Farewell 2011. Greetings 2012!

What can I say? This year was one hell of a ride. So much growth accompanied with so much loss...but I can say that my achievements surpassed my losses which is what I was hoping for. Reflecting on this year makes me realize just how much I have changed for the better as far as being a young adult goes. Still not independent yet, but I am gradually getting there. Disregarding my current academic standpoint, I have impressed myself with the higher confidence in my appearance more than I ever have in my life and it is such a huge deal for someone who's struggled with deep internal conflicts like myself. I never did continue follow up with you guys on my Stepxstep series on this blog, but had I done so, you would have seen the difference! Same with the length of my hair but I'll have to update you guys on that in another post after I get my touch up.

Jan 2011

Dec 2011

I can't even forget to mention how thankful I am for the new people I have had the pleasure to meet this year. Even the ones who came and went, they are still appreciated to me regardless. The most important person to mention is Kevin of course ♥ I'm sure it's a start to something amazing!

Anywho, I don't want to make this post super long, but I did want to just mention the very few resolutions I would like to work on in the new year. One of them being to learn to be more organized with my belongings. My mind is so out of whack when things are cluttered around me (and they always are since I live with my sister majority of the time) so once I move into a new home hopefully my room will look the way I've always wanted it to. Another one would be to love the ones I already love harder. Tomorrow is never promised and I think everyone occasionally takes the gift of life for granted including me so yeah...I may be super sentimental but I think it'll be worth it. Lastly, I want to save up for a road trip(s) with whom ever is willing to accompany me to places like Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and maybe if I'm lucky places out of state like Disney land or NY :D Maybe if I'm REALLY lucky Japan x3 but uhhh...we'll see how my monies is and my Japanese by then ^ ^

Also a few small things like...

• Continue hair journey. Achieve BSL before 2013!
• Learn how to cook many meals so my mom can shut up!
• Train Hachi to be more obident
• Work harder on my gyaru make, coords, hair and style
• Continue to improve overall confidence
• Blog/upload YT videos more
• Make new friends, drop old ones
• Maybe get one more piercing
• Be more crafty

& that's about it! I hope everyone is having a great New Years Eve on my side of the world, if not a Happy New Year on the other :D I wish you all the best in 2012...the world is NOT going to end so quit trippin if you're worried lol see you next year blog readers!~

NEW VLOGS!!!
yes they are super delayed...meh *shrug*

Chamomile tea is yummyyyy :D

Random title for a post, but it's true. On Christmas Eve, Tam, Vicky and I all went to the Grapevine mall to hang out and do some last minute gift shopping *thankfully for me* and since I was sick (still am) I wanted to go to the Corner Bakery for once. I've always wanted to know how it was like since I know people who've compared it to places like Starbucks. I ended up paying over $10 for my whole meal which was not intended but whatever...I was just so desperately needing something warm to soothe my irritated ass fucking throat! So I got a soup that the cashier recommended and chamomile tea...

I thought it was cool how they packaged the herbs in that little bag and the tea really opened up my nasal cavities and my sandwich was yummy too! Only thing is that nasty soup was simply not doing it for me at all. I liked it when I first took a spoon full, but then it just started to taste like overpriced ketchup with basil sprinkle in it. Eww! Tomato soup is not for me.

I had to cam whore a bit cuz I was loving my eye make up...no OOTD for this post since it was nothing special.

Xmas presents ☆⌒（＊＾∇゜）v

My Christmas was pretty decent this year. I spent it with the family, Kevin, Tam and Derric. Love them all for coming to make it all that much better. I went to bed on Christmas eve at like 4am because I was up making deviled eggs and curling my hair which didn't come out exactly the way I wanted :(

I gotta find a better way to do curls besides using a curling or flat iron on my extensions. As for presents, I definitely can't see myself posting every single thing up on my blog since there was so many and still more coming in late from a few friends, but I'll definitely do the ones that deserve to make the cut so expect this to be a bit lengthy and pic heavy.

So I'll start off with the presents I gave to myself this year n . n

Tokidoki Calender from gocalenders :D So tired of the boring ones my mom always gets for us.

Got these neat little organizer holders from The Container Store for cheap! I'm so happy now because my bathroom looks way cuter and less cluttered now :D

Now these were all gifts from friends and family...

Kevin - I needed this so bad! I hate editing videos/photos with the touch pad because my fingers get tired after a while. So glad he took my hint :D

☆*:.｡.2012 Dallas, Texas Gal Meet. ｡.:*☆

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Hi guys! Guess who's coordinating Dallas' first gal meet in the new year? THIS CHICK!

I've been wanting to attend meets for the longest time but the closest ones were all the way in Houston and I had NO experience driving down those highways at the time they were going on so I laid off the idea till now. Lately, I've been coming across several people in the area who shockingly LOVE gyaru fashion and thought why not bring them altogether and have a straight up good time rather than keeping it on the internet? Not saying that that's always a bad thing, but being more interactive in person creates stronger bonds and memories to hold onto for much longer imo.

