Sick...

I haven't been stuck-in-bed sick in a long time so this really sucks. I've been out of commission the last day and a half, and I'm thinking I'll still be for the next day and a half...

I don't think I was majorly sick at all last year. I had to take Spanish every day all three quarters, and you were only allowed 3 absences per quarter. I never missed more than one day each quarter. One absence was to go to Sun God, too, so I wasn't even sick. Hopefully I get better before tutoring on Wednesday!

I'm also hoping to get better before Thursday because Gap is having a special sale from Jan. 8-11. I've been eying (that looks strangely spelled..) a few shirts that I'm hoping to use my 35% discount on. I'll be SO sad if I can't find these shirts in-store since the discount is not valid online...



Although it isn't shorts weather, I can see myself wearing the pink and blue button-up shirts partially tucked into white shorts with flip flops. Spring is so far away...

I love the purplish-pink shirt, but I'm afraid it's going to be too billowy for me. I have broad shoulders and billowy arms tend to make them look broader :(

Crisp, white shirts are my favorite, and the scalloped details on the last shirt add a little flair to it.

Purchases...

1. My new planner. I am obsessed with list-making and sticking to schedules!

2. A gray Forever 21 shirt that's made of a sweater-ish material (front and back.)

3. A black Forever 21 top that's a little more "dressy" than my normal shirts.

4. My new sweater from Urban Outfitters! I look super fat in this picture, but it's such a comfy and warm sweater, I love it.

Shopping!

Today I went to the Americana at Brand and I am tiiiiired. I think I'm still a little sick so 2.5 hours of shopping really did me in.

I mostly browsed and didn't see too much that I liked, but I wanted so many things at Barney's Co-Op! They were having a pretty decent sale, too. Twelfth St. by Cynthia Vincent dresses reduced from $200 to $69! I wanted a pair of Seven For All Mankind "Dojo" jeans, but they were still $192 (after being reduced) and I figured I can just buy my jeans at Nordstrom (where I actually have gift cards to.) They also had my favorite Marc by Marc Jacobs handbags.... sigh...

Anyway, I ended up buying stuff from Forever 21 (yay gift cards,) Paperchase, and Urban Outfitters. I absolutely LOVED this high waisted skirt at Martin + Osa, but I have no place or reason to wear such a thing in the near future so I didn't buy it. It was very corporate looking, and I can wear jeans and a tank top to work, so yeah...

I'll post pictures of my purchases later :)

Highlights of 2008

-New Year's Eve/New Year's with old and new friends at my apartment.

- Vegas and my first time clubbing (hah) with Kacey, Alli, Hanna, and Terri!



-3 years with Darryl (2/05/05)



Such an old picture of us!

-UCLA men's basketball team wins the Pac-10 tournament

-UCLA men's basketball makes it to the Final Four.

-Graduation!



-Mammoth with college friends. Hiking, biking, drinking, tennis, ping pong, fun!



-Weekend trip up north in September to visit friends and go wine tasting.

-Disneyland for the first time in like 8 years!



-Tailgating at a bunch of the UCLA football games! (most of the games are NOT highlights haha)



Can you find me in the picture??

-Tutoring/teaching, mostly because I've learned so much from both my jobs.

-Random eating/talking/board game/birthday hangouts with the girls.

-My most recent Vegas trip with the UCLA guys.

-Learning that cooking is FUN!

-So much more... mostly things that I can't remember...

New Year!

New Year's Eve was fun! During the daytime I celebrated with my relatives and Darryl (my BF... I'm just going to use his real name from now on haha.) We had a ton of food and played some Rock Band. After that Kacey, Hanna, Thomas, and Kacey's friends Andy and Daichi came over. Kacey, Darryl, and I played some Rock Band, and then we played some Sceneit (which I won 1 vs. 2 and 1 vs. 4 hehehe.) I made an amazing comeback in the 2nd game! I wouldn't have been sad to lose 1 vs. 4, but it was an intense game. We also played Cranium, but the boys won.... booooo. The girls were close! Everyone left after midnight since they all had stuff to do this morning, so it was an early night.

We need another drunken apartment NYE party like last year haha. Pretty soon everyone will be settling down elsewhere, so hopefully those of us who are in the SGV can still get together for a few more years.

Right now I'm watching the Penn State/USC Rose Bowl game. I hope USC loses, but those assholes just scored a TD. I hope it ends up being like the Texas/USC Rose Bowl game a few years ago...