Mini Spring Hauls

Why is it "Mini" Spring Hauls? It's because it'll be a very long post if I introduce all the products that I bought. So.. just a sneak peak for you ('ω')ノ" My shopping style is not like I buy tons of stuff at the same store. I like to buy few stuff here and there. I like to go here and there and here again. Guys, please don't make fun of us that girl's shopping takes forever. To be a good shopper, we need to...

• observe what the workers are wearing
• what the trend of the season is like
• "compare prices (very important!)"
• "compare clothes"
• try clothes in the fitting room to give a final judgment

It's not our fault that we spend a long time for shopping. It's just that there are many fantastic stuff that we need to go through. Shopping is like a war. We fight with hundreds of attractive clothes. We use lots of energy & brain. Support us, love us, Guys! (≧∇≦*)(*≧∇≦)

...((￣_￣　)(　￣_￣))

Hey.. Don't we give you cheerful words, love, fake smiles etc. to support you when you fight with hundreds of little things on TV; video games? You guys take forever too!

♪you and meee, we are the sameee♪ (*´▽｀*)人(*´▽｀*)

Forever 21
I am a bit over obsessed with floral stuff. I have many many floral stuff in my closets. Aaaand I got some more. Don't you have similar experience? Like.. you realize that you have many clothes that look very similar.

• White formal dress (US$15ish) : So beautiful party dress! Very soft. This dress shows the body line very well, but the vivid flowers catch viewers attention more + the length is not too short & not too long (it comes to my knees). So it's not just a "sexy party dress". I can wear this to everywhere from  fancy places to casual parties. I'm excited!

• Chiffon dress(US$15ish) : My favorite fabric and My favorite color of clothes  The Cutest part is that the second layer has a different design (smaller flowers)!!

Local Vintage Shop

• Floral laptop case(US$26) : This adorable thing saves my laptop's life! I always drop my laptop or hit it somewhere, it breaks very quickly (o'H'o) Be tough, Mrs. laptop! Anyway, this is very useful not only to save its life, but also to put a little accent to my fashion (^^) It's like a gorgeous accessory.

Local Clothing Store

• Maxi dress (US$20) : The beautiful lace comes all the way down to my lower back. I wasn't gonna buy it, but I couldn't forget about it for couple days. 3days later, I went back to store. This was still there, so I got this! It was a "must"! I wore it for 6months aniv & impressed Garfy. Definitely my favorite summer dress.
  

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• Flat shoes (US$8) : Super Cute! This color & style goes with every casual fashion style.

Bath and Body Work

• Body Soaps (US$11 each) : Bath&Body had wonderful deal combination; "buy 3 get 2 free" + "buy $30 get 20% off" + "free shipping." Everything smells very very great! I'll talk about them individually in my next blog! I want to use these products at least once and tell you how these worked:) so that you guys can get more ideas of which is what, right?

Rite Aid

My boyfriend took a pic of my funny face the other day. I thought I was doing pretty good funny face, but it turned out that I have many wrinkles around my eyes!! Am I that old now!? + the sun beam causes us to have more wrinkles. SUMMER! I wanna go outside, but I am scared!

• Eye Cream(US$25) : I will see how helpful this is... fingers crossed

:)

April Favorites

It's been a while since April ended.

Just Now, I thought it'd be fun to introduce my favorites monthly :)
Also, I forget things VERY easily, so this can be a little note for myself^^

Like people says

"Just Do It"    photo by Nike

so I decide to start from today

*if you click each link, you can jump to the products' websites*

Let's begin from the left (´・ω・｀)

1. Honey Sleeping Pack from South Korea
Summer's mom gave me! (Summer = my best friend) It smells fruity, honey, wonderful, & sweet (but not rich). When I apply it on my face and sleep with it for Only 2days in a row... my face! my face gets super smooth! It's miracle.

2. Moroccan Oil : Moroccan Argan Oil
from Organix. I also have shampoo & conditioner that go with it. They were 1 of my X'mas presents last year. Since Moroccan oil seems to become famous, I finally opened it. I apply it on my hair every morning after taking a shower. It leaves a pretty good smell on my hair! It's not too greasy which is great for me because I don't like my hair to look oily. Since I use many products for my very damaged hair, so it's so hard to see which one affects my hair better... so I can't really say anything like this has worked the best(`･⊝･´)

3. Shower Gel : Frosted Snowberry US$11
from Bath & Body Works. This is for me!
"Blue + Christmas + Fruity smell + dog = ME" (｡◕ ∀ ◕｡)
This is a combination of all of my favorite things! This makes my shower time great★

4. Lotion US$25ish

from CLINIQUE. I think this works perfect for my skin type. I apply this, only one push at a time, twice a day after washing my face. Very strong fragrance products make me feel sick. So this fragrance free lotion is great! I tried its travel sized one & I liked it, so I got this bigger one!

5. Body butter "Carried Away" US$15
from Bath & Body Works again. The floral smell is not very strong but lasts for a long time! My legs usually get dry, so I have to put body lotion at least twice a day. But with this one, I only need once in the morning. That's it! My legs are still very soft with the soft floral smell in the evening too! Amazing!

6. Dress
*My favorite NEW dress* sorry for wrinkles. I ironed it just now.. I guess I need to do it again:( Anyway, when I saw this dress, I fell in love with it immediately. Very summery, girly, sexy, a bit vintage shape... (^_^) The dress comes down to my knees, so it's not too sexy which I love about this dress. It's bigger than the size I normally wear, but ..... the next moment, I realized that I was paying at the cashier. Luckily, I haven't regretted that yet. I'll post a pic of myself next time so that you can see how long it is on me.

