New Stuff

Hello all,

Happy New Year! If you have read my blog before you know that I have been trying to reinvent myself and my image. With that means buying new stuff! I bought a few new things as of late and I’d like to share them with all of you.

Oh and just so you know, I really didn’t feel like modeling anything. Just saying.

New boots! These are the boots I basically raided the internet for. I initially saw them on MakeMeChic.com and fell in love with the $18 price tag. Unfortunately, I they are only available in a 5 and a half. Lord knows that I could never dream of even attempting to squeeze my foot into that size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But by the time I saw them I couldn’t not have them! Honestly I was surprised at myself as I am not usually one to like this kind of boot. I search all over the internet for this boot in grey (according to my searches they came in two other colors) and a size 8-10 depending on how they were constructed to fit.

I found the boots all over the place but most sites had them in a size two small or in a color I didn’t want. As you may have or will notice, I’m picky. Eventually, I came across a bunch of reviews for the boot on some website. I think it was QVC who had stopped selling the boots but yay for me, the reviews were still there. A bunch of women were saying how much they loved the boots but the the size they would normally get in another pair of shoes were too big on them in these boots. That right there was a glimmer of hope.

I went back to Amazon, which is where a lot of my searches led me to in the first place and found the boots in the color I wanted and a size 8. I figured What the hell? If they don’t fit then all I have to do is return them. Even though I would hate to have to do that in the first place. The only downside to this was that I had to pay $34.99 with $10 shipping. That’s honestly not bad at all but you all should know by know that I’m cheap.

So as you can now tell, I HAVE THEM!! And thank God they fit perfectly. One half a size smaller and I would have had to return them. And by the way, don’t these boots completely go with this bag??

Before this big thing though, my family and I were at the mall on Christmas eve and even though we went there for last minute gifts for other people, everyone was treating themselves. My mom got new jeans, my grandmother got a new shirt, my sister got…. something. I forgot what but it was most likely some type of clothing and my brother got a new racecar type thingy.

My mom always feels bad when some of us are left out so she basically forced me to find something I liked and buy it. I made my way to H&M and got these two tops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first top fits more like a snug mini dress. It says “DIFFERENT COLOURS ALL BEAUTIFUL SAY NO TO RACISM”. That was the reason I saw it. As soon as I read the shirt I knew it was mine. I also liked that there was a “U” in word “color” which made me happy because it reminded me of my mommy. She’s born in London, England.

After getting on the extremely long Christmas eve line I figured Am I really going to check out with only one item? So I tried to look at things around me that might interest me, but the store was a mess and all the things I saw weren’t in the right places. So I got off the line. It was moving pretty steadily and I figured I could get back on and not have to wait to long. So after trying to find a bunch of sold out tops, I came across this green one. First off, I’m not the biggest fan of green so there isn’t much at all in my closet. I don’t want it overrun with purples, teals, and other shades of blue, so I figured that the color in itself would be a good addition. It’s also a really fluttery top. It’s the kind of top that has those sleeves that are attached to the actual top so when you move your arms you look like a flying squirrel. Yeah, it’s one of those tops. It’s cute I promise! My description doesn’t do it justice.

Lastly, I was again at the mall and I’ve seen these for a few days and I left the mall without buying them. I had to go back after a few days.

 

I love these earrings! I usually hate the ones that are huge and pull down your ears and after a few years you have little slits for piercings. That’s a pet peeve of mine. I think it looks so disgusting and makes me want to smack people.

I bought them and wore them to see how they would look and of course they pulled down my ear lobe. And I don’t have piercings that are really high up on my ear lobe so my poor ears wouldn’t last too long before the earrings pulled all the way through.

There are a bunch of things that are supposed to help support earrings though. Those earring backs with the discs on them are supposed to help support big earrings and there’s this thing called Lobe Wonder that’s supposed to support the earring in un-torn lobes and fix the appearance of torn ones. I haven’t used it but I’ve seen great reviews about it. I might buy some to try and use with these with my new earrings.

And just so you all can see just how big these earrings are, here’s a very bad picture of me with them on. I used my phone and it was really late in the car and all that so sorry the quality sucks. I don’t have the longest neck ever and they reach my shoulders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, that’s all the stuff I’ve bought within the last month or so. I hope you all like my lovely “sense of fashion”.

