Before I Let You Go

top - h&m / skirt - h&m (via swap with chloe) / belt - gap / shoes - aldo / tote bag - lulu letty

Hello!
It felt weird wearing a skirt again after weeks of wearing shorts. Unfortunately I chose a particularly windy day to do so. What can I say? Weather forecasting was never really my forte. I'm sorry (but not really) that blogging hasn't been a priority of mine lately. As I explained in my last post, life is just too wonderful right now to be worrying about what I wear or taking good pictures. As much as I love having photographs to remember these memories, it's even better actually experiencing them. Sometimes I think about quitting this blog, but it has become such a huge part of my life that it's hard to let it go (I'm really sentimental). I just feel that this blog has outlived its purpose of helping me discover my personal style. I love that I have a style that I can call my own. However when creating this blog, I didn't expect that so many amazing friendships would be formed during the process. I'm thinking of following in Mel's footsteps and start a new blog--one that's geared towards lifestyle rather than fashion. It's just an idea I'm throwing around in my head. Who knows if I feel the same when/if I stop having such a busy real-life social life...? It's tough balancing two social lives: online and real life. Such stupid and shallow problems to have I know.

The one perk of being a fashion blogger is being able to swap with other fashion bloggers. Chloe approached me a few weeks ago and I was so excited! Her package arrived all the way from England carrying this skirt and 3 dresses. The only sad part about swapping is having to return the items, but luckily she has kindly gifted this skirt to me. I love its happy yellow color. It definitely makes getting out of shorts so much easier. I can't wait to show you what else we have swapped!

I'm LA-bound for a few days for some more Summer fun. I'll be back on Saturday or Sunday!

Until next post,
Jasmine

Season of Shorts

top, belt, and shorts -- gap / shoes -- cotton on/ flower hair pin -- etsy

Hello!
So I know I said I'd try to get out of my current summer uniform of shorts and a striped tee, but I just can't. It doesn't make it any easier having parts of my closet in my brother's room and the some parts in boxes in the living room while my bedroom is being painted and getting new flooring put in right now. Just bear with me for a little while longer, at least until I'm not room-less anymore.

I've realized that I have stopped wearing bows in my hair. I already look really young so I don't want to make myself appear even younger. I look like I'm 12 in these photos. It's weird being in this transition from young adult to adult. I'm turning 22 in December and I don't really know where to shop anymore. I'm too old for places like F21, but too young (and too poor) to shop at places like J. Crew. While cleaning out my closet, I realized that the majority of clothes I was giving away were things from F21. I have just recently sworn off from F21. Why shop there when I was able to get these shorts for $5 from Gap?

Until next post,
Jasmine

Summer Photo Diary I

Hello!
I thought I'd share with you what I've been up to lately. Instead of spending too much time in front of my closet, I've been just slipping on a pair of shorts and a top, and rush out to greet whatever adventure is waiting for me. This past week, those adventures included: Sprinkles cupcakes, $5 denim cutoffs from Gap, bike rides, dollar movie theater, swimming, beach trip, good Japanese food, Monopoly Deal, sunburns, and slow churned cookies n' cream ice cream. Can it get any better than this? I sure hope so!

I'm out of outfit photo reserves. Will try to resume regular posting soon.

Until next post,
Jasmine

TW x Coco Maria

dress (as a top) and belt - f21 / skirt - h&m / shoes - aldo

Hello!
I'm guest blogging over at Nicole's blog, Coco Maria, today so go on over and click through to see the rest of this outfit.

PS. This dress is making its way to England right now. Chloe and I did a mini, temporary swap.

Until next post,
Jasmine

A Wrinkle in Time

top and shoes - uo / belt and shorts - gap / sunglasses - rayban

Hello!
I had a "The Hills" moment when Robert caught me trying to straighten my shorts with my hair straightener. In the end, I gave up and realized that my shorts would've been wrinkled through out the day anyway. These shorts were taken out of my $100 Summer budget and have been heavily worn since I got them a few weeks ago. They were only $9 from Gap! I love Gap sales. It's always hard for me to leave with nothing from there, especially now that I'm trying hard to stick to a budget. The other day I almost bought denim shorts from there for $10 but refrained since I shouldn't be buying too many bottoms now that I'm in between sizes. I'm finally out of my 2-month plateau and starting to lose weight again! It's kinda crazy that soon I'll be back at my high school weight!

