toms, toms, toms....

I need to get a life. Or just a lot of money so I can buy more TOMS:) I've had my Valentines' day exclusive for about a yr. now and they don't look worn out (cus I rarely wear them duh... They are way too big and sometimes cause foot pain cus I wear socks at the toes to keep them from sliding off.) I like TOMS a lot. I heard they're comfy (I have yet to experience that) and their prints are cute. There's a spring pair I've been eyeing for a while (like literally.. I go to their page every day to check on reviews!!! I am one of those poor obsessed ppl)and I'm planning to buy them but I don't want to risk ordering online. I wish they would make the design in kids' sizes cus my feet are extremely tiny! I can probably squeeze into a kids' 2.5 and the smallest of the design i want is size 5 in women's. There's this tiny voice in my head that keeps wishing my grandparents or aunts spoiled me more-- meaning buy me Toms. My parents want to buy it for me but I feel bad cus they already bought me my first pair; I should buy the second (with the money they give me... And babysitting pay!)

So yeah... Just wanted to blog about that... It feels good to write my obsession down. (Okay, in English class we had to write a "resume" and I wrote to be a TOMS Designer! I bet my teacher thinks I am obsessed cus I've written about Toms in my other essays... And I kind of "exaggerated" that I had 30 pairs... Hahaha!)

Long Time No Post!

Hey to readers out there! I'm so sorry I haven't been posting in a while. I just kinda lost my creative juices over the break. Well here's what I've been up to! For New Years Eve, my family and I went downtown together and it was really fun. All the Christmas lights were still out and it was just pretty. We were hoping to see some fireworks but I guess they didn't have any this yr. When we got home, we watched the ball drop in Times Square. (It seemed like there weren't any good channels this yr..) I jumped when it was 12 like usual and made my new yrs. "wishes" and resolutions (get taller bahaha, get TOMS...., and read the Bible in a yr) We got back to school on Jan. 7 and it feels like we already need a break (we did get a half day yesterday cus of ice and "snow dust"). Ha, I kinda wish summer was already here! Well, I wouldn't want to skip my birthday which, ahem, is only a month away from tomorrow! My mom says she's getting me an Iphone4s:) and I might be getting the new Crochet Toms or a leather purse. My birthday's special this yr. so we're planning a small "fancy" party.

Last week I tried PSH's ikat nails and it turned out messyish but easy and cool! I got lots of compliments including a girl who sat two seats from me in our school assembly (she leaned over the girl beside me during the preaching and was rlly ecstatic about my nails lol) and my art teacher.
I'll post the pic when I get to my desktop. Btw, we got this rlly cool wireless printer today! Now, we can print everything from anything.

This post is rlly random haha... But I've been thinking a lot about friendships. Things change a lot over just a few yrs. At school, I see some people I used to be close friends with. I can still remember our laughs and conversations. Some of them I wasn't super close with so I understand why we're not together anymore. But also some of them invited me to their birthday parties and houses. And when I come across their path, it seems like we've never met before. We just look at each other and move on. We have those silent convesations saying we understand--we've changed. It's not a bad change neccessarily. We're just different. I see some people who I used to fear when I was younger and less confident, and I laugh at myself. Why was I so intimidated. Now some of them respect me and are actually my friends. There are those people I used to giggle and scream with and now we're just so distant. We're just awkwardly polite with each other.  We do sometimes reminisce memories together . Sometimes friendships just slip away without you meaning to. But then sometimes you just want to break away. I've done that with some... It's better to be alone than to be with bad company. It's kind of funny and sad at the same time when you see other people who used to be best friends, those who said "We're never gna grow apart!", But then they barely talk to each other anymore. Those people might not be bad but they just didn't help me walk with God. But I still do like thinking of those memories we made and thinking about what would we be like if we had stayed together (oh my this is sounding like a girl thinking about a past breakup!). Those changes were also good in a way though. I've found true friends who lift me up and help me run to Christ. There are still some shady spots in my garden where I'm still unsure about certain friends, but as time goes on, I know God will clear things for me like He has already been doing.


Thanks for listening to me run on and on with my life story! Have a great day!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas! 

What did you get?!

Actually, how did you celebrate Jesus' birthday?

I can't believe Christmas is 364 days away again! I really hoped for a white Christmas but there's still January and February.

