i never really liked you (that much)

irina munteanu, sanna helena berger, momomi, n0bodysdaughter, fukin, mellifluis, o-ctave, landlockedmermaid, fracturable, thisisnthappiness

forever young

Well, I'm graduating high school in about 2 months and the fact that it's nearing and nearing so quickly is making me really scared. The school year so far has gone by way too fast. I don't want to grow up. I'm not ready yet.

"YOU KNOW THE FUTURE IS REALLY HAPPENING WHEN YOU START FEELING SCARED."

grad lounge

So on Wednesday (April 10) it was Grad Lounge and here are some pics I stole (except for the last 3) from people because I didn't take many pictures myself so um yeah.

Grad Lounge was okay. But the food was absolute shit. That's all.

let's be nothing, i heard it lasts forever

Okay so I said I'd post my spring break purchases and I decided that it's time to actually do it. So yeah.

Brandy Melville, $18

I saw this posted on Brandy Melville Canada's facebook page and at the moment, I swear we were infinite... omg dies okay KIDDING!! But at the moment, I FELL IN LOVE!! Today was Brandy Melville's 1 year anniversary event at the Vancouver store and so I went with my friend, Kimberly. I bought this tee and the bustier below. To be honest it wasn't that great because there weren't very many things on sale and most things were just their regular price. There was a live DJ and cupcakes for the first 200 people (I got one) and you could enter in a draw to win a $100 gift card. But other than that, it wasn't that special. In fact, it was way worse because normally the store doesn't have very many people in there (based on the times I went during spring break), but today the store was full of people and can you imagine 20 people waiting in line for 2 change rooms??? After waiting in line for about 15 minutes, I gave up and headed to the cashier line-up (also only 2 cashiers with like 193497439 people waiting) and I decided to just purchase these two items without trying them on first.

Brandy Melville, $28

I fell in love with this bustier/crop top the moment I saw it too!! It has an exposed zipper and triangular cut-outs in the back. I was actually looking for this during spring break but they said it was out of stock, and that I should come back in a couple weeks and yay they had it and I bought it!! It said "one size fits all" which I was HIGHLY skeptical about because um it's a bustier come on now, but luckily it fit me literally PERFECTLY. HOWEVER I am really fucking mad because as you can clearly see on the photo to the right, the strap to the right is SEWN ON TWISTED. Like, actually. I was so excited to wear it too!! Plus there were only like 2 more left on the rack and I plan to head back their next weekend to return it (when I go to the Topshop Vancouver Prom Party on the 21st) so I'm scared that they won't have it in stock anymore again. :(((( But I'll just take store credit for now, but I REALLY hope they have more in stock because I desperate want to start wearing this beauty.

Topshop, $8

This shirt was actually $10 but it was on sale for 2 for $16 so my friend and I both got one each! It's a basic cotton crop top that is very similar to the American Apparel one (but 9203404845 times cheaper). I haven't worn it yet because it's very cropped and I haven't found the right occasion to wear it too. Plus I don't have high enough pants to wear it during the spring time. But I could wear it in the summer with some high waisted shorts.

Topshop, $14

Another crop top from Topshop! It's just a basic cotton crop top that goes to about my belly button with a high neck thing. Whatever you call it. I've only worn it once so far and it was to Spring Fling and yeah. But omg I think my parents shrunk it in the wash!! It looks visibly smaller but I've been too scared/lazy to try it on to confirm ya feel.

Topshop, $14

ANOTHER CROP TOP (lol I'm not obsessed). Wow it looks like shit in this picture because it's been shoved into my dresser all crumpled up for a while now and so it looks like this. But yeah. It's basically a white tee that has the sleeves cuffed and sewn. The bottom is like a cut-off. Yeah.

Topshop, $40

I've been wanting a circle skirt since forever and I finally got one!! The original price was $50 but I got it for $40 because of the student promotion thing where students got 20% off their purchase. The colour is a bit off in this photo, maybe from the lighting when I took the picture or maybe from the filter but it's definitely lighter in person. But yeah, it's an acid wash denim circle skirt and I love it. But I still want a normal denim one and a black one (like the American Apparel ones!! SO CUTE).

H&M, $30

I bought this peplum dress originally for Grad Lounge but I felt like it was too formal for it after asking other people what they were gonna wear. So afterwards I bought a lace dress (posted below) that I wore instead. I decided to keep this dress though because it's really cute and I need a nice little black dress and also, I think I need some sort of peplum in my closet. Besides, it was only $30 so whatever.

Forever 21, $35

I finally have a more fitted denim jacket!! Again, the colour of the denim is a bit more rich in this photo. Like, it's less blue and a bit lighter in person, but again I think it's because of the filter or lighting. But anyway, it's just a simple denim jacket and I really like it.

Urban Behaviour, $20

This was the dress I bought for Grad Lounge! Normally I would NEVER EVER enter Urban Behaviour, but hey I was broke from all the clothes (and food, especially poutines) I bought. I'm actually really surprised because some dresses there were actually pretty cute (althought some were just hideous monstrosities). I didn't check out their other clothes, but everything is super inexpensive and yeah. So I think this is pretty good for a last minute dress purchase (since I bought it like 3 days before the event). Urban Behaviour reminds me of that other store though... uhh Sirens? Yeah.

I also bought the jeggings from H&M that I got for $10 on sale that I wore here but I couldn't take a pic of them because they're in the laundry right now. Hahaha. And now that I think about it, I forgot to take a pic of a swimsuit from Garage that I got. It's basically a polka dot bandeau on top and a black bikini bottom. So yeah.

