FATshion Journal Blog by Lilly

Note: I started writing this blog in March while on our way Home to the Happiest Place on Earth ---days before resigning from my job of six years... I’ve always enjoyed my time sitting at a desk looking out a window… Which is probably why as I sit thousands of feet above the sky I am inspired to pull out my laptop (That I’ve packed to finish work emails – on my day off)  but  as I type those words- I’ve chosen to f*ck that sh*t – I am going to use my laptop to blog! I am a little  conflicted on where to start –  I’ve had these thoughts, these words, this blog on my mind for a long time… (Clears throat: it has been well over a year since my last blogpost) I haven’t written for fun in ages and I know myself well enough to know that I shouldn’t have taken such a long break from journaling/blogging (Friendly FYI – I maintain a handwritten journal in addition to my blog) But even before the summer 2019 I stopped all forms of journaling completely – I insta-s...

Happy New Year's Y'all! I am happy to be back! I am happy that it's the beginning of the year when the days feel refreshed and reinvigorated. I am not so much of the "new year, new me" attitude BUT a new year does represent a much more glacier pace of life for me. I kinda fell off the face of the Earth or at least my blog since September 2018... October, our birthday month was superbusy, November at work is an insane time and December is for the holidays sooooooo by the end of the year - I am just waiting with bated breath for new years! Aaaaaaaand January is also home to one of my favoritest days of the year! National Polka Dot Day! In honor of the the Polka Dot Queen herself, Minnie Mouse! If it has dots! I want it! I got it! ;-) And dude!!! I celebrated in what I can only describe as pants sent from heaven! They are from Zara and I bought them ON SALE, maybe six months ago and they come in XXL! I fell in love with them the minute I put them on SO ...

When I proposed that we explore new adventures at least once a month, I was really trying to convince my husband to attend a dinner, very pricey dinner with Outstanding in the Field. As is it turned out, it didn't take much convincing but when we looked up dates in January - they were all booked! :-( And because I am who I am - I felt defeated, I said "fuck this idea" and was over it. My hubby didn't want me to lose momentum and so he began implementing a trip to Italy ( a pretty big adventure to last us a lifetime ), AND on our flight back home, I kept on thinking about what struck this "monthly adventure" idea, so I checked the @out_inthefield insta account and decided to follow them in hopes they would add dates. Then as luck would have it! More! Dates! Were! Announced! And we had a gajillion choices all over the coast of California and we settled on Temecula Olive Oil Company. We booked our flights and our hotels, and a friendly mini travel t...

In our attempt to have a new adventure for every month of 2018- April's adventure proved to be this Disnerd's millionth and one reason to love the Disney Life even more! I've been asked for years! Don't you get bored? Isn't it the same shit each time? It's the same park from when we were kids... Blah, blah, blah Each time, I have to internalize MAJOR eyerolls! I love Disneyland parks! It could be the same shit and I would still have fun, but the thing about Disneyland, you can visit the park for a week straight and still not see and do everything, so each visit there's a chance to do experience something new. Now, before y'all accuse me of selling you Disneyland, I am just setting up our adventure for the month of April because how the eff can I say Disneyland is a part of our new adventure a month quest... WELL we've been visiting the park as a couple for 11 years and somehow we always find something new to do. .. But there's one p...

I wish I could tell you that I photographed every outfit and found the perfect background for each OOTD while on this lifelong dream trip BUT phones broke, I was fighting a cold, carrying a heavy camera and trying to soak in all of my "go to happy memories" for later-later (ready my previous post ;) Allora, it was just nearly IMPOSSIBLE and dare I say, just not a BFD... That's not to say that I didn't get some great pics ;-) some of which you can check out on my IG and my IG highlights. Traveling to Italy was a lifelong dream trip come true and when Vinh first told me we would be going, the second thought, after thinking holy shit bells, was, I can go shopping for spring early! Well, I shopped til I dropped and then, because I'm so smart, I checked weather afterward; my heart sank when the forecast said 30-40° and showers! Yall know I love the rain but I had to rethink all of my outfits and all of my packing efforts! We bought backpacks with enough spa...

Gun to head... Dots or solids? DOTS! Duh! I am obsessed with dots... When I'm shopping, I have to stop myself about 85% of the time from buying more polk-a-dots. A closet dreams I have on the daily... A closet arranged by color (current status-ish) and having a rainbow set of polk-a-dots blouses... Awgh... And in honor of the Rock the Dots QUEEN, Minnie Mouse, I am rocking my dots with my new favorite pantalones! I've been in love with the look of these pants all my life- I've loved them on every fashion magazine, on every fashion model, and on every stick-figured mannequin. And every time I would built up the nerve to try them on, I would be super-let-down when they didn't look the same way on me. Thus I've grown extremely resentful for the kinda mind-fucking that happens to my brain through advertising. But in the last 5 years since finally joining the social media realm... And being introduced to IG... My perspective and the mind-fuckery o...