tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27571797273993664202024-03-14T03:09:32.952-04:00her armoirewhere fashion and style meetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-88331617962116108122012-04-04T00:00:00.000-04:002012-04-04T00:00:08.693-04:00Sometimes, goodbye is the only way.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Good things come to an end. I should add, for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">better things to begin</span>. As much as I grieve on officially leaving this blog, I have to. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">People change</span>; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">so does passion.</span> I swear I still have separation anxiety towards this blog regardless the fact that I unofficially abandoned this a couple of years ago with the high hopes of getting back. I still feel sad, almost like finding that one perfect shoes at Saks 5</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> but for some weird reason they don’t have your size. That feeling of going home but still thinking about it…yeah, that awful feeling. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Sigh</i></span>. I met the awesomest people here, not to mention how stylish they are. They inspired me in ways I couldn’t even put into words. (To you who is reading this, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>thank you!</b></span>) Oh, parting is indeed such sweet sorrow.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As they say, one thing’s end is another’s beginning. I am embarking to a new venture. Hence, <a href="http://travelalamode.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>this blog</b></span></a>:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why a new one? Well, to simply put: I was consumed with wanderlust. Then I met this guy (and <b>he is amazing</b>). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We fell in love</span>. We found out that we both have itchy feet. For that reason, we decided to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>see the world together</b></span>. We’ve been only to a couple of places so far but it has been a blast. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He also chronicled our travels together in <a href="http://www.wisdomtraveler.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Wisdom Traveler</b></span></a>. Please be a sweetheart and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">visit both our blogs</span>. And be darling by subscribing, yes?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don’t make me miss you all too much! See you in <a href="http://travelalamode.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>my new blog</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-72075857218659290722010-08-06T11:05:00.001-04:002010-12-05T19:34:55.995-05:00Material Girl<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">...'Cause we are </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Living in a material world</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">And I am a material girl</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">You know that we are living in a material world</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">And I am a material girl</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- Madonna, 1985</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We all know that song--regardless of what decade we were born. And admit it, at some point, you sing this as some sort of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">soundtrack of your life</span>, like, when you are shopping. It somehow justifies, though not quite, the amount you slashed off from your credit card. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Then now it is not only just a song, but it is something that we can actually wear.</span></b> Material Girl will go from our iPods (don't deny, you have it there!) to our very closets!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's why when, sometime ago last week, I was contacted by a Digital Coordinator doing the publicity in web offering to let me <b>cover</b> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Madonna's Material Girl Launch at Macy's</span></b>, <b>I was hoppin' and flippin' and rollin' with happiness.</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> I had the opportunity to be in the press list </span>(how cool is that?). I went ALONE (you will notice that I don't have as much pictures if I have someone with me. lol) So I <b>tried</b> to cover it the best that I can, though most of the time I was soooooo distracted that instead of taking pictures, I just shopped.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>This is how it went:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The line launched last <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Tuesday, August 3, at Macy's, 34th St., NYC</span>--<b>the ONLY store that carries it</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwELTrKqkI/AAAAAAAABqM/qpo1o089QSo/s1600/DSC06581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwELTrKqkI/AAAAAAAABqM/qpo1o089QSo/s640/DSC06581.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">People are lined up at Broadway entrance for hours too excited to shop (and get freebies!). </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then this came...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEU-QtgDI/AAAAAAAABqc/BwjX2ikfKWY/s1600/DSC06479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEU-QtgDI/AAAAAAAABqc/BwjX2ikfKWY/s640/DSC06479.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A buzz swept among the fans. And a sweet thing came out of it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEYO-_JzI/AAAAAAAABqk/7x0KGvdzOZQ/s1600/DSC06483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEYO-_JzI/AAAAAAAABqk/7x0KGvdzOZQ/s640/DSC06483.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, all the fans were given a cupcake. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And this sweet treat made everyone even more hyped up to shop!</span> You know what sugar does to the body :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEcVDJ9pI/AAAAAAAABqs/cydmEay7a2U/s1600/DSC06480.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEcVDJ9pI/AAAAAAAABqs/cydmEay7a2U/s640/DSC06480.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And I got mine too! Of course, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I couldn't say no to such bliss</span>. And on how pretty it is, one should be blind not to grab it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEfenhGdI/AAAAAAAABq0/3NAJ_vELqcg/s1600/DSC06486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEfenhGdI/AAAAAAAABq0/3NAJ_vELqcg/s640/DSC06486.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And even though Madonna was not there, she still was.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEjHVPbfI/AAAAAAAABq8/Tcrb37V4cQE/s1600/DSC06482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEjHVPbfI/AAAAAAAABq8/Tcrb37V4cQE/s640/DSC06482.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">She was everywhere.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEoIP2m4I/AAAAAAAABrE/Vrx50pPPbI8/s1600/DSC06485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEoIP2m4I/AAAAAAAABrE/Vrx50pPPbI8/s640/DSC06485.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And you couldn't miss her.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEsZwgG-I/AAAAAAAABrM/IN0jG70sLAk/s1600/DSC06484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwEsZwgG-I/AAAAAAAABrM/IN0jG70sLAk/s640/DSC06484.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At 10am, the doors opened. People are rushing in like their life depended on it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIJySsEnI/AAAAAAAABrU/fpEiYy9J0S0/s1600/DSC06494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIJySsEnI/AAAAAAAABrU/fpEiYy9J0S0/s640/DSC06494.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then, the <b>destination</b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">4th floor, Juniors clothing</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIN1GX8OI/AAAAAAAABrc/-Vmj78eRJXE/s1600/DSC06493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIN1GX8OI/AAAAAAAABrc/-Vmj78eRJXE/s640/DSC06493.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Media are all over. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>And I got interviewed! </b></span>It was so wicked fun. I had cupcake crumbs all over my face and the reporter has to be the one who told me, with the camera sticking on my face! <b>Utter S-H-A-M-E.</b></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIRt4HsrI/AAAAAAAABrk/UjBkOGQnaOo/s1600/DSC06510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIRt4HsrI/AAAAAAAABrk/UjBkOGQnaOo/s640/DSC06510.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More Madonnas...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIV82QO4I/AAAAAAAABrs/HLu1BJixIAM/s1600/DSC06511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIV82QO4I/AAAAAAAABrs/HLu1BJixIAM/s640/DSC06511.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and even more Madonnas...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIa8IYteI/AAAAAAAABr0/eralMmsh_bA/s1600/DSC06541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwIa8IYteI/AAAAAAAABr0/eralMmsh_bA/s640/DSC06541.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And from this point on, I put my camera back in my purse... and shopped. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">It's the Material Girl</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLEZUshXI/AAAAAAAABsM/VFVL-DkePek/s1600/DSC06570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLEZUshXI/AAAAAAAABsM/VFVL-DkePek/s640/DSC06570.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLIUuGsRI/AAAAAAAABsU/GEw8-EknCI8/s1600/DSC06573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLIUuGsRI/AAAAAAAABsU/GEw8-EknCI8/s640/DSC06573.JPG" width="360" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLMU8i0EI/AAAAAAAABsc/e_zWl_Ry3Iw/s1600/DSC06507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLMU8i0EI/AAAAAAAABsc/e_zWl_Ry3Iw/s640/DSC06507.JPG" width="360" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLRGuAeFI/AAAAAAAABsk/ZAZZuBuM01Y/s1600/DSC06509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLRGuAeFI/AAAAAAAABsk/ZAZZuBuM01Y/s640/DSC06509.JPG" width="360" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLWy3dBbI/AAAAAAAABss/bHbO-8H46A0/s1600/DSC06578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLWy3dBbI/AAAAAAAABss/bHbO-8H46A0/s640/DSC06578.JPG" width="360" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLbToX_RI/AAAAAAAABs0/PvJv0tke6mc/s1600/DSC06579.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLbToX_RI/AAAAAAAABs0/PvJv0tke6mc/s640/DSC06579.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Of course when you say <b>Material Girl</b> you would think of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">glamour</span>, nothing less. But in actuality, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">it's so much more.</span> This line goes beyond Hollywood and reaches to those girls who dream big dreams. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>There is everything for everybody</b></span>. From the demure girl who is making her way to the spotlight to the girl who is already there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first thing I saw when my eyes scanned the collection in a split second are <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">STUDS</span></b> and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">SEQUINS</span></b>. And I knew right then that the punk edginess and sparkly attitude will be channeled in one way or another in every garment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLf2ZP4pI/AAAAAAAABs8/el3djhqLF9Y/s1600/DSC06496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLf2ZP4pI/AAAAAAAABs8/el3djhqLF9Y/s640/DSC06496.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How could it be more Madonna with this <b>bright-colored and sparkly animal print</b> pieces?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLpMCIIJI/AAAAAAAABtM/5j06V9a3Crk/s1600/DSC06498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLpMCIIJI/AAAAAAAABtM/5j06V9a3Crk/s640/DSC06498.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLs1VDDpI/AAAAAAAABtU/95zunnYj2RI/s1600/DSC06499.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLs1VDDpI/AAAAAAAABtU/95zunnYj2RI/s640/DSC06499.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLxWk1F6I/AAAAAAAABtc/JDLunHFjmvw/s1600/DSC06500.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLxWk1F6I/AAAAAAAABtc/JDLunHFjmvw/s640/DSC06500.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwL9gLdp7I/AAAAAAAABt0/VEr9dfCGuR8/s1600/DSC06569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwL9gLdp7I/AAAAAAAABt0/VEr9dfCGuR8/s640/DSC06569.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwL1iRl_MI/AAAAAAAABtk/M5J9ZpxwZno/s1600/DSC06503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwL1iRl_MI/AAAAAAAABtk/M5J9ZpxwZno/s640/DSC06503.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwL5QGQnyI/AAAAAAAABts/alyK4q89xQ8/s1600/DSC06566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwL5QGQnyI/AAAAAAAABts/alyK4q89xQ8/s640/DSC06566.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you are not into shiny and sparkling and anything flamboyant, you will still love the line. There are a lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">pretty and girly </span>garments, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">casual and laid-back</span> outfits, and even <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sophisticated and urban</span> pieces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLlKd8NII/AAAAAAAABtE/zjvKJA2mRoo/s1600/DSC06497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwLlKd8NII/AAAAAAAABtE/zjvKJA2mRoo/s640/DSC06497.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwMBCCVtjI/AAAAAAAABt8/8CaoKUk4--w/s1600/DSC06571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwMBCCVtjI/AAAAAAAABt8/8CaoKUk4--w/s640/DSC06571.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwMFnz-ZAI/AAAAAAAABuE/VW5m_mLYBVk/s1600/DSC06572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwMFnz-ZAI/AAAAAAAABuE/VW5m_mLYBVk/s640/DSC06572.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I should say that the design are really not that new to me. It's trendy. And you know how trends are, one store sells it, all the the stores sell it. It's a thing that we've all seen before... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>just with the touch of Madonna in it. </b></span>With a lot of layering options, you can always have a new look. And I am actually a little astonished with the price range. Everything is priced from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>$5 to $70</b></span>. It is really affordable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwMJoLETcI/AAAAAAAABuM/rwQZ9xL3pQQ/s1600/DSC06568.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwMJoLETcI/AAAAAAAABuM/rwQZ9xL3pQQ/s640/DSC06568.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just can't help myself but grab the pieces I adore.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwZC6LmdYI/AAAAAAAABuU/QmjMDTJ5jjY/s1600/DSC06514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwZC6LmdYI/AAAAAAAABuU/QmjMDTJ5jjY/s640/DSC06514.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(Just the clothes... <b>NOT</b> the purse.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The polka dot dress is my favorite.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwZG5a8DpI/AAAAAAAABuc/FDSuf5jPev4/s1600/DSC06520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwZG5a8DpI/AAAAAAAABuc/FDSuf5jPev4/s640/DSC06520.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The tulle bottom gives that sweet effect to it to contrast the zipper detail on the neckline.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwZK5bo7oI/AAAAAAAABuk/G_HrxqwwJ5k/s1600/DSC06519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwZK5bo7oI/AAAAAAAABuk/G_HrxqwwJ5k/s640/DSC06519.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A lot of photographers were taking pictures of us in the fitting room. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The little modeling session really completed my day.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And by the way, what would be this post be without my outfit pose?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwgV09_w4I/AAAAAAAABwM/xRvVFFkUgJ4/s1600/DSC06516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwgV09_w4I/AAAAAAAABwM/xRvVFFkUgJ4/s640/DSC06516.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm conveying my inner Madonna through my leather, python shorts. Big shirt and flat brogues for the needed comfort. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The pretty reckless muse</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFweo3-iavI/AAAAAAAABvU/PqtxEa3Ya2w/s1600/DSC06565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFweo3-iavI/AAAAAAAABvU/PqtxEa3Ya2w/s640/DSC06565.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the afternoon, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Taylor Momsen</b></span> was there. She sang a couple of songs with her <b>Pretty Reckless</b> band. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwefnYDnnI/AAAAAAAABvE/zXhj0LN_3xU/s1600/DSC06562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwefnYDnnI/AAAAAAAABvE/zXhj0LN_3xU/s640/DSC06562.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hello there, Little J.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwelDyrfVI/AAAAAAAABvM/d6X5UPeLEdU/s1600/DSC06564.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwelDyrfVI/AAAAAAAABvM/d6X5UPeLEdU/s640/DSC06564.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really think she is perfect for the line. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">What do you think?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFweswNuipI/AAAAAAAABvc/q1FHPOXE2co/s1600/DSC06587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFweswNuipI/AAAAAAAABvc/q1FHPOXE2co/s400/DSC06587.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFweyli5U8I/AAAAAAAABvk/X3vlvgWo4qk/s1600/DSC06588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFweyli5U8I/AAAAAAAABvk/X3vlvgWo4qk/s400/DSC06588.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwe2s6-wBI/AAAAAAAABvs/U_47q-AQ90Y/s1600/DSC06590.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwe2s6-wBI/AAAAAAAABvs/U_47q-AQ90Y/s400/DSC06590.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwe6YAIcQI/AAAAAAAABv0/65ih0FzGi-s/s1600/DSC06594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwe6YAIcQI/AAAAAAAABv0/65ih0FzGi-s/s400/DSC06594.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwe-VQ7paI/AAAAAAAABv8/MXvzuqVqiDI/s1600/DSC06595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwe-VQ7paI/AAAAAAAABv8/MXvzuqVqiDI/s400/DSC06595.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwfCNE_7TI/AAAAAAAABwE/G1LT4D8VICo/s1600/DSC06599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwfCNE_7TI/AAAAAAAABwE/G1LT4D8VICo/s400/DSC06599.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just wished she didn't wear her shades. I would have loved to see her smokey eyes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So...</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwKkv0l-ZI/AAAAAAAABsE/wmS5-9cv7mU/s1600/DSC06542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TFwKkv0l-ZI/AAAAAAAABsE/wmS5-9cv7mU/s640/DSC06542.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Material Girl</span></b> is someone who is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">never afraid to have fun</span>--in whatever ways she can. She <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">dances like there's no tomorrow</span> and she doesn't care if she's good at it or not. She <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">got that "you can't put me down" attitude</span> coz she couldn't care less with what other people think. She's<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> a dreamer</span>, and she's not gonna sleep forever. She is all this and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">more</span></b>...