Sunnies

Sunnies, or Sunrise Shells are my Favorite!! They're a treasured shell in Hawaii, and this beauty was given to me by my Auntie Mad. She got this shell and had it turned into this gorgeous necklace for me. It was made my a local artist on Kauai, Amber Lynn. I LOVE IT!!! She is super talented!

 I love it, love it!!! It's like having a piece of home with me when I wear it. I miss Kauai everyday, but am so grateful for everything that I have here in California. Hopefully I will be able to visit soon, but until then I will wear my Sunny with pride :)

Much Aloha,
Monika *:)


I'm wearing: Dress: Target, Belt: Forever 21, Shoes: Candies, Necklace: Amber Lynn

Stepping out of my comfort zone...

We all have them.
That nice cozy spot that's comfortable and familiar, and not scary at all.
You think about stepping out, but it's different, and you don't know what others are gonna think or say.
That's how I am with what I wear. Basically...I play it safe. Nothing too bright, or "out of the box".
Until the other day.
I stepped out.
At least for ME, this was stepping out ;)

Yup....I wore YELLOW tights!!!

ME...Yellow tights??!! with a cute Retro-Style black and white dress.

I was SOOOO self conscious the whole day.

I could feel the people looking at me. At work, I went to an office meeting and EVERYONE made a big deal about my tights! (in a nice way...but still, WAY too much attention)

I started turning red....I wanted to just leave and take them off.

But I stuck with it, and wore them to whole day.

I walked around with my head up, and just owned it!

It felt good to step out of my comfort zone.

Maybe I'll do it again soon ;)

What are you reluctant to do?

Much Aloha,

Monika *:)

Tights: Target, Shoes: Target, Dress: Ruby Rox

Don't Laugh!!

Ok...I've been wanting to do this for a while, but I'll be honest, I've been VERY hesitant (maybe even a little scared).
"What?" You're asking.
An outfit post.
My style mostly consists of jeans, tank tops, and slippers. I mean, I dress up if I'm going out and stuff, for the most part, yeah...jeans, top & slippers. That's me ;)
But for work I do dress up. Suits, dresses, stuff like that.
Today was nice, pretty warm actually, and I didn't want to wear a suit, or a work dress that was lined (it gets to hot and sticky). So I opted for a dress that was a little flowy, and best of all comfy!

I said DON'T LAUGH!! :)

This is my first time doing an outfit post....cut me a little slack! Come on...I'm still a rookie ;)

But I do love this dress...and I love the eyelet detail on the cap sleeves and the bottom hem.



Ok...that's it....I did it, my First Outfit Post ever!

(I'm still a little scared)

If you are laughing....please don't laugh out loud :)

Dress: H&M (old)

Belt: Thrifted

Shoes: R2

Much Aloha,

Monika :)

You Gotta See This!!

A Beautiful Mess was probably the first blog I got addicted to. Elsie is creative, inspiring, and SO darn Cute!! Her style is impeccable, and her new Fall line is AMAZING!!!
She just posted her Red Velvet Fall Lookbook, and I just had to share!!

Red Velvet Lookbook / Fall 2011 from elsie larson on Vimeo.

Love, Love, Love!! The styling, the colors, the music and of course the clothes!!!

Go and check out Red Velvet....There are a few dresses left, get one before they're gone!! :)

Much Aloha,
Monika :)