By the Sea, By the Sea...

By the beautiful Sea! Oh how happy we'll be! :)
So on a recent excursion to the mall- I swear I do NOT go everyday!- I passed by JC Penny and couldn't help but be struck by the bombardment of a certain color... AQUA!!!

I was very excited because I LOVE this color! I then browsed Maurice's only to find that aqua was lining their walls and displays, as well! I love all the bright colors for summer, but aqua is just so happy! It reminds me of the seaside! <3 You know, with as much as I love the color, I really don't have much aqua colored items... I should fix that soon? ;)

What colors are you loving this season? Orange? Neons?

Come at once if convenient...

If inconvenient, come anyway.

Recently, I have been infatuated with the TV series, Sherlock of BBC. It's so good!!!

Ahem, anyway! Today I decided to dress up like John Watson! In one episode, he has a striped sweater on and looked adorable! So, on a recent trip to the mall (my intention was just to look!- as if that would ever work!) I wandered into Forever21. I was doing a wonderful job simply browsing until... I went to the back of the store!

SALE


Yes... I would find a sale. Again I just browsed but then, this sweater jumped out at me! My immediate thought went to John and I snagged it! The rest is self-explanatory. And since the sale was Buy One Sale Item, Get the Second FREE- I purchased a nice waist-length Pea Coat. I tried it on for my sister and she was quite jealous. :) I also purchased a necklace and earrings to match my "John Inspired Outfit"!



A closer look at my outfit! :)

 

Sweater, Necklace, Earrings: Forever21

If You're Reading This...

Please make sure I'm following you! :)
I believe I went through and followed everyone I could, but I had some trouble following others... So if you are following me, but I'm not following you, please leave a comment with a link to your blog and I'll gladly follow you! :) I'm loving all the new blogs I'm reading! I've been so out of the fashion blogosphere for so long! :/ So let me break it down as to why I have been totally MIA.

 *School: Thank goodness its almost out! I'm in the last semester of my junior year and I'll be graduating this December, and let me tell ya, I'm starting to feel STRESSED!!! I have two Spanish classes that are taking over my life, a PR class that has so many presentations I'm sick of seeing PowerPoint and Prezi, and a Journalism class that has me learning more than I EVER wanted to know about horse slaughtering! But, summer is quickly on its way! 

 *Other Obligations: By this I mean, my non-school related activities! For example, my Children's Church class is only once a week, but I pretty much have to start planning it several days in advance. And if we do a particularly "difficult" (difficult being the boys definition of time consuming.) craft it can take several hours to prepare. Another exciting happening in my life is the launch of American(a) Neweva! A non-profit company my best friend, Frances Advincula, and I started this past month that helps empower minority women! *insert shameless advertising here* 

 *Lack of Tripod: Yes, I am actually blaming my lack of OOtD posts on my lack of a tripod. Usually my sister takes my narcissistic fashion pictures, however, living on my own makes it much more challenging... But I'm planning on investing in one this summer, so Outfit of the Day posts will be returning!

 Anyway! Now that I have sufficiently bored you... Congrats if you made it to the bottom of this post! :D Here are some quick pictures to show I have not let my fashion slack! Unlike my posts... :)

During our Children's Church Easter Program! The kids did a great job! :)

Body Con skirt and black cami- Forever21

At my sister's Family Night at her culinary school! 

Photo shoot with boyfriend! <3

I'm still loving the jean on jean trend! Can you tell! :)

What My Life Has Become...

Nothing but school and homework!

So, I have been COMPLETELY MIA lately. I blame school!, as stated above. I can't believe I am currently on Spring Break. Where has the semester gone? And what's more, what has this good little fashionista been doing? HOMEWORK.

Disgusting...

But I shall not fill this post with my woes. Nope! Instead, I'm going to give you a sneak peak at my newly remodeled bedroom! Just a few pictures I played with while taking a break from homework! (Because, quite frankly, I'm about to pull out my hair!) Anyway, enjoy some these sneak peaks! Eventually I'll do a room tour for my beauty channel! Eventually... ;)









And people thought my closet was going to be solely for clothes...


My room theme is Audrey Hepburn meets Fleur de Lis!

Leap For Joy!

Okay, so it's a day late...

So they say that whatever you do on the first day of the year, you will end up doing the rest of the year. I wonder if that works on Leap Day...?

Well, regardless, yesterday everyone kept saying, posting, tweeting- "Don't waste your leap day!" I am happy to report, I did not. :) While I had class... :/ After class I had a splendid time with friends!

Highlights of my Leap Day 2012

Had lunch at home with my friend, Mary. She snagged these cute little Tabascos from a guest speaker!


After class Mary, my other friend Tabitha, and I grabbed Froyo at a local joint! SO GOOD

Afterwards Tabitha and I went over to Mary's apartment and Tabitha made chicken and dumplings! Needless to say, my Leap Day was full of deliciousness! :)


While the dumplings were cooking, we decided to play Life! I had not played in so long! Yes, that is my car. And that is my... husband. :P

After dinner we played the game Hard A$$. By now, yet another friend, Tessa, had joined us. Oh the fun we had! If you have not played that game, I suggest you invest in it! It will lead to many inside jokes and one heck of a good time!


We rounded out the night watching, my personal favorite Miyazaki movie, Howl's Moving Castle. Adding our own commentary the entire way through.

So just in case there is some chance that "whatever you do on Leap Day you will do the next four years", I think I am okay with that. :)

So, did you do anything special on Leap Day?

You Know You're A 90's Kid If....

You remember these "new" trends from back in the day.

So recently I have been noticing that a lot of 90's trends are making a comeback. Don't believe me? Check out this article!

Anyway, it really hit me when I saw these next few dresses. Not only did my older cousin Eileen rock similar dresses when she was in high school, she might still have them stuffed away somewhere! The 90s are back, ladies! And that's okay, cause they were ALLLLLLLL THAT!!!! ;)

Note: These dresses are either from Top Shop or Zara.

Okay, I feel I've seen just about every mom I know wearing this. (Granted it was when they were in their late 20s and early 30s.) But as a child, I was surrounded by some very fashion forward ladies and they definitely had this style of jumper!


Can you not see Jen from Dawson's Creek wearing this?


Now what do you think Topanga would say if she saw this dress today? "I like that. ... I had that." Maybe?


I'm thinking some thrifting is in my near future! But, remember, don't just go pulling out every old 90's piece you have left! Here's a quick list of 90s trends that should NOT be resurrected! Let's be practical now. :)

Will you be rocking any 90s bring-backs this season?

Fashion Repeats Itself....

But do actors?

So at the moment I am trying my hardest to avoid homework. I currently have The Oscars on the TV, Facebook minimized, and I am blogging away.

So since I am watching actors, I thought I would blog about a recent discovery I made. (I'm probably not the first to notice this.)

*Ahem* In a recent issue of Seventeen, Lily Collins was on the cover. Now, when I saw her on the cover, I simply thought, "Oh, that's the girl from that movie with Taylor Lautner." At the end of the magazine there was an interview with Lily. Just to let you know, I have a VERY weird way of looking through magazines, so I didn't read the interview right away, I did however look at the pictures. That is when it hit me.

Lily Collins looks like Audrey Hepburn.

Anyways, I decided to find some photos and put them side by side and let you compare them!


Maybe it's just me? I think it's uncanny!








My sister thought Lily looked most like Audrey in her Mirror Mirror images. (Audrey in her Roman Holiday dress.)

So what do you think? Reincarnation?