DAYBOOK {inspired}

So pretty much I LOVE this blog! If you haven't seen it before, be sure to check it out! My little sister Carly and I both read it and decided that we should do some "daybook" inspired pictures...so here they are: (keep in mind, it was about 35 degrees outside and the smog was so thick you couldn't even see 2 houses away, we were shooting for about 5 minutes total)

Jeggings: F21, Shoes: Forever Young, Black cover: Charolette Russe, Belt: Thrifted, Lace Cami: Wet Seal, Silk top: Lauren Conrad

Instant Gratification

Dear Santa,

I really want this,

MAMIYA RZ67 PRO II Medium Format Film Camera PackageKit

Includes Prism Find

er, 2 Lenses, 3 Film Backs & More

Starting bid: $749.00

Buy now: $900.00

{But}

I would settle for this just as well :)

Fuji Instax 210 Instant Film Camera (Uses Instax 200 Series Film FJF0476) 15950793

FJF0793

LCD control panel displaying focal distance and film count
Programmed electronic shutter, 1/64-1/200 sec
Automatic flash for low-light shooting
Two-range selectable shooting options: 0.9-3m and 3m-Infinity

Price: $63.95 {here}

So that I could take picutures like THIS

What's on your Christmas wishlist?

xoxo

Obsession

So...pretty much I have an obsession with scarves!

I love love {Love} looking at scarves, buying scarves, and commenting on other peoples cute scarves!

Here are some really really cute pictures I found from WeHeartIt of scarves

P.s. What are some of your obsessions?

xoxo

I {Love} Photography

Just posted a long post on my photography blog please see:

www.brbphotography.blogspot.com

Thanks! xoxo

Blizzard

So, once again...we had another "winter storm watch" this time I was not as fortunate as last. I had to drive in it to get to work... I leave my house to get to my job at 315am so it was not bad going out, due to the lack of cars on the road :) but coming home the roads were terrible! I was not going any faster than 25mph the whole way home! For all of those people who like to go fast in the snow...more power to you. Just don't hit me when you spin out and loose control of your car. (Because I have done that before and it sucks)

I came up with this great idea though! I decided that I better put my hazard lights on so that people know that I am driving like a grandma. Guess what?! It worked! People slowed way down when they got close to me, rather than plowing right by me when I didn't have my hazards on :)

Anyway, tip of the day: if you like to drive really really slow in the snow put your hazards on so people know in advance that you are driving super slow!

Drive carefully out there!

xoxo

Rehab

So...I have a confession to make....I am not very proud of it...but I will tell you anyway. I am addicted to buying M.A.C Makeup...It's a terrible terrible thing. Today when I got off work at 1045am I decided "Oh! It's Black Friday, I should go shopping! :)" .......bad idea... I went to Fashion place mall in Murray and right as I walked into Nordstroms I knew it was a terrible idea! I should have turned around and gone home as soon as I slipped on the wet floor when I walked in! haha! But, no... I went directly to the M.A.C counter as soon as I got to the counter I approached some lonely employees standing around bad idea #2 I decided to talk to one of them. She continued on in the conversation and this is about how it went: " Can I help you find anything today, sweetie?" Me: " Actually....I am just looking for some loose setting powder (which I was) " Ashley (the M.A.C girl) "oh well let me find some for you, have a seat in my chair" (bad idea #3 never sit in the chair! ) Ashley then continues on to take off the make up I have on and tells me all these nice things about what I can do to help my skin, blah, blah, blah...this is where I get lost in how amazing she is making my face look when I look in the mirror for the first time.

She ends up talking me into buying {so} much more than I went in there for. Sigh.

Do any of you have this problem?

P.s. Happy Black Friday

xoxo

Wordless Wednesdays

I got this idea for doing "wordless Wednesdays"

from a wonderful blog I follow: http://jamiemjenkins.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy this pictures I found via { www.weheartit.com }

Snowed in

Wow, what any amazing day it has been thus far! Who knew getting snowed in could be so much fun!? My family and I decided to celebrate Thanksgiving today...because they are all leaving to go to the Cape tomorrow morning and I have to stay here and work!

