Saturday, June 28, 2014

REVAMP '14! #2

What up?!

First of all, I'm sorry that this post is dropping on a Saturday instead of a Friday, but wow, life completely took over this week. From house/dog/cat-sitting to more cat-sitting, to picking up a car from a shop, to picking up a friend from the other side of town, to finally getting some time to hangout...

Whew. I am pretty worn out. 

Anyways, let's get this post going!

I'm continuing my Revamp segment this week (If you missed it, check it out HERE!), this time with Caylin included! Today we'll be looking at Bria's maxi skirt, Caylin's two-patterned outfit, and my yellow and black Aztec print tank.

Bria's Maxi Skirt

This time, Bria herself is modeling her maxi skirt

And this is what she had to say about it:

"Alright, this asymmetrical maxi skirt is really just a lot of fun. There's a lot of material so it's fun to walk around in. But, since I'm a short person, the skirt is incredibly long on me, and I have to roll it a couple of times or it would drag on the ground. It's from H&M, and I don't remember the price."


I'm short too, so I know the struggle about long, flow-y gowns and maxi dresses/skirts. But Bria makes it work for her, and it looks great on her, don't you think? :)



Caylin's Outfit

Here's Caylin (with her sister Corinne on the left and and their cousin Ally in the middle) wearing her cute two-patterned outfit:



Sorry, the picture is kinda bright so you probably can't see the pattern on her pants. But there are pineapples on them. Here's a better picture of them up-close:



Caylin wanted to point out the fact that, right now, wearing two different patterns in one outfit is in. Personally, when I heard about this little trend, it wasn't very appealing to me. But after seeing Caylin wear this outfit, my opinion has definitely changed! This is a nice, bright summer outfit. The pineapples on her pants just remind me of summer!

Her pineapple pants came from Belk and are currently on sale for $16.99. And her blue tye-dye tank came from TJ-Maxx (I couldn't find the exact shirt online, but I found a similar one in a lighter blue for $19.99).


My Tribal-Printed Tank

So, here I am wearing my yellow and black tribal-printed tank:


I really love this tank! Bria was always into the tribal-print, and I decided to try it. And it ended up being a top that I really like to wear and is perfect for those sunny days! It was also perfect for the Cinco de Mayo "Exam Cram" my school put on! Normally, I'd just wear some black, strappy sandals to go with this outfit!

I bought this shirt at Forever21, but I can't remember the price. I'm pretty sure I got it on sale though! :D


Well, there you have it! My second REVAMP '14! post! I hope you know that the offer to feature anyone who is doing a revamp of their own style is STILL OPEN! Seriously, if you have an awesome shirt or a pair of pants or some sweet kicks you want to share with me and the other readers/followers of this blog EMAIL ME! You can contact me using the "Contact Me! :)" forum on the top-right side of the blog!  

***Make sure that if you do contact me, you include your name; your age; the piece of clothing or whatever you want to share; and a short description of what it is, why you bought it/why it's a part of your revamp, where you got it from, and how much it is.

I'll pick one or two people to feature in the REVAMP posts each week. I'm TOTALLY SERIOUS about y'all joining in on this REVAMP blog segment! I'd like some awesome participation from all of my readers so you can be featured on my blog! (^^) You don't want to just see what me, Bria, and Caylin have to offer, right? It'd be nice to see some variety in style from y'all!

Okay, gotta go! I hope y'all felt inspired by this week's REVAMP post, and that you'll revamp your own style to what you want it to be! 

Have a blessed rest of your weekend!

luv ya!
*~.Mishy.~* (^^) <3

Thursday, June 19, 2014

REVAMP '14! #1

Welcome to the first post ever of my new blog segment REVAMP '14!

This week, Bria's going to show us a pair of leggings, and I'll be sharing a complete outfit of mine that I recently bought. Caylin is absent from this post because she was busy attending Camp Electric for the week and she's probably really busy still and very tired. But she will definitely participate in next week's post!

Let's get started, shall we? :)


Bria's Leggings

Here's a picture of the leggings Bria has (***the girl wearing the leggings isn't Bria. Just FYI, LOL):

And this is what Bria has to say about these awesome-looking leggings:

"These leggings are comfortable, like leggings normally are, and when I saw the birds on the side, I waned them instantly. I guess that's why they're a part of the revamp. For me, the revamp isn't about changing my style; it's about wearing my style. Buying clothes that I actually like instead of letting people tell me what I should be wearing based on what they like or how they expect me to look. Anyway, these leggings are actually thicker than I thought they were going to be, so they're even more perfect for snow days (for some reason, if it's snowing, I only wear leggings)."

