day 8

it's been a long time, but i finally went to the gym this afternoon. i was very surprised to see so many people there at 2pm. i thought it wouldn't be crowded, boy was i wrong.

 i went to read at coffee studio with jess and chris, then we joined bok & keith for dinner at panera bread. after dinner, we all went back to coffee studio for some more reading/browsing the internet.

jess pointed out that i cheated on my challenge. i did wear something other than my 30 items to the gym, but i'm pretty sure this doesn't count, just like pjs, right?

here's a pic she snapped of me. it was a pretty background, but we didn't get a chance to do the photo shoot, next time.

here's me with a little bit of silliness, playing around with some old sunglasses (yes, i did pop out the lenses, k-pop style)

top&tank: forever 21
cardigan: thrifted
jeans: james cured by seun
flip-flop shoes: old navy

day 7

dress: handmade by me
cardigan: banana republic
shoes: urban outfitters

whenever i go shopping or see cute clothes in magazines or even on friends, i always say, "you can totally make that." so this time i did. i found an old dress at the thrift store and cut the top off. i had an old tank top and sewed the tank and the dress together with an elastic black band in the middle and....ta-da, a tank dress. i made this a while back, but have only worn it out once before. i wore it to church today, but hopefully it'll get worn more often.

day 6

today i went to the hurley employee store to just browse, really was close to buying a jacket. afterwards, the kogi truck was there so we picked up lunch to eat at jesse's house down the street. we watched frost/nixon, then went to mitsuwa market to eat dinner.

speed dating style dinner

yogurtland (my fav)

man in the iron mask projected on the wall (best movie ever!) - yes 2 movies in one day

top: blue tank (target), stripped top (anthropologie)
cardigan: forever 21
jeans: 7 for all mankind (thrift)
shoes: flip-flops (old navy - not pictured)

i got a few requests to do different poses, but i think i'm going to have to work on it some more.

day 5

today i made pillow covers. i had these nasty green ones that i bought from target a while ago, but after many people, including my family, have hugged, beat, laid, drooled, and slept on them, they started to deform. so today i made new covers this afternoon. i also had bought 2 pillow forms from goodwill which i also covered. i love the pattern and color of the fabric, but i'm not sure if they go well with our brown leather couches.

t-shirt: target (thrift store)
jeans: james cured by seun

day 4

top: tank (target)
cardigan: forever 21
dress: forever 21
jeans: hurley
shoes: moccasins (target)

today i took out my small group girls for lunch and chit-chat. we ate at shin sen-gumi in fountain valley, then went next door to corner bakery to talk. we had planned to study after small group time, but ended up talking for a long time getting to know each other. i'm looking forward to getting to know them better this year.

me & krystal

dabin & andrea

favorite day 3s

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love the color combo

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i'm probably not going to put up my favorites for every single day until the end of the 30 days (too hard to keep up with all the updates), but it's been fun looking at so many creative and fun people.

day 3

i spent the morning and afternoon with michelle and stephanie sewing. we haven't met together in a while since steph and i started our sewing class this quarter. nathan chilled in his chair while we sewed away at our machines.

jacket: hurley
cardigan: forever 21 (thrift store)
top: forever 21
jeans: james cured by seun (thrift store)
shoes: moccasins (target)
scarf: handmade by me