know if I picked something up there or what but I have been feeling really yucky. But thankfully I gained back my appetite enough to indulge in the wonderfully delicious food my mom made us for Thanksgiving (I helped a little). Here is my plate of grub from that evening. The before and after... :)

Clockwise from the top is green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, faux turkey (Quorn brand), (vegetarian) stuffing, cranberry sauce, and in the center I have corn...and mushroom gravy on all of it. hahaha.. mushroom gravy might be the only gravy we have come across without any meat product in it. The fake turkey was really good and my mom kept it a secret and surprised me with it! That was pretty awesome since I have been missing out on the "main dish" since becoming a vegetarian 4 years ago.

Here is the little outfit I wore, I like to dress themed. Lol

And here are a few pieces I have picked up recently and didn't get a chance to blog about.

This is a dress that came with a beanie (lol I love when they come with a little extra something) that I got in a 2X to be loose and kinda hangy from dd's.

This is a REALLY cozy sweater that I love from Walmart. It's a V-neck and has ruching on the sleeves and is really stretchy. I got it in a oversized size just so it would be more loose and not so fitted.

I also got this cute little poncho from dd's. (The one I wore on Thanksgiving)

And I got this "Sweet November" sweater at this AMAZING Forever21 in Modesto. It was huge, 3 stories and totally fabulous. I got several rings and this sweater. I have been wanting a black stole like the one I got from H&M but wasn't seeing any sold alone so I was on a mission to find a removable one from a fairly priced sweater. I found it at the last minute, right before giving up and going back downstairs to check out. It's cute and double breasted with different colors in the knitting. 

Thanks for visiting!

Ps...The faux turkey really did taste like turkey! =)

 

                     

Harvest Festival/Breaking Dawn

So over the weekend, I went to the Harvest Festival with the fam bam and to see Breaking Dawn....as you can probably tell from the bag I am using. (Which btw some lady asked me where I got it and was disappointed when I told her it came with the movie when I preordered it.) I absolutely looooved Breaking Dawn, for sure the best one yet and this is coming from someone who knew what was going to happen already from reading the books. It was great! I can't wait to see the last one and kinda want to see this one again. hahaha...

So anyways, the Harvest Festival was fun. We got to do a lot of taste testing and my mom picked up some really yummy things to have at home. I found a really pretty necklace for my mom, she was with me though so I had to just get it for her as a Christmas present and she could have it early. She wore it for the rest of the day. It's a really pretty dragonfly necklace-very different than the ones she already has. That was all I got though. The lady from Etsy wasn't there this time, she was my favorite the last time. There was a lot of people there and I think it may be where I picked up this cold/sore throat I have. :(

This tall guy was walking around singing Elvis and messing with people, obviously me the shyest one of the bunch had to get talked about. He said he loved my boots and made me a flower bracelet to go with it.

And my mom and I took these pics in the photo booth at the movies. =)

  

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OOTD

Hey, so it's finally Friday!! Thank goodness! It's starting to rain here today and I got to have lunch with my friend Josie today who came and visited me at work. We were both wearing our Lita knock-offs and were twinsies! :) ...Anyways so I know I am wearing a lot of black and my hair is messed up (it actually has a really cute braid headband in front that you can't see). I really don't like pictures of myself but I guess oh well. lol

 Sunglasses - Target
Earrings - Forever21
Rings - Kohl's / H&M / Auction / Forever21

Faux fur stole - H&M

Black v-neck sweater - Walmart

State badge - hahahaha!

Black corduroy leggings - Kohl's (Vera Wang)

Bag - Burlington Coat Factory (Material Girl)

Shoes - Go Jane

Part II, as promised...

So here is the part two post that I promised a few blogs ago. I haven't been in the mood to do some things recently and just going through stuff. But this part two has been kind of hanging over my head lol so not to worry, here are the pictures! =) ...

First up, there was the original two thrift stores I went to with my mom.This top I wore in an OOTD already and a few other times. I really love the length and feel, it's so comfortable! If only I could find one in black! lol

I got this hot pink 80s looking sweater, I also have one in green exactly the same I got a few years back. My mom hates it because of how 80s it looks. I love the 80s though. =)

I found this really long gray sweater that has some type of wool in it. It doesn't go all the way around me though and looks almost more like a cape when on but I still really like it! My mom actually got a pretty similar one recently for almost 10 times the amount I paid so that is pretty cool for me too. lol gotta love thrifting!

I actually found this really cute black knit fringed vest at the last second as I was on my way up to the register to pay because they were about to close. It was a great find and fits really nicely.

Lastly, at this thrift store, my mom found this cute headband for me that she thought would be great for my hair color and everything. ... and she was right! =) It looks homemade too so thats a plus.

So the second thrift store we went to that night I found a couple more awesome things!

I found this maxi skirt with red and purple roses on leopard print that I thought was really cute. For my more hippy days.

And I found these two oversized blazers too!! I really love them and think the beige one on the left would look GREAT with the taupe knock-off litas that I want. ;) I like to roll the sleeves up on the black one because with them down, it looks very boxy and not as cute. I actually like to scrunch the sleeves up above my elbows. Its cute.

I believe I also mentioned how I got the blue jeans from Target that I have been wanting and searching for. They are a lot more royal in person. But nice and stretchy. $22.99.

THEN! hahaha... I went to another thrift store with my mom that was HUGE! I wasn't exactly prepared to go so I had on heels and wasn't completely in the mind set to think of creative ways to wear everything but I did find these sweaters. This one is a gray with silver threads throughout it. My mom kinda wants it for herself. :)

And sadly, these two sweaters that are REALLY cute ....uhhh .... shrunk. We washed them even though you aren't supposed to and what do you know... they actually shrunk on me! The nerve! They are also made with hair so the natural fibers were not feeling the whole washing process. Which suck cause I really like both of them. The purple one is actually a great shade of purple and the pink one seems to be very well-made. I stretched them back out some but they are a bit snug. I don't know what I am going to do with them.

Lastly, for this post, I went to Forever21 real quick while I was visiting the brother's girlfriend at work. Here's what I got:

I hope that it was all that you imagined... hahaha just kidding but thanks for reading! 

 

   

 

Hair

So I wanted to show you the hairstyle I tried out on Wednesday. Let me just say that  although I pretty much refuse to cut my hair because I want to maintain it's length (I haven't gotten a real cut since the 7th grade when someone told me I should have never cut my hair-and I felt the same way :(... The bangs are semi-new though), I am however adventurous and will try different kinds of styles with it and wear wigs to change things up too. Anyways I saw this little tutorial on Pinterest that I can no longer find for some reason on this little braid up-do. I got a lot of compliments on it at work... even though the back looked horrible lol. I just braided two pig tails and then wrapped them around my head and secured them to my head in the back. (The securing was way obvious though which is what made that part look horrible)

 Also, I would like to just say that I really hate those rare moments when you look in the mirror and aren't completely dissatisfied and think "hey I look kinda okay right now" or even "I look good right now!"... So you try to take a picture for future reference that you in fact are capable to look decent sometimes and then you look at the picture and you just think "nevermind". Maybe I am super nonphotogenic or something but I really can never get my pictures to look like what I see in the mirror (which isn't always a bad I suppose =/)