Menswear Inspired

Hello Loves. The pic above was taken about a year ago. My hair used to be an angled bob. It was fun to have but I missed my long hair too much so I decided to grow it back out. Tomorrow is my last day of relaxation before the semester starts again on Tuesday. I'm gonna soak up the joy of doing nothing and the feeling of having no work to do. I know for a fact that this semester is going to be tough full of projects and papers so the blogging will have to come to a minimum in the next couple months to come. 

Be Blessed. 

The City that Never Sleeps. (Heavy Picture Post. Enjoy!)

Trying to connect to the Wi-Fi in Times Square, but was unsuccessful.

Made mother take this picture because of the guy in the grey pants. He. Was. Beautiful. 

 

Hello All! This past weekend I ventured to NYC with my crazy loving family and had a fun filled time. Went to the tourist-y spots such as Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Chinatown, and Little Italy. I also went to Ground Zero for the first time. We didn't get to see the memorial but just being there where everything happened that day was so moving. We ate lunch in Chinatown and stopped at this little park there where a bunch of older Asian men and women were playing chess/checkers. Those games were intense. Then walked to Little Italy to get the famous pizza from Lombardi's. DELISH. I swear I thought I saw Bruno Mars in a car driving by, but then I checked his twitter account and it said that he was in Hawaii. Fail.

As the night went on, the weather turned from a nice brisk breeze to freezing. I felt like I had no body heat, but the beat of the city kept me going. I know my headband does not match my outfit whatsoever, but I really did not care at all because it kept my head and ears warm. I was so glad to go back to the hotel that night and sit in the comfy warm bed eating a late dinner while watching Elf. 

The next day we went to a Japanese market called Matsuwa Market in New Jersey along the Hudson and I just gotta say, this place is pretty amazing. Not only was it a Japanese grocery store; there was a food court with legit Japanese food. They also had DIVINE green tea ice cream which I'm in the mood for right now. The whole place was super clean and the people were so nice. If you live in New Jersey, def. check this place out. In one of the pics above you can see that I purchased two face masks, one ginseng and one red wine, a Shseido shampoo and conditioner, and a soymilk based face lotion. The description on the back says its a lotion but has the ingredients and consistency of a toner so  I'm assuming it's a toner. I'm still in the process of trying out these products so I'll post a later post on how they are. 

So other than the bitter cold, crazy NY drivers honking at you, taking the wrong subway which took us to Brooklyn, getting lost going to the Matsuwa Market but ending up at the BEAUTIFUL Hudson River/NYC skyline overlook (first pictures), I had a pretty swell time with my family. 

Be Blessed.  

Be-lated Thanksgiving

 

Hello! This is a late Thanksgiving post. I hope everyone had a lovely and blessed Thanksgiving. Here are some shots I randomly grabbed from my Thanksgiving weekend. It was full of family, love, food, visits downtown, dodge ball, and lots of laughter.

Pre-Thanksgiving

Happy day before Thanksgiving! I'm sure all of you are running around buying your last minute food items and cleaning up your house for all of your guests, and if not, I'm the one that's doing that. Tomorrow will be full of fun festivities with the fam. You can guarantee that pictures will be posted. It's a white v-neck kinda day with dark skinnies and a scarf to keep me warm while I'm out doing errands. Have a Blessed day!!

Under the Weather

I finally have a moment away from homework to post up a look. I wore this just yesterday to school. Dressy much? I know. I have a theory though; when you're feeling under the weather and the actual weather itself is not inspiring and motivating, DRESS.TO.IMPRESS. It cures everything.

 I also must boast about my shoes. The other week I was at school and I realized that an art show was happening that night. I literally had nothing appropriate packed with me. All I had were the jeans and top I had with me. So I ran to the mall looking as hard as I could for something fitting for the show....and cheap. Found an amazing dress that I've been eyeing that was $30, got it for $20. The shoes above, got them for a steal of $5. Thats right, $5. And can I just say that I was so proud of myself. I'll post up the dress in a future post.