Bria got these jersey leggings from H&M. Recently, the price online for themis $14.95, so stop by H&M and see them for yourself! 


My Outfit

So here's a pic...


LOL, excuse the awful mess of my room included in the picture! XD

I LOVE this outfit!

My top is a junior's Xhilaration printed cropped tank from Target. The online price is $14.99 right now (I won't lie, that's pretty expensive! But I really love this tank!) 

My bottoms are from Forever 21. Sadly, I was unable to find them on their website :( But I love how the designed pockets match my top from Target! Just a quick heads up, for next week's post, I'll be wearing a different tank top that also matches these shorts!

Even though I'm lacking shoes with this outfit, normally I'll wear my brand new kicks: a pair of black and white Nike Sons of Force high tops! They're shown below:




Beautiful, aren't they? :D It took a couple of times to break these babies in, but they've been a really nice pair of shoes to have since they can match with anything (they match really well with my outfit scheme I have going on here!)

And just to zoom in on one of the items from my outfit, here's a closer picture of my tank from Target:




This outfit was a part of my personal revamp because I'd never worn many things with patterns in them. I've always liked to match tops and bottoms when I can, and this outfit - although brand new to my wardrobe - still expresses a piece of me that is MATCHING. Plus, it just screams SUMMERTIME to me! :D 


Well! That is the end of my first REVAMP '14! post! I hope you enjoyed seeing the personal, revamped styles of me and Bria this week! 


***ATTENTION: Special Offer to My Readers!


Dear Readers,

If you're so inspired by this whole revamp business my friends and I have come up with for ourselves, start your own revamp! Dive in and shop for clothes you want to wear! 

If any one of you decides to do their own little revamp, please, LET ME KNOW! I'd love to see what other styles are out there and what other people enjoy wearing and why! 

Go to the top of my blog and look to your right; there's a Contact Me! space there! I encourage you to email me what your revamp plan is, what items of clothing your planning on buying, where they came from, and why they are a part of your revamp! 

Include pictures and I'll make you a special guest on the weekly REVAMP '14! post that comes out EVERY FRIDAY. (I'll permit 2 special guests per week!)

I hope to hear from many of you SOOOOOON! I'd love to have a few of my readers as a part of this Revamp movement! (^^)




Well, I hope you all have had a great week! Today is F-R-I-D-A-Y! And, I'll be quite honest, my week hasn't really been the greatest. BUT I'm thankful to still be alive and breathing with the opportunities laid out before me. Lots of lessons I still need to learn, but I'm willing to learn them in order for me to grow and understand things better!

I love you all! Get through today and IT IS THE WEEKEND, PEOPLE! GO OUT AND HAVE FUN! ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!

Wanna know what my next adventure is? House-sitting and dog-sitting for a family friend of ours! This means packing up my bags with everything I need to live in a foreign house and take care of a foreign dog for five days with my sister and a friend of mine (and getting paid to do it!) Excited to see how this little adventure of mine will go! :D

luv ya!
*~.Mishy.~* (^^) <3

Today Tho...

Y'all...today was...SMH. 

I feel like I write more about the happier times in my life than I do the hard ones. So here's a hard-knock life post for ya...

Let me be real honest: this week hasn't been the best. It's been a little more stressful, the weather has been weird (like, burning hot one minute, and then pouring rain the next), work has been kinda blah, and my sister's car has been having issues starting up a few times in the past few days.

Today took the cake tho. 

Kae'sha and I went to work as usual...and as usual (at least for the past two days or so), her car didn't start up in the parking lot during our lunch break. It took about twenty minutes, and finally, it started, and we bolted out of there like there was no tomorrow.

We ate so fast. Kae'sha had three pieces of toast. I ate two pieces of provolone cheese smashed between two pieces of plain white bread and drank all of the water in my water bottle (didn't have time to fill it up afterwards either). 

We were supposed to check on some cats we've been taking care of for a neighbor, but we didn't have time, nor did we think that Kae'sha's car was reliable enough for us to use to get there and back. But we scrambled to her car, with high hopes that it would start right up so we could drive back to work.