In all honesty I am pretty ecstatic about this since I know that I will finally be able to be surrounded by people who I can relate with in terms of my style of choice and I know everyone else who's going feels the same. Putting effort into my eye make up for example will finally be at least acknowledged as gal instead of basic glamorous eye make up. Plus, the places we can go to are fairly vast. I'm tempted to do so many things within our first meet up but I know that's going to be such a hassle so I'll have to leave out some ideas for next time, and there will be a next time! 

Look at how awesome this mall looks that we'll be meeting up at...

The Galleria Mall

I've always loved this mall for it's shops, lighting, and overall scenery and so far I haven't heard anyone make any complaints about it. I hate driving through all the stupid traffic, but it's well worth it to me! I hope you all who follow my blog can come if you have no other plans or are in the area. Feel more than welcome to bring a friend and I suggest saving up so you can have money to buy food and other things that we will be doing like karaoke and purikura. I know I will be. I'm going to finish editing my video so I hope you guys check this out and help spread the word! If you want, you can use the event's banner to spread the news around your blogs or facebook :)

Gaylord Trip part 2 (pic heavy)~

Continuing my last post, here is part 2 that I promised. Okay so after we left Southlake, I took Kevin to the Gaylord Texan which is a huge extravagant resort I am so lucky to live by. During all this btw, he had no idea where I was taking him the entire time since this was my earlier Christmas present to him so when we pulled up tot heir beautiful gates, he was acting like a 5 year old who just won themselves a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Although I was nervous about how he would react, once I saw that I then knew my mission had been accomplished :D

We went inside and took our time to find our destination because the who place was immaculate and decorated with outstanding Christmas lights and other designs!

Trip to Southlake & The Gaylord Texan part 1~

As promised, here's part 1 of my fun day last Sunday with Kevin. I decided to treat him to the ICE Exhibit they have every year and this years theme was Dreamworks Shrek the Halls but before I dive into that, I'll show you guys what we did before we went there.

There's a really nice strip mall in Southlake I love going to occasionally which I know he's never gone to before so I took him there to shop and walk around. The place looked beautiful with it's Christmas decorations and overall scenery.

The place really came alive when the sun finally went down. Then, we went into Rock fish to eat some food which isn't my personal favorite seafood place but it was better than going else where.

11 Questions tag ♥♥♥

I can't remember the last time I got tagged for anything lately on this blog. I'm glad I did finally by Tommy from Shabby Tommy :D Thanks girlie!~

But before I begin...

You must post these rules.

• Each person must post 11 things about themselves on their blog.
• Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
• You have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post.
• Go to their page and tell them you have linked him or her.
• No tag backs.
• No stuff in the tagging section about 'you are tagged if you are reading this.' You legitimately have to tag 11 people.

Sheesh...how picky and strict. Do what you please lol & I promise to try and make this as interesting as I can.

11 Facts About Me

1. My major right now is Biology...not too crazy about it tbh.
2. My vision is absolutely dreadful, I have never meet anyone my age with the same prescription.
3. I have been bi-curious for quite sometime but never experimented with anyone yet...I choose to remain being faithful and keep it that way.
4. I am always late going to places because I take forever to get ready. Ask any one of my friends, they will tell you.
5. I prefer cold weather over hot weather in a heartbeat.
6. If you make me good pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon in the morning I am yours forevahz.
7. The Twilight series got me into reading...not Harry Potter. But Harry Potter movies will forever surpass Twilight movies despite that and it's presence throughout my adolescence.
8. First kiss was in kindergarten underneath a table with the boy I liked and his friend. Terrible, I know but kids will be kids, right?
9. If there's anything I'm not insecure about, it's my body figure. I have a nice body and am not afraid to flaunt it at all. But everything else is a toooooooooootally different story.
10. I get scared easily.
11. I don't speak Igbo very well xP I blame my parents for not teaching me growing up.

I noticed half way through this thing that I don't think Tommy created questions to ask me so I'll answer the ones she  answered on hers and create my own list afterwards I suppose.

☆Friend turns 2NE1 + OOTD/FOTD (pic heavy)★

Whad up? This has been a REALLY good week for me on keeping up with posts you guys. *gives own self a high five* I plan on keeping it up but knowing me, this happy streak may come to an end v__v Let's not think about that though and focus on the now shall we?

By the meaning of the title, I am referring to my friend Odely who turned 21 years old this week...not turned into the group 2NE1 but would that be awesome! Still envious of Ivie for seeing them in NY and being on tv for it xP Haha♥

Here was my make up pic of the beginning of the night...you find out why I say the beginning later in the post.

For this look, I was wearing my Decolog Who's series top lashes paired with my recently purchased ebay lower lashes. & I wore my MAC studio fix fluid foundation in NC50, N degree 7's black liquid eyeliner and some goldish brown eyeshadow on my lids with my NARS blush in Desire. I've been wearing Exhibit A too much I feel like so I had to switch it up but you can't really tell judging from the picture.

