Coronado Island

Last Friday, Charles spontaneously bought a new camera. He's been wanting the Canon 5D Mark II for quite some time now, and luckily and offer popped up that he just couldn't resist. I am just as excited as he is about it because we've always talked about traveling and having the perfect camera to capture every moment. Saturday morning, we both woke up extremely early in hopes to purchase our first Comic Con tickets. Despite my determination, we weren't able to get in because supposedly, they sold out within minutes:( Since we were already up, we decided to take the 5D for a test run, and what better place to do that than at the beach. After running a few errands in San Diego, we decided to head over to the beautiful Coronado Island just in time for sunset. The weather surprisingly felt like an evening in summer and the view was perfect. Afterwards, we headed Downtown to check out the UO president's day sale, but it wasn't as exciting as I expected. We ended our night with our usual trip to Tap Ex because the boba queen gotta have her boba. It was definitely a picturesque day.

Photo credits to my wonderful photographer, Charles <3 / Edited by me.

Forever 21 Kimono top / Nastygal Romper / DIY Floral crown

Cute little Valentine's date.

About a week before V- Day, I was shopping at Joann's for material for upcoming projects and I asked Charles to meet me there so we can go have lunch. It's half an hour later and I'm wondering what's taking him so long, then I receive a call from him asking me to immediately come outside because it was "important". I rush out to the parking lot thinking someone might have hit my car or something lol. I see him standing at my parking spot and to my surprise, my car was covered in Valentine decor. On my windshield, a sign read "Love you forever" and he placed a glass bottle right next to it, as well as little heart cutouts on my license plate and mirrors. Inside the glass bottle was a letter and at the end of it, he asked me to be his Valentine. It was the cutest thing ever and I love how he still asks me to be his Valentine. 

This Valentine's Day, we decided to have a romantic home cooked dinner and just stay in while we enjoy each other's company. We didn't want to deal with the hassle of reserving a table or waiting for hours at some restaurant. I surprised him with a candle-lit dinner including his favorite Fettuccine Alfredo, and it was pretty good for my first try. I also made him a book and gave it the most creative title ever, "Cute Little Book of Quotes and Stuff". It was a collection of quotes and typography about love and inspiration. I specifically chose quotes that meant a lot to the both of us and knowing Charles, he loves reading quotes that he can always relate to. He made me a "Valentine Project", which was a giant card including the sweetest letter and some of my favorite photos of us along with a plush bear. He also brought bags of boba because he knows that's all I wanted. After dinner, we experimented with making our own milk tea to go along with the boba. We both tried different ingredients and such, and lets say that we weren't very successful. Considering the fact that Charles will most likely be joining the Air Force this year, this might be the last Valentine's Day we'll spend together in person for a while. Thankfully, I couldn't have asked for a better night <3

Mate Date 2-6-12

After being apart for a couple months, I finally reunited with my mates, Leanne and Kim! I woke up at 10:00 AM today which was very difficult for me considering that I wake up after 2:00 almost every day (definitely not a morning person), but I'd do anything for these two. We had a little adventure around Old Town T-mec, which is probably the only entertaining place here. After having our traditional photoshoot, which we are extremely dedicated to I might add, we had a cute little lunch at Rosa's Cantina. Despite a few encounters with creepy men with staring problems, we strutted through the streets of old town and I think we literally snapped a photo at every corner, which explains the large amount of photos in this post. Confession: I sometimes feel intimidated when I'm around my maties because obviously their level of chic-ness is much higher than mine, and they are just so outgoing and genial while I'm a little more introverted. These girls have always been an inspiration to me, fashion and personality wise.