It didn't. 

And we didn't have time to sit in the car and wait for it to decide when it was going to start up. We had to find a ride to work right then.

And, honestly, I was frantic. I didn't want to be late to work. The frustration was settling in. Kae'sha and I called Grandpa to find some form of transportation and we called our supervisor to let him know that we may be a little late coming back from lunch.

We tried Grandpa's car...couldn't find the right key. So, we grabbed a key and walked all the way to a family friend's house (up this STEEP-STEEP-hill), to use their car...only...we had the key to the wrong car.

So, we had only one option...we had to walk.

I mean, it wasn't too far...but when it's already 1pm and it's still maybe a 10-20 minute walk, depending on where you're going on the campus, and it's hot as crap outside...not to mention you're frustrated, emotionally exhausted...

...yeah, I was fed up. Today was rough.

Obviously, we made it to work eventually. One of my supervisors, Amanda, fed me Wint-O-Green lifesavers until I could forget my horrible experience. According to Kae'sha, it started raining after I'd reached my destination and gone inside. And another supervisor, Miss Sandy, drove us back home after work.

So the day ended pretty okay.

When I was in the midst of it all though, I could feel the weight of everything just crashing on me. I know that sounds dramatic, but it's what I was feeling at the moment.

But really, this was the first time in a long time that I'd been through a day as frustrating as this. And we all have to go through days like this in life.

And of course, when Miss Sandy came over to look at the car, it started right up. Why? Because that's how life is, LOL.

See, now that I've gotten through my rough time today, I can kind of laugh about it. I mean, sorta. I'm kinda tired from walking and working...and lack of sleep...

I'm kind of rambling right now to you all, haha, hope you don't mind!

Anyways, I guess the moral of this little summer adventure/nightmare is that we all go through hard times...they'll come and go. But they will end. And they aren't as big as they seem. And we need to take time to recover from them. For instance, I'm recovering from my rough day by working on tha blog (yes, this blog, this post, and actually another post that's on the way tomorrow! :D), listening to my favorite music, and texting my best friend.

Soon, I'm gonna get some cookies and milk. Mmmm, recovery snack!


Well, I should probably do something about that lack of sleep I'm having...good night all! Sweet dreams!

luv ya!
*~.Mishy.~* (^^) <3

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

HEADS UP!: REVAMP '14!

...ever get bored of your style?

About a month or so ago, Caylin, Bria, and I were in my room talking about clothing and how fed up we were about the way we dressed. Okay, maybe not "fed up," but we were pretty tired of the clothes we had. We all desired to have clothes that fit and that accented our body types, and we longed for the styles of other people we knew.

Items that were mentioned included beanies, tank tops, snapbacks, wedges, kicks, rompers, and better-fitting shorts and pants. 

Now, I don't want you to mistaken our desire to change our styles for ungratefulness or self-hatred. We want to change or, as we like to call it, "revamp" our styles so we can look more our age (since, I will admit, we all have pretty young-looking faces LOL) and try something new. Instead of admiring other girls wearing things we wished we could wear, we decided, "Hey, we can wear that stuff if we want to! What's holding us back?"

And so, the birth of REVAMP '14 began!

...along with a new blog segment!

Every FRIDAY, I'll be posting a REVAMP post that will have pictures of items that Caylin, Bria, and I either purchased or are planning on purchasing, along with a description of where we acquired the item and maybe even why we bought them; the inspiration of this certain item/style.

Style is constantly changing, so in no way am I trying to pressure any of y'all to dress a certain way. This is just something fun me and two of my closest friends decided to do, and I just wanted to share it with you all!

I am SO PUMPED about this new segment! Clothing is so interesting, and I just love all the different looks a person can have! Everyone has a specific style that is unique to them, and since my friends and I are different shapes, sizes, and ethnicities (spelling of that word? Totally unsure, LOL), it's amazing to see what suits each of us. I hope you're as excited as I am!

So be prepared for the first ever REVAMP '14! post THIS FRIDAY! :D



It's WEDNESDAY! We're halfway through the week! I don't know about any of you, but I'm really excited for the weekend, mostly because I don't get normal weekends sometimes. I may work Saturday, have Sunday off, and then have two random days of the week off...but then have to work that next Saturday again. 