Kori

Quote of the Day: “If it wasn’t meant to be eaten it wouldn’t be shaped like a taco.” – I don’t know who said this, but my boyfriend told me that once and I love it.

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My Boyfriend’s Anniversary Gift!

Hello all,

Let me start off by saying Happy Holidays! I hope everyone’s holiday season is going well and you all are able to be around those who love you! I might do a blog about my gifts but that’s another story.

I kept saying I wanted to post about this since I did a blog about my boyfriend’s gift to me. I basically made him a book of all the reasons I love him. I used a website called LoveBookOnline.com. It’s basically a website where you can make personalized books to your loved ones. You can make a book for any occasion. There’s even a page on the website that shows different occasions you can make a book for and samples of books when you click on that occasion.

I made a book for my anniversary (obviously) and the process really isn’t that hard. All you have to do is make an account (for free) and start!

1. You pick and customize the cover of your book. Pick between a hard cover book or a paperback.

2. Pick your pages. You can choose from a list of pre-made pages to start off with or choose a blank page to start from scratch. You should also pick your genders. For example, if you’re a girl like me and giving a gift to your boyfriend like I did, you’re going to want to pick “Female to Male”. If you’re a guy giving to a girl, a girl giving to a girl, or a guy giving to a guy, you pick your respective genders. This changes the cartoons on the pages to conform to those genders.

Each page can have text and pictures. Even though everything in the book can only be black and white, it’s so adorable. The text font looks causal and all the pictures are in stick-figure form.

3. Preview and Buy. You have to have a minimum of 20 pages but after that, you can preview your book and have anything you want there anywhere you want it. The paperback book is only $29.95 and the hardcover is only $44.95 before shipping and other stuff.

So lets get to my book! I bought a hardcover book that had 54 pages. It had the zombie apocalypse themed cover (there are tons of covers!) and it was just filled with all the reasons I love him. I’ll show a few of the pre-made pages I used and then some that I did completely from scratch. The only thing I added to these pre-made pages is hair. We aren’t bald so… yeah :P

Pre-made Pages:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Custom Pages:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn’t it cute! Sorry about the shadows at the side of the pages. I screenshot these from a preview of my book because I don’t have it now. My boyfriend does. It’s certainly worth the price and when it comes, it actually looks like a real book. The book has really good quality and it ships really fast. There really isn’t much of a reason not to get a Love Book and I will certainly be making more.

Kori

P.S. I’m going to update the post about my boyfriend’s gift to me with images of the card he gave me.

Quote of the Day: “I love when you’re yourself.” -My boyfriend <3

 

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So Umm…. About That…

Hello all,

I really need to get something off of my chest. It’s been bothering me for a while now and I can’t seem to keep it in any longer. It’s just too hard to deal with and I think it’s time that everyone know the truth.

So if you’re a friend of mine on Facebook you’ve seen my relationship status change. Many of you were shocked at the news and wanted to know what exactly happened. This blog is to inform all of you. Just to let you all know….

JUST KIDDING!!!!!

Me and the boyfriend here have wanted to play a little prank like that for a while. He’s actually sitting right next to me as I type this. It seemed like the perfect time to do it too. I just changed my last name to his on Facebook, my mom called him her son-in-law this morning, our one year anniversary just passed and it’s so close to Christmas.

This was a great way of seeing who really cares about me and Mathew and the welfare of our relationship. Thanks to all of you who spammed us wondering if we were ok. It means a lot. We loves you :D

I hope you all aren’t too mad with us but we just couldn’t help ourselves. We can’t pull a prank like this again because you all will have caught on but we won’t be breaking up anytime soon.

A special thank to all the people who knew but kept the secret!

 

Kori

Quote of the Day: “This is what people do. Take off pajamas. Put on pants.” -Clinton Kelly of What Not to Wear talking to a “client” for lack of a better term on the show. I needed to put something funny on here to ease my pain lol

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Outfit of the Day: Anniversary Date 12/3/11

Hello all,

I’m posting again so soooon! It’s a miracle! So on December 3rd I went on what  I guess you can call the second half of my anniversary date with my boyfriend. We had wanted to go to dinner before but things didn’t work out. So on the 3rd we went to dinner and went out to the city, saw the big Christmas tree and all that. For those of you who I’m friends with on Facebook you can see those pictures there.

