I debated whether to post this through my fashion or beauty page, but here it is since I feel like I'll involve a lot more fashion talk. Let's get into that -->
is This is one of these beautiful bags I just can't help but keep talking about. But there a long story.
So I was browsing through school supplies (I know the time was that ancient) and this backpack found a large gap to fill on my wishlist - for about a month, as it felt.
Despite my loud remarks at family dinners where I fill the silence with how I'm focusing on the "quality vs. quantity" shit and constantly describing this bag (I got to a point where I had to flash its picture across the dining room, but apparently they're all convinced I'm "praising" the designer or something). Like NO ONE understood that I needed this bag and that I'm politely begging for it instead of 13-year old me: You have to get me this. You have to.
Anyway, when I got my hefty monthly allowance from my mom (which is supposed to be for my Hulu Plus, website domain, Evernote account, Todist...) and we were at Forever 21 I asked her what she thought of the bag, and she was like "its for these street-hip weird-is-cool kids" and I said but you love Chanelly things. In her humble opinion, this item has nothing to do with her second favorite brand except its desperate and obviously failed attempt to imitate original style. Now you know where I get my tendency to overdo words from. So I left her at Victoria's Secret and came back with two! Two Chain Strap Zip-Front Backpacks!
I bought my mom's little (16-year old) sister one because I loved its quality and every detail.
However, this situation was the first where I truly believed that my mother and her sister could actually possibly be linked through bloodline. They can disagree on socks. I was so frustrated when my aunt called me to let me know that it was too small for anything of hers (which is not rude as you might think, we are besties). Aaannnnddd I overdid it again, as no post is really mine without some overdo.
But if she'd download all her textbooks and important stuff on her iPad like me she wouldn't feel like this backpack is tiny. Speaking of which:
So I was browsing through school supplies (I know the time was that ancient) and this backpack found a large gap to fill on my wishlist - for about a month, as it felt.
Despite my loud remarks at family dinners where I fill the silence with how I'm focusing on the "quality vs. quantity" shit and constantly describing this bag (I got to a point where I had to flash its picture across the dining room, but apparently they're all convinced I'm "praising" the designer or something). Like NO ONE understood that I needed this bag and that I'm politely begging for it instead of 13-year old me: You have to get me this. You have to.
Anyway, when I got my hefty monthly allowance from my mom (which is supposed to be for my Hulu Plus, website domain, Evernote account, Todist...) and we were at Forever 21 I asked her what she thought of the bag, and she was like "its for these street-hip weird-is-cool kids" and I said but you love Chanelly things. In her humble opinion, this item has nothing to do with her second favorite brand except its desperate and obviously failed attempt to imitate original style. Now you know where I get my tendency to overdo words from. So I left her at Victoria's Secret and came back with two! Two Chain Strap Zip-Front Backpacks!
I bought my mom's little (16-year old) sister one because I loved its quality and every detail.
However, this situation was the first where I truly believed that my mother and her sister could actually possibly be linked through bloodline. They can disagree on socks. I was so frustrated when my aunt called me to let me know that it was too small for anything of hers (which is not rude as you might think, we are besties). Aaannnnddd I overdid it again, as no post is really mine without some overdo.
But if she'd download all her textbooks and important stuff on her iPad like me she wouldn't feel like this backpack is tiny. Speaking of which:
purchased them both in our family trip to Kuwait and am so glad I did. The texture of both is just what one would find at Kate Spade. Now our next purse essential (yeah I bet you kind of forgot that's what I'm talking about today):
Thank me later! Now you don't have to worry about mixing which eye's which and plus these are super cute! Sorry if you don't wear contact lenses. I don't. I hated scratching my eye every single morning so I quit after a month of free Halloween costume eyes (a zombie makeover to be exact). So these are the glasses I've been wearing for a year and a half (only after a year with them did I notice one of the sticks says "cute as a button" on it. Sorry for subjecting you to my inaccurate description of "sticks").
They are not like directly form the Bebe store itself, but are certified/not fake....I think they were like a couple hundred dollars, not too expensive for prescribed glasses. And I am guilty of only wearing them once a month because I feel like I'm carrying something on my face as a burden. IDK...
Another purse essential!!!
Another purse essential!!!
I can't find the exact kind of Cetaphil I carry around when I'm out (a really small, almost lip gloss sized that came in a Cetaphil-everything starter kit.) You guys know I love the company and have a few giant bottles of Cetaphil moisturizer and cleanser at home.
Anywayz, what do you keep your lotions/creams in on the go? Victoria's Secret actually gifted me tiny leopard print pouch because of a miscellaneous purchase but it doesn't fit all my necessities so I bought this!
Anywayz, what do you keep your lotions/creams in on the go? Victoria's Secret actually gifted me tiny leopard print pouch because of a miscellaneous purchase but it doesn't fit all my necessities so I bought this!
In places like Forever 21 and Victoria's Secret, you can definitely count on finding the most adorable makeup bags but I've learned form years of leakage (I wore a teense of blush everyday - okay, I admit it, I looked like a clown, in the 6th grade) and stains and nastiness that we all need a black little purse for this kind of stuff. Even though nothing I carry now can cause damage, but still. So now all I carry in this pouch is lip balms:
a long-lasting mascara: | and a mini secure bottle of my favorite perfume right now, Juicy Couture's Viva La Juicy So Intense, which I bought from a stand in the mall (as it was: a mere sample) and loved it so much I went and purchased the big fancy bottle and kept refilling the tiny one from it. Other than these things you guys know I don't like to sport that much makeup, it's way more comfortable like this. I went through a middle school phase where I HAD to carry a pink purse with my backpack to school (I was way too young!) and I also made sure to always have a leopard print wallet in there. I was bullied more than you can imagine for this, which encouraged me to go the extreme level and get a sparkly bow-shaped purse from Claire's in 6th grade + a very fluffy rainbow colored wallet from Justice. Boys asked me if I'd skinned my cat, and then I'd start this heart-to-heart tragic blabber series where I wailed about me not being allowed to have any animal pet except fish since my nasty brother was born and his asthma was no joke. Well now look how chic and brother-loving I am. What phase did you survive? |
My lovely grandam bought me this wallet 'cause that lady knows everything I love, and I take SERIOUS care of this. It's way too beautiful.
This might be a lot of stuff to carry in your bag (thank God I don't need to carry a deodorant too - Secret 48-hour protection) but I end up using everything which is hard to believe. I know but just go with it. The next "necessity" - or nah - I take with me when I go to the mall or anywhere else fashion-industry-interactive:
YES! I design jewelry!! And make them. BTW don't worry they are not all Dolores Umbridge Chic, I just can't find the blue, creme, and amethyst collections (probably at my grandma's house) so here's all I've got for now. Hope they look as impressive as I feel. ;o)
Also, right now I send them through the post office to where y'all live, which you don't have to pay for if you frequent this blog.
Also, right now I send them through the post office to where y'all live, which you don't have to pay for if you frequent this blog.
NEED I SAY MORE?!?! In fact, I currently have 3 in my bag. Watch them empty by the next hour.
The number of times teachers caught me with my mouth stuffed with this is embarrassing.
rose gold but when I bought these I decided need a bit more hologram in my life - I did. I love this set so much and am considering it my Christmas present to me. You guys know I am obsessed with I wore the headphones to a library the other day and a little boy kept looking at them, I couldn't help but LOL. How could someone like little him find something to stare at on these headphones? Let's not make this post even longer by discussing my fabulous new B&BW sanitizer. xoxo Aristocat |