I love. LOVE the fact that I do not have to work today...first reason is that it is a {blizzard} outside and we have been advised to stay off the roads at all costs!

Second reason is that my adorable niece Sophia is here to celebrate Thanksgiving with my beautiful pregnant sister Amanda!

Third reason is that I love just hanging out in the house, cooking all day (actually...watching Amanda and my Mom cook all day...haha) smelling all of these amazing scents, starting a fire and seeing the cat (Carmel) lay by it all day long! Playing play-doh with Sophia and having her say things like "Ellla-fent" and "Uh-oh" (when she dropped the cookie cutters on the floor) Also I love the fact that we have an excuse to do all of these things! ( not that we would need one anyway...but it's just nice to have one) The excuse would be that there is a HUGE blizzard going on right now outside! It is supposed to be the "Blizzard of 2010" or "the equivalent to hurricane Katrina for Utah"

Anyway...while I was snowed in I got side tracked looking at http://www.weheartit.com/ and found some things that I liked! Hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I did!

Xoxo

So cute!

This reminds me of Canada! I love Canada!

There are no words ! :)

Love this! The pose, the hair, the outfit! So cute!

Barnes and Noble

Fashion:

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”- Coco Chanel

Barnes and Noble + Australian Vogue + Rain = THE greatest thing in the world :)

All the places you'll see....

15 Nov 2010 Lots and lots of fish at Haunauma Bay, my family and I decided to go snorkelling for the day. Trust me, once you finally get all the gear on and figure out how to not touch the coral...it's worth it! hahah



14 Nov 2010
On my Birthday after driving up the North shore and stopping at the Japanese Temple we stopped at the Dole Plantation and had their famous "Pineapple Whip" it was really fun!



14 Nov: On my birthday it was my wish to visit this really amazing Japanese Temple close to the North Shore, we got there and I got pooped on by a bird! I guess that means good luck?...

15 lNov

Hanauma bay: This is where we went snorkelling! Isn't it beautiful? We saw so many cool fish, after we finally figured out how to snorkel, it was worth all the trouble!

14 Nov

After seeing the Japanese Temple we stopped and watched some surfers on the North Shore! It was so cool seeing people who are so talented!

-I hope you like the little descriptions of what I've done the past 2 days! Have a wonderful night!

xoxo

The rest is history....

We are back from the beach and I have to say, my feet are killing me!

We have walked everywhere today! Let me finish with what we did last night though. We got to the car and Carly and I went for a 2 hour walk all the way down to Waikiki beach and back to our hotel. It was amazingly beautiful! The sunset was perfect, the weather was amazing, everything was just so picturesque! I love paradise! :)

When we got back from our walk, mom, dad, car, and I all went to Red Lobster and I got Clam Chowder and Coconut Prawns with this amazing Pina Coloda dipping sauce!! ;) It was really good! (Sorry I talk about food so much....that is just something my family does a lot)

13 Nov 10

Today was so amazing!! I woke up at 6am and just chilled in the hotel room, and got ready to go to the beach!

First though, we went to breakfast at the most AMAZING place! It's called: Marimoto (yes for those of you who watch Iron Chef, this is his restaurant) Mom and I split the eggs benedict! I kept thinking I would get immune to the amazing taste going into my mouth, but every single bite was just as good or better than the one before! haha!

After breakfast we walked down to the beach and staked out a place and Carly and I went on this little Aqua-Cycle, it was SO fun! I loved it! :) Here's some pictures

After we spent a half an hour or so out in the ocean on this Aqua-Cycle, we went down to Waikiki and walked around the International Market. After that we just came back and chilled at the pool, while we were there, we watched a photoshoot go on...We figured out the girl that was getting shot was the first Victoria off of Twilight! Cool huh?!

Anyway, Enough of my boring stories! I am so happy to be here in Hawaii right now! Tomorrow is my 20th birthday, and I cannot believe I am not going to be a teenager anymore! :) YAY!

Next time we talk I will be 20 :) xoxo

The EDITION

Yesterday was crazy, to say the least! I woke up at 3am and went to work at 330...I worked from 415am to 10pm. Right at 10pm I met my family and we went upstairs to get on our flight to Honolulu Hawaii! :) Fast forward to landing time......We finally landed in HI after 6 hours of flight time, then we had to wait 30 minutes to retrieve our luggage. After getting our luggage we had to wait in line to get a taxi to come to our hotel!

