Happy Halloween from Pooh & Friends

So here we are in our 2011 Halloween Costumes :)

I have loved Winnie-the-Pooh since I was a baby.

He continues to melt my heart and make me smile!

One of these days I'll post a picture of my Pooh bear collection :)

I'd never actually dressed up as Pooh, and with the big movie that came out this year, I thought I had to!

Here's the "hunny" pot I painted (originally a plant pot).

I usually spend more time on my actual costume than the prop but this year it was different!

I feel like I see Pooh doing this a lot

I love Christopher Robin! 

(There couldn't be a better person to be my Christopher Robin!)

It was definitely my most comfortable and warmest costume ever haha.

Happy Halloween Everyone! 

Stay safe!

P.S. Link up your costume posts on The Blue Eyed Owl blog tomorrow (Nov.1st) for a chance to win $20 credit to her shop AND have your button up on her blog for all of November!

a relaxing bear

                                           

Isn't this the cutest thing ever? It's my new Iphone case!! Everything about it is just to die for..

Look at those ears!!!!! And it's all made of silicone so no worries of it breaking :)

I got it at the cell phone accessories cart that my friend runs at the Irvine Spectrum.

They had other awesome ones like cassette tapes, chocolate bars, animal prints and morrrre! 

This bear (Korilakkuma) is the best friend of the popular Japanese character Rilakkuma, a brown bear that likes to relax and sleep around.

speaking of bears.. I think I've decided I'll be Winnie the pooh (finally) for Halloween.

Winnie the Pooh has always been my hero and buddy since I was a baby,

and they made a movie this year, so how perfect right? ;)

I'm thinking up of creative ways to compose this costume. Furry ears, red shirt, yellow tights etc..

Ideas are welcome!!!!

More happy things are ahead of us.

great finds

                          

Those darling Kathy Van Zeeland shoes you see above are believe it or not, from TJ Maxx! 

MSRP is $80 but I got 'em for $34.99!!

What a deal. 

I've been wanting and had been looking all over for nice leopard heels and finally found ones I truly liked. 

The other two cute shirts are from TJ Maxx & Ross :) Once in a while you can find some great stuff at those stores.. I was lucky today :)

a dress from Japan

I love this dress<3 

Some reasons why it is extra special:

1. My mom bought it for me me when I visited home (Japan) this summer

2. It was originally 80 bucks but was on sale for 40..or maybe 30...(what happened to my memory?)

3. Last but not least, it's my first yellow dress :)

What I'm sad about is, summer has gone so I don't know how much I can pull it off in the fall..

I guess I could wear a sweater over it... 

But since I'm living in California, I could wear it for another couple weeks right? ;)

Anyway, what are y'all's must haves for Fall? Or what don't you wear in the Fall? besides the obvious tank tops and such ;) I'm sadly going to be putting away this top soon...

Anyway... I had a good rehearsal today with my acoustic duo buddy.

We hadn't performed together in a while but I can't tell you how excited I am that we will be performing next week at a singer songwriter showcase! Please come by if you're in the L.A. area :) Sunday, September 25th at the Tribal Cafe :)

More happy things are ahead of us!

Back from Japan & Bed in Breakfast!

Just got back last night from a relaxing and amazing two weeks in Japan.
It's always nice to visit home and spend time with my family.
I got to visit Hokkaido, Kyoto, Nara while mostly staying in Osaka and so as you can tell
I was a lucky girl...and had so much fun.
There are still so many places I'd love to visit in Japan though!

Anyway, I ate tons of good food because that's the only kind I eat lol,
went to two different stone spas--which btw are awesome and I'm going to be on the look out for one over here, visited the Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, saw the best fireworks in Osaka, saw a bunch of deers in Nara, and swam in a big river for the first time ever, in the countryside of Kyoto. Those were the highlights of this trip...

Not as jet-lagged as I usually would be..I surprisingly slept for more than 12 hours today. Something I hadn't done in a while.. And I was woken up by my hubby to something like this:

except i had pancakes and eggs. But I thought this picture was lovely. And I thought my hubby was even more lovely. He remembered that I'd said d I'd never had breakfast in bed! How sweet of him..
What a great way to start the day :)

Will be posting some photos from Japan hopefully soon... and some outfit posts again soon.
Definitely had some happy times.. and they definitely keep me going! Motivation.

More happy things are ahead of us!

Moved! and giveaway

Phew! My husband and I just moved into a beautiful and HUGE guest house...
We started moving at about 9am yesterday and then finished at 5:30pm!
Not too bad at all! I was super impressed with our work!


Our apartment living is over (thank God) and I'm so excited to be starting a new chapter in our lives in our new little "house" of our own :)


Today I'm also here to mention about an awesome giveaway from the lovely BLOWFISH SHOES, who was one of my generous SPONSORS from my BENEFIT EVENT! 


Don't they just have the best shoes ever for the best prices??


Head on over to the Gypsy Diaries blog to enter!!!


Happy Hump Day!
More happy things are ahead of us :) 

Done! It's done!

The benefit event for the recent Japan earthquake & tsunami at Peace Yoga which I put together was a great success!
If I may say so my self... :)
Lots of people showed up and lots of donations were made!
I enjoyed listening to MASXS play, they were very friendly and kind guys too. 
Check out their band page on Facebook! 
I felt really comfortable and confident singing with my band, even though I hadn't performed in 9 months!
I'm very thankful that I got to play with such talented members and am also thankful for their time they donated for this event. We played everything from reggae, bossa nova, jazz, to Japanese Pop :)
I unfortunately could only hear a little bit of my husband's band play, as I had to be at the entrance of the venue, but they sounded killin' as well... Many people were giving me compliments about his compositions and playing and I felt so proud once again to be the wife of such an amazing person & musician :)
He writes a lot and plays a lot. Check out Michael's music right here. 
Me and my friend's dance act went pretty well too! I hadn't performed dance in NINE years! I had a blast! Will post a video of this here soon :)
We had some amazing raffle prizes, thanks again to all my generous sponsors!!!


I raised $886 just from the event! Isn't that amazing!???? I was so excited!
I'm still receiving and accepting donations though, before I send all the money to the Japanese Red Cross.


This event would have not been so successful though without the help of my friends, family, sponsors, and Cheri at Peace Yoga. 
I met and communicated with many people and learned so much from them.
I realized that there are still so many generous people out there.
This event involved a lot of work, but it was all SO worth it. 
I hope that people continue to think about our people in Japan, and continue to help them out as much as they can. 
Many are still without homes, still grieving the loss of their loved ones, still in search for missing people..


My event is over (which I still can't quite believe), but I will continue to help and support as much as I can.


HOPE FOR JAPAN.


Happy things are ahead of us.