My work schedule is complicated, haha.

But I hope those of you who are working (and I hear some of you are still in school, preparing for exams) are doing well! You can fight through this week if you do your best! I'll be praying for each and every one of you. Everyone has a different story, different factors within their lives that are causing joy, pain, confusion, and numerous amounts of other emotions. I pray that the Lord gives you strength to surpass whatever valley you're in, and grateful and joyful attitudes to understand and appreciate the hill you are standing on top of!

May God be praised for His faithfulness through both the hills and valleys of this life!

luv ya!
*~.Mishy.~* (^^) <3

Monday, June 9, 2014

The Impact You Have

Hey y'all!

LOL, okay, so I know it's been a while. In fact, I was supposed to post something maybe two weeks ago, but I honestly don't know what happened. I know that I've had PLENTY of adventures since then: Walmart and Sonic runs, watching so many movies, sleepovers, pool trips, the list goes on!

I am so thankful because it's been a full summer so far. Yes, eight hours of every summer day is filled with work, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying myself!

So, I had a thought a couple of weeks back that I wanted to share with you, and obviously, I never did. So without further a-do, here it is!:


Thoughts from May 22, 2014...

I was at work today, still deep-cleaning the dorm rooms for campers coming in next Wednesday. Cleaning is pretty mindless work, so I have plenty of time to either

a.) sing/hum
b.) think 
c.) not think
d.) daydream
e.) get in a conversation with the person/people closest to me

Sometimes, on a really slow day,  I do a combination of all of these things to keep myself entertained and to make the time go faster.

Today, I was thinking about where I was in my life within all aspects: my spiritual walk, my status as a student, my personality, my opinions/views, etc. And I realized how much all of these things have changed within the past few years. Then I began to wonder: what was the cause of all of these things changing?

There are plenty of answers to this question, and one of the ones I came up with today was this: the impact of other people strongly affected me, shaping me into the person I am today. Of course, the Lord knew that those people and the situations regarding them were going to occur in my life, causing all these changes within me. 

Some of it was good: I began seeing the world in a completely different light that was even more beautiful and inspiring than I had known. I connected with people, our relationships growing stronger as we experienced life together. I got to see what other people were interested in and passionate about, and that allowed me to look within myself and see what I was interested in and passionate about.

But some of it was bad: I felt pain I never thought I would feel and saw the things and people I knew and loved change in the blink of any eye. I saw how quickly coldness could replace care, not only in those I as surrounded with, but also within myself. I experienced what felt like massive separation from God, my friends, my family, and myself.

And when I think about both the good and the bad times, I remember the scenarios...but those scenarios involved people. I'm not trying to point fingers at people here, for I know that at some point in my life, I have impacted other people in good and bad ways alike.

I just wanted to bring to everyone's attention how HUGE of an impact we each have on those around us: our family members, our friends, our classmates, our neighbors, etc. At some point, someone said something to you, whether it was good or bad, and it affected the way you saw the world. Whether what was said was about you, a friend, a worldview, a country, a famous person, etc., you began to think about what was said, and it changes the way you think.

From experience, I realize how many people have impacted my life in major ways. I thought about how what was said or done changed how I thought, not just about me and my life, but about the person who said or did whatever. I'll be honest, it pains me sometimes to think about the things that caused a lot of brokenness in my life.

And today, I realized how important it was for me to examine my own life, day-by-day. Before I say or do something, I should ask myself, "How will this person take this? Will it change the way they think about themselves or others in a bad way? Instead of saying/doing this, how can I display the love of Christ to this person?"

You never know how much you've affected someone by what you've said or done. There have been countless times when I've had a bad day, but I will be so encouraged by a friend giving me a compliment or by receiving a note of encouragement in my mailbox, and those people had no clue that I was having a rough day. I've also had times when I've had a good day, and the things people said or did to me actually brought me down from my good mood.

So, all this to say: realize that what you say and do matters. You not only reflect who you are, but you also affect the people around you and could possibly change the way they view many things, such as themselves.



Well, that was what I had to say! I don't think I was going to end that thought like that, but it's been so long that I honestly can't remember where I was going with that thought. So sorry! I'm only human!

I hope you all had a great start to a new week! You've made it past Monday already! I know you can conquer this week with the Lord's help! (^^) Remember that what you do and say matters!