FATshion Journal Blog by Lilly

The Invitation from Minted -  Photograph by Anna Perevertaylo   Hi Everyone! I'm back! And this is my first official blog of 2015! And as Mrs. Perez-Ngo! Holy chetos! Yeah soooo uh, I dunno if y'all heard... We're married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I am ready to relive our wedding day with y'all! And we will! But first the thoughts that have been running on mind like crazy... Our wedding day was Awe-mazing! Like toot-toot honey, toot-toot honey, toot-toot honey!!!( I liked it so much I said three times:) It was 18 months of planning and you best bet your bottom dollar that I am STILL riding on cloud nine!!! And I wanted to thank the ladies who gave me some of the best advice! My co-worker, who messaged me and let me know to enjoy and really soak in every moment and to one of the sweetest souls, one of the groomsmen's wife, who swore that I would have a moment of zen as I walked down the aisle... And guess what? I totally did but even more so as s...

Hi Everyone, So I wished myself a Happy Blogiversary and disappeared... There was an angry post I wrote but I might save that for another day. It's the Holidays and it just feels weird to post my angry thoughts. And it is safe to say that as much as I would like to be more consistent with my blog - it's gonna be more sporadic than anything, probably until after the wedding. It hit us really hard this past Friday, on the 28th--- That our wedding is officially FOUR MONTHS AWAY!!! Needless to say, I have been scaring the crap outta my poor Babo in the middle of the night because I'll wake up in the middle of the night with an anxiety attack! The nightmares can be anything from trivial regarding plastic untensils(As the MOH pointed out to me, "the woes of my life") to having nightmares of running like a mad woman in my wedding dress and then out of no where falling into the abyss. We have reached the point of no return and as most bridal magazines have s...

I am 29 years-old! Celebrating! How the hell did that happen! Does anyone else feel like we just turned 18 and celebrated becoming an "offcial" adult when we were so stoked to be able to vote and smoke. Dude... If I could talk to 18 year-old me, I would let her know that she hasn't seen anything yet and to invest in something called Facebook or Tesla ;-) But seriously, I am 29! And I think, I officially, feel like an adult... So what does this year have in store me... BTW! Have I mentioned that I am getting married! LOL.. I just got back from picking up my dress, so forgive me if I am back on being bridesessed! And tonight we also went to go look at the bridesmaids dresses and thanks to the ahead planner that she is, my friend bought hers! And me and my mom, pinned down the dress for my mom! And now the  Wedding Planner  is playing on E. Following my birthday at Dianeyland, we have The Walking Dead premiere, we have baby showers, our friend's weddings, Hal...

If I told y'all the date it would kill the purpose of our STDs I am back! I took an unannounced break... a writing hiatus, I didn't want to write my blog because I HAD to but because I WANT to... And I finally feel like it... I have time and I am in a much better mood than I was in September- Something about the Super Moon and well, honestly, September, is my least favorite month... Actually, that's putting it lightly, I hate September! I am not sure why but I think it has something to do with it being the back-to-school month, or it's the month I got my first period, I'm not too sure... But I digress... Sooooo since it's finally the first day! Of my favoritest month! I figure I would give y'all the monthly wedding update. Though... I feel like that's all I did, all of September- Wedding Talk! Like I would hear myself and tell myself to shut up but still wouldn't... Not that I'm anywhere near becoming a bridezilla - I am becoming mo...

I'm a huge fan of understated beauty... And that's all I thought about... If y'all follow me on Instagram, you know that I have said Yes to the dress! And I wanna share my experience... I tried on five dresses and I'll be highlighting the three that stood out the most. The whole moment was surreal! From scheduling the appointment, the drive to Trudy's, meeting the dress consultant (Ms. Jenn), actually discussing what I wanted in a wedding dress: (With  lace, a "poof", and without a question, sleeves!) OH and DID I mention the part that I had to get half-naked in front of a complete stranger!?! YUP! So I know I wasn't going to Kleinfelds but daaaaaaamn... I awkwardly stood there and realized she wasn't leaving even when I had to get undressed... And flashbacks from a couple months ago went through my mind... And I simply told myself to breathe and that I would be trying on my first wedding dress ever! I got undressed and changed into my ...

I Choo-Choo Choose You! Damn skippy...Son! Y'all know the drill... My Babo says the darnest things!  It's been a while since I've posted one of these... A smidge over three months... And here they are, as usual, I will try my best to provide you with a backstory: Backstory: I try my best to speak well... I had teachers who would correct the way we spoke in class... So it kinda stuck with me... Now, I kinda catch myself correcting people's grammar... (but only the same ones that the teachers would correct... cause let's face it- y'all can read my grammar ain't top notch.... I hate using periods at end of sentences.... like a single period - I dunno why) OK back to the story... There was a day where he got to correct me:  "I love it when I get to correct your grammar!" And the he did his wiggle dance... Backstory: My Babo weighs a good buck-35 - he likes to say 38 - but c'mon we all know those are his jeans adding a few extra lbs.....

I would like to begin with a disclaimer: I am not a love or relationship expert by any stretch of the imagination. I have been thinking about writing this post for a while but have been debating because I do not want to come off as having all the answers...because I DON'T. A while back  +Victor Ngo and I talked about how we are going to raise our kids... And someone asked us, "You guys already talked about that?" And I thought to myself... umm yeah...!?! I have always been the kind of person that needs to talk EVERYTHING out! I need to have conversations to certify and solidify things... let's just say I am a therapists' dream come true (or worst nightmare...hmmm) On our first official date, Vinh talked about wanting 10 kids...! Anyways, as Vinh and I began dating - I wasn't ok with being called "Babe" until we actually talked about being exclusive because I didn't feel right having a pet name if I was still seeing other guys or vic...

Too many looks to choose from... #FirstWorldProblems Wedding update and post as promised! To all my dedicated readers... I swear my pretentious ass! And thank y'all to those who do read and click on my posts! I made it to 2,500 views - a 1,000 short from my goal but gotta Dream Big as +Victor Ngo would say- so by May 1st let's aim for 4,000 views! Ok... Now to the wedding update: not much news from the last post... I'm still not exercising and we still haven't sent our Save-The-Dates to the printers (Heavy Sigh) But we have been very busy! Big news for all those who have been wanting me to have a baby! And wondering why we finally moved out on our own... We are pregnant! So there won't be any dieting or exercising from this gal! I'm telling y'all I make plans to lose weight and then God says, "nope.. I got other plans for you..." Now, I'm letting y'all know through his forum cause I'm curious to see how many will respond...

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 ...