Let me tell you...It was the funniest taxi ride I have ever taken in my entire life! Our taxi drivers name was Kim Lam and she was Vietnamese, these are some of the funny conversations we had in the car: Kim "Where are you guys going today" Dad: "The Editon Hotel on Waikiki" Kim "The diditon?" Dad "No, the Edition" Kim "oh! The additon" Dad and Mom: " no, no, no the Edition" Kim "oh, oh, okay, the traditon" this conversation went on and on until Mom finally told Dad to just look up the address and give it to her.

Meanwhile...I had a conversation with her that went like this...Me: "so you're Vietnamese, do you drink Boba Tea?" Kim: "Robot Tea?" Me and Carly (laughing our heads off at this point)

While all of these funny conversations were going on she was trying to make her way into Waikiki in Friday rush hour traffic. Randomly she would just burst out in laughter and say "quick, quick, quick, quick, quick..." I guess she was in a hurry? haha

The funniest part of the whole thing though was that she had the most contagious laugh I have ever heard in my life, and she would laugh over anything that we said. It was so funny! I loved it! After a 40 minute taxi ride, we finally made it to the hotel and were greeted by some very handsome belhops in white button down shirts and grey sweaters! So cute! Here's a look at the Lobby of the hotel:

Then while Dad was checking us in to the room, this beautiful male brought us cold hand towelletes and Lemonade, with Cilantro in it. (which was amazingly refreshing) After that we went up to the room and were amazed at the beauty of it all! (This hotel just opened 5 weeks ago, so it's very modern and beautiful!) Here's a look at the room!

Beautiful huh?

Anyway, I have to go to the beach, so I will write later about what all happened that night....Talk to you later! xoxo

"Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Delta flt 1105 service to PARADISE" :)

At this very moment I am on a airplane flying to Honolulu, Hawaii! :) I am so happy with my life right now, I can't even explain....wow.

Right this second I am sitting on the plane next to 3 of my best friends, including my best friend Carly :) Watching Eclipse and drinking Cran/Orange Juice! ;) haha! That's all for now...I will write more when we land! xoxo

Fog

This past month i've been in sort of a fog...I don't really know how to explain. . .

Define: In a Fog, Preoccupied, not paying attention; also, at a loss, confused.

It's basically just like I've been walking through life,
but not really soaking in what's been going on around me.

The best way I can explain it is paralleling it to fog.

It moves in and out but never really sets into anything,
just floats along the surface.
I believe all of this is due to my lack of a social life.

My life consists of wonderful friends/coworkers, a wonderful family, a wonderful job, a beautiful house... from the outside my life looks amazing.

From the inside though, I feel all if something is missing.

I have considered many reasons for the diagnoses of my problem. The only thing that I can come up with is my lack of a social life. I got a taste of this "piece of something missing" the other day, it was amazing and fun and exhilarating, and spontaneous all at the same time.

I loved every minute of it. Now that it's gone now...I know what's missing and my body longs for that excitement again.

Here's to the start of a new day! xoxo

Let's go to the Beach! :)

Escape

Life, comes and goes...
people fade in and out, as the waves of the ocean...in and out, and in and out,
back and forth, and back and forth.

Sometimes life is amazing, and sometimes life just coasts right along like a subtle stream running smoothly over the many rocks at the bottom.

My life has been running as a stream smoothly and consistently for about 19 years...suddenly, it's time for me to make a change, time. to jump, time to fall off the water fall.

Where will I land?...

Where will I go? ...

Which path will I take? ...

What happens next? ..

Stop, think...take a breath, take a break from the world that surrounds me.

Escape from this place just for a second and then come back and face it.

Back and forth, back and forth.
Over and over, the cycle never ends.

Sometimes I get scared,
worried, and frightened at what might happen next.

But, then I stop and think....Everything will be okay,
everything is going to be okay,
everything is okay.

Take a break, take some time for yourself and get out of the world for just a few seconds...


you deserve it.

Escape.