Monthly Archives: February 2012

48 Questions: About Me

1. What time did you wake up this morning?: 5am to get ready for school.
2. How do you like your steak?: Cooked until all appearance of life has fled. WELLLLL DONE.
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?: Safehouse.
4. What’s your favorite TV show(s)?: Don’t really watch tv consistently enough to have one
5. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?: London.
6. What did you have for breakfast?: Croissant.
7. What is your favorite food?: Lasagna & chocolate chip cookies & strawberry kiwi Snapple
8. Foods you dislike?: Avocado, watermelon, brussel sprouts, ginger
9. Favorite place to eat: Bakers Pub & Grill, as of late
10. Favorite dressing: Buttermilk Ranch.
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive?: Honda Cr-V.
12. What are your favorite clothes?: Dresses &  cardigans.
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?: Japan.
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?: …1/2 full
15. Where would you want to retire?: The Beach.
16. Favorite time of day?: When work is over and I talk/laugh with my family in the kitchen while dinner is being made.
17. Where were you born?: Lagos.
18. What’s your favorite sport to watch?: Football. It’s the Longhorn in me.
19. What’s your favorite fragrance?: “Timeless” by Avon. It’s that nice old lady smell lol.
20. What’s your favorite face cream?: Skin Succes.
21. Favorite baby/kids product?: Rattles that you pull and they vibrate and scrunch up.
22. People watcher?: Guilty…but they’re so funny when they think no one’s watching!
23. Are you a morning person or night owl?: Neither….It’s hard to wake up in the morning and I fall asleep at random.
24. Do you have any pets?: No and haven’t since ’89 (when I was born)
25. Any new/exciting news to share?: Not currently…do you know something I don’t?
26. What did you want to be when you were little?: A doctor…mistake. I sucked at bio, chem, anatomy in college
27. What is your favorite memory?: 20th bday at Dave n’ Busters.
28. Are you a cat or dog person?: Dog
29. Are you married?: Nope, no Mr. Timi yet.
30. Always wear your seat belt?: Yep, Officer. I do.
31. Been in a car accident?: Yes. Three this year alone. 1. another person hit me on the side. The other two was me and the road fighting (2. hydroplaned and 3. hit a curb). God is good. I’m still here!
32. Any pet peeves?: Braggadocios individuals. “Pacific” instead of specific.
33. Favorite pizza toppings?: White pizza or Chicken/Spinach pizza
34. Favorite flower?: …I don’t like flowers but “Baby’s breath” always conjures up images of a toddler breathing furiously unto a field of flowers. Gets me every time.
35. Favorite ice cream?: Cookies and cream
36. Favorite fast food restaurant?: It used to be McDonalds/Chipotle/Subway but due to eating them too much I now can only tolerate Chipotle and Subway in small amounts.
37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?: None :)
38. From whom did you get your last email?: Wordpress comment moderator :P.
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?: I don’t do that…It’d be hard to max out in the thrift stores I frequent.
40. Do anything spontaneous lately?: Decided to go to LA for Spring Break.
41. Like your job?: Ermmm, “this too shall pass.”
42. Broccoli?: Yes! How did you know? *Munch munch*
43. What was your favorite vacation?: London, Centre Parks.
44. Last person you went out to dinner with?: Tobi & Jesc.
45. What are you listening to right now?:
46. What is your favorite color?: blood orange (sounds morbid, looks awesome)
47. How many tattoos do you have?: None, they all washed off in the shower.
48. Coffee drinker?: Yuck! Tea or hot cocoa for me.

Sunday Best

I got the blazer from Forever 21 a couple years ago. I wear it for interviews or “business” occasions. One day I’ll save up and get fitted for a legit suit. Tunic was borrowed from my sis, Dee. Wrap skirt is thrifted. Check out how it’s wrapped.

Happy Sunday, peeps!

WAYW #14

This week I caught a cold/cough so my outfits consisted of cardigans and scarves.

My favorite outfit was Friday’s outfit. It’s actually a short dress with a belted skirt on top. I stole this idea from my sis, Ineye. The bright earrings were from a beauty store!

My most questionable outfit was on Wednesday. I wore two different kinds of stripes, a pink and white striped shirt and a blue, pink, and white skirt. My sister raised a brow at my outfit at first before deciding she actually liked it. The school receptionist commented that she wouldn’t personally wear the outfit, but she respected me for trying it. Thank you? Anyway, here is a swatch of the stripes:

WAYW #13

This week I mixed my casual pieces with dressy casual.

On wednesday, we took the kids to see a play called “The Ballad of Emmett Till” at the Ensemble Theatre. You should definitely go see it if you can. The lead, Joseph “JoeP” Palmore plays the charming and lovable Emmett Till.

On Friday, I and the other teachers chaperoned the Valentines Day dance. Ironically, when I was in middle school, I had not been allowed to attend our school dance. When I was chaperoning, I saw that the students were mostly shy with each other and just wanted to dance with their friends. I wore a khaki long praire skirt with my Miley Cyrus checked shirt. Lol.

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Wednesday was my favorite outfit, Monday was my next favorite. Friday’s was really comfortable except for the shoes. I need to get over my height insecurities and invest in some good ole flats.

Upcycle Your Style with a CLOTHES SWAP

Are you in need of a fashion makeover but you have no cash to spare? Have you ever wanted to shop in someone else’s closet? Well, you might just be the perfect guest at a Clothes Swap party.

As someone with 2 sisters, I know there’s nothing better than snagging a few pieces from someone else’s closet to complete your look. I have been throwing Clothes Swap parties with my friends for a couple of years now. I love them!

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[Benefits of a Clothes Swap]:

One (wo)man’s trash is another (wo)man’s treasure
I have had some people hesitate to come because they’re afraid they won;t have anything anyone will want. Little did they know that someone had been looking all over for some charcoal gray work slacks.

You get to go “shopping” with your friends
You also make a lot of new friends. This is how my work friends met my church friends. My only motto is you’re welcome as long as you bring something.

It’s in a comfortable setting (in this case, my living room)

You can set up mirrors and makeshift dressing  rooms

You get supportive advice from friends on what will best fit your shape

You can donate the remainder of the clothes to a non-profit organization

This is a good way to clean out your closet but at the end of the event your closet will be full again! It’s good practice to take the leftover clothes to a charity. This year, my charity of choice is Mia’s Closet Houston

My favorite benefit is: It’s FREE!!

It’s a great alternative to shopping. At the last one I hosted, I found everything from a zebra print blazer to a Kimono dress. “Free” is a style that works for everyone. Because it’s free you’ll be more likely to try on something you normally wouldn’t.

Although some fancy places choose to charge admission, I prefer to have free admission into the Clothes Swap Party. I highly doubt anyone is going to pay money to sit and try on clothes in my living room. It’s a fun time for my friends and I to mingle and shop.

My goal is to not shop until my Clothes Swap on March 3rd, but we’ll see what happens.

 

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If you think you’d like to host a Clothes Swap, check out this awesome party guide on how to host one.

WAYW #12

The * symbol means the outfit contains a thrifted item

This week was a busy week at school, which explains why I forgot to take a picture of Thursday’s outfit. Sorry!

Funny story about my purple dress from Wednesday. I was on the boys campus that day and a student complemented me on my dress. And then he says “My mom has that same dress, excepts she wears it as a nightgown. For all I know, since the dress was thrifted, it very well could have been a nightgown in another life. I had to play it off like it was on purpose. Lol.