the nightlife belt

nightlife by ninjajenny

grizzly bear

Grizzly bears (Ursos arctos horribilis) hold the number 3 spot on my Top 5 Bears list (future posts will be dedicated to the others). Here are some of my favorite grizzly bear-inspired things.

Be Prepared for Bears necklace from Erica Weiner

Brown Bear brooch from Fun is Cool

Hibernating Bear sleep mask from Mary Green (on sale! I bought one.)

Reflecting Bear tee from Poketo

Rawr! tee from Foe Paws

Of course there's also the band Grizzly Bear, and the excellent Werner Herzog documentary, Grizzly Man. You can "adopt" a grizzly bear, and learn about other endangered and threatened animals, at the WWF.

what I wore today

I haven't been in much of a pants-wearing mood lately. Today I went grocery shopping at Seafood City with my dad, had some halo-halo at Chowking, and bought pandesal (Filipino bread) at Valerio's Tropical Bakeshop. It was a very Filipino-centric day.

Black H&M dress from eBay. Red cashmere cardigan from J. Crew. Plaid fringe scarf from Goodwill. Coach bag from my Lola (aka grandmother). Black tights and black ballet flats (not pictured) from Target.

the aurora dress

blue by ninjajenny

photo of the day

I just came across this post about a man who took a Polaroid photo every day for 18 years, until the day he died. The photo above was taken on January 4, 1989, exactly 20 years ago today. Yet another reminder of how short life is, and how beautiful life can be.

See all the photos here.

new year

This is what I'm wearing on New Year's Eve, even though I'm spending it at home, lounging around, eating junk, and playing Scene It? Seinfeld game with my boyfriend. I have a lot of fancy clothes and not a lot of occasions to dress up, so I take any chance I get.

The sequin top was my mom's. The skirt is Richard Chai for Target. The belt, which I wear with everything, is from H&M. Plus black tights and black Vans Authentic Lo Pros instead of heels because, like I said, I'm staying in. Also, even at 23 years old, I'm still uncomfortable with the idea of looking 100% ladylike. I always have to have a little bit (or a lot) of my inner tomboy/slob showing through. Otherwise I'd feel like a phony.

My blogger resolution for 2009 is to start documenting my outfits. There are obviously a lot of good reasons for doing this, but mostly I just want an excuse to not be lazy about how I dress. This little post is just to get the ball rolling. Hopefully I'll stick to it.

Smell ya later, 2008. Hello, 2009!