baby, I was born this way.

VMAs! I'm going to go to sleep late just because I spent too much time watching the VMAs and I couldn't tell that it ended when it ended, so I was watching whatever they were playing afterwards and thought that it was still going on. Augh.

Gaga made my day. You made me proud, Mama Monster. I was really hoping she wouldn't wear the meat dress though. I loved that she wore Mcqueen and Armani. And new album! Now I'm stoked.

I was having a bad hair day today. It was in a shape that I didn't really like when I woke up, and the thing with my hair is that once it's in a shape, it's hard to change it back until I shampoo it again.

sweater: thrifted
vintage mini polkadot shorts: thrifted

I was afraid I wouldn't be able to go thrifting today because my family and I were at Costco when we saw that we had a flat tire. It was the weirdest thing. We called AAA and they put on the backup tire for us. Our popped tire had a huge nail dug inside it. It's not easy to get a tire popped by a nail, because the nail has to be in a specific angle for it to dig in. So. I don't get it.

I remember there was this one spread in Marie Claire (I think it was, at least. It could have been Bazaar) about sweaters and shorts. So I kind of wanted a sweater to go with my shorts. I also bought a rose knit cardigan and some kind of maxi skirt that I'm going to try to make into a dress.

It's over an hour past my bed time. I'm sleepy. Good night!

Love, Kai

when I'm feeling down, I pretend to be a candy pop princess

I wasn't in the best of moods today. I hadn't been able to blog yesterday because I was studying for the ACTs. I couldn't blog for a while today because I was busy taking the ACTs. I don't think I did all too well. I guess I'll see, but I'm already signing up for the November test. I have SATs next month too.

When I got back, I really just wanted to go thrifting. Or furniture shopping. But as soon as I get home, my dad falls asleep and my mom claims to be too busy to take me anywhere. I wish there'd be a thrift shop closer to home. Somewhere I could walk to when I felt like it. The closest Goodwill is about two and a half miles away, which isn't so bad, but takes a good hour or so to walk to. All the other stores are much farther than the mall.

To cheer myself up, I gave myself a two hour in home bath spa and dressed up. I wish I could dress up in new clothes, but I haven't gotten any in a while. Maybe if I'm lucky, I can go thrifting tomorrow.

dress: Metamorphose
shoes: Angelic Pretty
bag: Forever21, gift from Teena

This one is one of my favorite out of all my dresses, just because it has a built in petticoat so it's flouncy without me having to do anything. Does it bother you that my feet are pointing in? Because it bothers me. I need to learn to fix that.

Life is so stressful! I signed up to interview my brother for a project I'm working on for literature, but my brother isn't coming home this week and the project is due next week. And whenever I call him, he just says he's too busy or doesn't pick up.

Love, Kai

if only mulberry bags grew on mulberry trees.

I've been waiting for this. The pictures of the Mulberry bags for Target! Sure, I saw the ones on Gilt, but I was hoping for more. And there are more!

picture scanned from Marie Claire October 2010

If I could afford an Alexa, I would get one. Actually scratch that. Let me rephrase. If the Alexa bag were about 90% cheaper, I'd get one. That makes it about the price of my Juicy Couture bag. Oh gosh. But! Since Mulberry bags aren't the price of a Juicy bag, I've been looking forward to the sale of Mulberry bags for Target. In all honesty, I was hoping they'd look a little better than that. Just a bit. The materials of Converse bags at Target look nicer than that. But since they're not out yet and I haven't gotten my hands on one, I can't say for sure.

The pink leopard ones look sort of cheap. Betsey Johnson could do much better than that. She has some lovely pink leopard bags. The blue fabric ones (that's not real denim, is it?) look alright, but not my taste. I think I'll go with the black ones. Hopefully there wont be too many people charging in on the 10th. I was preparing myself for a stampede when Anna Sui for Target was out, but I was the only one there at 8:00am the day of release. I saw a couple pieces I liked, but it was still out of my price range (even at Target! Silly, I know). I'm definitely buying a Mulberry Target bag this time, though. It's a late birthday present to myself. I buy myself presents every year, because my mother tends to forget.

She was pushing me to go to my junior prom, which I refused to go to. She kept insisting that I needed to go because it's an American tradition for girls or something. But then I told her that sweet sixteens were pretty common too, and she forgot my birthday that year. So she gave me a sweet sixteenth birthday present earlier this year. It was a sweet little pink quilted handbag from Aldo.