I hope you all are having a wonderful week! Life has been really, really good lately. It turns out I most likely won't start my job until September when the school year begins, which suits me just fine because I'm having way too much fun swimming at the pool, riding my bike, watching movies at the dollar theater, and just doing Summer things. I know having such a summer is a blessing and will become rare as I get older so I'm trying to soak in everything that I can.

Until next post,
Jasmine

Magic is Might

top - gap / skirt - uo / tights - gap / shoes - marais usa

Greetings Muggles!
This is what I wore to watch the midnight showing of Harry Potter last Thursday. I intended to buy a Deathly Hallows t-shirt from Hot Topic and tie it the same way before getting into line, but I should've known better to wait until the last minute since they were sold out of the good ones so I settled with a Quidditch key chain instead. At least my nails were festive. Robert teased me for having ketchup and mustard nails, but I didn't care and later felt better when the girls next to us in line saw my nails and decided to paint their own nails scarlet and gold too.

It was raining earlier that morning which explains the tights, but strangely it became really hot later that afternoon. It was pretty uncomfortable sitting in the sun with tights on; but once the sun set and it became chilly, I was glad I decided to wear them. This was my first midnight premiere ever so Robert and I were a little ill-prepared. Luckily, this mall has all my favorite stores: UO, F21, H&M, Target, and Barnes and Nobles; so we made our way to Target for snacks and patio chairs, and Barnes and Nobles for drinks, games, and books. Monopoly Deal is such a good game that I recently learned. With these, Harry Potter audio books on my iPod, and Harry Potter movies on Robert's Macbook, we were set. We started lining up after lunch and ended up getting a really good seat in the theater. The movie was so good. So so so good. I'm so sad that there are no more movies to look forward to, but I'll never truly say goodbye to Harry Potter. Rereading the series and having a HP movie marathon is always an annual tradition that I foresee continuing forever. I can't wait to get the trunk set of DVDs. I have been holding off buying any of the movies so I can get them all as a set. Robert already knows that this is what I want for my birthday, Christmas, or our next anniversary depending on when it comes out.

Until next post,
Jasmine

TW x Lifesize Paperdoll

top - f21 / skirt - uo / belt - topshop

Hello!
I'm guest blogging over at Maggie's blog, Lifesize Paperdoll, today so go on over and see the rest of this outfit.

Until next post,
Jasmine

Dynamic Duo: Summer Sandals

me: top - f21 / skirt - h&m / sandals - uo
jen: top - zara / skirt -- american apparel / belt - h&m / sandals - uo

Hello!
So I know I'm more than a day late in posting this, but yesterday was devoted to standing in line awaiting the midnight premiere of Harry Potter (which was indescribably amazing). I'll do a separate post on yesterday. So in short, I didn't get to post here, but I'm sure most of you saw it on Jen's blog anyway.

When deciding on which Dynamic Duo item to style next, we both wanted to style an item we haven't styled before. We've done dresses, tops, skirts, hair bows, rompers, and necklaces until now. That left shorts and shoes. When we saw these sandals on UO's website, it was a no brainer that we choose these pair of delightful sandals. Normally I don't give much thought to shoes. They're the last thing I quickly slip on before rushing out the door. I usually don't purposely choose shoes to go with my outfit so it was different thinking about the shoes first and then the outfit. I've been wearing these sandals a ton before debuting them here on my blog. They're incredibly comfortable and give simple outfits (like Jen's) a bit of interest with the cute floral print. I wonder what our next DD item will be. Anybody care to give us some suggestions?

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
GO WATCH HARRY POTTER. NOW.

Until next post,
Jasmine

Peachy Keen

hat - thrifted / dress - f21 / belt - gap / shoes - aldo

Hello!
Thank you all for the good luck wishes on my exam! I am so relieved it's over (for now). I'm not hoping for the best, but there's no use brooding over an exam that's already taken. So I put on a pretty dress and a straw hat, and enjoyed the beautiful weather we're having here. I hope you all are having a good week so far! I wore this to run a few quick errands on Monday with Robert. Now that my exams are over, I can truly enjoy Summer. I have managed to find a small part time job at a small preschool though so now money won't be so tight and my NYC trip in September is more attainable now. I'm going to try really hard to stick to my $100 Summer budget though. I've been doing pretty well so far so I don't see why I shouldn't continue. Over the weekend I purged my closet and ended up donating three big bags of old things. My closet doesn't really look like a dent was put in it though. My brother even didn't believe that I donated so much when he came into my room soon after. I have that much clothes or I just need to learn to be more brutal when purging. I'm really trying to use all my clothes. You'll see some old favorites making a reappearance over the next few days.

Until next post,
Jasmine