FATshion Journal Blog by Lilly

Toyour left: My favoritest blogging area, our dining room, with fresh-cut flowers and a cup of... wine, coffee, coca-cola, hot cocoa or simplly water ;-) ----------------------------------- Happy Blogiversary to me, happy blogiversary to me, happy blogiversary to Lilly, happy blogiversary to me! Okay now that we got that outta the way- what to write about... What to write about... Hmmm... I guess what makes the most sense, is to reflect on the last year since I jumped on this crazy train people call social media or sosh med... Depending who you talk to...lol or laughing out loud orphonetucally speaking, lowl! Well my blog has simply been a whirlwind of stupid and necessary fun!  I could give y'all a list of pros, so here they go: - It has given folks an opportunity to get to "know" me - I put that in quotations because the blog is a snippet of me but a cool enough snippet - It has become a conversation piece and it allows people to ask m...

It's that time again... Time for my FATSHION post! I strongly believe that no matter your size a day at the hair salon, always manages to make you feel prettier. And today, thanks to the randomness of life I finally got to cut my hair! After over 14 months of delaying a haircut... I finally treated myself to an evening of some self pampering at the hair salon! And as I sat down at the chair, I couldn't help but beat myself up! Ugh! The hair studio I go to (that I haven't been to, in over 2yrs) has floor length mirrors, so you're literally staring at yourself sitting. And you must be wondering... ...Aaaaaand, your point is.... Well, sitting down, I feel, it makes me look wider... Like my thunder thighs (which I do love) look more thunderous! And my double chin, that I normally don't have to look at and be in denial of, was staring at me straight in the face. And I kept on forcing myself to look at the mirror and truly and genuinely like what I w...

So far I've been 29 years old ly a week and thus far, not so bueno!My daddy was in a scary car accident (he's doing well, mainly super shaken up - he drives rigs for a living), then a trip to DL was followed by a REALLY BAD allergic reaction to something, I'll never know... And then missing a day of work (which to most is like yay but when you're recovering and missing a shit load at work--- it never feels like yay) It's only Tuesday but I feel like I've lived a whole month already...  Though we can't choose what chaos life will throw at us and what challenges we'll face... What we do have control over is how we react...  And last night after some self-healing my unhealthy way... I woke up this morning relieved... Because I woke up with an answer, rather than get angry, melancholy, anxious, crazy, bitter, psychotic,depressed (feelings that I am all to familiar with) - This morning, I chose kindness instead. It set me back a couple bucks for the...

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...

In the course of the last few weeks my dad went through old family albums and found some really awesome pictures of moi! It took me back to a time when I enjoyed being a kid  because we could play dress up. Today, it seems like we have to make up or have an excuse to "play" dress-up. As adults, we wait for Halloween or a themed party to dress a certain way. And even then, it's like a requirement to show more skin than I feel is comfortable... I just began to reminisce, especially when looking through all these pictures... I loved putting on my mom's dresses, her jewelery , her heels and putting on make up ( and my applying make up skills are still as "good" as they were then ;-) I would dress up and play with my imaginary friend, Fred and/or with my cousin.We would make up the most ridiculous story lines and sometime inappropriate, thanks to our moms' tele- novellas ... As a kid it didn't matter if you were tall, short, skinny or ...

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...