7. Movie : Howl's Moving Castle
Howl: "you are beautiful"
Can somebody tell me that if I happened to look really old now? please? It's a romantic story of a wizard without a heart who exchanged a contract with a devil and a girl whom a witch made to an old woman. Though, I've watched it several times, Howl always takes my heart whenever I watch it. It's one of the Studio Ghibli movies by Hayao Miyazaki from Japan. His movies are always made by such unique concepts with the beautiful art touch and beautiful music. My friend, Garfy & I are doing Studio Ghibli movie marathon every Saturday!


8. Random :
this picture from pinterest just makes me smile
･:*:･'★.｡･:*:･'☆（●￣u￣●）*･:*:･'★.｡･:*:･'☆

Mother's Day : Presents

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kurdistan, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Saint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanganyika, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How many countries are listed above? 92 countries?

whew.. :) I did a good job typing them!! hehe

There are at least 92 countries in this world that
 celebrate the Mother's day on second Sunday of May.

(Other countries celebrate it on different days)

Have you decided what to do for Mother's day?

I decided to get some presents and cards for my mothers and write a message to my mothers in the world here on my blog:)

Presents for my mother

had to be somethings that could be shipped. It couldn't be some accessories, beauty products, cooking products because she is not really interested in. I gave her bags, shoes, and skirts before. so her presents for this year are...

Clothes + A card

I just randomly went & luckily found this cutest T-shirt at aeropostale (US$24.50). Just so perfect!! My mother and I love blue color and lace. Since she was looking for a casual T-shirt, I got this one for her and myself. Our 1st matching clothes ★ (a cute idea, isn't it?) hehe I also got a summer casual dress from Kensie & a camisole from h.i.p. at Nordstrom that I forgot to take a picture of. sorry guys:'(
by the way, I found these pictures of the T-shirt on ebay.

It was only $9.99! bummer..

Presents for my boyfriend's mother and my Mexican mother

Soap nuts + cards

from One Fair World. There is a Japanese song about "Mother" (this is a title too). This kids' song sings that "Child : mom, you smell really good. Mom : it's a smell of laundry soap." So, I bought this one for moms (although they are not from Japan). Take 3-4 nuts and soak them in the hot water for couple minutes. Put them into the attached cotton small bag. Throw the bag in the laundry. So magical! It's a nut & it's a soap! It's a soap nut!! We can use the same nuts 3 - 4 times:) It's natural and great for sensitive skin.

Present for my current host mother

I think I will go to get a card + a bottle of wine from a local wine shop!

Lastly,

To my wonderful mothers in the world! I counted them. There are at least 13 host mothers and women who are like mothers to me. Unfortunately, it's super hard for me to keep in touch with every single one of moms + my international friends, so I have not been able to keep in touch with how they are doing. BUT I will never ever forget about such wonderful mothers. Even though I couldn't speak English at all, you gave me a great lesson instead of giving up on me. I learned how to accept who others are and where others come from, how to share who we are, how to be a daughter. You also showed me how to be strong, thoughtful, lovable, and many more important things that I needed to learn :) It was just very amazing to meet you! Those memories that I had with you are priceless. Please do not forget that you will always be n my heart and I will never forget about you. Thank you very much. I love you all! I hope all of you had a wonderful mother's day!!

with love and smile, Vivian

6 months

Who said Americans don't celebrate monthly anniversaries? Me? Maybe..

Many of my friends in the US do celebrate 6 months & after that.. yearly. Because I am such a dreamy girl, I do have a small dream = celebrating monthly anniversaries. ridiculous? Well, that's why I gave up on this dream once. BUT I believe it's very important to do something different together every once a while. ((*>u<*)) Especially in the short distance relationship like I have, I see my boyfriend everyday (which is awesome). Here is a question for you! What if seeing partners became just one of the dairy routines? JUST LIKE THIS PICTURE that I saw on facebook...

No feeling butterflies from just looking at each other? More disappointment? Missing the time when you just started dating?  it'd be hard to feel exciting and fresh feeling that make couples realize how meaningful the partners are to them.

NOOoooOOO!!

NO NEED to do something reeeally expensive. Just dress up nicely, do something different, and make your partner surprised!! (^^)(^^) You don't have any idea, time, & money? That's Okay! Here is what we did for 6 months anniversary!

1. Look around a dollar store
They sell some unique things that we can talk about or play with. haha

2. Go to picnic

Picnic at the park with Thai food from my favorite Thai restaurant :D

(we didn't have a time to make lunch box)

We ate a lot & became "food-pregnants" ヽ( 'H')人('H' )ノ

3. Take pictures

Funny pictures make us laugh together. Good pictures leave beautiful memories.

4. Join local events

We found and listened to a live jazz music together:)

+ we got our desserts (chocolate for me & beer for him) hehe

5. Walk around
We went to our memorable place together. You may find something new on the road like a piece of pizza..

6. Surprise your partner with a letter or a small gift
Who writes a letter? It's so old school! A small gift? So cheeeeesy
 ... NO!! Because not many people do such things like that, cheesy stuff becomes something very special!

I am glad my small dream, that I gave up once, came true. I am glad he is OK with celebrating anniversaries monthly. I am glad I met him. Happy 6 months!!

Hope all of you have wonderful anniversaries!

SMILE :)