So I’m posting this because I really liked the outfit I had on that day. I have been recently obsessed with lace and dark wash jeans so I put the two together! I’m wearing dark wash jeans with a ribbed pink V-neck and a cropped lace jacket over it. Please don’t mind my socks :P I re-put this outfit on to post this blog. I was wearing my denim heels I wore to the first part of the date. I believe they are called Kendal Knot wedges from Payless.

 

Just to talk about the shoes for a second, I’ve wanted those shoes for a while but I’ve never been a fan of wearing heels until recently. I knew I needed to have them and these shoes have been in Payless FOR YEARS!! I remember I saw these in a store and wanted them before I even moved to Florida and that was about eight years ago. So if any if you want them GO BUY! Right now the website says that it’s the “last chance” to get them but it said that right before I bought them and that was in June. YAY SHOES!

 

 

Kori

Quote of the Day: “If you drop the linen and start grinning that’s an affair.” -Dr. Phil. I love Dr. Phil :D

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Dye Transfer

Hello all,

Let me just say now that I don’t plan on this being a long post. I’m extremely tired and busy but I don’t like to do actual school work when I watch Dr. Phil :P

So as I said before, late last month was my one year anniversary with the boyfriend and he got me the most adorable bag evar!!! I also somewhat recently bought some new jeans since my butt decided to get huge and didn’t want to fit inside previous pairs.

So the other day, I was wear a pair of these somewhat new jeans while carrying my purse and when I get home there are huge blue stains all over my bag!!! Apparently in new jeans there’s is an excess of indigo dye used to color the jeans. Because there’s so much dye, anything it rubs up against could cause the dye to transfer into that object or fabric. You should see my computer chair right now. I read somewhere that you would have to wash the jeans like 15 times just to get the dye to stop transferring.

I was all WTF and freaking out. I love this bag and more imporantly, it was a gift and I’m not a big fan of getting rid of gifts from anyone. I even still have gifts from people from various occasions in my life that I don’t like. Now that I think about it, this has happened to a lot of other clothing of mine such as socks or whatever but a once I wash the item the dye is gone. However, I digress.

I took to the internet as any teenager would do and tried to Googled my way to an answer. My attempts failed unfortunately as most of the posts I saw said that there was nothing to be done and the best approach to deal with it is just to buy a new bag.

BUT I WAS NOT ABOUT TO GIVE UP SO EASILY!!!

I put a status on Facebook and Jing gave a new suggestions that wasn’t so crazy about, but he did say that I could try using warm water and hand soap to clean it (because hand soap is more gentle than other kinds of cleaner). I thought that would be a good idea. I wasn’t a big fan of using the hand soap but my six year old brother cleans his face everyday with this Johnson & Johnson baby wash. The bag isn’t leather, it’s a synthetic material so I wanted to be as gentle as possible without damaging the bag. If this has happened to a leather bag you might want to use something stronger.

There was so much dye on the bag and the baby soap was the only thing I tried that worked. Although I didn’t want to try much of anything else to avoid anything happening to it. The baby soap got most of it off. About 90% of the dye is gone and now you really have to look hard at the bag and pay attention to see where the dye was.

Throughout all of this, I think the biggest trageity in all of this is that there’s dye all over my baby penguin Niño!!! (Just for those of you who don’t know I love penguins) The poor baby was attached to my bag when all this happened. I haven’t been able to clean him completely because I keep forgetting but all his white parts are light blue!!! This is a picture of the little boy when he’s clean.

So I basically wrote this for all of you people who has had this happen to them and to show what I used. Just trying to help :D

I keep meaning on doing other blog posts but college finals are here and I’m adjusting to everything. Give me some time to get myself together. I’m not even updating RSC!

Kori

Quote of the Day: “The only thing stupider than believing in God is being an atheist.” – John Locke (don’t kill me because I’m Christian and I’m using this quote. I like it as more of a joke. If you know the reasoning behind why Locke said this, you get a cookie.)

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Anniversary!!

