This is how the story ends.......... The last day of the beautiful month of 2016 has its ravishing extremities. I woke up feeling mellow, happy and ready to have a kick ass day. Hours in, dressed fairly lightly, makeup done and it all up to me. Heey guys, welcome to another week, another number, and hopefully another passionate read for yall. Its been a hot minute, I hope January was good to you and you checked something off of it..as a matter of fact, scratch that,... I hope you learnt something from it. Well, as for me, I digested quite abit this month. 1: I do not need perfection, I just need moments where I do things that am passionate about, things that make me happy. 2: You don't need someone to tag along in your journey, the only witness that counts is you. You conquered, you believed, you became. 3: God is always watching, and has his ways of reminding you to look back. Those are just a few bits and bobs, this precious life has opened my eyes to. Its the lessons that shape us, not the journey. Switching over to todays post, I put together this piece in literally a few seconds... I would not go as far as rating myself as girly, but I love dressing up, but in pro-put together kinda way. I've been into booties, and kimonos for quite a while really, and I just like the chic look it portrays. So, lets dive into the mini details, my striped kimono is from H&M, I love it, plus adds a few inches to my height which is vavavuuum, to my ears. Lets talk turtle necks yall, am obsessed, like beyond words,,, I got this short sleeved black, knit turtle neck from MARSHALLS, what more can I say. Nothing but good things. On this particular day, I planned to go watch the 5TH WAVE movie, and I was a sobbing mess in the theatre. I t was an intricate film based on Rick Yancey's novel, which I have read, wel..am currently reading..am on page 100 and something, still making progress. I loved it overall, but it had it's cons..in comparison to the movie. I had an epiphany, the feeling you get when you discover something great whilst on an adventure solo. Yeep, that was me, miss Mandy. I loved spending the day with me, myself and I, I had time to reflect, peruse the humongous mall a couple of time while relinquishing inspiration from the many personalities in this vicinity. You'll be surprised how much you learn from people. regardless. My bronzed bag which is now my wing man is from PAPAYA, it fits literally everything..am certain it would fit a tinny tiny baby or even a dog...I wish I had a dog..love them. My leggings are from Forever21, an everyday staple, although am not a huge fan of tights...where trousers people. JK, its a free world. lol!! Uhh, incase you guys want me to do a review on the 5TH WAVE, either the book or the movie, let me know. My booties are form FOREVER21 or H&M, am not really sure. Selective amnesia going on here. Let's analyze a certain ray of the spectrum. Who are you, who am I, who are we?, its duology question would be, What defines who we are? Wel, as of this point I can only say that I am what my dreams are, what I am willing to do to make them a reality and my will power. Beware, a lot of us have faint hearts, including me, and our dreams sometimes portray the distance of a galaxy...to beautiful to look forward to, but yet to far to reach. But I am also what I say I am, I am what my talent is, I am what I want to be. In this series, STRIPED IN BRONZE, I have found symbolism of what I wish to envision. I am striped in highlight, the good, the successful, the 'makes me smile and laugh as hard' sort of feeling, the I can do, the I became. As the wise say, Imitation is limitation, when you unveil the real you and not conform to pressures of the society you will find 'Who you are'. I t is okay to follow the crowd, but be your own leader amidst chaos. Loo!, and behold, tis up to you...flashback to how I started this post...."Hours gone, dressed lightly, makeup done and its all up to me'.. and so I say to you the same thing...don't wait around for some so called human to pick you up, show you around, drive you through this journey....ITS UP TO YOU. Buckle up, its going to be a rough ride, but a bitter sweet one...I have learnt so much, and trust me am still learning...open your mind, breath and count one....two........CASSIEOPIA// You are a cluster of gorgeous stars. Believe. Well, my lovely friends, its that time again...hats off...key insert, my time has come to drive back to my reality. With hope that this read has been a beautiful ride for you...I wish you a safe onset back to your own reality. And remind you again with emphasis...ITS ALL UP TO YOU!!, Believe. Clocking out, once again...love you all for stopping by, sending a puff of inspiration as I remind you. YOU INSPIRE ME!!!! THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY // Love Mandy.