</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here’s a <b>typical shop til we drop day</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Destination: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>SoHo</b></span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0qBi0KXI/AAAAAAAABpU/yJ9lnlbIykw/s1600/35717_407965072519_568547519_4301645_4329624_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0qBi0KXI/AAAAAAAABpU/yJ9lnlbIykw/s640/35717_407965072519_568547519_4301645_4329624_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0hg8tWeI/AAAAAAAABo0/jpMtzhhGwMU/s1600/35717_407964827519_568547519_4301634_7998660_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0hg8tWeI/AAAAAAAABo0/jpMtzhhGwMU/s640/35717_407964827519_568547519_4301634_7998660_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am so dressed for shopping. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I can take off my clothes for fitting faster than light!</span> ZZZZip!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0tyoWEOI/AAAAAAAABps/Oby9h8IrjeU/s1600/35717_407965507519_568547519_4301674_6236956_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0tyoWEOI/AAAAAAAABps/Oby9h8IrjeU/s640/35717_407965507519_568547519_4301674_6236956_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We went in to every vintage shop and bought some I-never-thought-I-look-good-in-this things with a ridiculously priced tag. There really are salespeople who has that certain knack of making you <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">buy overpriced stuff you don't need.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0olg97uI/AAAAAAAABpM/6zXsjTkq_jc/s1600/35717_407965062519_568547519_4301644_1385795_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0olg97uI/AAAAAAAABpM/6zXsjTkq_jc/s640/35717_407965062519_568547519_4301644_1385795_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The fun in shopping is in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">fitting the clothes and seeing that it fits perfectly</span>. And when you're with a friend and you both love it, it makes you less guilty if you both buy the same stuff!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0nnzoCCI/AAAAAAAABpE/tlcP0wT3Ptw/s1600/35717_407965027519_568547519_4301642_973055_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0nnzoCCI/AAAAAAAABpE/tlcP0wT3Ptw/s640/35717_407965027519_568547519_4301642_973055_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0s1PTn7I/AAAAAAAABpk/DsQH0Qi_zbM/s1600/35717_407965332519_568547519_4301662_7774165_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0s1PTn7I/AAAAAAAABpk/DsQH0Qi_zbM/s640/35717_407965332519_568547519_4301662_7774165_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You have no idea how long it took to get that perfect shot!!!</span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0rsE4p8I/AAAAAAAABpc/LlonGRXBHkc/s1600/35717_407965272519_568547519_4301658_7864470_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0rsE4p8I/AAAAAAAABpc/LlonGRXBHkc/s640/35717_407965272519_568547519_4301658_7864470_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our frustration: we planned to go to Tory Burch earlier in the day... but because we've been distracted with a lot of shops and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">spent more time than we expect</span> to in them, we didn't make it to Tory Burch. We were sooo bummed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0wkPkRPI/AAAAAAAABqE/AsZ4skMiaPY/s1600/35717_407965542519_568547519_4301678_793380_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0wkPkRPI/AAAAAAAABqE/AsZ4skMiaPY/s640/35717_407965542519_568547519_4301678_793380_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't hide my frustration! LOL</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0v1AKYkI/AAAAAAAABp8/-OvPeMOcpE4/s1600/35717_407965772519_568547519_4301694_1590228_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TDn0v1AKYkI/AAAAAAAABp8/-OvPeMOcpE4/s640/35717_407965772519_568547519_4301694_1590228_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After an entire day of shopping, our cards were overused... but who cares? We just had a trip to Happyland:) </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-28026868466410908892010-06-27T17:02:00.001-04:002010-06-27T17:07:07.274-04:00Wall St and other streets<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So my friend and I went to <b>Wall Street</b> just because. Well, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">just because</span>... we wanna take pictures. LOL. And maybe because whenever we head downtown, we always go to SoHo, TriBeCa, or West and East Village... never lower. It was a fun-filled day of crazy picture taking.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCetzWQoreI/AAAAAAAABgs/2qUB3uSAMfA/s1600/36112_1325864197999_1572748066_30821711_4535782_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCetzWQoreI/AAAAAAAABgs/2qUB3uSAMfA/s640/36112_1325864197999_1572748066_30821711_4535782_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The infamous <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Wall Street</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCet5R7vjgI/AAAAAAAABg0/Ud3coCaC6Gc/s1600/36112_1325863797989_1572748066_30821701_1747506_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCet5R7vjgI/AAAAAAAABg0/Ud3coCaC6Gc/s640/36112_1325863797989_1572748066_30821701_1747506_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mr. Watts must've read <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">How to Pose Fashionably 101</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCet_P2icvI/AAAAAAAABhM/PHfweNhnM_Y/s1600/36112_1325862917967_1572748066_30821679_5468646_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCet_P2icvI/AAAAAAAABhM/PHfweNhnM_Y/s640/36112_1325862917967_1572748066_30821679_5468646_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's crazy outside the church gates, but in here, there's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">enlivening peace</span>. No pun intended.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuFu8f3BI/AAAAAAAABhk/qFXC3Nh375Y/s1600/36112_1325863437980_1572748066_30821692_2463629_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuFu8f3BI/AAAAAAAABhk/qFXC3Nh375Y/s640/36112_1325863437980_1572748066_30821692_2463629_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That must be some <b>important</b> building :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuB_BEchI/AAAAAAAABhU/vDe2VthTz9A/s1600/36112_1325863757988_1572748066_30821700_5616543_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuB_BEchI/AAAAAAAABhU/vDe2VthTz9A/s640/36112_1325863757988_1572748066_30821700_5616543_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My friend, Mae, and I were kinda talking what if there's something that will appear in the picture that was not there. Thank heavens there's none. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Or is there?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuHCbLnhI/AAAAAAAABhs/y42IaOZ0uvA/s1600/36112_1325863397979_1572748066_30821691_6555018_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuHCbLnhI/AAAAAAAABhs/y42IaOZ0uvA/s640/36112_1325863397979_1572748066_30821691_6555018_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Someone offered to take a picture of us. Oh, the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">kindness of a stranger</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuKKB3zcI/AAAAAAAABh8/qXE1I8dG_vY/s1600/36112_1325863557983_1572748066_30821695_7507237_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuKKB3zcI/AAAAAAAABh8/qXE1I8dG_vY/s640/36112_1325863557983_1572748066_30821695_7507237_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mae's kinda wacko. She <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>can't decide which pair of sneakers to wear</b></span> so she wore one of each pair. Problem solved, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuI-XqMgI/AAAAAAAABh0/4bhzq3u6i_A/s1600/36112_1325863517982_1572748066_30821694_4875441_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuI-XqMgI/AAAAAAAABh0/4bhzq3u6i_A/s640/36112_1325863517982_1572748066_30821694_4875441_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When no one's around, you can pretty much <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">do anything</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuQsBwljI/AAAAAAAABiM/tcj5zudnoJ4/s1600/36112_1325864438005_1572748066_30821717_7211849_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeuQsBwljI/AAAAAAAABiM/tcj5zudnoJ4/s640/36112_1325864438005_1572748066_30821717_7211849_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then we walked... and walked... and walked... (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">What else to do in NYC than walk? Oh yeah, shop!</span>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezCY9mw5I/AAAAAAAABiU/P021nnJA8Fk/s1600/36112_1325864318002_1572748066_30821714_1777024_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezCY9mw5I/AAAAAAAABiU/P021nnJA8Fk/s640/36112_1325864318002_1572748066_30821714_1777024_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">we sit too</span>... when told to do so :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezEjz0s5I/AAAAAAAABic/hrzg_K8UDsw/s1600/36112_1325864678011_1572748066_30821723_3287775_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezEjz0s5I/AAAAAAAABic/hrzg_K8UDsw/s640/36112_1325864678011_1572748066_30821723_3287775_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Got our Mr. Softee. It was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">freakin' hot</span> that I need to finish it up in no time before it gets all messy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezNp2Q9HI/AAAAAAAABis/IClBt5UolP8/s1600/37000_1325869438130_1572748066_30821738_5579542_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezNp2Q9HI/AAAAAAAABis/IClBt5UolP8/s640/37000_1325869438130_1572748066_30821738_5579542_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We did kooky things in places <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">people actually see</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezO9MMu9I/AAAAAAAABi0/PIsEiQ3-UcA/s1600/37000_1325869518132_1572748066_30821740_1338394_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezO9MMu9I/AAAAAAAABi0/PIsEiQ3-UcA/s640/37000_1325869518132_1572748066_30821740_1338394_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Acted like it's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">perfectly normal sitting on the streets</span> where cars are passing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezQ2R2fNI/AAAAAAAABi8/XutmvuITdTU/s1600/37000_1325869918142_1572748066_30821750_4249228_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezQ2R2fNI/AAAAAAAABi8/XutmvuITdTU/s640/37000_1325869918142_1572748066_30821750_4249228_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And jumped for the nth time to capture <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">up-in-the-air moments</span>. This is the best I could go before getting my lungs collapsed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezUcaOKWI/AAAAAAAABjM/p98rot6Wclw/s1600/37000_1325870158148_1572748066_30821756_6808076_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezUcaOKWI/AAAAAAAABjM/p98rot6Wclw/s640/37000_1325870158148_1572748066_30821756_6808076_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And looked <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">totally exhausted</span> after jumping and sitting and rolling and whatevering.</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezY7GKkxI/AAAAAAAABjU/t2lg0wPbJrs/s1600/37000_1325870278151_1572748066_30821759_5763038_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezY7GKkxI/AAAAAAAABjU/t2lg0wPbJrs/s640/37000_1325870278151_1572748066_30821759_5763038_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Mind the background</b>. Everyone's in twos here. We're like, is this some sort of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Noah's South Seaport rent-controlled ark?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezaAShU4I/AAAAAAAABjc/eqxfwlP7P1c/s1600/37000_1325870798164_1572748066_30821772_262909_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezaAShU4I/AAAAAAAABjc/eqxfwlP7P1c/s640/37000_1325870798164_1572748066_30821772_262909_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh well, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">who needs a man???!!!</span> Not me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezhAnPLaI/AAAAAAAABjs/v46sjkBM3QQ/s1600/37000_1325871398179_1572748066_30821787_6258973_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezhAnPLaI/AAAAAAAABjs/v46sjkBM3QQ/s640/37000_1325871398179_1572748066_30821787_6258973_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And there. LOL. The funny thing about NYC is, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">things happen in the most unlikely time and place.</span> This is a random guy who just joined in when he saw my friend is taking a picture of me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezekPD2bI/AAAAAAAABjk/_FvyQ92tYeo/s1600/37334_1325875078271_1572748066_30821800_3816110_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezekPD2bI/AAAAAAAABjk/_FvyQ92tYeo/s640/37334_1325875078271_1572748066_30821800_3816110_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We also had our <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>contemplating</b></span> (at least we tried) moments as we ponder to cross the Brooklyn bridge figuratively.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeziYh6rMI/AAAAAAAABj0/EKYoGuUpMrs/s1600/37334_1325875438280_1572748066_30821809_3602366_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeziYh6rMI/AAAAAAAABj0/EKYoGuUpMrs/s640/37334_1325875438280_1572748066_30821809_3602366_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So much for the <b>contemplating and pondering</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezkPpWMII/AAAAAAAABj8/Ps6e7IEsBz4/s1600/37334_1325875678286_1572748066_30821815_5094162_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezkPpWMII/AAAAAAAABj8/Ps6e7IEsBz4/s640/37334_1325875678286_1572748066_30821815_5094162_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now, that's a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">big thing to ponder</span>. I was tempted to buy that brown purse. Thank God for my friend. She talked me out of it because she knew I have way too many brown purses. <b>They should have made it in other colors too</b>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezlwf48RI/AAAAAAAABkE/sdeX1wklxJY/s1600/37334_1325875758288_1572748066_30821817_7636318_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezlwf48RI/AAAAAAAABkE/sdeX1wklxJY/s640/37334_1325875758288_1572748066_30821817_7636318_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We headed back to Herald Square for me to kill the time while Mae went to her class for an hour. And then there standing in the middle of the streets--mannequins for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Sidewalk Catwalk.</b></span> I will be doing an <b>entirely different post about this</b>. A lot of designers displayed their work, and of course, it's awesome.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCez1jE-FbI/AAAAAAAABk8/1HvWkp0YSIM/s1600/37334_1325876198299_1572748066_30821828_1644588_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCez1jE-FbI/AAAAAAAABk8/1HvWkp0YSIM/s640/37334_1325876198299_1572748066_30821828_1644588_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then we went back downtown in search for a new place to eat dinner. Then we ended up eating Halal in the park. I met <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a lot of interesting people that day</span>. Like that Pakistani guy who owned the store.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezvtAFXnI/AAAAAAAABks/COG-6nzCQDE/s1600/37334_1325876638310_1572748066_30821839_2378377_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezvtAFXnI/AAAAAAAABks/COG-6nzCQDE/s640/37334_1325876638310_1572748066_30821839_2378377_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then we saw this <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">big thing</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezu7VNtSI/AAAAAAAABkk/3LLM0GMT6ek/s1600/37334_1325876598309_1572748066_30821838_2506146_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezu7VNtSI/AAAAAAAABkk/3LLM0GMT6ek/s640/37334_1325876598309_1572748066_30821838_2506146_n.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And when I was doing this, some guy shouted <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"Look out! It's gonna fall!"</span></i></b> I should've shouted back "Help!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeztFdWO-I/AAAAAAAABkU/eSPYA4iOMr8/s1600/DSC05863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCeztFdWO-I/AAAAAAAABkU/eSPYA4iOMr8/s640/DSC05863.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Everything is always lighter when we have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">a friend to carry it with us</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezyN2OrMI/AAAAAAAABk0/bsfUufPGQug/s1600/37334_1325876318302_1572748066_30821831_6237011_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCezyN2OrMI/AAAAAAAABk0/bsfUufPGQug/s640/37334_1325876318302_1572748066_30821831_6237011_n.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A lot of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">strangers</span> made my day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCez8NmWzGI/AAAAAAAABlE/iIMQUUiVXmg/s1600/DSC05894.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TCez8NmWzGI/AAAAAAAABlE/iIMQUUiVXmg/s640/DSC05894.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">friend</span> perfected it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">PS. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Mae and I just made a blog about NYC.</span> There is just so much more about New York... and we'll be very happy if you celebrate this city with us! I know you heart NY :) Please visit </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://everythingnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">http://everythingnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and feel free to follow and comment. :)</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com81tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-65133134385652283912010-06-08T20:55:00.000-04:002010-06-08T20:55:06.777-04:00when I'll be 25<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know it's been forever. I admit my laptop and I are not having quality time lately, which is good (don't you think?). I am always out, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">living the life</span>. It made me remember this conversation my <b>mom</b> and <b>dad</b> had while I was preparing to go out:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Dad to my mom</b>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">t's better if she'll <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(referring to me)</span> marry young, maybe a year from now, so that we still have strong knees to run around with our grandchildren.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Mom to my dad:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">No. It's too young. Maybe when she's 25 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(said in a way for me to hear)...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Me:</b> *<i>took my purse on my way out trying to ignore their ridiculous effort of deciding my marrying age for me*</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Mom to me:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Where are you going?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Me:</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Enjoying the remaining 2 years and 2 months of being single.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TA7jxhKNVxI/AAAAAAAABdU/u6RCO6AEaOU/s1600/DSC05410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TA7jxhKNVxI/AAAAAAAABdU/u6RCO6AEaOU/s640/DSC05410.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TA7j3R4vL6I/AAAAAAAABdc/XVFTV3Eaw6w/s1600/DSC05411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TA7j3R4vL6I/AAAAAAAABdc/XVFTV3Eaw6w/s640/DSC05411.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TA7j9K4bkMI/AAAAAAAABdk/4kzxT2OM_iM/s1600/DSC05412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/TA7j9K4bkMI/AAAAAAAABdk/4kzxT2OM_iM/s640/DSC05412.