M* is baaack :D

I'm baaack! Not that I went anywhere fun ;\ lol. I've just been busy with work. August is obviously my last month before I start classes again so I just wanted to get in as much hours at work as possible. I start class September 1st :[ this summer went by sooo fast and I did absolutely nothing. But anywho, I'm just going to share some pictures and recap some things.

Heart Throb by O∙P∙I topped with Strawberry Sharbet by Color Club

This was the color of my nails in the beginning of August. I was really bored so I finally decided to color my nails. I'm sure everyone thinks it's not a big deal, but it is to meee! Lol. I normally always get tips done because my nails simply would chip/break at a certain point of their growth. But! I decide to give my nails another shot so I started using Sally Hansen's Natural Nail Growth Activator. I guess I can say that it works! :) I apply it every morning/afternoon and every night. My nails have been feeling more healthy and they definitely have not been chipping! :D You can most likely buy this at any drugstore and it shouldn't be too expensive. I'll say around 5-8$? It's worth it if it works! =)

August 19th was one of my gf's birthday! Unforunately she had to leave to go to Ghana to study abroad from August 15th-December 13th, so we decided to celebrate her birthday/have a goodbye dinner with her a week before she was leaving. T* and I bought her this care package to bring to Ghana. Aren't we such sweet friends? ;p

This thing had everything in it from tampons to bandaids to qtips. You name it, lol.

Not only did we get her a care package.. we also got her the Elsa Peretti Open Heart Bracelet from Tiffany & Co. It was just a cute little something we wanted to give her to symbolize our friendship ;] I got T* the Elsa Peretti Open Heart Earrings for her 21st birthday anddd my parents got me the Elsa Peretti Open Heart Ring for my birthday. So, all 3 of us have hearts! :D

Elsa Peretti Open Heart Earring

Elsa Peretti Open Ring

We had dinner with her at Joe's American Bar & Grill. T* and I preordered some cupcakes from this new bakery at Short Hills Mall called Brownie Points. The cupcakes were alright. Nothing out of the ordinary, but hey.. cupcakes are always cute!

Left: Vanilla Cupcake with Chocolate buttermilk frosting ; Right: Carrot Cake Cupcake

Happy birthday, girl! Hope you have a safe/fun trip to Ghana! Best of luck!

(Red Velvet Cupcake)

So the other day at work my manager decided to show me how to order from Domino's Pizza through the internet. It was quite interesting lol. After you click a bunch of things to indicate what you want to eat they process your order and they show you this meter. So, I sat there and stared at the meter for the longest time while my manager explained to me how the damn thing worked lmao. So apparently the meter will tell you exactly what those people are doing with your food.. for exampe, a bar of the meter will fill up and it'll state that they are "baking your pizza" and then another bar will fill up after that and it'll state that "your pizza is now being boxed", and then a third bar will fill up stating that "your pizza is now being delivered", etcetcetc lolll. It was pretty neat and supposidly by the time the bar gets filled to the end the Domino's delivery guy should be at your door shortly, and surely.. he was! My manager order the Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bowl which came with a little treat on the side which she gave me ;D

Too bad I wasn't that hungry that day. Otherwise, I would've definitely loved to
try the pasta bowl too. It looked delishhh.

The little treat that came with my manager's pasta!
The Chocolate Lava Crunch Cake. It was tiny but sooo good ;9

Aside from all my crazy spendings on clothes, accessories, and food.. I recently developed a mini little obession for fishys? Lmao. Ever since my manager and I have been remodeling our office I've been into fishys! We're getting these cute little round fish bowls for my office that you can mount on the wall. It's pretty neat:

I currently have 2 fishes of my own and my mother has 2 as well, lol. I was really bored last Sunday so I was like "why not go to Petco and get myself a fishy", sooo I did! :p I definitely wouldn't be able to keep up with cleaning a filtered tank, so I decided against getting a big tank. Instead, I got a betta fish which can survive in an unfiltered tank/bowl. That's what the Petco employee suggested me. I heard betta fish are pretty easy to mantain and pretty easy going fish all in all.

Meet my first fishy, Gucci! He's been pretty good for the week :]

Even though you can't put betta fish together (because they'll fight) I just felt like my fish was lonely, hahaha. So, I went back to Petco the following Tuesday and got another fish. I got a seperate little round bowl for it at Walmart. This time, I got a girl haha. The female betta fish are not 1/2 as pretty as the male bettas, but this one stood out to me for some reason so I couldn't resist but to bring her home.

Her name is Prada. I know my picture is small, but she has pretty stripes
that run down both sides of my body. She's gorgeous =]

I bought my mom a fish the day I bought Prada because my mom was home this whole summer and I can just imagine how boring that was.. and plus, when I got Gucci she fed him nonstop so I figured I'd just go pick up a fish for her so she can feed her own lolll. I love my mom. She's so cute.

She named her fish Chanel. It's also a female. Prada and Chanel
were the 2 prettiest female fishys at Petco so I just had to buy them :p

This is my mom's 2nd fish. We have yet to really name him, lol.

I took my mom to Petco on Thursday to see if we needed to buy anything else for our fish and instead.. we ended up buying her 2nd fish, lmaooo. He's sooo pretty when he flares out his tail. He's a double tail betta so he was a bit more expensive than the other bettas I bought, but my mom didn't care lol. Aside from buying him, I also bought a fish for my office (I promise this is the last fish for a whiiile) ;x

This is a male betta. I thought he was really unique
because he's almost transparent!
So, I bought him and put him in a little bowl on our TV stand at the office.
I can't wait til our wall mounted fish bowls come! More fishy shopping :x

OK! On to today. Can I say.. T.G.I.F.?! This has been one of the longest weeks everrr and I don't know whyyy. T* came over for dinner and we both decided to cook something. I made Kimchi Jigae and T* decided to try this new recipe she found. It wasn't anything hard but it was definitely something new? Lol. She made.. Cheez-it Chicken nuggets!

Kimchi Jigae (this+rice=lovelovelove!)
CREDIT: Emily Han @ recipezaar
FOR RECIPE CLICK: HERE

Cheez-it Chicken (appetizer)
CREDIT: Kitchen Inspiration
FOR RECIPE CLICK: HERE

(I omitted the sour cream step. I'll try it the orignal way one day!)

It was totally the weirdest combination of food to eat, buuut they were both delicious! Try the Cheez-it Chicken! I know it sounds really odd, but it's actually pretty good! It would be a great/easy dish for a get together with a lot of friends or something :]

It was kinda odd to see T* doing anything kitchen related ;x she usually doesn't do stuff like that so I guess I can consider myself lucky that my bestfriend actually cooked something for me for once, lmao. This is kinda random/not exactly related, but I just wanted to share:

My dad made this for me when he came home from work.
It's a very simple clam/muscle soup and I looove it.
I don't have the recipe for it yet, but I defintely will learn it one day!

Wow, ok. I'll stop talking now, lmao. I guess this entry makes up for the time that I've been away. Sorry! I'll definitely try to post a bit more often. I don't know how my lifestyle will be when classes start but I will try my best! I can finally sleep in and not wake up at 7AM for work. I can't wait. My boyfriend starts school next week! So, this Sunday will be our last "Summer Sunday" together! :[ Buttt, we'll obviously still see one another over the weekend :D

M[CROWN]*