Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year and although I didn't do anything halloween related or had plans to do anything I decided to do a bit of dressing up. I didn't want this day to come and go and find myself depressed for not having enjoyed a day when you're allowed to look awkward, weird, scary, or just out of the ordinary. So, here are the pictures I took of my "costume"....

This look was inspired by a picture I found on Pinterest and after looking up "deer costume" on YouTube and finding the same person recreating the look I decided to use the video as a guideline as to what I could do (I used makeup I already had to recreate the look, I have a foundation that is too dark for my skin that I used and then everything else is eyeshadow and eyeliner). Here is the Pinterest picture I used...

I have a picture of me on Instagram (@friendlvr) of my complete makeup and hair if you want to see how it turned out. I hope you enjoyed my costume, what were you for Halloween let me know in the comment section below.

-Mabel

FTC: Products (Kiss Nail Art) were sent to me by influenster in the VarsityVoxBox in order to review the product(s).

Sibling Tag

Last week I wanted to try something different, so I sat down and made a little impromptu video with my brother. It took a while to edit using software I don't really use and there are things I could have done better, but with that being said below is the link to the video I filmed.

Click here to watch: The Sibling Tag

Enjoy,

Mabel

Change my Outfit

Okay so there are times (almost all the time) that I find a piece of clothing in my closet that is hard to style or can only be styled with specific colors. So, I need my readers to help me figure out what I can wear. Here are the pants I am wearing, leopard skinny jeans, what would you wear with these?

You probably can't see it correctly so here is a close up of the fabric...

Have fun creating an outfit with this piece of clothing in my closet. Feel free to leave a comment linking me to your own blog, picture, or any other format you use to make an outfit using these pants.

Mabel

Fall Campus OOTD

So today I only had one class and before coming to school I was working on an assignment that was due today (queen of procrastination here) so I just wanted to wear something comfortable... This is what I came up with...

I was going to do a side braid, but it wouldn't stick so I just made a side bun with some hair twisted at the front to keep it out of the way.

It's been a long time since I wore this shirt, which I used to use as a pajama top because it is long and very comfortable. I love how soft, and thin and cute it looks with any pair of bottoms.

Speaking of bottoms...this is what the bottom half of my body looks liked today.

This is the only jewelry that I am wearing today (in fact I never take these bracelets off anymore: I just got the black one this weekend). 

I hope all of you are having a great day today/this week.

Mabel

P.s. I'm sitting under the sun at a bus stop writing this so I'm sorry if there are a large amount of spelling errors, I can't really see my iPod's screen. 

P.P. S. About 10 more minutes before my bus arrives. Actually, this might get posted a few minutes after getting home because I don't have WiFi at the moment.  :/

P.p.p.s. It's been a very long time since I wrote a letter and added P. S. at the bottom, it's quite fun.

Bye bye for now (:

School bag

Hello everyone, today I wanted to share my deal of the week... A $2 book bag!

I went to a swap meet this past Sunday and found this bag for what I heard was just a dollar which was a steal, but once I went to pay was told it was $2 (either way a good price). I love big bags because I can fit all my school supplies in it and have room to place my lunch/dinner inside. I also love this bag because it is a cross body bag, which is great for a bag that tends to be heavy in the mornings. Also, it had beautiful colors and a beautiful design all around the bag which just makes it that much better.

Anyways, I'm just waiting for my first class to start for today (40minutes to go). It's a bit cold today so I decided to wear some comfy clothes including a gray shirt with a hoodie under this comfy maroon sweater... 

I love days like this, especially since it looks like it will rain. I hope everyone else is having or will have a good day and I'll write soon. 

Mabel(:

2 Firsts!

Hello everyone, 

I hope everyone is having a great first day of the month, October starts off the 3 months of fun holidays. I've always been a fan of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, along with New Years more than any other holidays, maybe it's because of all the good food and time that people take to talk to one another and being around family, or maybe it's because of all the wonderful decorations and costumes some of these holidays have. 

Anyways, today is also the first day of school for me which is great after being stuck at home for roughly 3 months. I am currently on break, my class begins in about an hour. Below is a picture I took after eating lunch while watching some YouTube videos...

I only have 4 classes this quarter (full time student) and each class only meets once a week so I only come to school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and I have the same schedule on each day, which is great. I have enough time to do schoolwork, plan lessons for a Saturday class that I teach, and hopefully it leaves me time to update my blog, at least once a week. (So exciting!) 

So, thank you to everyone who stayed around while I was on vacation and I hope you enjoy the new layout.

-Mabel 

Passing On

My vacations never are relaxing. I wish they were and I wish I could do more things with all this free time, but sometimes things turn out differently. 

I was going to start writing daily with what I had done each day, but things came up and I didn't want to do much. Here is a recap of what happened...

In mid-July my family found out that my uncle had a tumor that he had surgery on after being told by doctors not to touch it. The tumor came back and he had to go through radiation for a large number of days. We were told that he stopped eating and he was very frail so my dad decided to go see him and try to help in any way possible. He left on the 30th of July at 8am, my sister and I took him to the airport around 4am. After coming home and resting for a few hours we went out and did a bunch of errands. That same afternoon one of my closest friends called me because her father had passed away. It was devistating, her father had been in the hospital for a few days, but he always got better so I thought he was going to be okay this time again. I'm not going to share all the details about his death, but it was sudden. My friend's birthday was August 1st and her dad and her were planning out a few party ideas which never actually occurred. This past Monday we occampanied her family to take her father to his final resting place. It's hard to deal with death especially when you have to be strong for someone else and show them that you care and are there for them. Yesterday, my family and I found out through Facebook that my uncle had passed away, my father hasn't called to let us know and I'm sure he is very occupied since all of his brothers and sisters had to travel to get to where my uncle lives. My dad doesn't have a cellphone or anything of that sort so, he only called once letting us know he would be staying for 3 weeks and he would call when he could. So right now all we can do is wait and see what happens next. 

As I said vacations are never planned because something always occurs and I just have to go with it. Hopefully these next few weeks are better and I can actually relax for a few weeks before going back to school and being stressed out all over again.