The ebay lashes I purchased

I need to invest in the Diamond Princess lower lashes because those look straight up BOSS on gals like Lisha. Planning on getting those really soon.

& here's le outfit...

Olive Garden + Window Shopping @ FXXI & OOTD

Hey guys! This is random and doesn't have to do much with this post, but lately I've been coming across a lot of new black gals' blogs these past two days and I'm so excited it makes me want to blog more frequently :D So hello ladies if your reading this blog! Don't be shy to step out and show yourself to the community (at least the friendly part that is...). Also, I finally have my GFC widget back up after trying to figure out where the hell to get it back from so it's easier for people to follow me now. Sorry about that...

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I was having just about the worst week you could possibly think of. I got the wires changed out of my braces to thicker ones so everything feels tighter. Then I was having the worst cramps I've experienced in months, AND although I'm not positive but I think one of my piercings got infected so it was swollen, sore, and smelled a bit. Oh and I left out how I wanted to ace at least one of my two courses I took this semester, but failed to do that for either so I suck at life right now. At least I passed, but still...grrr I WANT MY A! But it's all good because my boyfriend came to the rescue on Sunday after telling him my sob story lol he wanted to buy me ice cream to keep at home to help ease the soreness since he's had braces himself a little over a year ago. & he thought it'd be nice to take me out to Olive Garden so we could try their soups and other soft dishes and then maybe go shopping for the present he wanted to buy for my sister at the Galleria mall so I thought why not?

In Kev's truck while he pumps gas before we leave

This soup was perfection! If you have braces, this will hit the spot! So good and so gentle on your teeth. I forget the name of it but it starts with a G and has dumplings in it. So good!

I also had the Seafood Alfredo. I always get it when I go to OG ^ ^

 We had their Italian cream soda too which was like heaven in a glass cup. And look at the pretty pastel pink color it is for crying out loud!

Naija Barbie's First Giveaway! :3

My girl Ivie's doing her first giveaway on her blog in case you guys didn't know :] Please show her support by entering it. The things she will be giving away include the following:

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• A pair of free circle lenses of their choice From Pinky Paradise 
• 1 pair of either Diamond Lash or Dolly Wink eyelashes of your choice
• A customized Liz Lisa style/influenced skirt(a, b, c, d or e) 
• A set of mini BB Cream.

How to enter:

• You must be subscribed to this blog using Google Friend Connect
• You must follow me on Tumblr
• You must follow me on Twitter
• You must be subscribed to me on YouTube

The deadline will be on January 12, 2012 so you have about a month pretty much to enter. Personally, I feel like she's giving away a hell of a lot of amazing stuff to NOT enter. Plus, her she has a lovely blog to follow, I mean I gotta support my naija sister xD Haha so if any of you decide to participate, good luck!

A few OOTDs *(*´∀｀*)☆

Just going to throw all of the outfits I've been wearing recently that I haven't updated you guys on since early November which will explain the shorts in the first picture. I'm going to try to take more close up pics of my outfits since my camera quality is so mediocre being that it is only a point and shoot so bear with me while I continue to work with that m(_ _)m

It was fairly warm that day.

Wearing my white military sweater which you can't see too well I got from Belk.

My tribal print top was from Papaya I if I am not mistaken.

Shorts: Delias

Ankle boots: A'GACI

Got more chilly ^^

Here I'm wearing my jacket from Ross If I'm not mistaken

Tank top: Forever XXI

Belt: La Mariposa

Jeans: DEB

Ankle boots: A'GACI

dbeautyshop.com EOS Adult Pink circle lens review ヽ(^。^)丿

Gosh I've been so backed up with these reviews because of school but now that I'm done with it for the time being till January so I have a whole month to spend with you guys :D

If you haven't seen my recent review on my Adult pink EOS circle lenses I got from dbeautyshop earlier, WHY HAVEN'T YOU?!! jk. But it's been on my NEW CHANNEL for quite sometime which you can view through here. But I'll do a review of it on my blog as well.

Before anyone states the obvious, yes my lashes in the last pic was poorly applied. Still learning, get off my back.

Now that that's been said, let's move onto the review!

Dallas Arboretum & OOTD ✿ ❀

Sup y'all? I realize it's December and I'm just now making posts :d There's so much I have in my files that I want to show you but they will have to wait after these next few I get out of the way.

A few weeks ago, Kevin took me to the Dallas Arboretum (Garden) and it was so exquisite! I've never seen anything like it in my life! It looked like we were put into the set of Alice in Wonderland :o I wish the weather was sunnier but we're most likely going again next year in the spring time when the flowers are all in full bloom and for my mother's birthday in March.

Vest - Body shop
Grey shirt dress - Idr xP
Belt - La Mariposa
Necklace - Idk xP lol I suck
Tights - bday gift
Boots - Wet seal