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(at Central Park, chillin' with my friend)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There's just one thing I can say: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">I'm single, a guy should be pretty amazing to change that. :)</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-21167921012391756052010-05-13T23:25:00.000-04:002010-05-13T23:25:40.402-04:00walking in the wind<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.</i></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">- Mark Twain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Spring is kinda nature's PMS--it gets totally moody. One day it's freakin' hot, the next day it's not. But if the weather's always perfect, how can I appreciate and enjoy days like this in the city?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y-6t-YGYI/AAAAAAAABbQ/aoJFyUY8aFs/s1600/DSC05209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y-6t-YGYI/AAAAAAAABbQ/aoJFyUY8aFs/s640/DSC05209.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y-_Vmc-GI/AAAAAAAABbY/LjsZBBBBNaQ/s1600/DSC05211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y-_Vmc-GI/AAAAAAAABbY/LjsZBBBBNaQ/s640/DSC05211.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_EdAMl3I/AAAAAAAABbg/ZW8Pv_cx5v4/s1600/DSC05218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_EdAMl3I/AAAAAAAABbg/ZW8Pv_cx5v4/s640/DSC05218.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_I2fdVAI/AAAAAAAABbo/mme0ev2_QOM/s1600/DSC05220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_I2fdVAI/AAAAAAAABbo/mme0ev2_QOM/s640/DSC05220.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yeah the wind is doing crazy stuff to my hair. I was like "Thanks Wind, you totally raped my hair!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_77mjNXI/AAAAAAAABcw/SxL2FgvF7zE/s1600/DSC05234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_77mjNXI/AAAAAAAABcw/SxL2FgvF7zE/s400/DSC05234.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_NF5WtNI/AAAAAAAABbw/_2fPQ2AcqBI/s1600/DSC05212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_NF5WtNI/AAAAAAAABbw/_2fPQ2AcqBI/s400/DSC05212.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_WkymG1I/AAAAAAAABb4/ckczLhJ0Zfw/s1600/DSC05238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_WkymG1I/AAAAAAAABb4/ckczLhJ0Zfw/s400/DSC05238.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_2CksXYI/AAAAAAAABco/Z77Mv7xLW_Y/s1600/DSC05258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_2CksXYI/AAAAAAAABco/Z77Mv7xLW_Y/s400/DSC05258.JPG" width="225" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Walking along downtown without any particular destination makes me fall in love with NYC even more. The surprises this city brings never run out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_b0PXBgI/AAAAAAAABcA/h_KwtyoQKBk/s1600/DSC05242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_b0PXBgI/AAAAAAAABcA/h_KwtyoQKBk/s640/DSC05242.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_hA51YbI/AAAAAAAABcI/hz06Hxz07gA/s1600/DSC05244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_hA51YbI/AAAAAAAABcI/hz06Hxz07gA/s1600/DSC05244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_hA51YbI/AAAAAAAABcI/hz06Hxz07gA/s640/DSC05244.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_manu2II/AAAAAAAABcQ/JdkSsX9es68/s1600/DSC05247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_manu2II/AAAAAAAABcQ/JdkSsX9es68/s640/DSC05247.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_qwwue8I/AAAAAAAABcY/cwK2vpVwSCY/s1600/DSC05250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-y_qwwue8I/AAAAAAAABcY/cwK2vpVwSCY/s640/DSC05250.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-8036537483876522202010-05-05T21:52:00.001-04:002010-05-05T21:58:13.165-04:00That could have been my last day<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We all heard this: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Live each day as if it is your last.</b></span> But you know what, I never truly made those words alive until I realized <b>I could have died</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">last Saturday</span> if that <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">failed terrorist attempt at Times Square</span></b> was not a failure. I really didn't realize the magnitude of what happened until I read the newspaper this morning. They said it was milliseconds away from exploding if they (God bless NYPD!) didn't find it and/or (I'm not sure :) if there was no malfunction of a wire thingy (whatever they call it, pardon the foundering of my memory). If it worked --thank God, it didn't-- I can't even start to imagine what would have happened.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, it was the first summer-like day in New York City. After months of having a moody weather, finally the sun smiled, and the people rejoiced with it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H4LtJF15I/AAAAAAAABYo/FgliXXWaDzk/s1600/DSC05320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H4LtJF15I/AAAAAAAABYo/FgliXXWaDzk/s640/DSC05320.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I went to Times Square with my brother. We were waiting for my friend to join us watch a movie at around 4. So we hang out at Ripley's. They had this cool free show. By cool I mean watching a man hammering a 9-inch (add or subtract) nail in his nose. Believe it or not.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H50qSDeSI/AAAAAAAABYw/fDyuemrWK4A/s1600/DSC05267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H50qSDeSI/AAAAAAAABYw/fDyuemrWK4A/s640/DSC05267.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But then, it took my friend 5 minutes before forever to come. So I was like, "Where in the whole wide world are you?!"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H55udx_2I/AAAAAAAABY4/DY6so9Y-FrQ/s1600/DSC05275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H55udx_2I/AAAAAAAABY4/DY6so9Y-FrQ/s640/DSC05275.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But on the second thought, I was like "Take your time..." watching those men in uniform behind me. Just kidding. No, not really.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6DGTtV_I/AAAAAAAABZA/UfCaK9cShJ0/s1600/DSC05279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6DGTtV_I/AAAAAAAABZA/UfCaK9cShJ0/s640/DSC05279.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But when she came, we found out that the movie we were planning to watch is not playing yet. So we decided to go where our feet lead us. And apparently, it led us to the Crossroads of the World.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6W-MffaI/AAAAAAAABZg/fHlI0wKP0lw/s1600/DSC05287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6W-MffaI/AAAAAAAABZg/fHlI0wKP0lw/s640/DSC05287.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6OJIxDTI/AAAAAAAABZQ/bmIqC4wnjbo/s1600/DSC05283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6OJIxDTI/AAAAAAAABZQ/bmIqC4wnjbo/s400/DSC05283.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6SuaZk5I/AAAAAAAABZY/5mI8GF3eEsg/s1600/DSC05284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6SuaZk5I/AAAAAAAABZY/5mI8GF3eEsg/s400/DSC05284.JPG" width="225" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had so much fun basking in the warm weather and the diving in the ocean of people. There's just something about Times Square that hypes up one's soul. (And if you can read the first part of my brother's shirt statement... it quite sums up why.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-IEUZgnDKI/AAAAAAAABbI/jW4Sfe6KOc4/s1600/DSC05289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-IEUZgnDKI/AAAAAAAABbI/jW4Sfe6KOc4/s640/DSC05289.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And sometimes, there could be a fairy tale right in the middle of the concrete jungle.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6mv-YlBI/AAAAAAAABZ4/OdqXLpJSpww/s1600/DSC05291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6mv-YlBI/AAAAAAAABZ4/OdqXLpJSpww/s640/DSC05291.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And you can go crazy without even being deemed crazy at all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6czmS1PI/AAAAAAAABZo/CtzvaIx3NDw/s1600/DSC05288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6czmS1PI/AAAAAAAABZo/CtzvaIx3NDw/s640/DSC05288.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When the clock struck 5:30pm and as the temperature hit 80s, what's the better way to celebrate it than having a blissful cup of ice cream? Of course we couldn't end that day without having one. We then sat right within the radius of explosion if </span><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100504/ap_on_re_us/us_times_square_car_bomb"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Faisal Shahzad</span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">'s</span></b> attempt was successful and if he attempted to do it an hour earlier.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6z2o_q2I/AAAAAAAABaQ/vI8OBtKJglI/s1600/DSC05305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6z2o_q2I/AAAAAAAABaQ/vI8OBtKJglI/s640/DSC05305.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But for some reason, we decided to go round and about the city.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6wZVf8jI/AAAAAAAABaI/pdKvtmGx2qg/s1600/DSC05303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6wZVf8jI/AAAAAAAABaI/pdKvtmGx2qg/s640/DSC05303.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Did a little sight seeing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H64BdqlhI/AAAAAAAABaY/547tiCCLvik/s1600/DSC05327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H64BdqlhI/AAAAAAAABaY/547tiCCLvik/s640/DSC05327.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">NYPD-marveling. They are everywhere. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6IaBe6FI/AAAAAAAABZI/PhKT8CeP-K8/s1600/DSC05280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6IaBe6FI/AAAAAAAABZI/PhKT8CeP-K8/s640/DSC05280.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is no such spot where there's no cop standing. And we should be all thanking for that.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H7FGySlHI/AAAAAAAABaw/4v5NkhJitks/s1600/DSC05335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H7FGySlHI/AAAAAAAABaw/4v5NkhJitks/s640/DSC05335.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And for quite awhile, we just stood around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6rt0EvxI/AAAAAAAABaA/-C8vSf8yFYc/s1600/DSC05299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H6rt0EvxI/AAAAAAAABaA/-C8vSf8yFYc/s640/DSC05299.JPG" width="360" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But at 6ish, we aimlessly went to Bryant Park, which we later on realized was a blessing in disguise. We just sat there talking about all things nonsense.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H7KUmYedI/AAAAAAAABa4/6PrdwDstis0/s1600/DSC05374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H7KUmYedI/AAAAAAAABa4/6PrdwDstis0/s640/DSC05374.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then after an hour of not knowing what to do, we went back to Times Square for dinner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H7BBlIJYI/AAAAAAAABao/ywA3abJC6Ik/s1600/DSC05329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S-H7BBlIJYI/AAAAAAAABao/ywA3abJC6Ik/s640/DSC05329.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And we didn't wonder what's going on with the influx of people in the streets obstructing the traffic. We never asked ourselves why the hell the cops are detouring the flow of the crowd. All we cared that time was we were so darn hungry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The funny thing about that day was <b>we didn't know</b> there was a bomb scare until I (my friend and my brother went home ahead) got home after midnight. Oh, the pure joy of innocence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So yeah, what a day it was. And it will be a shame if I didn't learn anything from it. LESSON LEARNED: Life is uncertain, we should not live as if everything's gonna last. Life is short, we should not waste it over something that doesn't matter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Enjoy life now! After all, "now" is all you've got.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-48496067119789488212010-04-10T22:26:00.002-04:002010-04-10T22:33:13.087-04:00layers of change<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today is a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">lazy Saturday</span>. I have always been up to something these past few days, especially on weekends, that's why today, I feel like I'm rotting. When you're get used to something, it takes quite some time to sink in when it's not there. But while I was sitting comfortably in the couch, not watching tv--just sitting, while listening to our neighbor playing extremely loud Spanish music (the melody tells me it's a love song, but love has nothing to do with this post. Just saying), I realized that this moment of doing nothing made me do more than what I am able do when I'm busy. I am having a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">deep communication</span> with <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">myself</span> (<b>on the side note</b>: am I the only one who can carry a whole conversation in my mind? It concerns me a bit.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyway, what I was really thinking was this: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Life, just like fashion, is boring without change</b></span>. Imagine if we are all still wearing what Eve was wearing, that's if she was wearing anything at all. Boring right? (Plus there will be no fashion blogs! Might as well kill me.) Now, imagine if everything is the same the day we were born. Can't imagine it? Me either. With all the surprises life offers, I have nothing to say but, "<b><i>Hey Life, bring it on!</i></b>" Wow, boredom makes me this profound?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Speaking of change, the temperature here is kinda moody. One day it hits 80s, the next day it's back to 50s. That's why I have a lot to thank to <b>whoever started the idea of layering</b>. Here's how one piece can change an entire outfit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really love <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">rompers</span> regardless the fact that it is a pain in the butt when I have to go to the bathroom. So here's a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>tip</b></span>: when you think of wearing a romper, especially when you layer it up like what you will see as you scroll down, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">PEE FIRST</span></b>. And don't drink more than half a glass of water. Pun intended. But with a grain of truth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8ErY_TDSgI/AAAAAAAABW4/PXg0U9a-zJ4/s1600/DSC05164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8ErY_TDSgI/AAAAAAAABW4/PXg0U9a-zJ4/s640/DSC05164.JPG" width="236" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I added the belt, it looks more put together, isn't it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Erg7yBw4I/AAAAAAAABXI/B_LHyNgpaCQ/s1600/DSC05160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Erg7yBw4I/AAAAAAAABXI/B_LHyNgpaCQ/s640/DSC05160.JPG" width="252" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Erd7yXUoI/AAAAAAAABXA/E1cdqGtTzUE/s1600/DSC05159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Erd7yXUoI/AAAAAAAABXA/E1cdqGtTzUE/s640/DSC05159.JPG" width="292" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since it's cold, and cold means more bathroom visits, I have to put on a cardigan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8ErlMw9nqI/AAAAAAAABXQ/-6ryNu3YPzo/s1600/DSC05156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8ErlMw9nqI/AAAAAAAABXQ/-6ryNu3YPzo/s640/DSC05156.JPG" width="244" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To add spice to the outfit, I threw on a scarf. And just that, it looks more fun and "springy".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EroDxQe_I/AAAAAAAABXY/H7Eqpdg9ZA0/s1600/DSC05152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EroDxQe_I/AAAAAAAABXY/H7Eqpdg9ZA0/s640/DSC05152.JPG" width="268" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Then the black denim jacket to complete the layers. I had this since I was 13.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Erx0K5SDI/AAAAAAAABXg/t2tCG9Rt5ag/s1600/DSC05150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Erx0K5SDI/AAAAAAAABXg/t2tCG9Rt5ag/s640/DSC05150.JPG" width="250" /></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Er0iab_7I/AAAAAAAABXo/FwpKtfFCkvk/s1600/DSC05149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8Er0iab_7I/AAAAAAAABXo/FwpKtfFCkvk/s640/DSC05149.JPG" width="252" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Of course the bag.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsCkGnoYI/AAAAAAAABXw/MZtwyr6CIYE/s1600/DSC05147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsCkGnoYI/AAAAAAAABXw/MZtwyr6CIYE/s640/DSC05147.JPG" width="220" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And the aviator for a great sunny day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsCkGnoYI/AAAAAAAABXw/MZtwyr6CIYE/s1600/DSC05147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsIcuF1VI/AAAAAAAABYA/ZqUYj-HJveE/s1600/DSC05139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsIcuF1VI/AAAAAAAABYA/ZqUYj-HJveE/s640/DSC05139.JPG" width="230" /></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsQZDE3_I/AAAAAAAABYY/BgwxHMvCB0Q/s1600/DSC05134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsQZDE3_I/AAAAAAAABYY/BgwxHMvCB0Q/s640/DSC05134.JPG" width="246" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After all these... Off I go!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsST4G1iI/AAAAAAAABYg/oNBcDbVudEk/s1600/DSC05148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S8EsST4G1iI/AAAAAAAABYg/oNBcDbVudEk/s640/DSC05148.JPG" width="424" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I never tried getting away from blogging. It's just that I was so <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">caught up</span></span> with <b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">life</span></span></b>. Gosh, so many things happened. Don't worry, I don't wanna go into details. But for the sake of <b>those who care</b> (I know you are out there), it all <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">started on the day</span></span> when I got a <b>new job</b>, which was also the same day my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">kind-of-ex-boyfriend</span> (who is now <b>officially my ex-boyfriend</b>) told me he got a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">new</span> girlfriend. That day has been a <b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">roller coaster</span></span></b>. The thing is I didn't know if I was up or I was down. The only thing I knew was I was <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">screaming</span></span>... in <b>joy</b> or <b>despair</b>? That I don't know.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I grieved for <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">two days</span></span> and got over it on the third. Just that? Yes, just that. But <b>48 hours</b> of hanging in there trying to pull myself together is <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">horrible</span></span>. Making it 72 hours would probably kill me. But yeah, that's just me. I easily <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">move on</span></span>.There is no point in clinging on to something that <b>has been yet never will be</b>. Yeah, I am talking about moving on like the moment where credits roll after being so captivated on how twisted that television series could get yet I just have to switch the channel to find something worth my time now that the show is over. If only moving on is as easy as pressing a button in my remote and viola, everything is fine. <b>It is not</b>. But who says it has to be that <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">difficult</span></span>?