 

Today is my anniversary with my boyfriend! We have been together for a year now and it’s one of the best years of my life! And just look at this adorable bag! It’s my gift and I love it. I’ve been talking about the same bag from Aldo for a while now and it’s so sweet that he paid attention. it’s a taupe and it’s HUGE! I can carry my life in it.


The website has a better picture so you can see that here. The review for the bag actually says that the straps are too short and while that is true, it comes with a longer removable strap that can be adjust. I had to fold the strap over but trust me, it’s long enough to even use as a messenger bag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m going to post an update about my gift to him separately because it’s so amazingly awesome and I’m so in love with this company.

This is what I wore. It’s basically skinny jeans, three inch heels, and a lace flow-y top over a purple tank top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE!!! Here is just a couple pictures of the card my boyfriend made for me and gave me along with the bag. I hope they don’t look too bad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kori

 

Quote of the Day: “My love for you makes everyday a holiday.” – My boyfriend Mathew!

 

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Clips

I have been thinking a little about creating my own online portfolio. It would be much more professional than this blog and therefore, would be a whole other website. Clips are a journalists body of work. Since working for my school paper, I’ve been gathering a few clips and I want to put them somewhere. I might end up putting them on this blog just to have them online until I can make the portfolio.

Kori

Quote of the Day: “I think she’s a little bit crazy but if she isn’t, this could be the perfect relationship.” – One of the guys on that show Millionaire Matchmaker

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New Purchase

I recently bought a small crossbody bag from a store called Prima Donna. It’s so cute :D

Even the bag it came in is cute! And it was only $35.

 

This bag is really similar to an Olivia + Joy bag  for around $40 (originally around $50). I had wanted a while back but it stopped selling before I actually bought it. That bag looks like this:

Image thanks to Oliviaandjoy.com.

I would have bought it off the designers website but I don’t trust it. And besides this bag is cheaper and I didn’t have to pay for shipping.

Kori

Quote of the Day: “Everyday do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh

I’m trying to live by this quote in a way and I use it as a guideline throughout my day. Doesn’t that guy have such a cool last name? I mean really, Firebaugh?

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Writing for the School Paper

Hello all,

So I’ve been published in my school paper three weeks in a  row so far with this week being my fourth. It’s almost weird how fast I got there. I tried to start sooner, but the editor-in-chief didn’t think my first one or two articles were up to par. I was told that they needed more depth.

After that, I got my first article published, but with a few changes from the entertainment editor. The feeling was amazing but I knew I had to continue on, work harder, and get better.

With my next article, I had to use the feedback that the ent. editor had given me and with that I got published again. By my third publication I was a staff writer.

As I had stated, I didn’t start out that well, but giving up was never an option. Being a journalism major, I needed to be published and get as many clips (articles in the paper) as I could; I continue to do so. I kept trying with this goal I had and it worked out for me. This in a way inspires me to focus on other things I  want to go. Photography for example is something I’ve always been interested in but I never actually went through with it. I get lazy about a lot of things. But as a journalist, being able to take pictures for an article helps me out a lot.

So never give up. it may just work out for you.

Quote of the Day: “I don’t know why, but the Little Bastard scares me.” -General of the French army of the 1700s talking about Napoleon.

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Shopping

I don’t think I ever realized how expensive shopping is until me wanting to start this new reinvention thing. I swear…. I’ve never been one to shop often at all and I’m so cheap I’m always looking to get something on sale. I’ve been getting rid of a lot of my old clothes so I suppose I’m shopping to make sure I actually still have something to wear.

I’m still shopping with my cheap nature, but it’s still a lot more money than I’m used to. I’m usually not one to pick up anything when I do go shopping. Now, there are a number of items in my bag when I leave the mall and even if they’re all discounted, the price tag is still different.

If anything, I don’t go shopping every single day or weekend so that helps and the price would be a lot more if I bought it at full retail value. If anything, I know that all of this will help out in the long run. Dressing better has always been something I’ve always wanted to do so I guess now I’m paying the price!

Oh and I might start posting pictures of items of clothing and other things I like here to show my transitioning.

 

Kori

Quote of the Day: “There’s a big stack of meat in front of me. It’s like prison all over again.” -My Boyfriend from my Tumblr My Boyfriend Playing Black Ops.

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