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J*DaVeY-



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Nia Andrews

Priscilla Renea

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Salvation Army I LOVE You

Yesterday I visited my favorite store, Salvation Army. Wednesday's are "Family Days" i.e. everything is half off...Yes 1/2 off! --- at a thrift store.

I will list some of the things I got over the next week.

I was able to find 5 great dresses, a leotard, soft Tee, 2 sleeveless tops and some awesome A. J. Morgan shades! All for $25!

I've been cutting, trimming; altering a bunch of stuff! 

CHECK OUT THAT PATTERN!!!! --- I'll keep you guessing to what it is...

Life has been calming down a little... dare I say.

COmment & Follow

xxxxxx

Words of Wisdom

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? - Marianne Williamson

Hello My Name Is--- I'm Baaackkk

It's Been Quite Some Time . . .

So, I've totally missed all of January on this thing... Can't lie, I was recently invited to LookBook and haven't been writing, but then again I haven't uploaded any recent pictures to LB either... It's just been that kind of month. 

I'm sitting in my dorm, watching my roommate try to cool off her laptop so it stops shutting off on her  =]

Lol.

It's rainy out, just one of those days. Listening to music on shuffle as usual. 

I'm not sure what to say, just that I'll try to get on here again and start writing. It's a good way to keep in touch with my family, so they know what's been up.

Hello My Name Is: Time Management 

Conquering The City

Today I realized that I have succeeded in the [one of the many] impossible. I have created a community, my community in The City. The Big Bad City... NYC. In a matter of months I have created a norm in a city with little norm. I have found regulars in a city with few regulars. I found a pathway through thousands of streets. I am now at peace with this city.

When I came here at the very end of August I had no community. I had a school, with no one recognizable, I had streets to get lost in, with no familiarities, no regulars. It was enticing, but more than that it was terrifying! I wanted to run back to my norms. And in a way I did, every weekend, I ran back to Philly on the $20 roundtrip 'China Busses'.

Somehow I started to stay a couple weekends. I switched roommates and felt more at home. All of the parents kept saying "Don't worry, by the end of the winter brake you'll want to go back." I couldn't believe them. Now, although I am not sure I'll want to be running back to school work and a second semester, at least I'll have something to come back to.

I've made friends that may last a lifetime. I walk to class and recognize people; the security guards, the man who owns the stand (who gives me free food almost every day now) on the corner of my block, the doormen to a couple of apartment buildings, students that attend my college.

Wearing: Little Black Dress (H&M $ around 20), Black Sweater (H&M $10), Silver Microfiber Tights (Calvin Kein $12), Red Boots (Eternity Fashion $ around 70), Black G-Shock (online $ around 40).

Hello My Name Is: FINALS!!

Brrr---It's Getting Chilly

I believe I have a coat fetish, I have about eight right now, and thats just in my dorm, which is a shared room and is about 12'x12'... i.e. a closet. It has been pretty cold out so I've switched from my makeshift army green, fur collared, semi warm coat to my gold lamé and white faux fur reversible (!) winterish coat [pictured above].  I wear the fur in the inside... don't worry. 

I have my last busy week this week. Three 10 page papers, some journal entries and a hebrew final. Surprisingly I am not really stressing that much, I am looking forward to my longer than a month brake though!

Plans for the brake:

1. Maho Bay! Yes, I'll be getting my island fix between Christmas and New Years.

2. My birthday! New Years Eve...no plans yet.

3. Family & Friends time.

4. Sketching and doing some D.I.Y. designing. 

& photo-shoot with Asha Kati.

5. Possibly driving to North Carolina...again...don't ask.

6. Single life, ...fun... (catch the sarcasm, I'm working on that).

7. Catch up with some old friends, party, shop, relaxxx...

I fell asleep last night with another one of my feelings of enlightenment, they seem to be more and more normal lately. But just as a note to myself, my real No. 1 plan for my brake is to love and take care of myself, its really been a long semester and I deserve this. I want to keep going to the gym, eating healthy, start and finish projects, do things that make me smile and keep people around me that really treat me well and add to my happiness.

P.S. Probably go back on FB after this week, just clean it of anything unnecessary and limit my use.

Hello My Name Is: 5 Days till Brake!

Broken Phones & Window Shopping

[old photo]

Listening to Kid Cudi (/ iTunes on shuffel) * if I die today the last thing you remember won't be about some apple bottom jeans with the boots with the fur * - Cudi

Broke my phone this week... Not so nice, but what can you do.

I actually broke it when I tripped and fell walking around NYC, my first trip in The City. Tripping is actually a huge fear of mine... self conscious thing I guess... It wasn't a bad trip, my phone was in my hand and I caught myself with that hand and broke the screen.

I never laugh at people when they trip.

I was showing my best friend around The City and we were window shopping down Broadway in SoHo, I decided that over my [longer than a] month brake I am going to do some designing. As you may already know I am a strong supporter of thrift stores, especially the Salvation Army at my corner! Who can not like getting D&G, Armani, vintage Neiman Marcus, Hilfiger blazers and much much more all for no more then $10. So, over brake I'm going to DIY/alter some clothing I grab at cheap thrift stores and make it totally in style... Some things I want to recreate:

I'll just save up a little, head to some art/sewing supply stores, maybe order some studs from Studs And Spikes and get started.

Hello My Name Is: D.I.Y.