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nail polishes!

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

These nail polishes were $1 each at the farmer’s market in Redlands. A good deal, if I do say so myself. I got them last Thursday and I’m so excited about them. So excited, in fact, that I actually had a dream someone was trying to steal my new nail polish collection from me. This is no lie. All in all I have a total of about 10 nail polish colors. But I want more, of course! It’s an addiction. It’s more of a new addiction for me, my sisters got me into it. I’m a huge fan of OPI nail polish and have 4 of my own (two of them donated to me from Jax. Thanks Jax!) but I’m not so much a fan of the price. But at least I know where to go when I want super affordable (and good quality from what I can tell so far) nail polishes!

I’ve done a test run on all the colors but I still currently have the baby blue on. No chipping so far! that baby blue, the lavender and the teal color all go on really nicely and don’t need a second or third coat. The peach however, goes on a little sheer and will probably need more coats.

Anyway things have been pretty good! Jacky and BJ came for a visit for a few days and we enjoyed having them around again. They’ll be back in August for two days and then flying back to Australia. Bj’s parents also came and visited and we all had a wonderful dinner party. It was really nice to meet his family! I’ve heard so many good things about them and they are all definitely true. I took lots of pictures from this past week with them here so I’ll be posting them by the end of the week.

Jimmy and I are still patiently waiting for a phone call from his recruiter for a date to leave for basic training. We were told to anticipate him leaving in August so it could be any time now. So anxious to hear back! He’s officially sworn in though, so it’s only a matter of when now, which is such a relief. Jimmy has been wanting this for so long and I’m so proud of him! I’ll be posting updates on that as we hear more.

I just finished answering questions for my first blog interview! I really enjoyed it and although the questions are answered and ready, I won’t post it until it’s posted on her blog so keep an eye out for that!

I will leave you all with my new favorite and most recent picture of Jimmy and I. We took my best friend Taryne to Disneyland for her birthday!

Until next time!

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sickly and inspired.

Friday, June 4th, 2010

this is how i looked for half of this week:

no makeup, sicky sick sick. thankfully by the time i had to work i was feeling better (albeit running to the bathroom every 5 minutes to blow my nose). while i’m finally feeling better, my poor husband caught it so now it’s my turn to take care of him! while he’s laying in bed i figured i’d make a quick post about what i’ve been obsessing over lately….

mommies with style!
ok so i’m not a mommy just yet, but that doesn’t mean i can’t take mental notes of how i’d love to dress, whether it’s people watching or celeb mommies!
so far i’ve been the most inspired by jessica alba’s style. she’s modest and classy, and always adds a cute little twist to her outfits. LOVE IT. here are some of my favorite outfits she’s worn with her little one who not surprisingly, is just as stylish.

thats all for now! it’s definitely not my bed time but maybe i’ll try to go to bed at a reasonable hour tonight

jen

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pastels, flowing dresses, and windblown hair.

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Vogue Australia April 2010

LOVE her makeup.

These photos are making me excited for the warmer weather ahead and I honestly thought I’d never say that (I’m all about winter and bundling up) but I definitely think that if I had dresses that pretty, I’d be flaunting them all summer. There is something so effortless and simple about the dresses, her hair, and makeup that is appealing to me. I have some experience with photography as well so naturally I’m drawn to the editing and style of the photos too. My favorite pieces are the light blue dress, the first brown top and the last brown dress.

Do you have certain items of clothing you can’t wait to buy/bring out of your closet for Spring/Summer? What are they?

Love you all,
Jen

photo source: foto_decadent

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goodbye hair.

Friday, February 26th, 2010

i chopped my hair off!

before:

and after!

here are some more:

^ new sunnies.

so what happened was, i won a free hair makeover through a raffle that was going on for all the employees of the mall i work at. i signed up for the raffle not knowing was it was for, only to get a call a few days later from the regis salon telling me that i won! i felt guilty because when i first found out, i didn’t even want to cut my hair or do anything to it. but i realized later that i’ve basically had long hair for a very long time now and i sort of felt like it was a comfort and security thing. i wanted to cut it off to prove that i can feel beautiful with short hair too. so i told them to cut it off, and i love it! my inspiration was ashley olsen and the lovely alexa chung,

i’m sure there will be times when i’ll miss my longer hair, but i’m loving this haircut so far and besides, my hair grows pretty fast anyway.

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