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Connection is unintended, maybe planned but a spectacular experience when it happens in that split second. That is what I want to form with yall, make a connection with you through the words I write, but mostly let you take a peek into the ball I call my LIFE. Am awoken by the melodious tune I call my alarm, every blissful morning...a undelightful repertoire. My gratitude is always to the most high, my all, for another glimpse of this short of a life. Having worked sometimes till eleven, the rather ungodly hour, am hesitant to leave the warm arms of my white covered bed. I reach for my phone to check what's going on in the world, check instagram, occasionally my blog, if I posted anything, get some inspiration form a few other sites, check the weather and if I have some time on my hands, I jump over to Netflix....(a repetitive indiscretion). On this particular day, I was sure expecting some light snow, which was not a miss. When In need, adhere to the words of your mind....my ultimate space to think, get inspired, have a little epiphany is a winsome coffee shop, or the comfort of a spacious library architecturized by its symmetrically arranged book shelves. The silence inspires positivity, calmness and rejuvenation for my spirit and being as introverted as I am, this completes my day. A challenge to you; have a time of silence where you actually focus on the things you love. I start my mornings with a warm glass lemon water, or a cup of tea if am up to it...this helps me feel detoxified from some of the crap I admit to eating occasionally. Green tea, or some fresh chamomile tea awaken my creative senses and get the flow going. Before class or work, I pride myself in having a good read every other day,; My current read- the twilight series.. a huge one, I must say.., but am determined to finish it. A question to anyone who has indulged in the series; why does Edward have to leave?, the correlation of events leading to his decision have little weight. I almost balled my eyes out for poor Bella. In saying this, Please do not disclose any spoilers?. Am almost there. Dunkin donuts was our first stop, this fateful morning since I was off of work, and so was my twin sister. We are the girls at the corner of a cute little coffee shop, with books at hand, dabbling some notes when inspired. Some normal people we are, I would say. ( Let me fill you in, on a little sec-r-e-t; we are major bibliophiles!!! ) "Am hoping you still remember the goal, and the little deal we made", says my sister. " I vowed to read and finish fifty books this year, and my sister set forty five books as her goal to finish and read this year. 'Of course, am aware", I remember... Just so you know, am still on the twilight series which has about six book, and am still on the first one....I know, huuh!!! We stuff our faces with a cut out of the two hundred and something booked pages, relentless to put them down as the character get more intense, suspense is repetitive and what we thought would happen becomes a twist of multiple threads. And I think to myself; this is exactly how I would want my readers to fill when they read my future envisioned book, or any article I hope to write. As our minds shift for relaxation, we chat about life, our goals, how we would send the day...and catch up. Although we are practically together most of the time. With a few adult things to do, like get groceries for the week, check upcoming uni events as well as mid-term dates, and anticipate spring break, its time to get things done. We pack up our stuff, and switch our heads back to reality...realizing that the intensity of our love for book, made us forget to finish our tea...and it is only right to take it with us. We head to the grocery store to pick out a few things for the week...with the goal of it having a healthy input toward our daily meals. What better place to head to than trader Joes..., ohh!,what love I have for you...my organic filled little rustic store. We pick up some bits and bobs that will last us a week, and thank God for their prices....a very satisfied customer right here. My absolute fave thing to get, is there organic vegan chocolate, it satisfy my heavy sweet tooth that is mostly stuffed with loads and loads of potato chips.....guilty as charged. Anywho, the relentless memes of adulthood continue and am I so glad when everything is checked off the list of things to do. A happy trooper. After the consecutive banalities; mornings, tasks to complete, work/study, chatting..e.t.c. It is time to recharge, a rather vital element that humanizes us...feeding, in lay man language, eating. I wouldn't go as far as to call myself a chef.... but I would say I am good with creating rather tantalizing meals. As the wise say, If your mind can dream, your hands can transform. I pretty much surround my life as well as myself with creativity, from writing, to blogging to cooking...to creative thinkers. On this frosty night, I cooked up some Jasmine rice with a touch of green bell peppers that give it such a mouth watering aroma, with a side of kale and some hot tomato soup with bits and pieces of carefully