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Moving on</i></b>... I am so happy with my <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">new job</span></span> (perfect job, if you'll ask me). It came to me by surprise. Working seems like I am not working at all. Oh how I love every minute of it. I don't know if I ever mentioned before that I'm a <b>nurse</b>, but yeah, I am. And the best thing about this job is that I can be a nurse and <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">wear heels</span></span>! It's exactly what I love and what I want. Looking back two weeks or so ago, I saw that <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">God</span></b> has been preparing me all along for the love tragedy I just went through. It made moving on way easier for me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another thing that kept me so busy and kept me from blogging is the making of my <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">new</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">online store</span></span>, in partnership with my dear friend based in the Philippines. I'm still working on our soft launch and all the minor details that should be ready two weeks ago. Oh well. But I will make a post entirely about it as soon as it is done. I am so excited!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And since I've been blabbing about "<b>NEW</b>" things, and tomorrow will be a <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">new season</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>(yes! *<i>jumping like crazy</i>*), what I did today is totally in line with everything I'm saying. We went out today to check out <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">new apartments</span></span>. Talk about <b>moving </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>on</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b> out</b>. The day is wonderful and the search went pretty well. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here are some of the photos of our <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">quest</span></span> <b>in finding that perfect apartment</b>. And oh, the photos are really not that good. I can never really expect too much from a camera phone.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6QxM_6riaI/AAAAAAAABVg/WbHzkTT8EH0/s1600-h/031910194233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6QxM_6riaI/AAAAAAAABVg/WbHzkTT8EH0/s640/031910194233.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">That's my mom and dad in front of me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6QxgGax8-I/AAAAAAAABV4/DaE_BCLaFqA/s1600-h/031910194714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6QxgGax8-I/AAAAAAAABV4/DaE_BCLaFqA/s320/031910194714.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6Q1fq59uXI/AAAAAAAABWo/XZFH-LV-o90/s1600-h/2010-03-19+19.10.37_New+York_New+York_US.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6Q1fq59uXI/AAAAAAAABWo/XZFH-LV-o90/s320/2010-03-19+19.10.37_New+York_New+York_US.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't see my face because I want George Washington Bridge as my background...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just a clearer and closer look of my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">outfit</span> (<i>oh, how I really miss blogging!</i>)</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6Qxuq56A_I/AAAAAAAABWQ/yHtZLh01gUY/s1600-h/DSC05077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6Qxuq56A_I/AAAAAAAABWQ/yHtZLh01gUY/s400/DSC05077.JPG" width="160" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6QxzGr_HHI/AAAAAAAABWY/20TAHvdHHp4/s1600-h/DSC05078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S6QxzGr_HHI/AAAAAAAABWY/20TAHvdHHp4/s400/DSC05078.JPG" width="157" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is it for now. I will really try to keep this blog up as </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">regular</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> as I could. By regular I mean once a week, at least. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I missed you all</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and I'm gonna go and visit your page right after I click publish. Have a great first day of <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">spring</span></b> tomorrow! =)</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I had a great time browsing </span><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">CafePress</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">' products. They have the wittiest t-shirts for everyone. And by everyone I mean, every age, every interest, every profession, every hobby, every country...yeah, you get the picture. Not just that, they also go <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">beyond clothing</span>. They have drink wares, posters, stickers and flair, home decors, and everything else. How cool is that?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I want this fashionable mug so bad. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hpZQ2iXvI/AAAAAAAABUY/CH4aklDUwkQ/s1600-h/289955383v2_480x480_Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hpZQ2iXvI/AAAAAAAABUY/CH4aklDUwkQ/s400/289955383v2_480x480_Front.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And if you're looking for that perfect gift, there's no better place to look but here. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's for someone who could use a space to pour her thoughts on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hq9pc6UNI/AAAAAAAABUg/TnK82XgY3ig/s1600-h/31174524v2_480x480_Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hq9pc6UNI/AAAAAAAABUg/TnK82XgY3ig/s400/31174524v2_480x480_Front.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or just an extra space to put her things in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hsRLVa1CI/AAAAAAAABUw/YE8S3GWfPxA/s1600-h/197179749v5_480x480_Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hsRLVa1CI/AAAAAAAABUw/YE8S3GWfPxA/s400/197179749v5_480x480_Front.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or maybe just something to put herself in.</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hq-XDpceI/AAAAAAAABUo/er-iydwymck/s1600-h/104362045v5_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4hq-XDpceI/AAAAAAAABUo/er-iydwymck/s400/104362045v5_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And oh, there are also stuff for <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">him</span></b>--lots of stuff! I was just browsing for myself, that's why most of the products I shared are for women (and fashion-related). Here are more fashion tees I am in love right now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htmo5QNbI/AAAAAAAABU4/MHRYQocS_BI/s1600-h/92468296v8_480x480_Front_Color-Black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htmo5QNbI/AAAAAAAABU4/MHRYQocS_BI/s640/92468296v8_480x480_Front_Color-Black.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htnqFFrlI/AAAAAAAABVA/QHSh8UR_PUA/s1600-h/134047133v11_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htnqFFrlI/AAAAAAAABVA/QHSh8UR_PUA/s640/134047133v11_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htpDrJTuI/AAAAAAAABVI/ZRZmVgTegrE/s1600-h/434289374v5_480x480_Front_Color-LightPink.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htpDrJTuI/AAAAAAAABVI/ZRZmVgTegrE/s640/434289374v5_480x480_Front_Color-LightPink.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htqCKv8gI/AAAAAAAABVQ/IVQ646RWUvg/s1600-h/433483479v4_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htqCKv8gI/AAAAAAAABVQ/IVQ646RWUvg/s640/433483479v4_480x480_Front_Color-White.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can find these and a lot more at </span><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">CafePress</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. And you think it won't get any cooler? You're wrong! You can actually <b>customize</b> your own t-shirt or whatever stuff you like. Cool, I know. I'm sure you're gonna visit that site. As for me, I need to go back and check out for more. Have fun!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htrpNA5KI/AAAAAAAABVY/mANe6KQvBZQ/s1600-h/39281405v2_480x480_Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4htrpNA5KI/AAAAAAAABVY/mANe6KQvBZQ/s320/39281405v2_480x480_Front.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-61592210147936649602010-02-22T01:03:00.005-05:002010-02-22T01:24:45.781-05:00*I can't think of a catchy title*<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For nothing less than five minutes I just stared blankly on my screen, completely clueless of what to type. Apparently I still haven't figured it out yet because I am just blabbing about how unzipped my mind is. It made me think, <b>why in the world did I start making this blog in the first place</b>? Actually, I never put so much thought in the making of this blog. It's just one of those things that simply happened --<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> random thought that birthed into something greater than I ever imagined.</span> I love fashion (duh!)... those are the first three words that come out of my mouth whenever somebody asks me about my blog. More often than not, there's no other words that follow my big three words, just period and my so-what-do-you-care look. It's not a mean look, I promise. But I think that's enough, I really don't owe anyone explanation unless it's the owner of Blogger who's intending to cancel my account due to a rare case of chronic blog boredom. I hope not.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, I'm <b>NOT</b> really the kind of girl who knows everything about fashion. Not even half. Trust me, there are more designer names that I can't correctly pronounce than those I can say without getting my tongue twisted. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Seriously, why can't they change their names into something tongue-friendly? C'mon make our lives way easier!)</span> I am not even familiar with all the technical terms these "fashion" people use. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What is this thing called?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What kind of fabric is this? What kind of red is this?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> What the hell? As long as I <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">look</span></b> and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">feel</span></b> <b>good</b> in it, I really don't care. Okay, if there's one thing I care about aside from looking and feeling good about the garment, it's the price. Nothing more. I am <b>NOT</b> someone who watches Project Runway religiously and feel like I can totally carry out a substantial conversation with Karl Lagerfeld about next season's collection. I am <b>NOT</b> someone who faithfully subscribes Vogue magazine since I was in my mother's womb and feel like I can totally take over Anna Wintour (if that's the way to go, I am totally qualified). But the thing about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>fashion</b></span> is, <b>it's beyond technicality</b>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's something you feel, something you see, and something you know is right.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now enough about my senseless ramblings and onto sharing another outfit. If you like what you see, feel free to channel your inspiration. If you don't, just don't tell me having a red overload is a fashion no-no when Valentine's Day is past over. Because there's no such thing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISRonnIPI/AAAAAAAABTA/thzSa_LHbKI/s1600-h/DSC05029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISRonnIPI/AAAAAAAABTA/thzSa_LHbKI/s640/DSC05029.JPG" width="308" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISa-E4LgI/AAAAAAAABTQ/NOdeg55nFCU/s1600-h/DSC05030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISa-E4LgI/AAAAAAAABTQ/NOdeg55nFCU/s640/DSC05030.JPG" width="248" /></span></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISgAcllaI/AAAAAAAABTY/FywIM-n6HO8/s1600-h/DSC05032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISgAcllaI/AAAAAAAABTY/FywIM-n6HO8/s640/DSC05032.JPG" width="212" /></span></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISi6IxwKI/AAAAAAAABTg/jlk_6uhpp5w/s1600-h/DSC05034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISi6IxwKI/AAAAAAAABTg/jlk_6uhpp5w/s640/DSC05034.JPG" width="196" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't need to post this next photo but I have a feeling that I have to. I really don't do make-up like the really major make-up other girls do on a daily basis. But I can't live without <b>mascara</b>. Never. That's all I need. And a <b>lip gloss</b>. Just that. I really feel naked without it. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you happen to feel the same way, tell me!</span> It's nice to know I'm not the only one walking in this planet feeling naked whenever I have no time to put on a mascara and/or lipgloss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISmxeQtMI/AAAAAAAABTo/mIxujAOUvq8/s1600-h/DSC05024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4ISmxeQtMI/AAAAAAAABTo/mIxujAOUvq8/s640/DSC05024.JPG" width="360" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since I have to go to church, I need a cardigan. Even though I kinda think it doesn't look right. I really don't believe that fashion have rules. If it does, then it must be broken into million tiny pieces right now. You can put on clothes in whatever pattern, color, texture, etc. you want. Wear whatever makes you feel better...<b>as long as it won't compromise you as a person</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4IStiVU0RI/AAAAAAAABT4/phmObB_ZpYQ/s1600-h/DSC05002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S4IStiVU0RI/AAAAAAAABT4/phmObB_ZpYQ/s640/DSC05002.JPG" width="224" /></span></a></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com111tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-61913098577152120832010-02-16T13:47:00.005-05:002010-02-16T13:55:02.326-05:00from Times Square with love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When you think of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">New York City</span>, you picture <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Times Square</b></span> a.k.a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Crossroads of the World</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"</span> in a flash. I read an article stating that this is the <b>most visited place in the world</b> having approximately <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">35 million visitors every year</span>. So if you want to be alone, Times Square is obviously not for you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rM15TgkCI/AAAAAAAABQw/pJ6RvlflWP8/s1600-h/DSC04871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rM15TgkCI/AAAAAAAABQw/pJ6RvlflWP8/s640/DSC04871.JPG" width="360" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Times Square is really not my favorite place in NYC. I just can't stand the crowd sometimes. Ironically, I always find myself there (I go to Times Square Church, that's why. It's not that I go there for downtime or something). I always end up drowning myself with all these <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">people who never fail to amuse me</span> just by mere observation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNKXXjxzI/AAAAAAAABRQ/hNkqwyNJ1sw/s1600-h/DSC04900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNKXXjxzI/AAAAAAAABRQ/hNkqwyNJ1sw/s640/DSC04900.JPG" width="360" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But still, there's something about this place that I can never get enough of. Because one minute of standing there makes me fall in love with life. Seeing <b>people</b> from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">all walks of life</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">speaking different tongues</span> to make this place alive is <b>amazing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNEsnVQlI/AAAAAAAABRI/_nHOKUuM7ZE/s1600-h/DSC04889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNEsnVQlI/AAAAAAAABRI/_nHOKUuM7ZE/s640/DSC04889.JPG" width="360" /></span></span></a></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here's to the <b>concrete jungle</b> where dreams are made of!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNO_SDadI/AAAAAAAABRY/ZZ3g-G11Oz8/s1600-h/DSC04906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNO_SDadI/AAAAAAAABRY/ZZ3g-G11Oz8/s640/DSC04906.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Times Square celebrated the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"Love Day"</span></b> with a heart-shaped ice sculpture (more like bricks).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNTcFEYcI/AAAAAAAABRg/K9vQ-buHBY8/s1600-h/DSC04911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNTcFEYcI/AAAAAAAABRg/K9vQ-buHBY8/s640/DSC04911.JPG" width="360" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And when I walk there, I swear I could almost hear <b>Alicia Keys</b> sing "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Now you're in New York!!! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">These streets will make you feel brand new, the lights will inspire you</span>, Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York</i>" (Ok, now I'm singing too!)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNXul0LDI/AAAAAAAABRo/RnJiK4PC1Rg/s1600-h/DSC04912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNXul0LDI/AAAAAAAABRo/RnJiK4PC1Rg/s640/DSC04912.JPG" width="360" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And oh, F21 in TS?! At last. After church I'm gonna be like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Lead me not into temptation</span>, it's just a couple of blocks away!"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNb_Y5mzI/AAAAAAAABRw/XFoo_n-izTQ/s1600-h/DSC04918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNb_Y5mzI/AAAAAAAABRw/XFoo_n-izTQ/s640/DSC04918.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">outfit</span></b>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNieOnDGI/AAAAAAAABSA/OLm1D9zp8wo/s1600-h/DSC04929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNieOnDGI/AAAAAAAABSA/OLm1D9zp8wo/s400/DSC04929.JPG" width="186" /></span></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNmjUbBuI/AAAAAAAABSI/Hdv9KYfMDJ0/s1600-h/DSC04930.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNmjUbBuI/AAAAAAAABSI/Hdv9KYfMDJ0/s400/DSC04930.JPG" width="218" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There's really nothing grand about it. Just crazy pattern and layering.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNeowDwaI/AAAAAAAABR4/cMmqoTN1Cg8/s1600-h/DSC04928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rNeowDwaI/AAAAAAAABR4/cMmqoTN1Cg8/s640/DSC04928.JPG" width="220" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">****</span></span><span style="color: #304c1a; font: normal normal normal 32px/normal 'Trebuchet MS';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">AWARDS</span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">****</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'm gonna quickly thank these lovely ladies who are so sweet to pass me an award. You all inspire me in ways that I will never ever forget. Do visit their blogs and be inspired too!</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thank you so much Jing of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://plojing.blogspot.com/">Jing Pinay</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">for this award. Our high fashion friendship means the world to me girl.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://plojing.blogspot.com/"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rYXHTIqGI/AAAAAAAABSQ/oI2JA-26cTs/s1600-h/hi-fashion-award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="148" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rYXHTIqGI/AAAAAAAABSQ/oI2JA-26cTs/s200/hi-fashion-award.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I pass this award to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.isquisofrenia.com/">Isquisofrenia</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://fashiontherapist.blogspot.com/">Fashion Therapist</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://thebargainhunterextraordinaire.blogspot.com/">The Bargain Hunter Extraordinaire</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How could I thank you enough, Sweet of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://pensandlens.