And that's about it y'all

P.S. ahahaha I just noticed the lack of colour of my purchases

left alone

I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG. I haven't stopped listening to it since it was posted like 2 days ago. I am in love. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

you're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul

Today I went shopping for a Grad Lounge dress. Well, I kind of already had one (a black peplum dress from H&M) but it felt too formal and whatever for this event so I went to the mall to try to find one (besides I had an optometrist appointment there anyway). At first I was totally hopeless and sad because I tried on so many dresses and they all either didn't fit or looked ugly on me. So as a last resort option, I went to Urban Behaviour (I never shop there... NEVER) and surprisingly, I actually found this dress that I liked:

It's basically a lace dress with a bustier on top and best of all it was only $20!!! Okay I still have my doubts about this store because of some of the frilly tulle monstrosities they call dresses there but I'm glad I gave it a chance??? Hahaha okay that's about it.

I'm supposed to be doing math review right now and I haven't exactly been very productive and I have a test tomorrow and I don't really know much. To be honest I'm still in spring break mode and I just don't feel like doing anything since it is third term now but yeah. I should turn off my phone now or something because it is a huge distraction. IT'S AN OBSESSION. Omg okay bye.

buy the stars

I feel bad for not posting at all for so long but hi. To be honest I don't even remember what I last posted about hahah I think it was before spring break? Well spring break has come and gone and I just finished my first week back and life is horrible again because school. Spring break was just so nice and relaxing (even though it would've been even nicer and more relaxing had I been in the Dominican Republic!!!) but ANYWAY yeah. I basically shopped and ate poutines (which I now regret but at the same time don't) and sat at home wasting my time. Yeah. And then I was so productive that for the entire 2 weeks I didn't do my homework until the night before school. Basically I have lame pics on my instagram (@jvsminecho) of stuff from spring break. Okay yenno what, this post feels really sad and pathetic so I'll just add some pics from my ig to compensate. Er this is a lot of photos but w/e

american apparel crop top, thrifted cardigan, h&m jeggings, tna parka, vans shoes, danier leather bag

This was me shopping on who knows what day bc I'm too lazy to check

And then I fell in love with Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal!! I normally eat it with Original Silk Milk and half a banana but today instead of banana, I ate it with Welch's frozen berries and it was SO DELICIOUS

Okay I didn't post this pic on ig but now I kind of want to. I don't quite remember what I put in here since I literally just take apart my fridge and throw anything I can find into my salads so based on what I see and remember, this salad has baby arugula, baby spinach, avocado, boiled egg, mint leaves, basil leaves, almond slices, with a baguette with cheese melted on top.

Then I spent nearly an entire day in my bed watching Sofia Coppola films because she is one of my favourite directors ever. And then that's my milk tea and ignore the dirty screen please

wilfred sheer button-up, american apparel bandeau bra, h&m jeggings, calvin klein parka, h&m necklace, vans shoes, danier leather bag

And then there's me and my friend (she totally ruined my ootd pic)

And then I took more ootd pics bc I'm super cool (not)

And here's a pretty pic of the sky and for some reason I remember that it was a Saturday

And then the day after that sky/cloud pic I went to my aunt and uncle's house and my cousin, my sister and I make semi-successful macarons (the purplish ones were supposed to be purple but when we baked them they turned a weird bluey gray colour with purple on the inside....). Both are just plain macarons and the purple one had (if I remember correctly) chocolate ganache filling and the pinkish coloured ones had hazelnut buttercream filling

Then my friend and I went shopping AGAIN (I think this was the third time???) and we ate some poutines at a place called Smoke's Poutinerie (on Granville) and the above is the prime beef deluxe poutine and the bottom is the bacon cheeseburger poutine. It was pretty good but the cheese curd's texture was kind of... rubbery? Yeah

tna tank top, vintage/secondhand denim jacket, garage leggings, vans shoes, danier leather bag

And here's my outfit from that day

And here's some baby pics of me!! I was so cute hahah. I posted the first one for #tbt and the second one I didn't post but now I kind of want to so yeah

And then this past Sunday I went down to Seattle for a day and I took a pic during the car trip there

And here's some selfies I took in the car at Seattle and also this is my fb profile pic currently lol

I bought these Nike Free Runs in the states for $90 (which is a lot cheaper than here)! I wanted them in pink but I settled for this because it was like the only colour at the outlet store at Seattle Premium Outlets :((((

talula tank top, lord & taylor cardigan, american apparel shorts, vans shoes, danier leather bag

And then on Monday I went shopping again but this time with another friend and IT WAS SUNNY AND WARM AND BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE (let me just emphasize that in caps because Vancouver's weather is not normally like this especially in March/April!!!) so I got to wear shorts yayyyyy

And then on Tuesday I posted this #transformationtuesday pic because LOOK AT DAT CHANGE hahah left is grade 8 and right is grade 12. THE BROWS THOUGH BEHOLD MY GRADE 8 BROWS AND CRY

And then on Thursday I made a salad for myself and it had some spring salad mix (too lazy to check what's in it), tomato, carrots, boiled egg, green onion, mint leaves, and pine nuts.

I'M FINALLY DONE. Hahahaha. So basically yeah, this was my life between the time I last posted and now. I think I'm gonna make a separate post next of all my spring break purchases because I blew a lot of money and my wallet hurts.

P.S. if yall were wondering, the apps I use to edit my ig photos are AfterLight, VSCO Cam, Squaready, and sometimes Aviary

OK BYE