Hair

So Im taking my hair down before school starts. I have been rocking the nubian twists for over a month now, and Im ready for something new. I have been visiting various natural hair websites and have been given tons of ideas for new hairdos. Im definitely rocking my own natural nappy hair for a while lol. I am going to buy me a hair journal, and create me a nice little hair regimen, and get this natural flow a going. So I have been natural since like decemberish january lol. I really cant remember the exact date but needless to say I could be taking better care of my hair, which I am about to start doing. So August is just around the corner and it will be the start of my hair experimentation.

Pictures

I am going to try and post pictures weekly. I rarely document what I wear and sometimes after I wear a particularly cute outfit I wished that I had lol.

The Pictures I Promised

Military meets Fem.
I wore this outfit for the Megan Mae challenge
Breakdown:
Brown boots- Ross
Military green leggings- Forever 21 (thrifted $1) (brand new w/ tags)
White tank- Forever 21- $2.50
Blue jean jacket (thrifted $1)
Purse- cant see (thrifted 3.95)
Brown belt- Ross
Jewelry- Forever 21 (1.50)

Neutral
I wore this outfit for the Megan Mae challenge
Breakdown:
Dress pants (thrifted $!)
Shirt (thrifted $1)
Belt- Forever 21
Jewelry- Forever 21
Shoes (cant see) Charlotte Russe

Ecccletic
I wore this for the Megan Mae challenge
Breakdown:
Skirt- (thrifted $3.00)
Sandals- Wet Seal
Tank top- Forever 21
Jewelry- Forever 21 (1.50)
Belt- My moms (lovely Imperfections)

Harry Potter
I wore this outfit when I went to  see the new Harry Potter movie  yesterday.
I hardly go places so I dress up a tad bit when I go to the simple places lol.
Breakdown:
Skirt: Forever 21
Boots: Ross
Tanktop: Forever 21
Sweater: Ross
Belt: Ross
Earrings: (thrifted $1.95)
Necklace: Forever 21 

Phase I: Accepted!!!!

So I just received the news that I was accepted into my program. Elated! I am on my way to accomplishing all of my hopes and dreams. So one step down and two years to go lol. Side note: my job is boring but I like it because I genuinely don't do any type of work majority of the day.

Phase I: Fingers Crossed

So I had to get a different professor to do my letter of recommendation since the other one was taking too long. So as of today my grad school application is officially complete. So hopefully within the next two days I get a marvelous acceptance letter. I went to a meet and greet with one of my prospective professors who is over the department, and he informed me they accept 15-22 applicants a year :(. So I just had to email him and ask how many they have already accepted, and he told me around 14. So my fingers are crossed (literally) and I hoped I made it within that limit. Im anxious to hear the status of my application.

Phase I: Pictures

OK, so I will definitely start posting pictures this week lol, I promise.

Phase I: Slow but Steady

             Im still waiting to hear back from OCU, but I'm optimistic I meet all the requirements for the program so I'm just waiting. Tomorrow is the dinner for prospective graduates. It starts at 5:30, too bad I dont get off until them, lol. But I'm going to rush over there when I get off, hopefully I will be less than 30 minutes late. I am interested in this dinner and the type of people I will meet. Im not really a social person so we will see how this goes. Work has been coming along slow but steady as is the story of my life, lol. It's pretty boring but its a very laid back and relaxed atmosphere, and I love that. The dress code is basically up to you, so I can be casual or dressy or even relaxed with just a pair of jeans. There is no one hovering over you, so yeah I like it to bad its a temp job lol.
               I'm doing this fashion challenge with my mom this week, she has really opened me up to this whole fashionista thing. I have become quite the thrifter as a result. It's fun if I must say so myself, we go thrifting once to three times a week. Lately, I have been walking away as a winner each and every time. I am starting to get out of my comfort zone and embrace patterns, colors, and just clothing that I would have ordinarily ignored or over looked. So life is progressing slowly but surely.