spiced potatoes. Before the day came to a halt. I had to swing by my local library to pick up some new reads.....a great pleasure before the end of the day. And the rest is a mystery...... Well, that is a little glimpse into my...shall I say ( half astonishing) life...and I love...be mindful that I don't always have chilled out days, and sometimes it all work and no play, with a lot on my plate...regardless of what the day brings, I try my best to have some time for myself and with the people I love. Is it any good, to work relentlessly with no rest, nothing to look forward to, no one to hold on to, without something that you fall back on, that makes you giggly and happy inside?. I pride myself in believing in doing things that make your day, excite you and things you will not regret of not having done. Life is crazy, but do not get on its bandwagon... be your own leverage. I live you with this, " our daily indiscretions are failing to acknowledge the power we have to be more than what we hope for"
From an optimist who is still thriving to make the best out the life she has, I urge you to not settle. Be inspired, And remember, YOU INSPIRE ME!!. THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY// Love Mandy. Hello my fellow lovely humans. Another day, a newer number. Its been a hot minute since I last spoke to ya'll, if I remember it quite well, it was the beginning of this year. I hope none of you have yet to break your new years resolutions if you had the time to dabble some on your 2016 list. I trust you are having a smooth ride so far. Jumping on to todays piece.. a rather ravishing casual look, I put together is inspired by my rather dark side, I suppose. You are probably baffled to think I would have one, but don't we all. Its a matter of how heavy it is, if you know what I mean. I love how mysterious a dark affair, fashion wise appears, so I took it upon myself to come up with a look in regards to a dark crush. As you can see, I think I succeeded, with the leniency a turtle necks has, with dark boots and a vampy makeup look..(what more is there to it? ) This life we live, is insatiable (impossible to satisfy) and personally it sometimes gets to me, and I loose control of something I once had closure with // THE ART OF PATIENCE. my resurface dark side, so to speak. I have always been an introverted, patient persona, who let life be. But I've recently come to note that I am quickly alarmed, want things to happen at a specific time, and that is by far not a virtue. If your new to my blog, (welcome, am happy you stopped by), my goal this year is to not only share my personal fashion fanatics, but a little more about me. Hopefully, you are all loving this new direction, as well as surprises. For this vampy look, I wore my marble-ish cardigan from H&M, which I got on last years black Friday at a very reasonable price. Underneath that, if ya'll didn't know am fairly obsessed with turtle necks, so I got this black knit turtle neck from FOREVER21, and I love how it really accentuates my face. Plus, its just perfect for this darkside inspo. 'The stars can't shine without darkness"- am not sure who to quote, but this is very relatable. There has not been a soul who hasn't had to endure some sort of hardship before becoming something. Whatever story you relate to, never let anything distract you from following through with your absolution. Recently I have been an impatient person, from "can't wait to finish my twilight series, because if you have tried to read it, it is a huge one, to "when am at working, literally counting down the last minutes of my shift," to "how long does this pasta take to cook", to "dreading my three hour long uni classes that am going back to tomorrow"...etc Impatience is the killer of blissful moments I paired my turtle neck top, with my high waisted blue jeans from JCPENNEY, and my fave black-heeled AMERICAN EAGLE booties which I love but are seriously not commendable when it comes to walking for hours at a time. Since, this day was pretty chilly, although the shots seems to not give it away, I had to wear my touch screen compatible gloves which I got from my birth country Kenya, although its still a blur of where I got them. As for my bag, I carry this almost every day...it's not even funny. Its designed by CHRISTIAN SIRIANO, a designer bag which I got at a very inexpensive. Minimalistic issues right here. My owl necklace is actually my twin sister, she got at FOREVER21, and I think it just add a little twinkle to the rather dark look overall. It is yet again with regret I fold up todays number, leaving you with food for thought. Impatience is one of the things I've been running low on, am not sure it deserves to be a dark side of mine, but I believe that anything that isn't a virtue is its opposite. I am rationally working to be more persistent, more wait full, patient and plough back my roots of patience, for ' a ship is safe at bay, but that is not where it was meant to be'. Regardless of the mistakes you have made or come across, it is only commendable if you stick to finding the right path again. Before I finish, let me remind you that , "Stars can't shine without darkness".
