once again, 'cause I can

How about a blog post to welcome my birth month? Yuhz?! :) It suddenly came to me that I've been neglecting my goal of posting OOTDs here on the blog so I rummaged through my files and voilaaa! Hehe! But honestly, I'm just trying to make it sound easy but nahh, far from it actually. I didn't even take outfit shots anymore after I've posted this and that's mid last year pa! But fortunately, I managed to find some decent photos and with a little cropping here and there, they're good to go. Me thinks at least. 

So let's do this just like the way we did it last time. You still with me? First photo was taken way back May 2013. Oops! We went boxing twice that month and this was a part of our post-session vanity. On another news, I'm missing the sport already. Care to go boxing with me? :)

Fast forward July, I met up with my college girls at Eastwood for our long overdue catching up. Donned an all Forever 21 girly girly outfit which happened to be perfect for a photo op with Sam Milby. I kid you not, it was my first photo with a celebrity. Blame Lia!

Then this one was from September. Visited lolo at Sanctuario de Paz in celebration of grandparent's day. Dana and I enjoyed the lush greenery, no doubt! And in case you haven't noticed, I have a thing for cemeteries. Such a creep, eh?

Novembeerrrrr! My favorite month from last year, along with May of course! Tin invited me for dinner and I finally decided to take my leopard print blazer out for a spin. I haven't used it since then. The verdict? Way too many clothes for a professional bum, ergo, must.go.back.to.work. Noooo!

Another favorite outfit from the aforementioned month. The skirt was new at the time, that's why. Hee! Wore it to Tiny's birthday celebration at Bulacan. You have to let me go though with the kabag bump {read: malaking tiyan} because I was suffering from hyperacidity then. Forgiven? :)

Next up: Holiday Outfits! We always make it a point to dress up for both Christmas and New Year because we're a family of camera whores, err, except the boys maybe? The girls, on the other hand, kind of abused mommy's Christmas tree as a backdrop. A girl's got to do what a girl's go to do, and yahh know it!

Then, we finally made it to RiverCreek farm. Yayy! We felt like hacienderas posing just about anywhere, the tractor being our favorite. I brought my Boracay hat also to add to the whole farm feel but the evil sisters snatched it from me. I wore my cap instead and it was a blessing in disguise; I almost forgot I used to love baseball caps back in the good ol' college days. Nuff said.

The next month, I met up with more college buddies at Pearl Drive. I was tiis ganda as usual, pushing for my royal blue blazer to be put in use. Yieppp, no matter how muggy our weather is! :P Also, the month of February re-launched my addiction to huge fancy rings and then later on to knuckle rings. They're still my current obsession and again, it's my birth month. You get the point? ;)

Then there's this all blush outfit that jump-started the awesome month of March. I accompanied Jhov in her regular shopping -- I'm officially a shopping assistant now -- but of course, that's after our little celebration at home for Papi and Yags. I wore shoes, in case you missed it. We all have to ditch the slippers sometimes, you know? :P

 

Another celebration for papi 'cause we love him that much! ❤ And despite the fact that I'm not into dresses lately, I just had to wear this one {points to the photo} because somewhere along the way, RUST has become my favorite color. I even announced it over Twitter para DIBSSS! Hehehe!

And then we're back to Rivercreek! We stayed there for almost a week to look after our nephew as his mom gave birth to our newest darling, Xana. I brought my favorite LBD 'cause I knew it's impossible not to squeeze in a little pictorial. Not to brag or whatever, but you see, I was right. :) I even had a hard time stopping myself from posting yet another photo from this set on Instagram. Flooderrr!

 

Still from March -- I told you it was an awesome month -- was this red and white ensemble I wore for another family day. Not that this was my first foray into the world of red&white but this particular one catapulted that obsession. Check out the next photo to get what I mean. Gawdd, I get obsessed so easily.

Case in point B. I told you the red&white ensemble has got into my head. It definitely sounds trouble to me 'cause I have more pieces of those colors in my closet. Uh-ohh! Anyway, this particular photo was taken when we visited lolo again at Sanctuario de Paz. And can I just say that I have so much love for this photo? Props to the sister for snapping away while I was ceaselessly laughing. ❤

And now, we've reached the point where I'm obliged to apologize for this lengthy post. Hehe! You have to understand that these photos must land this blog's OOTD label by hook or by crook. OC freaks unite!!! 

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the magic of fancy rings and nail paints

Just thought of stating the obvious -- I've totally gone bonkers {again} over fancy rings and boho nail paints. I can only imagine my Instagram followers nodding in agreement. Hehe! As they say, "The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of things, they simply appreciate what they have." Or at least something to that effect! Hahaha basta! My point is, it's just a matter of perspective, folks! Now that I can't go places, splurge on clothes or buy whatever {because I still can't freakin' work, but I'm still a-awesome, ok? :P}, I find bliss in the cheapest of cheap things. See? A new shade of polish, or another set of knuckle rings for that matter, and I'm solved! But of course, it isn't all about the beautiful tangible things, people; there's this equally amazing intangible ones too aka the love of yerr family and the shallow -- yet fun, if you'd ask me-- stuff you do together. Blabbed 'em HERE, by the way. So I guess I'm good. Yes, yes, I'm good! :)

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say it with me, oh-oh-tee-deeee

Heeey! Have you noticed? I'm obsessing with my OOTD posts. Obsessing yet again, goodness gracious!

I made it a goal to post more OOTDs this year but unlike before that I simply add the tag "ootd" in posts with decent outfits, this time I'll make dedicated posts for them. You like that better, don't you? Less messy that way. God, I hate mess!

