too sweet

Today, we had Pho for lunch. I took pictures but I didn't think they were that interesting. After Pho we went to go shopping again. We saw a lot of really cute Nutcrackers and given that our current one is a bit tattered and broken, my mother decided to buy TWO more. They were nontraditional in that they were both dressed as chefs. One is holding "Dry Wine" and the other has a giant wooden spoon. My mother absolutely adores them.

While my family was perusing clothing, I got bored and went down to Borders and actually made a really fast videoclip of me reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. It's exciting. I'm so glad it turned out so well actually. I'm preparing for when I won't be able to see my nieces/nephews. And hopefully, if some desperate parent finds it on youtube, they'll be able to make some use of it.

After those shenanigans, my sister decided that she wanted Krispy Kremes, and so my mother suggested we go to Off Fifth's at the Block, so there we went. I found some intense shoes at Off Fifth's but I wasn't interested in them enough to even take a picture, they were fun to cavort in for a little though. We went on over to Neiman Marcus next door though, and we found some pretty nice dress deals. (The store really stinks of something manufactured and general disgustingness though.) These are the two dresses I thought looked good on me.



I liked how the dress came constricted under my bra line and then at the bottom. It sort of made me look like I had a bit more butt than I really did. And anything along those lines is pretty exciting! However, a lot of the lacey part at the top seemed to be messed up and some of the sequins were missing. If I truly wanted this dress, I would have made them cut the price down past the $52 it was already cut to. Oh! and this dress slipped onto me so easily, it was a little ridiculous, but while taking it off, man, I was huffing and puffing and turning red in the face. I wasn't too fond of that.


My mommy was in the dressing room with me while I was dancing around in this little one. (Personally, I thought she would know to take a full body shot. I don't like cutting bodies awkwardly at the knees because I feel it makes me look like a mannequin!) Anyone, I liked this dress a lot better because it was a like a faux strapless, but had the black translucent layer at the top. I really like dresses like this and this was my first time trying on one of these dresses. One downside was that I felt like the flowers around the bust made my bust look smaller than it was. Something I already suffer from naturally, so getting help in that department is a no no. Otherwise it would have been a fantastic dress. Except I have no reason for buying dresses (I won't be attending any more formals, and I already have plenty of formal dresses if I do.) So for $78.50-- I didn't think the dress stuck with me that much. $35, and I would have been sold. (Hah.)



Well, one thing we did buy! Krispy Kremes. I've really got to remember that I always find it too sweet. But each time, I keep going back for more, as if I think it will improve, or my memories somehow change and I forget that I don't really like them that much...

carved out the molten part

we made some pretty awesome chocolate molten cake last night. i used the mint dark chocolate from Ghiradelli's and it was phenomenal. we used the smaller ramekins and baked for about 15 minutes. i think next time i would limit it to 14 so that it stays more molten.

martin just carved out the molten part of the cake and ate that first...

unenthusiastic

so we opened up the gifts under the tree today. like any other christmas obviously. we didn't really try hard at all to get gifts for each other. (like every year after my mother told me santa didn't exist...) and wow. when i opened up my present-- my parents got my sister and me both external hard drives. haha.

and oh my goodness. i was seriously trying to smile genuinely in that picture. i took it like ten times to try to get a better one. oh well. you get unenthusiastic tiffany for now.

please vote?

Oh man. This checkered jacket makes me look like an origami balloon that need to be blown up properly. oh well. I was right. I look like a blob from the front and a nicely pleated paper balloon from the back. I got a size small, so maybe I should have opted for the XS.


so here are the purple shots. i did a self timer and was too lazy to wait for the 10 sec one so i used the two second one and ran into the wall. :P

i don't think the purple one looks that great on me. but it is 55% wool, so much better than the checkered one which is only 5% ): i wonder if i should switch it to XS instead because the S is kinda roomy. for both of them... hmmm....

oxford pumps! woot!

Heh. So my mommy took me to Nordstrom Rack and TJ Maxx to buy stuff. These nikes i got from NR. I'm excited to do some running in them. :P i need to exercise. and I'm so excited that they aren't ridiculously white like the sneakers my mother usually makes me get!


Here are the knee high socks I got. I still have to figure out how to wear them. hmm. And behind them is the computer bag that I'm quite happy about. (:


Yay! I finally got some cute heels to wear around LA. They are from maxstudio. and I LOVE how they are oxford pumps! woot!

the only thing that can keep up is a replay button

so this will be embarrassing to say outloud. but i think i'll have a pet project this winter break. and i'll make a bunch of little small videos of me reading children's books. for what? well for fun. and to learn how to enunciate. and well. also because sometime in the next two years i'll have a niece/nephew that i probably won't ever see, and this would be a nice thing for them to have. plus. kids love having the same book read to them over and over again. and honestly, the only thing that can keep up with them is a replay button.

man. he has a fabulous voice.

i stumbled upon this while checking out some glee tracks. daYAM. he is GOOD. omg.

so i decided to be stalkery... and i found out that he goes to yale. 2011, so a year below us. and his friend who produces it is pretty awesome too, musically. (and cute)

btw. i'm like 60% sure that sam tsui is gay. either that or he was just super excited school girl style when he was interviewed by bonnie hunt. but man. he has a fabulous voice.

i'm totally not procrastinating...

i need help girls!

so urban outfitters is having a 30% off sale of their outerwear. and i'd like a nice wool coat for the winter. i'm between these three. but i'll rank them in the order that i favor them in.

silence and noise pleated back wool coat
- so i like how there is a hood and the back is pretty looking. however, from the front, it doesn't look very fitted, and i hate having wind going all around inside my jacket because it's loose. i like this jacket the least.

silence and noise pleated coat
- so this one is nice because it is a good length and has a high neck (so maybe one some days i don't need to have a scarf) it has a very pretty back as well. no hood though. i'd expect this one to have a better fit than the previous one.

silence and noise long side zip
- this is my favorite because it is fitted and it's supposedly warm enough to wear in 30 degree weather. downside is that it doesn't have the high neck or hoodie. but it's also the prettiest i think, i'd choose the dark plum version.

they're all wool, so they should be warm and heavy enough.

anyway. this is my finals week. so i'm totally not procrastinating and trying to go shopping right now :P