For Christmas and Christmas Eve we went to Charleston. It's a historic place and when we first saw it, it just seemed old and dirty. But when we went downtown, they had so many goos stores like FOREVER21 and boutiques with TOMS!!! Oh my word, Forever21 was so big! My eyes had so many things to look at! I wanted everything... Some of the stuff i wanted weren't in my size tho:( and so I just got one sweater for $23 (kinda expensive) and three different colored rose earrings for $3 (so cheap!). I thought they would have more jewelry and I was going to buy $20 worth of it but there was only one section. My dad promised me Toms for Christmas and I tried so many on. They had the styles I like but not my size:( (I found out that I can wear 3s in youth and 5s in women; for some reason my youth 5 is bigger than an adult 5 but youths are cheaper. I think if you ever want to buy youths and you wear adults, buy 2 sizes smaller cus my mom wears 7s and she can fit into my youth 5) I didn't get any Toms anymore but it's okay. I got so many gifts already! I might still get them for my birthday or the summer but first I need to wear out my big ol' ones. 

One historic place we visited was a Yorktown aircraft carrier. It was so cool to be able to go to all the different sections in the battleship. They didn't even have "No Touching" signs so you could basically do anything. 

We stayed at Hampton Inn and it was really nice. So far I think it's one of the best hotels we've stayed at and we've stayed at a lot (it was pricey since it was right beside downtown and it's in a historic area). The dining room and lobby were really nice and Christmasy. Our room had a really nice restroom and the beds were so fluffy. 

This "statue" was actually a musician:)

my Christmas nail art:D

Overall this Christmas vacation was fun!

Christmas Break is Here!!!

Last time I posted it was Thanksgiving break; well, now it's Christmas break! I took my first ever cumulative exams this past week and praise the Lord for all His help! I stayed up so late on those nights studying:p Now I'm still up late haha... blogging and pinning instead. Today, to cast all my exam anxiety aside, my mom took me shopping! We bought bath&body works candles for $8 each, got my mom a present, she got me a present;) Yesterday, since today's exams were easy classes, I got to repaint my nails (I'll have to redo my Tiffany nails for you later)! I was kinda iffy about the black but I've seen so many girls wearing them and it feels very wintery. I added white polka dots to lighten it up- next time I'll be brave and try a solid black. (btw so srry about any hangnails or other nail grossness! I'm not a pro) I change my toenails too- tiffany blue with white lace detail:) I'm not posting a pic of them because it's hard to take "cute" pictures of toes haha. 

Chick-fil-a's peppermint chocolate chip milkshake is back!!

found this GIGANTIC SNICKERS bar at walmart!

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On a serious note, I am continually praying for the Sandy Hook Elementary victims in Connecticut. It was really sad to hear about all those children and teachers. It's hard to take in but it was God's will. Just keep trusting in God!

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Thanksgiving break:))

Life is at ease... :))
I thought I would be spoiling my break with studies but I'm actually vegging out haha. Yesterday, I basically did nothing. Today for Thanksgiving we had a lovely meal by my mom:) I watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. I did some homework and will hopefully finish my Bible project tonight. Then tomorrow, dun dun dun, is BRIGHT FRIDAY (black friday)! I'm prolly not gna be doing any hw other than reading Sherlock Holmes for my English proj. But that's not really hw; it's good so far! Then comes Saturday, the loneliest day of my break--- science exam study time. Bleh:p I know it's good for me though because if I wait till after our break, I know I'll be busy and won't really have time. Now, I can't wait for Christmas break!!! (That will def. be a break since no exams to study for!)

I'm thankful for:
-for my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, for dying on the cross for my sins and rising up again. In my life I have done so many sins and I am thoroughly ashamed but God is so merciful and forgiving. 
-my wonderful family; even, though I'm an only child and it can be boring, it's still prtty awesome! I can get spoiled more! (Jk)
-my parents are the best; I thank them for all their love and care
-my school; some kids complain about the rules and standards but we are so lucky to be able to go to this school, where no one really gets bullied, wonderful teachers, great education, and the ability to be able to worship God freely
-my church; even though I'm the only teen around my age, it's great to be a blessing to even a small group of ppl, and I'm even able to help in the nursery
-my friends of course; those who make smile, laugh, think, and grow in the Lord 
-our house; even though it's small it's perfect. My room is big and sunny, and it's right beside the school so less gas needed
-nail polish; thank you polish inventors for making my nails so happy and colorful!
-clothes: Old Navy, BR, Gap, Macy's and all the other stores I love
-for autumn; one of the prettiest seasons!
-for food and Thanksgiving meals
-other things that I can't remember right now

Hurry up Thanksgiving Break....