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Pens and Lens</span></a>?! You truly are sweet. Your blog always make me smile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rZjgERlDI/AAAAAAAABSY/L1VMrdDEeBU/s1600-h/one_lovely_blog_award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rZjgERlDI/AAAAAAAABSY/L1VMrdDEeBU/s200/one_lovely_blog_award.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I pass this award to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://studdedbliss.blogspot.com/">Studded Bliss</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://theowlscloset.blogspot.com/">The Owl's Closet</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://thetrendyfashionista.blogspot.com/">The Trendy Fashionista</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks a lot gorgeous Monique of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://moniqueclassic.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Monique</span></a>. This really made me happy. Your impeccable style is always inspiring.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3raB4nHAgI/AAAAAAAABSg/AwjjpaDa9zk/s1600-h/MandysAward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3raB4nHAgI/AAAAAAAABSg/AwjjpaDa9zk/s200/MandysAward.jpg" width="160" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">See my post (and rules) of the award <a href="http://herarmoire.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-pill-overdose.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I pass this award to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://fashionxcourt.blogspot.com/">Fashion Court</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://luckythrift.blogspot.com/">My Thrifting Adventures</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://vivalafashiongirl.blogspot.com/">Viva La Fashion</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rebeccaroseilican.blogspot.com/">Rebecca Rose</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you, thank you, Marta of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.meencantamiropa.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I Love My Wardrobe</span></a>. You are such a wonderful person. You are beautiful inside and out. You got the wardrobe that makes every woman drool.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rbpcEliKI/AAAAAAAABSo/K-OKO9vUWF0/s1600-h/bestblogaward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="90" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rbpcEliKI/AAAAAAAABSo/K-OKO9vUWF0/s200/bestblogaward.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I pass this award to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://theurbanfashiongal.com/">The Urban Fashion Gal</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://thetragicallychic.blogspot.com/">The Tragically Chic</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://thestylerider.blogspot.com/">The Style Rider</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A million thanks Laura and Crista of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.styleshewrote.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Style, She Wrote</span></a>. As I've said, receiving this from you means a lot to me. You are truly an inspiration. Your blog never fails to make my day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And of course, to my dear soul sister, Nina of <a href="http://ninaballerinaclosetobsession.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Ballerina's Closet Obsession</span></a>, thank you so much for gracing me another award. There really is no one like you in sweetness (and everything).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rcdLU-QAI/AAAAAAAABSw/aQN9fjvqA0c/s1600-h/Kreativ+Blogger+Award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3rcdLU-QAI/AAAAAAAABSw/aQN9fjvqA0c/s200/Kreativ+Blogger+Award.jpg" width="184" /></span></a></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now to the <b>seven random</b> <b>things</b> that comes with this award:</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hate it when someone opens the door for me when I'm 20 ft away, because then I feel <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">obligated</span> to <b>walk faster</b>.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have always wanted to get in a cab and say, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">"FOLLOW THAT CAR!!"</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hate it when someone else takes the piece of food I have <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">mentally claimed</span>.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hate getting out of a hot shower. It's like the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">north pole</span> invaded my house.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I grew up thinking <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Tweety Bird</span> was a <b>girl</b>.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I <b>flush</b> the toilet with my foot in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">public bathrooms</span>.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm tired of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">chain letters</span> telling me when I'm going to die.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I pass this award to:</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://la-rue-neuve.blogspot.com/">La Rue Neuve</a></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://littlemayra.blogspot.com/">Life is Bananas</a></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://mystrawberrycocktail.blogspot.com/">My Strawberry Cocktail</a></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Till next time darlings! :)</span></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today, I want to remind you that <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you are loved</span></b>. And love comes in different forms. The thing is we just have to recognize it coz more often than not, we tend to search for love not knowing it's right in front our eyes. Here's a story I tumbled upon few weeks ago from Alison of </span><a href="http://savemefromyself.tumblr.com/post/357122228/our-14-year-old-dog-abbey-died-last-month-the"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">savemefromyself</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> at </span><a href="http://dazzlingbetz.tumblr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">tumblr</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> that I wanted to share.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2TN8ZL9L1I/AAAAAAAABG4/3ME-KkO_QNc/s1600-h/tumblr_kwxr5dh3EU1qztsogo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2TN8ZL9L1I/AAAAAAAABG4/3ME-KkO_QNc/s400/tumblr_kwxr5dh3EU1qztsogo1_500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 10px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our 14 year old dog, Abbey, died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear God, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even though she got sick.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></b><b></b><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am sending a picture of her so when you see her You will know that she is my dog. I really miss her.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></b><br />
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<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love, Meredith </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she dropped it into the letter box at the post office. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few days later, she asked if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch addressed, ‘To Meredith’ in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was a book by Mr. Rogers called, ‘When a Pet Dies.’ </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taped to the inside front cover was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Meredith,</span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></b></i><b></b><br />
<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abbey arrived safely in heaven. Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></i></b><b></b><br />
<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Abbey isn’t sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your heart. Abbey loved being your dog.</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></i></b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><b></b><br />
<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since we don’t need our bodies in heaven, I don’t have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></b><b></b><br />
<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her especially for you.</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div></i></b><b></b><br />
<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much. By the way, I’m easy to find, I am wherever there is love. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God</span></span></div></i></b></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2TQD7Uv5iI/AAAAAAAABHA/IzkfT3T23LQ/s1600-h/tumblr_kt7x022iyL1qzlgb3o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2TQD7Uv5iI/AAAAAAAABHA/IzkfT3T23LQ/s640/tumblr_kt7x022iyL1qzlgb3o1_500.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Never forget that you are loved by someone down here and Someone up there.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-58866562632814931582010-02-11T11:17:00.003-05:002010-02-11T14:33:12.774-05:00snow much fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><table cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td class="sqtdq" colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="sqq" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>“There is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nothing</span> in the world <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">more beautiful</span> than the forest clothed to its very hollows in </i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">snow</span></i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>. It is the still <b>ecstasy of nature</b>, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">clad with radiance</span>.”</i></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><div style="padding-top: 3px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- William Sharp</span> </span></span></span></div></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QY0CfV8gI/AAAAAAAABMA/bKGPTLcyMQA/s1600-h/DSC04771.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QY0CfV8gI/AAAAAAAABMA/bKGPTLcyMQA/s320/DSC04771.JPG" width="180" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QY5N4h26I/AAAAAAAABMI/y2NzTFeRGeg/s1600-h/DSC04779.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QY5N4h26I/AAAAAAAABMI/y2NzTFeRGeg/s320/DSC04779.JPG" width="180" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZF0NTgVI/AAAAAAAABMg/PLzLr3uNhRY/s1600-h/DSC04791.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZF0NTgVI/AAAAAAAABMg/PLzLr3uNhRY/s320/DSC04791.JPG" width="180" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QY9Y-bzBI/AAAAAAAABMQ/rc0Hr8i_WYY/s1600-h/DSC04789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QY9Y-bzBI/AAAAAAAABMQ/rc0Hr8i_WYY/s640/DSC04789.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZCNS1UbI/AAAAAAAABMY/whjiOfpNRw0/s1600-h/DSC04790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZCNS1UbI/AAAAAAAABMY/whjiOfpNRw0/s640/DSC04790.JPG" width="360" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Snow covered New York City yesterday. As much as I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: line-through;">hate</span> strongly dislike snow, I have to admit that the city looks magical in white. The blizzard caused a well-celebrated holiday which made me, and all the New Yorkers (especially students), rejoice. Basically, the reason why the classes and (some) work are cancelled is to keep us stay indoors, right? But what the heck, not even the 12-inch snow could stop us from having a little fun. We went to the park just across the block to frolic and play the Eskimo way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZO86G2sI/AAAAAAAABMw/q6-TdIB-bw0/s1600-h/DSC04800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZO86G2sI/AAAAAAAABMw/q6-TdIB-bw0/s640/DSC04800.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I always got hit on the face. FYI, the snow tastes weird. Or was it a snow?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZTsjDDDI/AAAAAAAABM4/_WqGUDQWNl4/s1600-h/DSC04805.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZTsjDDDI/AAAAAAAABM4/_WqGUDQWNl4/s640/DSC04805.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought of every strategy to get even.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZYweiHcI/AAAAAAAABNA/CieN3JVXUmU/s1600-h/DSC04806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZYweiHcI/AAAAAAAABNA/CieN3JVXUmU/s640/DSC04806.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Apparently, it didn't work.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZmeEBefI/AAAAAAAABNY/9l09cXHZb2E/s1600-h/DSC04809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZmeEBefI/AAAAAAAABNY/9l09cXHZb2E/s640/DSC04809.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Look at the snow ball my brother made. When he threw it at me, it's like receiving a power punch from Muhammad Ali.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZwC8nEUI/AAAAAAAABNo/-ZlCQW9iCvQ/s1600-h/DSC04811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZwC8nEUI/AAAAAAAABNo/-ZlCQW9iCvQ/s640/DSC04811.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No matter how I tried to hit my target, I just don't know how to carry out precision.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZ0cg2aLI/AAAAAAAABNw/FhKyKapVmZo/s1600-h/DSC04814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZ0cg2aLI/AAAAAAAABNw/FhKyKapVmZo/s640/DSC04814.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Snowflakes are <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">kisses</span> sent from heaven.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZ5CHSLfI/AAAAAAAABN4/cEUaem1N48A/s1600-h/DSC04819.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZ5CHSLfI/AAAAAAAABN4/cEUaem1N48A/s640/DSC04819.JPG" width="640" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Snowed under.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZ9HcasdI/AAAAAAAABOA/t0sDOB8clho/s1600-h/DSC04820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZ9HcasdI/AAAAAAAABOA/t0sDOB8clho/s640/DSC04820.JPG" width="360" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QZ9HcasdI/AAAAAAAABOA/t0sDOB8clho/s1600-h/DSC04820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaAyJ7QEI/AAAAAAAABOI/FQsholHE48w/s1600-h/DSC04823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaAyJ7QEI/AAAAAAAABOI/FQsholHE48w/s400/DSC04823.JPG" width="225" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaFXA576I/AAAAAAAABOQ/bfGlbXnZjV0/s1600-h/DSC04825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaFXA576I/AAAAAAAABOQ/bfGlbXnZjV0/s400/DSC04825.JPG" width="225" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaKQOUdKI/AAAAAAAABOY/WHEkiXjcJCQ/s1600-h/DSC04835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaKQOUdKI/AAAAAAAABOY/WHEkiXjcJCQ/s400/DSC04835.JPG" width="225" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaQL7_YwI/AAAAAAAABOg/apnHSJ3CQJw/s1600-h/DSC04836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QaQL7_YwI/AAAAAAAABOg/apnHSJ3CQJw/s400/DSC04836.JPG" width="225" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. . . <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">somewhere else!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdAzoTnbI/AAAAAAAABOo/nAZX_2Y2Mts/s1600-h/DSC04854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdAzoTnbI/AAAAAAAABOo/nAZX_2Y2Mts/s640/DSC04854.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">When it snows, you have <b>two choices</b>: shovel or <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">make </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">snow</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> angels.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3Qde1jTtKI/AAAAAAAABQA/4lbhwSCgZ3I/s1600-h/17369_1326655323100_1132437438_987722_2850403_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3Qde1jTtKI/AAAAAAAABQA/4lbhwSCgZ3I/s640/17369_1326655323100_1132437438_987722_2850403_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Meet <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Mr. Nerdy</span>. My brother and I made him. Snowmen aren't forever, but their memories are.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdF7eI-II/AAAAAAAABPA/CWpU-XDQlY4/s1600-h/17369_1326648522930_1132437438_987705_2921708_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdF7eI-II/AAAAAAAABPA/CWpU-XDQlY4/s640/17369_1326648522930_1132437438_987705_2921708_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Starlight, star bright. Protect our snowman overnight.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdPeTTqeI/AAAAAAAABPo/x-Dv39Zv5uo/s1600-h/17369_1326655643108_1132437438_987730_5815293_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdPeTTqeI/AAAAAAAABPo/x-Dv39Zv5uo/s640/17369_1326655643108_1132437438_987730_5815293_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It takes the young at heart to make a snowman from a bunch of snowflakes.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdNy09LfI/AAAAAAAABPg/i_vvJTQ9soc/s1600-h/17369_1326655443103_1132437438_987725_2309534_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdNy09LfI/AAAAAAAABPg/i_vvJTQ9soc/s640/17369_1326655443103_1132437438_987725_2309534_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A snowman is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">love</span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">laughter</span> all rolled up into one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdRaS-WaI/AAAAAAAABPw/tE1rY4g6mJI/s1600-h/17369_1326648562931_1132437438_987706_5448753_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdRaS-WaI/AAAAAAAABPw/tE1rY4g6mJI/s640/17369_1326648562931_1132437438_987706_5448753_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">There's nothing like <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">warm hearts</span> on a snowy day.</div></span></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdFEdWAzI/AAAAAAAABO4/PSfBF8OFgeQ/s1600-h/17369_1326648042918_1132437438_987693_2261393_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3QdFEdWAzI/AAAAAAAABO4/PSfBF8OFgeQ/s640/17369_1326648042918_1132437438_987693_2261393_n.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And oh, I am so shocked to hear about <b>Alexander McQueen's</b> untimely death.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3RCiksfGsI/AAAAAAAABQo/IQ_IqgA9Dc0/s1600-h/mcqueen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3RCiksfGsI/AAAAAAAABQo/IQ_IqgA9Dc0/s320/mcqueen.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(photo </span></span><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://nebp.org.uk/news/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/alexander-mcqueen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.nebp.org.uk/news/%3Fcat%3D2&usg=__usCQTEaww_HO754YZKPPITgDiU4=&h=650&w=480&sz=51&hl=en&start=1&sig2=uunL5jNhsSURYfKKHQmrzQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=mVzgOQaxBUl7nM:&tbnh=137&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dalexander%2Bmcqueen%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=-kF0S4bpG8ik8AbNspibCg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">credit</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can read the story </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/fashion/12mcqueen.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesfashion"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What a loss. He will be missed.</span></div></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com110tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-77192362552507982672010-02-08T19:57:00.000-05:002010-02-08T19:57:02.487-05:00going west<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This outfit just happened. I never thought of a "westernized" look or cowboys. But when I wore this flannel shirt (which my gorgeous friend Roxy left to me) and added leather vest (which I bought with Roxy when she was here in NYC) to add a body, it all came to place. I put on a scarf and cowboy boots to perfect the look. I really love how it turned out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfKvEFGCI/AAAAAAAABKo/8TJWH-yQfKE/s1600-h/DSC04626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfKvEFGCI/AAAAAAAABKo/8TJWH-yQfKE/s640/DSC04626.