I love and appreciate you all for stopping by, plus if you have any questions or any inspiration I could draw from, for my weekly blog, feel free to leave a comment below. You all inspire me. THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY// Love Mandy. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!, My fellow acquaintance's...woow! its been almost a month since I posted on here. Any way, be warned, that now am all settled in.. speaking of settling in.- I finally moved to a new apartment, my nostalgia is way overboard right now. I am slowly getting back into my mojo, and be warned...a lot of mysterious posts are coming your way. Talking of mysteries...today, am sharing this heart-rending number with yall. A new year, for me is really not about setting any resolutions, am about challenging myself to take new and harder risks, and be more open-minded. That is my goal, this new year...20- riskteen. Today's number is mystified- its not vivid to us what 2016 hold for us, and this is the inspiration. We set, goals, resolutions and say will do this and that, but we are not assured that this things will prevail.. regardless of what you want, its about faith, and unlimitation. On this gloomy snowy Monday morning, the fourth of January 2016, as I sit in my new living room...am willing to take risks, get things accomplished to my best ability and do all this in faith. This bright yet subtle orange dress was my mums favorite dress.. I still remember when she wore it to work with a black blazer, how stylish she was. How it perfectly matched her skin tone, and fit her like a summer glove. As I was wearing this dress, a feeling of reminiscent concealed me.. My purpose,- to share what meant the most to me. I paired this dress with a mini black clutch wallet that I got from Burlington. I designated some daily essentials in there, and I was all set. On my left arm I wore this brown wrist watch from wetnseal and last but not least I wore my mums single (40 something white bracelets) which I never take of. Just a side note, I have worn them consecutively for three years without taking them off. Suveniours are like air to me, especially those form my mother. In case anyone is curious my hair is by my beautiful twin sister, Melissa. Such a lovely trooper, I love her. Anywho, am not done here, as you know if you are a regular reader and follower of mine, you know I love suprises,.....and so does this gorgeous dress. Mirror, mirror on the wall...whose the ______________________ of them all? Voilà!!. Modest in front and a bombshell on the back... its like turning pages of a novel; and the expected main character dies...unpredictable...symbolizing more of taking risks. My mum knew her stuff. This serves multiple purposes; you can wear it to work, with a blazer on, and take it to a whole nother level by night with heels, beat face and dazzling jewelry. You know what I mean. Best for my working people out there. I wore this on New Year, and I felt like a princess the whole night; not because I looked dazzling, which I did of course..lol!, but because it carries a lot of sentimental weight...am not really sure where my mum got it, or if you can find it in the U.S, but there are definitely a lot of dupes which you can try out.. or DIY yourself. I love how flowy it is, and its overall structure...very comfortable and its not short. May I add, that this is the most skin I have shown in any shot...sorry if this is uncomfortable, cause I am seriously uncomfortable posting this. (My apologies :) Let's get to the good part.....the literal dissection. I always like to overanalyze things, and connect one thing to the next. Todays post is not only about cherishing our most precious memories, but incorporating them into our daily lives as well. I wore this dress and felt connected to my mother again, the memories of her wearing the dress popped up.. and allowed me to live in that moment. It's not all about the material things, its about the little suvenoiurs you have of those you love, regardless of where they are. Quoting one of my favorite artistic movies, " those who wonder are aimless, but those who are aimless wonder'. Hold on to those memories, signals and treasure like it was yesterday, dive through the deep seas of life with their protection, love and with them in mind... but beware;' hold on tighter and let go lighter... scratch that....never let go!!! While its the new year and many claim, 'never look back'.. I believe you should look back on the precious moments. Letting go comes with risks. Hats off, belts on, oxygen mask hanging lets get ready to fly through this new year...20-riskteen. I have faith, that its going to have full of surprises and mystical moments ahead. But with heads held high, keeping our suveniours alive we will conquer. SAs you can see am looking for the light at the start of the tunnel..it going to be an awesome year..and I can't wait to explore with you guys. Remember that you are beautiful, loved and cared for...HOLD ON! Something beautiful is on its way. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY// Love Mandy. |
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