FATshion Journal Blog by Lilly

         Photos hopped via Snapseed Soooooooo... It's been a minute. And I told y'all on Insta this post is deep-ish and deep-esque. I havent posted on the blog because I simply wasn't motivated or inspired to... And the summer wasn't more busy than usual BUT my mind was. I have figured out that my most mentally tormenting months are the Summer months. Summer 2018 was a bit better than years before - not entirely sure why- but I'm not complainin' If aything I thank GOD for granting me a little peace of mind of this Summer. Nonetheless I was still inspired to write this blog because a daunting number approaches... Dun-dun-dun! 33! In 44 days I will turn 33! And I am no closer to becoming pregnant. Up until turning 28, I always knew, or at least I thought I did, that I wanted to be a mom. Something, some kind of switch, post quarter-life crisis, flipped in me and the tick-tock of my biological clock stopped ticking. I'm not sure if it was the...

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...

Sweater from Forever 21Plus When Disney closed the doors on the Broadway musical version of Beauty and the Beast in 2007 - there was a lot of speculation in the Disney blogosphere of a live-action production and for years - that's all it was... speculation. In 2011 one of the composers broke all BATB fan's hearts when he stated in an interview the film version 'had been canned" Then the rumors started up again in 2014 and by the beginning of 2015 it was announced Emma Watson would be playing Belle - production ended in 2015 and then again - I searched all Disney blogs for a release date. I remember reading the headline and crying from pure joy; in 2015 filming wrapped up and Disney announced the movie would be released in 2017. And some can say I have been waiting since 2007 but really I have been waiting for this movie since Ever After: A Cinderella Story back in 1998. It's a pretty-cool take on the Cinderella story - where Cinderella is a...

Y'all ready for some shocking news! Happy New Year! I'm all of 31 days late or 3 days late if you celebrate Lunar New Year... Either way I'm late to the celebration party. We are 11 days into the orange-sexualt-assaulting piece of shit presidency and guess what that "hardworking business mogul" y'all idiots voted for has Already requested time-off and is off vacationing in Palm Beach. Meanwhile the country is in turmoil but hey who gives a fuck right... Anywayssss... This post is sort of a new year's resolution about adulting-up inspired by this country's lack of morals. Five days ago, January 25th, the husband and I celebrated 10 YEARS! of knowing each other (We met on Vinh's first day at SJSU!) This upcoming March we will have been married 2 years, and in May we will be celebrating 10 YEARS TOGETHER! We began dating at 21 years-old and now at 31 years-old I was like whoa, and then he was like whoa and then we were both li...

The 3rd bear to hold my heart! #1 My Teddy #2 Corduroy bear When spending a lovely Tuesday night, with your husband, watching movies and bad reality TV and you're inspired to write! My name is Lilly and I am addicted to reality TV, more specifically, all of Bravo's Real Housewives-ish (Was never a big fan of the DC housewives, mind you, they only had one season) But to the point... Why is Pooh Bear to the left of this blog? Well, because about four days ago we spent #24HoursAtDisneyland... Yes! You read that correctly, if you don't follow me on IG, shame on you, SMH, but you would know that we spent 24 hours at Disneyland! We were there to kick off the Diamond Celebration #Disney60 - The park has been an American staple for 60 years! My first visit to the park I was still small enough to fit in a stroller, I think I might have been 3 years-old circa 1988 and my great, great grandmother, mi abuelita Juana, was there! Along with my grandmas, my parents, my aun...

About two weeks ago, today, we were packing away for our trip to Disneyland and we were super stoked and super nervous because we were taking my Babo's cousins and my niece, nephew and cousin. It was a total of 4 teenage boys and 2 girls, my Babo and myself. We looked like an awesome eclectic Brady Bunch. I love that 50-100 years from now the world will be an awesome-beautiful mix salad! And we had an awesome time, the reason I'm writing about it now is because my awesome Dad found some pictures of my first time ever at Disneyland! Which I am going to enter for the #Disneyland60Contest It just boggles my mind, I mean, we all say that time flies, But man! Looking back at those pictures! It's like... Holy sh*t balls! It really does... What sucks is that we didn't take a group picture but we do have these... On California Scremin' at Disneyland's California Adventure - I'm so cool I'm on their twice! lol Taking this trip did kinda make it e...

Yeah, it's safe to say I'm slightly obsessed... I apologize, there wasn't a Wedding Update from June 1st... We were still recovering from our mini vacay... And honestly we haven't done didly-squat...We're in the process of getting our calendars straightened out... Today, all I could think about was how much I love Disneyland!And they just announced they'll be making Mondays much more bearable! It's my Happiest Place on Earth! And that's saying a lot, from a girl who believes that happiness is way overrated. All I could think about was how much I wanna go back already... People usually ask and/or say... "You're going back???" Or "It's the same crap... How do you not get bored..." Well... Here are my top ten reasons why I LOVE Disneyland... (I have way more than 10 reasons but for reading time purposes, I'll keep at 10!) 1. It's literally the Happiest Place On Earth! It's my high!I get th...

I've lost count on how many times this has happened to me... Inspired by Belle and gary Busey... If you've read the "About Me" tab above, you know that I am a self-proclaimed weirdo! And proud of it! And in previous posts I've talked about the future hubby and his "Vinh-Isms" ...And as I was making note of another "Vinh-Ism" for an upcoming post... my Babo points out that he's gonna start making note of all the crazy sh*t that I say and do... As if me sharing that I have a tiny person in my head that speaks to my imaginary friend...isn't crazy enough... Well, I might be just a smidge crazier than that... And here's why... (For this portion, please imagine me sitting in a hospital bed like Haley Joel-Osment... and in a whisper here me say the following...) I talk to inanimate objects. Well, I tend to argue with them more than anything. And I'm saying this without a hint of irony. Here are just a few examples o...

Well, well, well-  talk about 'putting your money where your mouth is...' 'practice what you preach...' 'talk the talk - and walk the walk' - so on and so forth... This past weekend I had to eat my words... But before that-  two previews... Vinh and I spent our Valentine's Day weekend in LA - more specifically Disneyland! And it was most definitely lots of fun (Just minus my EGH attitude; I am beginning to grow concerned about but this a positive post so I'll focus on those concerns at another time) We love going to Disneyland and thought a V-Day date night would be perfect! And then Preview #1 I got this bright idea that we could do our pictures for our Save-the-Dates at DL- so we'll see... Vinh and I had planned to visit the park on both  Saturday and Sunday  - Saturday went as planned we took our pics...Check out a sneak peek...of my color scheme and outfit...  at Instagram tab at top of page- And then on Sunday we were suppose to ...

My Babo... And his Boba The kids face in the background is awesome! I understand how contradictory I can be; After all, the name of my blog is "Happiness is Way Overrated" yet I am a major Disney fan! An Annual Passholder as a matter of fact... Thanks to the LOML +Victor Ngo And I have delayed this post because I didn't want to bore folks with a post about how well my detailed Disney plan was executed (shameless self-affirmation)... The whole ride home, besides struggling to stay awake for my Babo, I thought about what I wanted to write about and I couldn't get this overwhelming feeling of awwwww... out of my chest.... And yes part of it was the magic of Disney but MAJORITY was realizing that I had fallen in love a little more with my fiance.... (Barf bag anyone....?) Ugh... I know it's sickening... But I really did! Let's get real for a sec...There are moments that I want to strangle him...(But I won't til he signs that life insurance, commenc...