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfFwPoAvI/AAAAAAAABKg/t1cLMIYQqbg/s1600-h/DSC04620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfFwPoAvI/AAAAAAAABKg/t1cLMIYQqbg/s400/DSC04620.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfBkk6tsI/AAAAAAAABKY/yUfbqXZjilI/s1600-h/DSC04618.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfBkk6tsI/AAAAAAAABKY/yUfbqXZjilI/s400/DSC04618.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">About the ladder, I just took the advantage of playing with it while the fixit man was working on something in the kitchen.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfTnhNsQI/AAAAAAAABK4/P1vCHcekmxM/s1600-h/DSC04641.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfTnhNsQI/AAAAAAAABK4/P1vCHcekmxM/s640/DSC04641.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfOUhJPaI/AAAAAAAABKw/PUbWJBtxykk/s1600-h/DSC04637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfOUhJPaI/AAAAAAAABKw/PUbWJBtxykk/s400/DSC04637.JPG" width="225" /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfYA6D01I/AAAAAAAABLA/adJa485IhsM/s1600-h/DSC04642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfYA6D01I/AAAAAAAABLA/adJa485IhsM/s400/DSC04642.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My brother and I were going out to get his broken iPod fixed. While I was taking my pictures, he barged in to mess with it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfwZAFXMI/AAAAAAAABLo/LDpCcVKIFdc/s1600-h/DSC04666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfwZAFXMI/AAAAAAAABLo/LDpCcVKIFdc/s640/DSC04666.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfrLXSRSI/AAAAAAAABLg/J0_pAjhtxlQ/s1600-h/DSC04664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfrLXSRSI/AAAAAAAABLg/J0_pAjhtxlQ/s640/DSC04664.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Instead of kicking up a fuss (strangely, I was not in the mood to do so), I made him strike a pose.</span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfdOTjlZI/AAAAAAAABLI/2NCvA-w-_Us/s1600-h/DSC04649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfdOTjlZI/AAAAAAAABLI/2NCvA-w-_Us/s640/DSC04649.jpg" width="640" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfhjUCvOI/AAAAAAAABLQ/nlwbI5zb8aI/s1600-h/DSC04652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3CfhjUCvOI/AAAAAAAABLQ/nlwbI5zb8aI/s640/DSC04652.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cheers for my not-so-little brother! =)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3Cf0yp0JSI/AAAAAAAABLw/3nca7MPsaUw/s1600-h/DSC04598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3Cf0yp0JSI/AAAAAAAABLw/3nca7MPsaUw/s640/DSC04598.JPG" width="360" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #ba1f14; font: 32.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">****</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">LOVE STRUCK</span></b><span style="color: black; font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">****</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(...because it's February)</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3Cf2MLDDvI/AAAAAAAABL4/Ls9Y4aYS0hM/s1600-h/20jhbts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="580" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S3Cf2MLDDvI/AAAAAAAABL4/Ls9Y4aYS0hM/s640/20jhbts.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-54224758524168443782010-02-05T10:44:00.000-05:002010-02-05T10:44:58.681-05:00let's have some tee!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">I'm a big fan of read-me tees. I have a pile of them. But I'm not really a tee person so they all end up stacked (with price tags). That's something I need to change about myself. My impulse to buy tees is way higher than my jones to wear it. Not a good thing. So since I pity my forsaken darlings, I decided to introduce them (actually, one of them) to the world.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ehoEQgqnI/AAAAAAAABIA/HngLw1d4ndI/s1600-h/DSC04481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ehoEQgqnI/AAAAAAAABIA/HngLw1d4ndI/s640/DSC04481.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's a laid-back day. There's no better friend like Chucks on days like this.</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2eihGnjqrI/AAAAAAAABII/PsQLXnWG-As/s1600-h/DSC04483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2eihGnjqrI/AAAAAAAABII/PsQLXnWG-As/s640/DSC04483.JPG" width="232" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2eirJnwvOI/AAAAAAAABIg/yDe-OtFGzkQ/s1600-h/DSC04486.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2eirJnwvOI/AAAAAAAABIg/yDe-OtFGzkQ/s640/DSC04486.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How I love the comfort of jeggings!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ei5gU4v5I/AAAAAAAABI4/NeJl0OG4NP0/s1600-h/DSC04490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ei5gU4v5I/AAAAAAAABI4/NeJl0OG4NP0/s400/DSC04490.JPG" width="222" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ei-WA_J4I/AAAAAAAABJA/pY0rEgezhX0/s1600-h/DSC04493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ei-WA_J4I/AAAAAAAABJA/pY0rEgezhX0/s400/DSC04493.JPG" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And a scarf can be so handy on windy days. I can't describe how messy my hair was that day. I bought this really cute rectangular scarf last summer at the street fair for $2. And that glass letter B pendant was from another street fair too, for only 3 for $5 I think. I love street fairs. And I miss it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ejLAIBYlI/AAAAAAAABJY/U9ircNwDs-c/s1600-h/DSC04498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ejLAIBYlI/AAAAAAAABJY/U9ircNwDs-c/s640/DSC04498.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wear rings rarely but I do love how it can make any woman's hand delicate. I got this just across the street for $1. Oh if you only know how hard it is for me to live in a city where it will only take me a couple of steps from the door to shop. There's just so much to buy! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And of course, my favorite Chucks (as if I got a lot). This pair is so me. I love how you can build your own Converse shoes on their website (I blogged about it <a href="http://herarmoire.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-am-chuck.html">here</a>). And I even had my name monogramed on the side in pink, which I colored black because I don't want strangers calling me by my name when I'm walking (if I knew it would be <a href="http://herarmoire.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-am-chuck.html">this</a> huge, I would have just put my initials on it).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2eji1IbKBI/AAAAAAAABKA/QZieZ_HtI-c/s1600-h/DSC04508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2eji1IbKBI/AAAAAAAABKA/QZieZ_HtI-c/s400/DSC04508.JPG" width="225" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ejn3iDucI/AAAAAAAABKI/KzA9blIu27s/s1600-h/DSC04510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2ejn3iDucI/AAAAAAAABKI/KzA9blIu27s/s400/DSC04510.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">****<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">AWARD</span></span></b>****</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://capturingitaly.blogspot.com/">Inspiration in Italy</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and <a href="http://www.styleartisan.com/">Style Artisan</a> shared this wonderful award with me. I am thankful beyond words. These ladies are truly inspiring. And they inspired me in ways I can't forget.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you're like me who always dream of visiting Italy, a visit <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://capturingitaly.blogspot.com/">Inspiration in Italy</a></span> is like taking one step closer to that dream. To top that off, she makes us see that historical and amazing city in a stylish perspective. Her blog is not the one you wanna miss for sure.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">And of course, the moment you visit <a href="http://www.styleartisan.com/">Style Artisan</a>, you will be captivated by her jaw-dropping and impeccable style. What more, you will learn something fascinating in every post. She got the closet every woman would kill for.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2R8yzH8eNI/AAAAAAAABFg/_QomLCJd7I8/s1600-h/over+the+top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2R8yzH8eNI/AAAAAAAABFg/_QomLCJd7I8/s200/over+the+top.jpg" width="200" /></span></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Okay, I'm supposed to answer these question with just one word... Here's my shot.<br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Where is your cell phone? table<br />
2. Your hair? mess<br />
3. Your mother? best<br />
4. Your father? great<br />
5. Your favorite food? Italian<br />
6. Your dream last night? grocery<br />
7. Your favorite drink? water<br />
8. Your dream/goal? many<br />
9. What room are you in? living<br />
10. Your hobby? reading<br />
11. Your fear? heights<br />
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? top<br />
13. Where were you last night? home<br />
14. Something you aren't? unloved<br />
15. Muffins? yum<br />
16. Wish list item? countless<br />
17. Where did you grow up? Philippines<br />
18. Last thing you did? typed<br />
19. What are you wearing? pjs<br />
20. Your TV? on<br />
21. Your pets? none<br />
22. Your friends? special<br />
23. Your life? worth-living<br />
24. Your mood? blank<br />
25. Missing someone? super<br />
26. Vehicle? sold<br />
27. Something you're not wearing? socks<br />
28. Your favorite store? f21<br />
29. Your favorite color? pink<br />
30. When was the last time you laughed? morning<br />
31. Last time you cried? forgot<br />
32. Your best friend? Jesus<br />
33. One place that I go over and over? kitchen<br />
34. One person who emails me regularly? subscriptions<br />
35. Favorite place to eat? home</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Passing an award is the most difficult part of having an award. There's just a lot of wonderful blogs to tag. For now, I wanna pass this to:</div></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://totallyinkarlcerating.blogspot.com/">Inkarlcerating</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://apinchofstyle.blogspot.com/">A Pinch of Style</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://closetfullofnothing.blogspot.com/">Closet Full of Nothing</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.dreamsequins.com/">Dream Sequins</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://fashionpirates.blogspot.com/">Fashion Pirates</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://girlwithglasses143.blogspot.com/">Girl With Glasses</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://clickthebee.blogspot.com/">Gingerbee</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://friendinfashion.blogspot.com/">Friend in Fashion</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><a href="http://www.gloriasjeans.com/">Gloria's Jeans</a></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">****<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">LOVE STRUCK</span></span></b>****</span></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(...because it's February)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2esGzhD9RI/AAAAAAAABKQ/0dwL1k8sLHM/s1600-h/hurricane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2esGzhD9RI/AAAAAAAABKQ/0dwL1k8sLHM/s640/hurricane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com81tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-21320748680840578602010-02-02T16:29:00.001-05:002010-02-02T16:30:53.325-05:0050s in January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last week (or was it the other week? I'm not sure... Man, this post is ridiculously overdue.) the temperature hit 50s! 50s in January, for me, is euphoria. I was so excited that I need to go out and just celebrate this grand event. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOiGoIJvI/AAAAAAAABFo/Wjv6-kb2-lI/s1600-h/DSC04450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOiGoIJvI/AAAAAAAABFo/Wjv6-kb2-lI/s400/DSC04450.jpg" width="141" /></span></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOk4y2utI/AAAAAAAABFw/nIf5RzIxFCs/s1600-h/DSC04446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOk4y2utI/AAAAAAAABFw/nIf5RzIxFCs/s400/DSC04446.jpg" width="127" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOqwv9xCI/AAAAAAAABF4/fPEFgJuE9mM/s1600-h/DSC04453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOqwv9xCI/AAAAAAAABF4/fPEFgJuE9mM/s400/DSC04453.jpg" width="142" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOqwv9xCI/AAAAAAAABF4/fPEFgJuE9mM/s1600-h/DSC04453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>This was my first time to go out with bare legs this year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOszXTnSI/AAAAAAAABGA/P6EdZqYmACQ/s1600-h/DSC04448.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOszXTnSI/AAAAAAAABGA/P6EdZqYmACQ/s400/DSC04448.jpg" width="256" /></span></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOu--KbNI/AAAAAAAABGI/hENX2K00Uuc/s1600-h/DSC04449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOu--KbNI/AAAAAAAABGI/hENX2K00Uuc/s400/DSC04449.jpg" width="237" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I still need to wear a long coat though coz the wind was kinda strong.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOxtfwavI/AAAAAAAABGQ/epVmItLzCu0/s1600-h/DSC04455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOxtfwavI/AAAAAAAABGQ/epVmItLzCu0/s400/DSC04455.jpg" width="230" /></span></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOzi58n9I/AAAAAAAABGY/2JDBRxe8bug/s1600-h/DSC04456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SOzi58n9I/AAAAAAAABGY/2JDBRxe8bug/s400/DSC04456.jpg" width="217" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But of course, I didn't go out that long. I'd still be freezing if I stayed more than two hours outside. I just walked a couple of blocks and bought something to eat then headed back home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">****<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">AWARD</span></span></b>****</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am extremely happy and deeply honored to receive this lovely award from </span><a href="http://thetrendyfashionista.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Trendy Fashionista</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and Imogen of </span><a href="http://tia-cherie.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tia Cherie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2RyJ8atBxI/AAAAAAAABFY/67hzEFGNh8U/s1600-h/kreativ+blogger+award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2RyJ8atBxI/AAAAAAAABFY/67hzEFGNh8U/s320/kreativ+blogger+award.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These are the rules I need to follow:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1-Make a post on my blog about 7 things people don't already know about me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2-Pass the award onto 7 other bloggers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3-Leave a comment on each of the blogs I'm giving the award to.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4-Thank the person who gave me the award.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5-Fill out 5 of my favorite fashion items.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RULE #1</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. When I spell Wednesday, I have to say </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WED-NES-DAY</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">silently</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in my head.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. I usually use </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">cellphone</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">see in the dark</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Before </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">going to bed</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, I start </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">imagining</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> things that I would like to happen to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. I delete the entire </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">password</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> as soon as I've spelt a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">single letter</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> wrong.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. I </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">stay in the shower</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> longer than I need to, because it's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">too cold</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> when I get out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. When I find a song that fits my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">current life situation</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, I listen to it </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">24/7</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hate it</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> when I </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">accidentally</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> hit tHE CAPS BUTTON.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RULE #2</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gilbert</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://gandagilbert.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Fashion Dreamer Stories</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eden</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://chicinthetropics.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chic in the Tropics</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Charlie</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://heartcharlie.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Heart Charlie</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gabi</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://fashionlove-gabi.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Series</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mike</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://toxicdiscoboy.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Toxic Disco Boy</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tanja</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://tannascloset.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tanna's Closet</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Madi</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://starsandunitards.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stars and Unitards</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RULE #3</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Consider it done.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RULE #4</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you so much, </span><a href="http://thetrendyfashionista.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Trendy Fashionista</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> for passing this award to me!!! Don't forget to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">visit her trendy blog</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> where you can find everything you need to know about fashion. I'm sure you'll leave with something to smile for when you do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thanks a lot, </span><a href="http://tia-cherie.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tia Cherie</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> for this award! This chic lady from Australia will doubtlessly brighten up your day with her impeccable panache. Do visit her blog and be inspired!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">RULE #5</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dresses</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. How I love being a girl.