Fashion Wishlist: Bag Lady

Okay, so I know I'm on a shopping ban right now but these bags were just too good not to share!  I caved last month and bought 7 pairs of shoes (we'll get to that in another post) and now I'm realizing how I don't have enough purses and bags.  Third world problems, I know.

Now, I've never really the type to splurge on a bag.  I've always bought cheap purses which end up falling apart on me sooner rather than later.  You get what you pay for, right?  Well, since turning 30 (still can't believe it) this year, I figured it's about time for me to start treating myself to things that are a step up from my usual.  And, while I still can't justify spending $300 on a single purse, $50-$100 seems pretty reasonable for something sturdier (and still cute) that will last me a little longer.  Plus, I think knowing it costs more that $25 will make me want to take care of it more.

I've always been a fan of structured handbags and Kate Spade continuously has me swooning over their products until I look at the price tags.  They had a surprise sale last week and even though the sale prices were much lower than regular price, I still couldn't do it.

So, I did what any smart shopper would do: I browsed the internet for similar styles.  Thankfully, I eventually stumbled upon StyleWe.com.  They have SO.  MANY.  BAGS.  I'm not even kidding, they have 31 pages of unique handbags.  Totes, backpacks, cross-body, shoulder bags, clutches, wallets...and in all sorts of colors and patterns!  I browsed through all 1,477 of them and picked my top ten favorites to share with you.  Swoon with me, won't you?

Duckie's Top Ten Handbags by frikkenduckie featuring a satchel bag

That fringe one is one of my absolute favorites!  I have a dusty beige fringe bag already, but black is my color.  And you just KNOW I am absolutely going to buy that cute little pineapple purse eventually, because how can I go to sleep at night knowing that I don't have a pineapple purse?  And that light blue color looks so luxurious, while the deep burgundy will be perfect for fall.  Sigh...

If you can't tell from my picks, I like big bags and I cannot lie.  When you have three kids, you kind of have to be ready to carry everything with you all the time.  Plus, with me being a makeup hoarder and planner addict, I need lots of space to carry 7 shades of lip stick, 3 eyeshadow  palettes, 24 colored pens, and about a pound of stickers with me everywhere I go.  You know, essentials.

So tell me, what does your bag wishlist look like?  Which ones are your faves?

Fashion Wishlist: Summer Wedding Style

Summer is almost over, and this year has been pretty exhausting.  So many parties, summer events and tons of weddings to attend that it has become pretty clear to me that I've used up all my outfits in my closet.  With a few more weeks to go before school starts again, I've got a just a couple more wedding receptions to attend and nothing to wear.

For those that have been following along for a while now, you'd know that a) I'm not yet married and b) have been half-ass planning my wedding for about 2 years now.  That being said, I've stumbled across Dresswe a few times now while browsing for possible wedding dresses, entourage outfits, etc.  They have super affordable (some under $100) wedding dresses and such a huge selection of different styles that I've found it hard to pick one just yet.  (I'm leaning towards a form fitting, mermaid/trumpet style, with a sweetheart neckline and lots of lace and beadwork.)

But, since I'm not getting married just yet (I'm the kinda gal that would much rather save my time and money on building our house first), I decided to browse the other dresses and items they have and found so many different things that I liked.  The dress below caught my attention immediately and I just knew it would be a perfect outfit to wear to a summer wedding because of the bright colors and fun print.  I'm pretty sure I'd wear this to more than just a summer wedding because it seems like of those outfits where you can't help but be happy in it - and who wouldn't want that?

Summer Wedding Style featuring Dresswe.com by frikkenduckie featuring necklaces

It's been a while since I've done a post that didn't pertain to working out or what I've been reading, but I really did enjoy putting this together.  I kinda miss posting outfit ideas, fashion inspos, wishlists, beauty faves - basically all things girly.  I'm still very girly in real life (I love shopping, dressing up, makeup, etc.) but it hasn't been coming across that way on the blog lately.  I'd like to do more girly type of stuff here, keep things interesting around here for you readers as well as for myself.  I was challenged to do a "no mirror makeup" look from one of my friends on Snapchat (username: frikkenduckie) and I was thinking I'd post it here on the blog too.  Just a little goofy, girly fun.  Or maybe a makeup tutorial to accompany this outfit post?  What do you think?

Attending any weddings this summer?  What are your go-to outfits?