Before we continue, I'd like to warn you that through out the first half of the year, I used and abused the gold strappies I got from SM Department Store for just a little over three hundred. Did I hear you say, great find?

Moving on, first photo was taken during New Year's eve. We had customized shirts with the Incredibles logo but changed to Incrediborbs, hence the capital B. We are cool people like that! Hahaha!

Next two photos are from our Nuvali trip. I especially love the first ensemble because I've been wanting a matchy matchy blazer and floral shorts since the start of the year. I'm happy I got it a little early.

And then here's what we call as Sunday dresses. We wore this to the mall surprisingly. We're usually too lazy to dress up when we're our destination is just 9 peso away. I guess change is good once in a while. Watyathink?

Then the outfit I wore to my father's 63rd birthday. The floral cardigan is one of my favorite closet staple but to my horror my sister burned it while ironing. Uggh! And please don't think I bully her into ironing my clothes. NO! She borrows stuff from me, that's why! Hey, baby sister! You've got to be able to shop for me in the future.

The lazy outfits I told you a while ago? Here they are. I'm a shirt&short kinda girl when it comes to malling. With malling, I mean I'm usually alone {or with my sister} doing errands. But when I go out with my family or friends, I see to it that I dress up a little. For photos sake, perhaps?

Next, my outfit when Tin and I finally caught up. We're close friends, I'd like to think. But due to the fact that we have totally different interests {fashion and travel versus volleyball and other sports}, we rarely get the chance of being together. Anyway..

The dressiest among all these is surely the next photo. Wore it to an interview I was half-hearted about. Later on, I realized I want to enjoy this bum life longer. Although at this point, I'm seriously thinking of going back to work. Boo!

Speaking of dressy, can I just say I looovvee dresses? Sorry sa ipinilit na connect, but really, I love dresses to bits. Having said that, here's another take on the girly girly look. Sported this during my niece's birthday celebration. As always, I almost didn't change to my swimming attire because I'm making the most out of my outfit. Hahaha!

Let's go to another mall outfit. I  ditched the shirt in favor of a spaghetti strap - cardigan combo because it's a family day. Or better said, extended family day. My sister and I went with my cousin's family and his wife's cousin for the latter's send off. 

Last set of photos are from my Ilocos trip, which by the way I haven't blogged about because I haven't gotten the photos from my friends. Malapit ko nang makalimutan ang mga ganap sa totoo lang. :P

First one are selfies I snuck from the Malacañang of the North. That's my outfit for the first day of the trip spent in Ilocos Sur.

Second day's outfit. I wore a simple ensemble because we had to trek somewhere in Ilocos Norte before this Pagudpud stop. Look at how tan, okay dark, I've become. Eeep!!

Still second day's outfit.  I changed to this baroque dress after dipping in Pagudpud waters. It's a little big for me at that time but I already had it altered. Haay, the downside of being petite.

Lastly, my outfit back to Vigan. It's a vintage dress perfect for Vigan's vintage feel. You agree?

Wheeew! That was pretty long. I seriously hope I didn't bore you to death. I'm sorry if I did. I just had to do this to cross off Goal # 24 Take more OOTD shots. I'm one happy but hungry girl now. Let's have lunch? :)

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old ootd's

Tossing old ootd's I found while rummaging through my local. I posted them on Facebook before, apparently I forgot to do so here. They were taken back when I was still living in Eastwood.. and oh, working for Accenture. Shizz, I miss working already.

Aztec on Aztec, Why Yes?

Casual Fridays

 Halloween Outfit

 Laces and Cross

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fashion fevah

More headless outfit shots for y'all! xD Photos with better quality brought to you by my dear pana-pana. ♥ Inspite all the chaos and struggles, fashion is one thing I won't ever give up. As they say - stressed, depressed but well dressed. Yay, that's me! Only that I'm getting better day by day. :)

girls got to color block

aztec love, my current addiction ♥

matchy-matchy skirt and top

bluer than blue

formal on a Friday

  

another addiction, feathers :)

off to the mall

off to the mall yet again?

on a rainy day

That's all folks! When I get more inspiration from the universe, I'll blog about another goal that just got ticked off. More good vibes, puhleeasse. x)

Imma visit your blogs latuur, I missed the blogging world. :')

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ootd photo dump and some secrets revealed

Oh yes! Oh yes! I have some little secrets to reveal today. You ready? Yes? Ok, good. ;)

Did you know that I made it a goal to be able to come up with four blog posts a month? Hahaha! I know it's silly to set a goal like that 'cos you shouldn't really be forcing yourself for something that's supposed to be just an outlet.. a past time.. But oh well, silly people do silly things, sooo.. ♥ And obviously this is just my third post for the month so cramming ang lola nyo. Let's make this quick because aside from the fact that I haven't eaten my lunch, this post is just an OOTD photo dump.

don't you just love my animal print scarf?

 wearing my favorite blue floral cardigan.♥

rawwwr

animal print yet again

 

and then some floral top

   

lastly, the kid at heart wearing bo bob =)

I know I said "secrets". Secret in its plural form, meaning more than one. Hahaha! Grammar lessons, anyone? xD Anyway, have I told you I created a Tumblr account? That little island in cyberspace will no longer be a big secret because I'm revealing it today. The universe {oo, universe talaga} can see it now 'cos I seem to be reblogging happy stuff now. Goodbye, emo girl na ko. So presenting, ladies and gentleman {drum roll please}.. my tumblr account!! http://lifeisamesss.tumblr.com. I'd love it if you can stalk me more over thuuurr. ♥ :) Got to go, tumbling muna ko sa kusina namin. ;)

Update 07.12.2013
Tumblr URL changed. Secret for now. I'm crazy, I knooow. :)  

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