Phase I: Hope

So I start my first day at this new job tomorrow (hopefully I like it). Its a data entry job so needless to say it will be boring, hopefully I get to wear headphones or at least listen to some type of music so I wont go crazy. But we will see how it goes tomorrow its a business casual workplace so I get to complete this style challenge with my mom starting next week. Tuesday I go up to OCU for this program they have for prospective graduate students, they serving dinner so that's an added plus :). Hopefully when I check on my application next week it will be good news lol. So i aam looking forward to the next two weeks. A week from friday my testing scores for my mental health tech job should be in and hopefully I will be called for an interview.

Phase I: progress

Ok so I have not blogged in a while, horrible me. So quick update. I quit my HTS job because I thought that I had found a better job that payed two dollars more, wrong! I was quickly replaced because of my ummm.... heritage lol. So I have been unemployed for about six days. I was offered another job that payed the same unfortunately its only for six to eight weeks. But that's cool I'm really trying to get this tech job in the mental health field. So today I got the call for that job to do my testing. Hopefully I do fantastic, which I should since its a scenario test. I actually got on the ball today and completed my application for OCU's LPC program, hopefully I am accepted. I did my fafsa for the first time on my own, and it was not that bad. One of my professors already did my letter of recommendation, so thursday I'm about to hunt down this other teacher and make sure he does the other one. I already requested for my transcript so hopefully that hurries along (langston is slow). So all in all things are looking up. I recieved wonderful news that the program I'm doing recieves tuition cuts so instead of paying $926 per credit hour its $260 for the LPC program (winning).

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Phase I: optimistic viewpoint

Of course my last post had a more pessimistic viewpoint. Which is mainly because I had to point out the differences between my reality and the world's reality. However, when I sit back and really take a look at my life I really don't have much to complain about. I'm in good health, I do have a job, and a car (albeit it has no A/C) and a roof over my head. My housing is a steal because I have access to internet, cable, food, washer and dryer, family, A/C, and my own room at a wonderfully low price. My mother always have a home cooked meal waiting every night. I really do not want for anything. I have good friends near-by and access to many of my favorite shopping sites. My frustration just comes from once again my lack of patience, lol. Which is more of a personal problem than anything, and something that I really should have gotten under control a looong time ago. So now I just take it one day at a time, one foot in front of the other.

Phase I

Right now I consider myself to be in Phase I of a 3 Phase Process. This phase is the struggles of my life right out of college. Phase II will be my struggles through grad school which should start either this fall (if my GRE scores come in soon enough) or next Spring. Phase III would consist of my struggles of finding a career after grad school. Right now I must say Phase I is not going to plan, lol. I envisioned that this part would of course be the hardest part but my idea of hard is quite a different picture than reality. My idea of hard is that there would be little to no trouble in finding a career in my field, getting an apartment, and a new car. Of course reality would contradict everything that I would hope. Reality is I live with my mother, have a career no where related to my field, and I am still driving my 97' Lumina, whose air compressor recently went out and my state's average daily temperature is 100 degrees before the heat index. So it is of course not the pretty picture I painted in my head.

My Faults

Ok I know everyone has their faults. However, I feel that I need to be a little more critical of mine. Mainly because I know what my faults are but I rarely do things to change them. Subconsciously I am always aware when I behave or think in a way that is remotely selfish and very inconsiderate of others, however at the time of the event I rarely try to steer down another path. I have an extreme lack of patience that can be more harmful than good. I always expect for things to happen when I feel they should happen not a moment later (sooner is always acceptable) but never later. I realize that the lack of this virtue is something that I really need to work on. Having graduated a mere three weeks ago with a double major in English and Psychology I never imagined it would take time for me to establish a new life-style for myself. Hence the lack of the patience virtue rears its ugly head. Which is in essence why I started this blog (that and to show my wonderful fashion sense :) of course).

My Start

Ok, so I'm new to the whole blogging thing, lol. I basically just copied my mother, I feel that this could definitely be a cool little outlet for me to rant and rave on. I basically determined that I would have two pages one dedicated more to the on goings of my life and one to my idea of style. I dont know how regular I will be with this but as for right now this seems to be a nice little daily activity that I could participate in.