sweet as sugar

awww thank you so much to BBM (from Big Beautyful Mess blog) for giving me this sweet award :) not to mention my very first! woot lolz you should all check out her great blog! she's a beautiful and stylish Filipino woman... and shiet... how hard is it to love that!? ;) i'd give it back to her if she hadn't already received it lolz

Award Rules:

1) Thank and link the person who gave you the award.

2) Pass this award onto fabulous bloggers of your choice.

3) Contact said blogs and let them know they've won.

4) Re-post and state ten things about yourself.

I'd like to pass this sweet award to these Sugary Dolls:

-- Nikstar (from xoxo NikStar)... one of my favorite new buddies in the blog world! she posts about everything! i <3 it

-- Nina (from Fobulous Me)... gotta love her cute and quirky FOB style and personality!

-- Gabi (from Hungry for Fashion)... she has such wonderful Cali style and some equally wonderful blog posts!

-- Stephanie (from Buttons, Bows & Brogues)... such wonderful and pleasant style and blog... and i just love knowing that her little brother takes her photos :)

-- Amelia (from Sound Bites: Ramblings of a Recovering Food Junkie)... i love how her posts go full circle... fashion to life to fashion again!

10 things about the Iza:

1) don't take me referring to myself in the 3rd person as vanity, actually it started years ago when someone pretty much dared me that i couldn't get people to call me THE Iza lolz... and now they do :)

2) i love imitation crab meat! i'm eating it right now! lolz i love it almost as much as real crab meat straight out of the crab

3) i have a really small mouth and big cheeks... so when i eat a sammich (sandwich) or burger i always get stuff all over my cheeks :(

4) i'm a super duper big basketball fan! (yes i'm from california, and no i don't like the Lakers! so don't ask lolz)

5) i'm still in school... taking my slow and steady pace to figure out what this life has in store for me...

6) i HATE prop 8! with a passion! i'm not gay or bi... it just seems so immature, hypocritical, and unfair to withhold such a simple thing from people :(

7) i don't eat onions. ever.* they disgust me. (*unless its in ceviche ;))

8) me & my boyfriend watch the most random potpourri of tv programs ever: golden girls, cheaters, tennis, frasier, the boondocks, modern family, 1000 ways to die, robot chicken, matlock, etc.

9) i have a tattoo of my dad's name (Villizar, he passed away in '99) and 3 birds (representing the Bob Marley song, Three Little Birds... my feel good song :))

10) i really enjoy blogging :D

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this is ladies night... oh what a night!

O(s)OTD:

daaaaaay...

[white and grey floral summer dress - oldy but goody]

[plaid button up tunic - ross]

[studded bag - ross $25]

[black belt - forever 21]

[silver bangles - super old]

[red heart necklace - random dollar store by g-ma's house]

[large teardrop stone ring - downtown LBC farmer's market $1]

[flip flops - old, my feet have been getting so beat up lately so i couldnt even wear cute sandals today... gallon of bleach, new shoes, evil twig! :( ]

details:

inspired by the clever Miss BBM (from Big Beautyful Mess)

had an early Easter dinner/lunch (lunner/dunch) with my momma at LB's Shorehouse Cafe

then last minute drinks with my bitches that i have missed oh so much ;)

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiighttt...

[makeup - no special cosmetics... if anyone wants to kno i'll share... just a black smokey eye that i learned from some online tutorial and avon peach lipgloss that translated to super nude pink on me (yay) have been stealing face (particularly the white powder trick, which is wonderful!) routines form Delmy at Fashion Bananas]

sorry that last pic is the best one i have of my entire outfit lolz not that it isn't a great photo on its own :P

[blue off the shoulder graphic top - Islands Plus (LB)]

[Almost Famous stretch washed skinny's - ross, many moons ago]

[black faux suede OTK boots from Charlotte Russe - $40?]

[black studded bag - ross $25]

[silver earrings - oldy but rarely get to wear-y]

hope everyone is having a great (Easter) weekend!!!!

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such cruel beans on July 11th

[courtesy of failbook]

made me lawlz
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Bargain Orgasm... all over my fingers...

lolz... i'ma a perv... i know :) here's a mini haul of some things i've picked up in the past week... including a fist full of ringssss! all of them ONE DOLLAR each ;D as a matter of fact... all these baubles were a buck each :)

[oval turquoise ring, teardrop stone ring, white skull ring - downtown LB farmer's market... black acrylic ring with real yellow daisy inside - random dollar store]

[enamel deep red heart necklace and black pearls/chains/ribbon necklace - random dollar store... black necklace with tassel (i've always had a thing for tassels... gives me that 20's woman's boudoir vibe) - farmer's market]

[black and gold sequin headband - farmers market... i just looooove this headband!!!! but i am notorious for buying shit that i love... then never ever wearing it :( so im gonna make a conscious effort to wear this one at least, because its so wonderful]

and here is the rest of my bargain orgasms that cost a bit more than a dollar ;)

[blue off the shoulder graphic print top - Island Plus (LB) $8.99 on sale... this style is pretty much everywhere now so i'm sure u guys have seen how atrocious it looks on a hanger lolz, this was actually the 1st one i ever tried on... gud thing too cuz i love me some shoulder baring! lolz]

[black drapey sleeveless top - Norma Kamali (at Walmart) $7.00 on sale... super comfy and slouchy and perfect! i'm not sure if its meant to be worn this way, but it can go as a REALLY deep neck, off both shoulders, or off one shoulder... did i tell you guys i love me some shoulder baring?! lolz]

[dun dunna nuuuuunn! my very first pair of carrot pants! lolz Levi's dark grey pleated and tapered pants - Ross $8.99 clearance... the exact same pair in purple have been eyeing me for weeks! (remember BBM! lolz) i liked these much better tho, purple was a bit too intense for me lolz.. like how i use my coat hooks?]

[last but not least, turquoise Reaction by Kenneth Cole wallet - Ross $12.99... its much more green than baby blue, like in the picture... damn flash ;/]

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he may know fashion...

"there isn't a woman on the planet who would say, 'Oh I want people to think I have a fat butt and big hips!'"

-Michael Kors (judging a dress on Project Runway 4/1/10)

I thought this was just ridiculous! i myself have come to love, appreciate, and enjoy my body... but boy oh boy if i had to get some sort of physical enhancement surgery... a few inches of butt/hip implants would be the first on the list!!!! I would love a coffee table booty lmao, seriously. So i think michael kors doesn't know what he's talking about in this department.

the man who REALLY knows what he's talking about ;)

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you kno what... Phuket!

had a nice dinner wit my mommy at one of the best thai joints ever, Phuket Thai in LB... which reminds me...

thanks to 2 Bitches Deep's blog i am now addicted to this song lolz

      

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my favorite doublemint twins

(courtesy of The Frisky's Celebrity Look-A-Likes)

Javier Bardem and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are like interchangeable hotness! dark haired, scruffy, strong jawed hotness! lolz check out JDM's extra hot Irish accent in P.S. I Love You.

btw how do you guys like my new header?

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