Picnik wasn't working today, so I had to go around to the other computer to upload photos and use Photoshop instead. I'd like to get Photoshop on my own computer. It's such a hassle without it.

short dress: forever 21

long dress: Emily Temple Cute
cardigan: Banana Republic, thrifted

Sorry, this looks a bit blurry if you don't click on it. I'll try fixing it later, maybe. Today's outfit. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I don't like pants very much. Oh and also, I'm wearing two separate dresses here. I like dresses a lot. I wouldn't be wearing two of them in the same outfit otherwise. Actually the real reason is that the long dress looks sort of awkward by itself. On me, at least. Maybe I'll wear it sometime because it's hard to explain.

I usually like to end with something about me going off to do homework, but I don't really have homework today. I pretty much finished it all at school. The sad thing is, I think I spend more time on my blog or looking at blogs than on my homework. That's the only downside of having my own computer.

Love, Kai

when the fence breaks, it would be courteous to tell your neighbor.

Scared the hell out of me. I arrived home from school and walked into my room. And just when I was going to start changing, I see two middle aged men in my backyard, which is connected to my room. And my window was open. So my initial reaction was BURGLARS. Wouldn't you think so too? Then I saw that the fence that connected my backyard and the backyard of the family a block away on the other side was broken.

Yeah, thanks for telling us before you calling in workers to fix the fence while I change. Thanks. A. Lot. I'm just going to move on now.

I wore this outfit today. I haven't gotten much of a chance to wear long sleeves, because it's not fall yet (almost!), so I wore my favorite sweater today. I got it for $12 at the flea market. It was tagged as $15, but I asked the lady real nicely if I could get it for twelve. They usually slash a couple dollars for me because I look kind of small. I get a lot of "aw ok honey. Because you look like you really want it." or "oh sweetie, is that all the money you have left? Of course you can!" or "where are your parents?" I still eat from the kids menu sometimes. Guess my age if you'd like. It feels kind of like cashmere, but I don't think it can be. It came with a tag that read "Neiman Marcus." Real funny. It was also kind of falling of, so I took it off.

turtleneck: thrifted
leggings: Aritzia
wedges: famous footwear

I was deciding between wedges and boots for today. For some reason, I really like brown shoes. I can't get enough of them. My copy of Marie Claire came in today (which I love, especially at the price. $5 for a whole year!) and I found another pair of brown engineer boots that I would love to have.
I went with boots. I love floral prints. Sorry, maybe that was obvious. I wore my charms necklace today. I wear it pretty often, and it drives my mom crazy. She asks me sometimes "why are you wearing so many necklaces?" I always have to explain that it's only one. Then she says "too flashy."

Love, Kai

I got these colors on the tip of my fingers.

Strange, it's cloudy today. It's usually sunny by this time of the day, but it's cloudy. I have trouble waking up when it's cloudy. That makes it difficult for me to find ideal lighting for my pictures.

I've been really into nail polish recently -or. Well. Not really recently, but I've been wanting to buy colors that I haven't tried before, more than before.

On the top of my list is this one below.

courtesy of temptalia

First up is All Hail Mcqueen from Butter London. $14. I usually don't like to spend more than OPI-price on nail polish, but I think I can splurge just a bit on this one. Now I just need to find somewhere that sells it in stores. Nordstrom didn't have it when I visited next week. Or at least I didn't find it.

deborahlippmann.com

The reason I like this one might be obvious. It was the color that Lady Gaga wore on the cover of Vanity Fair's September issue. I'm such a Gagawhore. $16 on this one.

Right now, I'm wearing "Savvy" nail lacquer in French Cafe. It's a relatively cheap brand that can be bought at Sally Beauty, but I quite like it. I'm a sucker for nude colors. They make me feel safe. My parents hate nail polish, and get kind of angry when they see me using it. So I think I've become accustomed to buying nude polishes. The majority of polishes I have look like they're the same color. Which isn't a good thing. But. You know.

Two coats does the job, but I can still sort of see my nail. So three coats is ideal. Here's another fun fact. I love almond shaped nails. Squared nails are fine too, but not on me. I remember getting a lot of comments in my freshman year about squaring my nails, so I did. I didn't like it.

These are my favorite polishes from my color rack. From left to right. My absolute favorite bottle. Jill Stuart in Honey Peach. My sparkliest, Anna Sui 301. This one is scented when you wear it. My most expensive, Chanel in Inattendu. I'm completely regretting choosing this one over Particuliere. Taupe is fascinating. I chose this one because I thought it'd be "safer." Guh. I already have too many safe colors. Like the two bottles of Essie on the right. I love Essie, I really do. The pinkish one is Hi Maintenance, and the peachy one is Nude Attitude. They're also the cheapest from my favorites. Hi Maintenance was about $5 and Nude Attitude was around $4.

It might be a good idea to work on some homework now, or practice ACT. Gotta crack that book open at least once before the test.

Love, Kai