Ahh, another break is coming! I cannot wait... I just want to relax right now (oh wait, I still have to study for my upcoming exams too...:P). And I cannot wait for Thanksgiving AND Black Friday!!! I don't like huge crowds and messy displays but it's actually worth it. We're going to an outlet mall on that day and I can't wait to visit Gap and Banana Republic. BR has one of the greatest sales and quality; I already posted that I got a skirt for $15 from $50 and a really nice mint polo for $30 from $60. Hopefully, they'll have a really great sale on Black Friday with my size! When we went to the sale last year, the store were just so messy and "mobbed out." My mom also got a Coach purse for 30% off! Hmm, maybe my mom can buy me a purple one as an early Christmas prez;) I actually I just really want clothes from Old Navy and more nail polish!!! (Right now I am desperate for a Tiffany blue sort of polish---->)
Oops, gtg back to school work...
That was a nice fantasy break!

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GREEN TEAM & MY CLASS CONQUERED!!!

The UpRoar was so much fun yesterday!
Since my class is the newbie class, nobody thought we would win Quadropoly (Monopoly but our school's version). I didn't even think we would win! To earn properties in the game, each person had a mini quadropoly board this week and we had to buy a pack of 10 game pieces for $1 each. I used up $4 overall and almost got my whole board done- I had 4 spots left. The last 30 minutes we had before the game officially ended, our whole class crowded into the history room to trade game pieces. Some of the people in my class spent over $20!!! That's a lot of money... but I guess it's okay since it was a fundraiser for our school AND it helped us win the big quadropoly game. I got to pick our game piece in the giant quadropoly game and I chose the elephant:) I was going to choose the thimble lol but they didn't have any. We had to play really fun challenges like the six-legged race, sack race, crabwalk soccer, and oh, I had to compete in the human wheelbarrow race xP; I had to hold a guy's legs while he crawled to the finish line. Let's just say, my arms are sore when I woke up this morning. After my class's victory in that, we had to divide up into our team colors. I WAS GREEN:))

The class officers (i.e. me and the others) got to sort out all of the freshman students into teams. They were all pretty even but of course some people just had to go and complain that red or blue was stacked. But ha, Green proved them wrong;) Our first game was big ball volleyball. It was so fun even though I barely touched the ball at all cus I am tiny. At the end when everybody in the team was out on the court, they brought out a fourth big ball, except it wasn't really a ball... it was more like a grotesque baked potato with the earth drawn all over it... It was so funny to watch my team try to hit it over the net lol. It was just so lumpy and fat bahaha. I'm so glad that the tallest guy in school was on my team! He hit the balls like a boss. We tied with yellow in that first game. Next, we went outside and played snag the flag. I was hoping for boundaries in that game but no, it was like the Hunger Games. I just had to shake my friend, Karen, and yell out, "Oh my goodness!!! It's like the Hunger Games!! We're all gonna die!" lol!! The first round I wasn't active and the yellow team got first but then I started running after people and I got a lot of flags. In the last round, when I took a snagged flag to the flag bearers, I saw one of my teammates trying to get another girl's flag and the girl didn't see me behind her and I grabbed her flag and my teammate grabbed the other. It was awesome ganging up haha. In the end when they were announcing the winners, the suspense almost killed me. When they announced yellow third/second for the snag the flag game, I was so happy cus then I knew even if red was second in that game, we would still win! And we did:) All of the teams got best dressed; red won most spirited- and they were. But it just came down to the points and my epic green team just plainly beasted! GOOD JOB GUYS!

What was the prize you ask? Well... green team got first in the lunch line (yay! actually I had to serve lemonade -which I didn't even get to have my own cup!) and we got our color put on the GOLDEN CLAW, the most coveted trophy of all times! How cool is that???? (yup.. lol)
Even though the prizes weren't as awesome, the feeling of winning just made up for it. And also proving everybody wrong about how "the red team was stacked" and how "it's usually the red or blue team that wins."

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