First Day of..... ?!?!?!

Last week marked the first day of school for many people all across the country. I have nieces and nephews in elementary, middle and high school as well as the baby niece/nephew both entering Pre-K for 3 and 4 year olds!!! Both my oldest sister and sister-n-law sent my pictures earlier in the week of the little ones all smiles for their first day!! It was just too darn cute for words!

It feels so weird not going back to school for the first time since..... forever?! LOL Although I haven't started my dream job yet I'm just glad to be working! I'm actually in the process of finding a 2nd job cause I have debts to pay off and money to save up.... and frankly one part-time job just wont cut it.

I'm going to have to find some hobbies to start up on since I'm not in school. If its one  think I simply can not stand, its being bored! School always kept me busy, essays, reading, studying. So with that chapter of my life closed its time to find things to capture my interest. I have seen a few cool DIY projects on pinterest that I'm interested in doing... but that probably wont happen until late September/early October. [speaking of October... is it too early to think about Halloween and costumes? Yep, my mind is already there for some reason *shrug*]

Any of you ladies have any cool/fun hobbies you'd like to share??

D.I.Y. projects

image from google

About a month or so ago I saw a video on You Tube about how to make your own nail polish rack. Considering I have a slight addiction to nail polish I definitely intend on making my own rack soon. So when I do I will definitely be posting that!!!

I really want to start doing more DIY type projects so i have been reading new blogs scoping out Pinterest and watching YT videos.

Do any of you have any great DIY projects that you like??? All suggestions are welcomed =)

Total Recall..

Even though I'm only 26 years old, I very well remember the 1990 version of Total Recall. I distinctively remember being 5years old and watching it with my family.... and then getting in trouble for cursing like one of the ladies in the movie!! So when I first heard about the remake a few months ago I was worried. More often than not remakes haven't been living up to the original films, especially when there is a 10+ year gap between the two films.

One main thing I noticed about new Total Recall movie is that too often it tried to make references of the original yet it didn't quite fit with the tone of the remake. To me the scenes seems forced as though the remake was trying far too hard to live up to the awesomeness of the original and it simple did not work. The acting wasn't too bad... the plot of the movie made sense to me; my best friend however was confused in the beginning partially due to the fact that she had never seen the original. The beginning kind of started off without much explanation so unless you had see the 90s version, you were for sure going to be a little confused.

So have any of you seen Total Recall?? What did you think?


1990 Version



2012 Version

Shoe Wish List

So in the last week I have done a LOT of walking around downtown Seattle. During that time I noticed there are dozens of retail shops, and I've peaked inside a few! Now since I have not started working yet it's not a good idea for me to carelessly buy every cute item I see. So what I have decided to do is snap pictures of various cute clothes/shoes that I see or try on.  Below are just a few [or half dozen...] pairs of shoes I'm come across that I absolutely LOVE but really can't afford/don't need to buy right now. Let me know which pair you like best!! And yes I'm aware the tag with my shoe size is visible in many of the pictures... I have pretty long feet *shrug*

black and white plaid flats- ROSS

brown suede flats- ROSS

pink and white plaid flats- ROSS

Cheetah print rain boots!!! - Macy's

Coral heels, its prob 3 inch heel - Macy's

Lace/ cream color heel- Macy's

sequin with flower detailed flats- ROSS

gray flats- ROSS

silver/glitter heels. After looking at them again
they look a little cheap but they were cute! - Macy's

Home Sweet Home?

So I've been in Seattle now for 5 days and I'm liking it! The weather has been perfect despite all the "It rains a lot!" warning I got before I moved. I leave the boiling Lone Star State while it was in the high 90s and came north west to high 70s- mid 80s!!! I'll take that! Me and my roommate/best friend have done some sight seeing, went to one of the nearby malls, and in true tourist fashion i HAVE been taking pics :-D

Or apartment is nice... close to downtown, and right next door to a 24hour fitness [hello hot guys]!!! The more I venture into the city and do more sight-seeing I'll be sure to post it all here. 'Til then.. later!

Pike Place Farmer's Market -- way bigger than the FMs in Los Angeles

The original Starbucks! [Seattle was the birthplace to Starbucks]

The infamous Space Needle. Soon I'll take a trip to the top of that bad boy!

Hiatus from Social Networks

So a few weeks ago I decided to take some time away from using social networks. NO twitter and NO Facebook. It dawned on me that I'm wayyyyy too connected. I hardly ever put my phone down and I probably tweet and update statuses more than I actually talk to people. And that's going to change asap!

I remember a time when I was way more social with people, called 'friends' made plan to go out etc etc.... Lately that hasn't been the case at all. My social media break actually did me some good. I still chatted with the same few friends and spent time with my fam but i honestly had more time to get inside my own head... More time to just think. I realized how insignificant those social networking sites are.... You get so wrapped up in the non-sense people are posting or what a celeb is saying/doing that you forget what really matters! And i actually found time to read some more of 50 Shades of Grey =) not too bad of a book so far [I'm on chapter 21]

Friends vs Associates

If you ask the average person I'm sure they would tell you that they have a ton of friends. But in actuality, that's a lie! Granted the average person may KNOW OF a lot of people but that wont automatically make each individual your friend. I know because I've reached that point in my adulthood where I am fully aware that I will meet people, hang out with people but those "people" are not my friends.

Friends have your best interest at heart, friends are sure to NOT exclude you from plans or deceive you about what the event plans may be. Since moving to Texas I've met many new people and reconnected with people I called friends back during middle school and early high school. Amongst doing so I've realized there are 2 people here I can truly call a friend and of those 2 they don't have the time to go out as much as I like to go out. =( Soooo it makes weekends kind of boring if  I get off work early or if I'm off all together and want to go out somewhere and literally have no one to go out with. A very sucky life for a 26 year old!

The idea of this post came to me yesterday  a few weeks ago. A "friend" had planned an outing, invited me to said outing then changed plans and didn't really update me on what the current plans were going to be. In fact when I inquired about the plans at the beginning of the week the "friend" was very nonchalant or even unsure if the original plans would stick.

Yea for like 10 minutes I was a tad bit upset that this person couldn't have just been up front but that's just how some people are from time to time. I take it as a sign of who my true friends are. Besides, I won't be in Texas too much longer so the new connections to people I've made won't matter much after a while.