Birthday Wishes

If I could have ANY 29 wishes come true on my birthday, this is what they'd be:

1.  World peace pizza.  Maybe we'd all get along better if we weren't so hungry?


2.  This dress.

3.  A teleportation device.

4.  To be debt-free.

5.  The house of my dreams.  Basically any house at all, as long as it's mine.

6.  To fly.

7.  A serger machine.

8.  A garden that I don't need to attend to.

9.  For my kids to grow up happy, healthy, humble and hungry for knowledge and success.

10.  The knowledge and start-up money to open a store and start a clothing line.

11.  This camera (still).

12.  To get my degree so I can get a raise!

13.  Bigger boobs and flatter tummy without surgery or procedures.

14.  Be able to afford and have the wedding of my dreams.

15.  Honeymoon in Greece.

16.  A cure for cancer.  Preferably painless and affordable.

17.  To be Beyonce and Taylor Swift's BFF.

A video posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Nov 4, 2014 at 7:55pm PST

18.  For Pokemon to be real.

19.  More affordable healthcare and childcare (especially during summer!).

20.  To be able to pay for stuff with confetti.  All I'd need is a ream of paper and a hole punch in my car.  Make it rain!!!


21.  That this little beauty and her family live a long, happy life.  Click here to donate to Curryn's medical fund.

22.  Less stress.

23.  For my bar to always be fully stocked.

24.  An app to download outfits into my closet.  For free, please.

25.  For girls and women to stop being so catty and start running the world.

26.  To have this guy 4EVs.

27.  Roasted turkey legs.

28.  A lifetime family pass to Disneyland/world.

29.  For my eyebrows and winged liner to always be "on fleek".


And that's my 29th birthday wishlist.  What would yours look like?

A Post About Crap

Today is a crap day.  There, I said it.

My life is far from perfect.  In fact, it's so far from perfect that it sits right on the outskirts of "Eh, not so bad".  I don't have a fancy car or a glamorous job, and I definitely don't have angelic children or a sappy-happy relationship (a point that has been proven again today) but it's my life.

Some days are great, and some days, like today, are crap.  Everyone has crap days, just like everyone takes a crap.  It's natural.  So, naturally, when you feel crappy you find a way to ease that feeling and get it out of your system.  Like a laxative.

One of my favorite ways to push crap out and feel better is through retail therapy!  But, since I'm stuck behind this desk all day (and mostly because I'm broke) I'm doing my second favorite thing: putting together a want-list!  Mother's day is coming up this weekend, so there's that too, I guess.

2014 Mothers Day Want List by frikkenduckie featuring a straw hat

1//  "Fuck It" Necklace by Bad Bad Jewelry

2//  Black Straw Fedora from Forever21

3//  Tiny Tea Teatox by Your Tea

4//  Cream-colored Crossbody from Forever21

5//  Extra Long Barrel Curls Styling Kit by Curlformers

6//  Posh Hooded Sandals from Forever21

7//  Pink Blazer from Forever21

8//  Peixoto Totoro Bustier Swim Top at NastyGal (and would it be too much to ask for that body too?)

Okay, so maybe my want-list is a little excessive.  I mean, I only have 3 kids and I'm the one paying their allowance...but still.  Maybe I'll just gift myself one of these things for Mother's Day and deduct it from their allowance.  I mean, none of these things are over $100 so they'd only have to work for free for a month, right?  No?

So, what do you think of my want-list?  What's your laxative for a crappy day?

Hey Shorty!

I've mentioned before (and I'm still not sure why) that I'm really excitable this year.  It's like someone put some yayo in my drink on New Year's Eve and it's lasting all year long (well, so far).  We're full swing into spring (see what I did there?) and I couldn't be more excited about pastels, florals, Easter, and oddly enough: spring cleaning.

And since summer is right around the corner, I'm absolutely ecstatic!  No surprise there.  You wanna know what is surprising (and sorta, kinda, silly) though?  I'm excited about shorts!  I know most of you are still dealing with freezing temperatures so you're probably excited about wearing shorts in the summer too, but I live on Guam - I wear shorts almost every single day.  Silly, right?  That's like a Japanese person being excited to eat rice.

Sassy Summer Shorts by frikkenduckie featuring Forever 21

Ever since I bought a pair of loose printed shorts from Charlotte Russe last summer, I've been obsessed with the trend! They're so comfortable to wear since they're meant to fit loosely - so no battles with zippers, buttons or belts here! Plus, my thunder thighs are not suffocating like they sometimes do in tighter denim shorts. 

I think the thing I love most about this style is that it is so easy to wear. You can wear these shorts with a tank while you're lounging around at home, throw on a cute jacket or cardigan to go run errands, and then throw on a cute top and some heels to go out for drinks.

So what do you think?  Do you love this trend too?  Are you excited to wear shorts?  And I don't know about you, but I'm falling in love with that floppy fedora and those gladiator sandals too...swoon!

 

A Blogger Gift Guide

It's finally December!  Can you believe it?  I can't.

It seems that time has just flown by this year and I've just been trying to keep up!  This month is going to be cuh-ray-zee because I'm working ridiculous hours (damn you retail job!) and trying to work on redesigning and promoting this little blog.  I'm also trying to start my own online clothing store as well as creating my own line of clutches, bags, and tops.  Those of you following me on Instagram may have seen the mini-clutch I created a couple weeks ago (here).