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Belts</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. I love how belts can pull together an outfit like magic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cardigan</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. It's a must have for a stylish layering in winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Denim Shorts</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. I just find it so comfy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Boots</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. If there's one thing I love when it's cold, it's this.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">****<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">LOVE STRUCK</span></span></b>****</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(...because it's February)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SWI3xRn5I/AAAAAAAABGw/xchbGMQAgug/s1600-h/tumblr_kw7wetKtni1qzw8fho1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2SWI3xRn5I/AAAAAAAABGw/xchbGMQAgug/s640/tumblr_kw7wetKtni1qzw8fho1_500.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cried.. *sniff*</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com92tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-28763304845273468042010-02-01T13:32:00.001-05:002010-02-01T15:54:59.446-05:00Dear February, you are here again.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Where did January go? Boy, was he in a hurry? Love month is here... The thought of it made me smile. I am always a fan of love and happily-ever-afters. I am thinking right now of blabbing about love stuff, but I am compelled by my sanity not to. So I'll just share this page from Vogue February 2010 that I love so much. To the object of my affection (and yours): <b>fashion</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UIsDTB7nI/AAAAAAAABHQ/wos7avdAIWE/s1600-h/sc0073135d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UIsDTB7nI/AAAAAAAABHQ/wos7avdAIWE/s640/sc0073135d.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This really made me smile to my ears.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Speaking of poetry, I would also like to invite you all to check out the new blog of my friend, <b>Barry</b> of <a href="http://life-in-quotations.blogspot.com/">Life in Quotations</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://glasswall-heartsounds.blogspot.com/">The Glass Wall</a></span>. His new <a href="http://glasswall-heartsounds.blogspot.com/">blog</a> showcases his passion in writing. I am such a huge fan of poetry. I can spend a day just reading the works of William Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, Edgar Allan Poe, etc. Now I have Barry to add on the list. Read one of his poems and I won't be surprised if you'll be reading the rest of it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Honestly, I really don't know what to post that fits this whole February love thingy. And no matter how I wring my brain to get the creative juices (which I believe I scantly have right now) flowing, it's not working. I'm just reminded by one of my favorite Bible verses:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #001320; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #001320; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,</span> not to awaken love until the time is right."</i></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #001320; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">-Song of Solomon 8:4 NLT</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #001320; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #001320;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And how funny I am wearing this pjs right now.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UMS0fbBJI/AAAAAAAABHY/JEor4s14_9o/s1600-h/DSC03451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UMS0fbBJI/AAAAAAAABHY/JEor4s14_9o/s640/DSC03451.JPG" width="292" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UMbaF1yJI/AAAAAAAABHg/Z1cB3H0F8mQ/s1600-h/DSC03458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UMbaF1yJI/AAAAAAAABHg/Z1cB3H0F8mQ/s640/DSC03458.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just wanna clarify that I don't mean what I wear. Okay, maybe a little but... LOL. Whatever, good night everyone!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lastly, congratulations to <a href="http://couturecarrie.blogspot.com/">Couture Carrie</a> for winning the <a href="http://herarmoire.blogspot.com/2010/01/yay-for-giveaway.html">giveaway</a>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">****<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">LOVE STRUCK</span></span></b>****</span></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(I thought of ending my posts throughout February with love snippets.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UNyaIFaNI/AAAAAAAABHw/HwTH55r9EFs/s1600-h/truluvwaits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2UNyaIFaNI/AAAAAAAABHw/HwTH55r9EFs/s400/truluvwaits.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-62521812068565561702010-01-29T13:36:00.004-05:002010-01-30T13:36:12.571-05:00happy pill overdose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JX_y-JC9I/AAAAAAAABBI/lG0q54Cpl84/s1600-h/happiness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JX_y-JC9I/AAAAAAAABBI/lG0q54Cpl84/s640/happiness.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">is...</span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...seeing how my Mom and Dad love each other.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Jii-2rWQI/AAAAAAAABBY/hKOEAJQ7Izo/s1600-h/mom%40dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Jii-2rWQI/AAAAAAAABBY/hKOEAJQ7Izo/s400/mom%40dad.jpg" width="308" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They show me that happily ever after is real. Yes, it may not be like the one that consists of fairy godmothers and talking teacups, but it's real.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...goofing around with my brother.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Jiqk-MCDI/AAAAAAAABBg/unZ9bjFGKzY/s1600-h/chikette259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Jiqk-MCDI/AAAAAAAABBg/unZ9bjFGKzY/s400/chikette259.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">By goofing I mean ten minutes of yelling followed by a second of silence that kicks off jaw-locking laughter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...good times with my girls.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Ji9gQjICI/AAAAAAAABB4/fuj_X9YzZo8/s1600-h/13642_104863916193341_100000091992297_128156_7416021_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Ji9gQjICI/AAAAAAAABB4/fuj_X9YzZo8/s400/13642_104863916193341_100000091992297_128156_7416021_n.jpg" width="311" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Heaven knows how I miss them so bad. You can check out the rest of the photo shoot </span><a href="http://herarmoire.blogspot.com/2009/11/playful-afternoon-with-girls.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...the combination of fun, sun, and sand.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Ji6EvyWbI/AAAAAAAABBw/iA7C0H77TtU/s1600-h/4e+graduation+escapade+079_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Ji6EvyWbI/AAAAAAAABBw/iA7C0H77TtU/s400/4e+graduation+escapade+079_3.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wow, I just realized I haven't been to the beach in ages.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...a trip to the zoo.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjHPzn5MI/AAAAAAAABCI/Wj0fI1RGlUo/s1600-h/DSC02339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjHPzn5MI/AAAAAAAABCI/Wj0fI1RGlUo/s400/DSC02339.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know it sounds childish but I really have this chirpy feeling whenever I'm in a zoo. I always stand in awe whenever I see strange-looking animals. When I get home, my cheeks usually hurt from smiling the whole time I was the zoo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...pizza.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjbY8vNJI/AAAAAAAABCw/qtRaU6SbyIs/s1600-h/DSC09803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjbY8vNJI/AAAAAAAABCw/qtRaU6SbyIs/s400/DSC09803.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I love how convenient it is to eat a pizza. Everything I want is there--lots of cheese and the taste of tomato. How I love tomatoes. As a matter of fact, I have slices of vine tomatoes and mozzarella cheese on my table waiting to be devoured right now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...serving God alongside with friends.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjWIM7jFI/AAAAAAAABCg/ynah4xQci6A/s1600-h/1_933692831l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjWIM7jFI/AAAAAAAABCg/ynah4xQci6A/s400/1_933692831l.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If there's one thing I look forward during summer, it's this. This was the last youth camp I had back home. But whenever I think of it, I smile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...a scary story time with cousins.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JuVzrevkI/AAAAAAAABDA/XLLh5Cn933Y/s1600-h/kwento+ni+harby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JuVzrevkI/AAAAAAAABDA/XLLh5Cn933Y/s400/kwento+ni+harby.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No matter how I try not to listen, I always end up as the one who scream the loudest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...a surprise.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Jurc7mevI/AAAAAAAABDg/NLiyk3hq_eQ/s1600-h/DSC02724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Jurc7mevI/AAAAAAAABDg/NLiyk3hq_eQ/s400/DSC02724.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My girls threw a surprise farewell party for me. I couldn't describe into words how happy I was that night. They planned it so well that I really didn't have the slightest hint about it. It was certainly the night I will never forget.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...having time to clean the house like there's nothing better to do.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Ju2_6pTQI/AAAAAAAABD4/8kYO1VNlx9k/s1600-h/DSC02289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Ju2_6pTQI/AAAAAAAABD4/8kYO1VNlx9k/s400/DSC02289.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Isn't it a joy to clean the house not because it looks like a thousand hurricanes came inside but because you just wanna have something to do?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...traveling.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjVVOlxSI/AAAAAAAABCY/xpwhr5RPpgk/s1600-h/DSC00089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjVVOlxSI/AAAAAAAABCY/xpwhr5RPpgk/s400/DSC00089.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But of course. But sometimes it's a pain in the ass figuring out how to fit your whole closet in a tiny luggage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...doing nothing but enjoying every minute of it.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JuvHqvQWI/AAAAAAAABDo/MqIYagi_rD4/s1600-h/DSC02265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JuvHqvQWI/AAAAAAAABDo/MqIYagi_rD4/s400/DSC02265.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Being a sloth once in a while is not a bad thing. Or is it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>...a cold treat under the August sun.</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Juyw4FMkI/AAAAAAAABDw/PKfnZwzYsjg/s1600-h/DSC01400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Juyw4FMkI/AAAAAAAABDw/PKfnZwzYsjg/s400/DSC01400.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Something sweet and something cold is a bliss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...lifting someone up.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JulKaJp5I/AAAAAAAABDQ/07Md5W9dLK4/s1600-h/chikette251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JulKaJp5I/AAAAAAAABDQ/07Md5W9dLK4/s400/chikette251.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happiness is not only something you have but also something you give.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...a hug from my best friend.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JulzQx6aI/AAAAAAAABDY/uQq84fUbNC0/s1600-h/~kiNg~168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JulzQx6aI/AAAAAAAABDY/uQq84fUbNC0/s400/~kiNg~168.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This was the night before I left the Philippines. I cried so hard I can barely talk. I thank God my best friend was there. Without him, I honestly could have died in sadness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...a long table filled with foods and surrounded by my favorite people on earth.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JuiWmzI4I/AAAAAAAABDI/Ki7hLxAUUwQ/s1600-h/DSC01625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JuiWmzI4I/AAAAAAAABDI/Ki7hLxAUUwQ/s400/DSC01625.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Family reunions are the craziest time of the year. When the whole clan comes to town, the party never ends.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">...shopping.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J3AtrJjQI/AAAAAAAABEA/qFZLXcrpLNg/s1600-h/DSC04015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J3AtrJjQI/AAAAAAAABEA/qFZLXcrpLNg/s400/DSC04015.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Duh. Needless to say.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...walking (in this case, sitting) along the streets of NYC.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjC_K5f5I/AAAAAAAABCA/osTAG-0i5Sg/s1600-h/DSC01187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjC_K5f5I/AAAAAAAABCA/osTAG-0i5Sg/s400/DSC01187.JPG" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What can I say? These streets make me feel brand new. =)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">...found in God.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjadFYf1I/AAAAAAAABCo/D3lmFKqQ6hs/s1600-h/pis26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JjadFYf1I/AAAAAAAABCo/D3lmFKqQ6hs/s400/pis26.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He is my happiness. (</span><a href="http://nycprayer.org/?q=what_is_prayer_in_the_square.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Prayer in the Square</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">was an event where thousands of people representing multiple denominations, races, cultures, ages, social and economic backgrounds gathered to pray in the middle of Times Square in New York City.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J6-6Kv58I/AAAAAAAABEo/5p_b-tTRe80/s1600-h/1468021Pursuit-of-Happiness-Posters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J6-6Kv58I/AAAAAAAABEo/5p_b-tTRe80/s320/1468021Pursuit-of-Happiness-Posters.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These are 20 of the countless things that make me happy. I actually made this post in adherence to the <b>Happy 101 Award</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JYBpce7jI/AAAAAAAABBQ/x-uElPF6i3U/s1600-h/MandysAward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JYBpce7jI/AAAAAAAABBQ/x-uElPF6i3U/s320/MandysAward.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This award was given to my by lovely <b>Toni</b> of </span><a href="http://perfumedredshoes.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Perfumed Red Shoes</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, gorgeous <b>Fian</b> of </span><a href="http://phie-emotions.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Phie Emotions</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, <b>Diane</b> of <a href="http://dianefreedom.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Diane</span></a>, and stylish <b>Novita</b> of </span><a href="http://novitaristiana.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Novita Ristiana</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. (<i>Thank you so much sweethearts for sharing this award with me!</i>) If you haven't checked these amazing ladies out, please do so. You'll surely miss a lot if you don't.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For this award, I should list down 10 things that make me happy (which I already did) and pass this on to 10 fabulous bloggers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So now, I want to pass this award to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Karyn of <a href="http://frenchcharming.blogspot.com/2010/01/talent-envy.html">French Charming</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dye of <a href="http://color-dye-mode.blogspot.com/">Color-Dye-Mode</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Elaine of <a href="http://clothedmuch.blogspot.com/">Clothed Much</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mel of <a href="http://chinkygirlmel.blogspot.com/">ChinkyMel's Corner</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Chinchin of <a href="http://chinchinngo.blogspot.com/">Chin's Little Secrets</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eleh of <a href="http://full-clothes.blogspot.com/">Come Thrifting With Me</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rebecca of <a href="http://www.reesemikaela.blogspot.com/">Etcetera</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alexa of <a href="http://iamalexa.blogspot.com/">I am Alexa</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kookie of <a href="http://kookiekulasa.blogspot.com/">Kookie Kulasa</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Krissy of <a href="http://krissyfied.blogspot.com/">I am Krissy</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J64jREzHI/AAAAAAAABEI/5TBzKtuUah0/s1600-h/jh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J64jREzHI/AAAAAAAABEI/5TBzKtuUah0/s320/jh.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Barry</b> of </span><a href="http://life-in-quotations.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Life in Quotations</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> also passed me this <b>Happy Award</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J-QWzpYRI/AAAAAAAABE4/PXHPot7usmA/s1600-h/happy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2J-QWzpYRI/AAAAAAAABE4/PXHPot7usmA/s200/happy.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am so honored to receive this from someone who is truly inspiring. If you wanna see life in a brighter perspective, you should visit his blog. I guarantee you, you will not leave his page without a smile on your face. He has a special way with words that will surely tug your heart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And oh, this award also comes with listing 10 things that make me happy (hence I listed down 20) and passing this to another 10 wonderful bloggers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I would like to pass this Happy Award to:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Marie of <a href="http://lemondropvintage.blogspot.com/">Lemondrop Vintage</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Denise of <a href="http://denisekatipunera.blogspot.com/">Denise Katipunera</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Marz of <a href="http://marznoventa.blogspot.com/">Insights</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Michelle of <a href="http://michelle-city.blogspot.com/">MIchelle City</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Melanie of <a href="http://melanielikes.blogspot.com/">Melanie Likes</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jennifer of <a href="http://jenniferfabulous.blogspot.com/">I Know, Right?</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Veren of <a href="http://veren-emon.blogspot.com/">A Little Princess</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jessica of <a href="http://fascinationdrop.blogspot.com/">Fascination Drop</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Andrea of <a href="http://shewilldressherself.blogspot.com/">She Will Dress Herself</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jasmine of <a href="http://thevirtueofstyle.blogspot.com/">The Virtue of Style</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JX9nIiriI/AAAAAAAABBA/gdEgxPHWh3M/s1600-h/happiness-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="65" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2JX9nIiriI/AAAAAAAABBA/gdEgxPHWh3M/s200/happiness-2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Oh lastly, don't forget to enter my giveaway </span><a href="http://herarmoire.blogspot.com/2010/01/yay-for-giveaway.