Anyway, now with Christmas literally right around the corner I'm stuck with an extremely long shopping list so instead of all of us going around and scratching our heads about what to get for whom, let's kick off this month with a gift guide!

I personally love "gift guide" posts because it just makes things so much easier for me and it also helps me to "think outside the box" to give my friends and family a truly unique gift.  And what better way to kick off the gift guides than a gift guide made especially for us bloggers!!

Nerd Party Ebook | ILWF #blogger Crop Top | PayPal Funds | Flexible Tripod | Coffee Mug With Their Blog Name On It | Some Ecards Desk Calendar | A Pretty Little Notebook | Custom Blog Design Package

Okay, some of you non-bloggers may be scratching your heads at this (*sigh*, they don't get it), so let me break it down for you:

1.  All bloggers, whether newbies or not, need to know a little coding and design.  It's pretty much the building blocks of a successful blog - because no matter how you try to flip it, people are gonna choose to read the pretty/clean blog over a dull/cluttered one.

2.  I wrote about these personalized crop tops before and I really cannot get enough of them!  This is a perfect gift for that fashion-forward blogger in your life.

3.  One word: PayPal.  EVERY blogger could use a little cash, and PayPal is a great way to show your favorite blogger a little support.  The money you transfer to their PayPal account can go towards purchasing ads, hosting giveaways, and getting a new blog makeover (which I'll get in to a little further down).

4.  A flexible tripod is a great gift for any blogger because it allows them to take photos and videos from angles and aspects that they wouldn't be able to with a regular tripod.  Great photos are the key to successfully shared posts!

5.  Our blog is our baby.  And just like any proud parent, we love to see our blog name/URL everywhere, so go on and get something customized for your blogger.

6.  Even you non-bloggers get a kick out of SomeEcards so this could be a neutral gift I guess.  We just love to use these in our posts!

7.  Bloggers are writers.  Sometimes we need to take a break from the computer and find a quiet place, away from technology, to gather our thoughts.  Give your blogger some time to unwind with a cute notebook to jot down some ideas, doodle, or just make lists (we LOVE making lists)...

8.  Giving your amazing blogger a custom design package is like giving her (or his) blog a spa day.  Custom design packages give bloggers a chance to make over their entire blog's look without having to do it all themselves.  These can get a little pricey, but they are an amazing investment.

Alright, so now you've got a Blogger Gift Guide from a blogger's perspective - you have no excuses left on what to get your favorite blogger.

 

P.S.  If you're a blogger, please feel free to share this with others as your wishlist - so they won't get it wrong this year!

ILWF Wishlist + Calling All Bloggers [Contest]

Alright, so this collage accidentally got posted yesterday through Polyvore and it wasn't ready to be published yet so I apologize if you already commented on the original Polyvore posting!

In Love With Fashion Wishlist by frikkenduckie featuring a pleated skirt

So remember how I said I wanted to focus more on fashion/personal style on this little blog of mine?  Well this is me living up to it.  And since it's already been established that I'm absolutely AWESOME, I'm gonna let you guys in on a little secret:

In Love With Fashion is giving away £200 for you to spend at their shop!!

All you have to do is create a wishlist collage on your blog with all your favorite items from ILWF and link back to the ILWF website.  You know, like I just did.  Then, once you've published your post, email it to bloggers@e-tailwebstores.com.

Simple, right?

Duh.

Now get going and start creating!  You know you can't pass up an opportunity to create a simple collage and possibly win £200!!!

Please see all the details of this competition by clicking HERE.

Good luck!  And, if you do plan on creating a collage, please comment below with the link so I can check it out!!!

♥ Duckie.

What I Wore: 4th of July + Wishlist

Whoop whoop!  Happy Independence Day Americans!  Today's outfit post is a day late but you know I don't post on my days off!

So here are some pictures of our day yesterday.  Joey had gone golfing in the morning and we were supposed to go bbq at a beach afterwards but his family had their own little celebration at the Merizo Pier so we drove down and joined them instead (which was better because I didn't have to cook).  I'm still feeling fugly so I really wasn't in the mood to bust out my bikini.  And yes, despite pregnancy, motherhood, and stretch marks, I still bare my body in a bikini.  There are worse people baring it all, so why shouldn't I?

Dress: Gift {similar} / Necklace: Gift {similar}


 This was an outfit gifted to me by my Keena Beena.  I've worn this dress twice already and get compliments on it every single time.  The bow print is so adorable!

I'm planning on getting a Michael Kors watch that was on my wishlist a couple months ago.  And I've also got a new shoe wishlist that I'm planning on fulfilling tonight:

Alex

Viola

Tyra

Julianne

Rebecha

So tell me, what do you think of these shoes?  What is on YOUR wishlist right now?  Comment below and let me know!  I'll probably end up adding some of your items to my wishlist too!


♥ Duckie.