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to win one of these:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Mp0BaaS3I/AAAAAAAABFA/dVHmoGtc4Xc/s1600-h/pixels-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S2Mp0BaaS3I/AAAAAAAABFA/dVHmoGtc4Xc/s320/pixels-2.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-8843783183553429562010-01-26T22:11:00.004-05:002010-01-26T22:23:35.053-05:00the science of fashion and the art of falling<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I watched </span><a href="http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tyra Show</span></span></b></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> yesterday and it was awesome. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They were talking about </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Science of Fashion</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"</span></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. I learned a lot of cool things that I wanted to share to everyone--the best outfit to wear to get that perfect job, or the perfect guy. I don't know about you but I really think seeking scientific answers to women's fashion question is really savvy. It may not seem to make sense but when </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Andrew Trees</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, Tyra Show's go-to science guru, broke down the formula behind, it actually DOES make sense. I hope my memory won't fail me as I try to list down what I brushed up.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">party or club...</span></span></span></b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Studies show that men are attracted to red. It exudes confidence and portrays your fun-loving spirit. If you're going to a party, club, or bar and you want to meet someone new (for whatever reason), go red!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">job interview...</span></span></span></b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I know, I was also shocked. But the reason behind is to show your serious and sophisticated side. It gives the impression that you are in control. I think it also depends on what job you are applying for (that's needless to say). Of course, adding a statement necklace would be great to make your outfit stand out hence making it easy for your employer to remember you.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">FORM-FITTING DRESS</span></i></span></b></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The trick is not on what you reveal, but on what you conceal. A form-fitting dress is perfect because it's not too much for him to handle. And it's better not to wear a solid black, be a little playful with the color or pattern. The science guru also added NOT to bring big purses because it shows that you are bringing a lot of baggage. Not a good notion.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The bright top attracts the gaze and the black pants always looks great on women. Again, nothing too revealing. You wanna keep that interest fired up.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is classy with a little dose of sexiness in it. It's not cheeky and it definitely sparks up your appeal. You can bring with you a shawl or something to cover-up during the ceremony. And when you're in the reception, you can loose it and have fun meeting your own Prince Charming.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The reason actually is the association of plaid with the past. It's that school girl in you that will spur anyone's remembrance of the good old times. It will surely give your quarterback ex a round trip ticket down the memory lane.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really forgot the science behind this. Boohoo! It's in the end part of the show and I'm not paying attention anymore. Personally, I really don't put a lot of thought to what I wear when I go to the grocery. But as Coco Chanel said:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”</span></b></i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And oh, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">one more thing</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, last weekend my friends and I went ice skating at Bryant Park's The Pond. It was the last weekend of the rink I think. We had fun!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, I fell on my butt. If you'll look closely to that photo on the right side above, you'll see the white spot. The photo was taken right after I fell (and I brought my brother down with me, look at the side of his pants). No time to get rid of the evidence. After more than an hour of going around the rink, I can't still find my balance. I'm not the most athletic person you know, I can barely put my foot in front of the other in a 'normal' ground. Let alone ice skating rink. So yes, if there's one thing I mastered, it is the </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Look how beautiful that fountain earlier this January when the temp was way down.</span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com92tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-8209856872467900432010-01-23T15:52:00.000-05:002010-01-23T15:52:42.893-05:00yay for giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello hello hello lovely friends! Weekend's here! What will make our weekend more exciting than a giveaway? I am so honored to host an amazing giveaway from the generous people of </span><a href="http://www.moremailboxes.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mailboxes</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://www.csnstores.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">CSN Stores</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. They have the greatest stuff you can find online-from furniture, home improvements, housewares to bags, shoes, and luggage. You should totally check it out.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This bag is perfect for everyday use. The aesthetic front flap design added that extra chic points.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Don't we all need a bag that can give us all the space we need?</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.everywallclock.com/Nexxt-SN1414BB-INT-NXX1099.html"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Nexxt Snooze Wall Clock in Black</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really find this clock cool! This is my first four words when I wake up. Isn't it yours too?</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I saw this, I know I just need to include this as an option. It's because of the picture I tumbled on </span><a href="http://dazzlingbetz.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tumblr</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...for an entry, leave a <b>comment</b> stating <b>what item you want to win</b>.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...don't forget to include your <b>e-</b><b>mail</b> or <b>website link</b>.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...be a <b>follower</b> to have two entries (please tell me if you're already a follower).</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...<b>post this giveaway</b> on your site for an extra entry (send me the link through a comment).</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The giveaway ends on <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">January 31, 2010</span></b>.</span><br />
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<a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-33608374428149553002010-01-20T18:29:00.007-05:002010-01-20T18:39:34.829-05:00oh, italy<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">People always dream of a faraway land different from where they are. To most, it's New York. But for me who's already here, I dream of Italy. I really don't know why but maybe because of the food (when it comes to Italian foods, who cares about carb???) or maybe a part of it is influenced by Casanova. All I know is ever since I'm a child, I always dreamt of that place. And I hope one morning I'll wake up finding myself there. Until then, the occasional walk at NYC's Little Italy should suffice.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While my friend took this photo, I was inside a store. Of course, I didn't go out empty-handed. I went home hand-cuffed with this sweet thing. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I bought this for $10, and I think it's really overpriced. But I can't go home thinking "</span><i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I should have bought it!</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">", so I thought I need to buy it for my sanity's sake. </span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm so blessed that I'm surrounded with real and sweet people here in blogosphere. You have no idea how these awards mean to me. Thank you so much lovely ladies!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Rica passed me three awards. How sweet is that? If you haven't been to her blog,<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://sassyrica.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sassy Rica</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">, you've been missing a lot. It's not just because she's my friend, but that girl got style. Seriously, check her out.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wanna pass this award to amazing bloggers who always make my day. Your blogs are so inspiring. Thank you so much for drawing a smile on my face with your lovely posts.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://ahautemess.blogspot.com/">A Haute Mess</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wanna pass this award to these beautiful ladies. These ladies breathe fashion and they fly with style.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://justbuit.blogspot.com/">Annabu</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wanna share this award to all of you. All of you inspire me. What a great joy it is to know you. =)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was lost for words when Nina passed me this award. Coming from my fashion icon herself (yes, you are Nina!), this really means a lot. Visit </span><a href="http://ninaballerinaclosetobsession.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ballerina's Closet Obsession</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> once and then you'll find yourself checking it back everyday. And her sweet personality shows in her perfect panache. Nina owns a closet every woman would kill for. And oh, if you visit her blog, prepare a towel or napkin because I'm sure you'll drool over her shoe, bag, and jewelry collection. If you forget, don't say I didn't tell you.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wanna pass this award to ten amazing bloggers:</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://adaisychaindream.blogspot.com/">A Daisy Chain Dream</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://adaisychaindream.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://awifescharmedlife.blogspot.com/">A Wife's Charmed Life</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://awifescharmedlife.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://beneaththecrystalstars.blogspot.com/">Beneath the Crystal Stars</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://beneaththecrystalstars.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://zarnasrunway.blogspot.com/">Zarna's Runway</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://zarnasrunway.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://higher-than-heels.blogspot.com/">Higher Than Heels</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://higher-than-heels.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://whatwouldanerdwear.blogspot.com/">What Would a Nerd Wear</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://whatwouldanerdwear.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://weweredamsels.blogspot.com/">We Were Damsels</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://weweredamsels.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://gizellefaye.blogspot.com/">Vanilla Ice Cream</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://gizellefaye.blogspot.com/"></a><a href="http://fabulousiseverywhere.blogspot.com/">Fabulocity in Amish Country</a></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I also thank lovely Marta for passing me this awesome award. This lady is gorgeous beyond words. Take a look at her on her blog, </span><a href="http://meencantamiropa.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I Love My Wardrobe</span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. When you do, I'm pretty sure you'll be inspired. Her style is epic.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am tasked to list seven things I love to do, this should be easy...</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. I love to read books. And I read books like there's no tomorrow.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. I love to watch Disney shows like Wizards of Waverly Place, Suite Life on Deck, etc. (except Hannah Montana)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. I love to watch Knicks games. But not as much as I love to watch the Yankees.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://quirkyexplosion.blogspot.com/">Quirky Explosion</a></span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://denisekatipunera.blogspot.com/">Denise Katipunera</a></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://london--rose.blogspot.com/">London Rose</a></span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://childhoodchalk.blogspot.com/">Sidewalk Chalk</a></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://cosmicaroline.blogspot.com/">COSMICaroline</a></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://dianefreedom.blogspot.com/">Diane</a><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-48804708864946013982010-01-18T00:41:00.000-05:002010-01-18T00:41:30.564-05:00out of my mind<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have you ever had those days when you totally don't have any idea what to wear and you just put on whatever your hands touched out of a wandering mind? Today was one of those days. And for whatever it's worth, I don't think it's that bad.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyways, thank you so much for your super encouraging words for me about driving. It boosted my enthusiasm in going behind the wheels. I got my learner's permit already (yay me!) and watched the 5-hour mandatory video (I barely made it; it's like a lullaby on a rainy night). So tomorrow's the real thing... I gotta sleep! Sleeping while learning how to drive is not a pretty scene.</span><br />
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<a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-2141636696248712962010-01-15T14:19:00.000-05:002010-01-15T14:19:47.276-05:00drive me not<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">How's everyone doing? I was quite busy these past few days working on my learner's permit for driving and other stuff. I haven't been behind wheels my entire life (does Wii wheels count?). I'm used to having my dad (or somebody else) drive me before. Of course I always have the trusty metrocard or if not, I'll just hail a cab. Since I can live here without a car, I really didn't bother going to a driving school before. But now, circumstance is forcing me to go and get a license because I'll be working out of the city. It's exciting. It should be easy, right? It's not that I need to balance (a skill I don't have) or what. I have a mixed feeling about it. Please pray for those who will pass my way while I'm driving. =)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Moving on, I saw Giles Pre-Fall 2010 from </span><a href="http://www.wwd.com/fashion-shows-reviews/fashion-designer/giles-8175/giles-pre-fall-2010-2411245/?src=facebook#"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">WWD</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and just thought of sharing this to you. The collection has a fresh perspective of making everyday things grand.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I love how the garments are structured yet the soft draping gives every piece that perfect balance. My favorite is this fitted coatdress:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The bronze leather really oozes that edgy mysterious look with a little sultry touch.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lastly, here's an overdue outfit. The hat and gloves really pop. I love playing with colors in winter. Why blend in if I can stand out? These photos show how I drown in the ocean of blacks.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have great weekend everyone!</span><br />
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<a href="http://s515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/?action=view&current=glow-8-1.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t354/dazzlingbetz/glow-8-1.jpg" /></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561127976746823818noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2757179727399366420.post-2799607175743598242010-01-11T00:13:00.003-05:002010-01-11T00:15:06.799-05:00the night belongs to Valentino<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Phantom of the Opera is my favorite broadway show ever. I can watch every night and still drop a tear or two whenever Phantom cries hearing Christine and Raoul sing. There's nothing worse than unrequited love, don't you think? Wait... actually, there is. When you see that perfect dress and you want it so bad you need it BUT your size, by some curse of nature, isn't available. Worse, I know. =)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyway, I'm out of the topic... So yeah, I watched Phantom of the Opera with my friend. To my excitement, I forgot to recharge my camera. It didn't make it by the time we're in the theatre. I only got this photo to immortalize that moment.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So here's what I wore. It doesn't look like it but that's actually five layers without the coat.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To finish up the outfit, I went to get my coat but then something led me to check out my mom's time-forsaken coats with such unexplainable anticipation of finding a treasure. And I did. I saw a long coat (perfect for a chilly day) hanging. When I checked its size, I gasped as I read "Valentino" and "Made in Italy". I was like, no way... no way I'm not gonna wear it. Then I called my mom why didn't she tell me about having it. She said, "<i>Oh, I forgot</i>". Uhmmm Mom, you don't forget Valentino. It perfectly fits me, like it's made just for me (and my mom, before). The moment I laid my hands on it, Valentino and I became one.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We moseyed along 5th Avenue before heading to the theatre.</span><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This Bergdorf Goodman's window display spoke to me in ways that connect my love for fashion and fantasy. Fashion, after all, is a fantasy. I just have to share this. Bergdorf always have that window display that could stop me whenever I pass by.<br />
</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S0qiMWE7PhI/AAAAAAAAA24/0fG2U6WquI4/s1600-h/DSC04191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S0qiMWE7PhI/AAAAAAAAA24/0fG2U6WquI4/s640/DSC04191.JPG" /></span></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S0qiQUuyW-I/AAAAAAAAA3A/W83mS7rU2yA/s1600-h/DSC04192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iAC56TV4SQ8/S0qiQUuyW-I/AAAAAAAAA3A/W83mS7rU2yA/s640/DSC04192.JPG" /></span></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For the last time, I took a picture of me with that tree, again. And on the side note, the wind makes me feel like I'm wearing only one layer. Pictures just can't hide it.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wish everyone a great week ahead!</span><br />
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