LIFE.

Scored this Michael Kor platform booties 50% off on Net-a-Porter!  

WOOT!  

OBSESSED w/ the gold studs!!!! 

Expect to see these babies A LOT in my upcoming fall & winter OOTD'S!! :p

Peanut noodles w/ sliced ham, chicken, egg & cucumbers

My mom makes the YUMMIEST cold peanut sauce noodles!!  

Takes me right back to my childhood summers!

Been O.D.'ing on cherries all summer long hehehehe.

Heart him!

Vogue'ing!

(More so the Hubs than me haha)

I.D.K.

But love that he can make me laugh from 987239487918273987 miles away!

Confetti Cupcake nails!! :)

Zha Jiang Mien

My mom made me a heaping bowl of Zha Jiang Mien yum yum yum!!   

I added a healthy portion of steamed brocolli so I wouldn't O.D. on carbs (which BTW's are the bane of my existance muhahaha.) 

Hubs drew a picture of our Europe cruise!

There's me on the left on a plane next to the globe leaving from the United States .. and the Hubs is on a plane on the right hand side of the screen leaving from Germany and we're flying towards Barcelona where we'll meet and board our cruise ship.. underneath the ship is a little fishy and a octopus hahaha.

Oyamisua

My favorite Taiwanese night market noodles!

Glutinous Rice

Pai Gou Fan

Pork Chop rice w/ all the fixin' - Perserved pickles, Cabbage, Minced pork, Daikon, Egg

Soo Nommy!

I went to the Chinese grocery store to stock up on snacks for our vacay... Yeah I might have over did it a bit. 

BAHAHAHAHAHA.

When the lady handed me my reusable shopping tote w/ my snacks in it.. she called me a "Xia Mei Mei" which literally translate into "Little Girl"

My mom started cracking up and said that I was 30 & married!

-____-

I GET IT NOBODY MY AGE BUYS/EATS THIS MANY SNACKS

::SAD FACE::

bahahahahahahahaha

My mom spent a Saturday afternoon teaching me how to make all sorts of yummy Chinese things from scratch!

Xia Long Bao's

Juicy Pork Dumplings!

You can tell which one are mine.. they're horrible looking -___-

hahahaha

Gou Tie

Fried Dumplings!

We also made scallion pancakes.. and this amazing Chinese fried meat pizza.. but my hands at that point were too messy and covered w/ dough and flour to take pictures hahahaha.

#badblogger

Jojo heard a loud bang and ran to the window to inspect!

We found Bambi

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it just me or does Bambi seem more startled by us then we are of her even though he/she ran into our window.

AWWWWWW!

Jojo made a new friend!!

I was up late watching a movie until 3am and when I went back to my room I checked and Bambi was still sleeping right outside the window! 

One of the snacks I miss most from Hawaii are Taro Chips!!

However when I moved back to the mainland I couldn't find them anywhere!

I recently found these at the Chinese grocery store... they taste JUST like the ones I use to eat in Hawaii 

::CLAP CLAP::

So happy!!!

They're so good.. caveat is they're a tad salty.. I can only eat about 1/3 of the bag in one in sitting otherwise I sort of feel like my lips are blistering. 

Worth it.

bahahahahaha

Char Siu Bun, Shui Mai, Ha Gaw, Chicken Feet, Pork Spareribs, Rice Noodles w/ Shrimp, Turnip Cake

Yummy Dim Sum!! 

HELL YES.

BEST INVENTION EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Founding Farmers!

Hibiscus Soda

In-house made hibiscus soda it was like I was back in Hawaii!!

Farmers Chips w/ Onion, Pimento & Goddess Dip & Pickled Seasonal Vegetables

Yums!  

Loved this.. I have a weakness for fresh made chips I can't help it!!  Loved the dips.. the green "goddess" dip had tons of avocado and the "onion" was actually onion dip w/ chicken salad!!

It paired really well with the pickled veggies because they were really crisp and sour..  I love me good sour pickled veggies hehe it really balanced out the richness of the chips and dips!

Chicken, Waffles, String Beans w/ Candied Lemon & Mac & Cheese

This was ONE entree.. yeah.  I barely made a dent (it was SO DELICIOUS but very very rich and filling) when I got home I gave some of the chicken to my fur daughter and I still had enough for LUNCH & DINNER the next day.

WHAT THE EFFF'

HAHAHAHAHA.

#couldfeedafamilyoffour

Crab, Chicken Salad & Shrimp rolls w/ Chips

This was delicious too!!  

AND SOOOO FILLING!!!  It's insane how stuffed these were.. I'm totally going back just so I can order this!

Mini high school reunion :)!

Cute!

Whoa look at this girl. 

Sexy much. 

This is how she dresses to work. 

muhahaha :p

THE HUBS, FOOD & BVLGARI

Surprise package from the Hubs from Neiman's!

WOOT!

Shy by Sydney Evan pendant that says "Kiss" and has a tiny itty bitty diamond too for that little extra hint of sparkle on your decolletage! 

So cute I heart it!!

The pendant is REALLY teeny tiny it's just the tiniest hint of gold on my decolletage.. and because it's so tiny the word "Kiss" looks like "Lisa" when I wear it so I doubly love it muhahaha..  I love it so much I've been wearing it everyday since I got it and haven't taken it off hehehe :p

He also found my MOST favorite Japanese cookies EVERRRRRR!!  

Yoku Moku!!!!

Yummiest lightest butter cookies EVER!!  

I use to buy then all the time when I lived in Hawaii at Shirokiya but couldn't find them after I moved back to the mainland.  Well apparently they sell them at Neiman Marcus who knew?!

It comes in the decorative pink heart tin box that you see above.. which is awesome because I can use it afterwards to store costume jewelry ect.  This box might be limited edition because I've never seen it before when I use to buy them in Hawaii they came in a nondescript blue or red tin container.

Thanks so much booboo :) 

<3 u!! 

And yes I'm totally munching on these while I'm doing this blog post tehehehe. 

Dragon roll - California roll w/ eel

Tonkatsu Ramen

Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura

The shrimp tempura was sooo good.  And they gave so much too!! 

Isn't my bestie so pretty? :p 

I don't know why I haven't blogged about this earlier.  But this is my HOLY GRAIL product. Yes over  EVERYTHING else in my makeup arsenal.  I cannot live without this stuff.

This is my 3rd time placing an order so you can see that I cannot live without this product.  I use it EVERYDAY.  When I do occasionally fail and forget to spray it or something I find that my makeup is runny  and I look "sweaty".  It basically cools the temperature on your face to keep you from sweating and stuff.  Idk how it works or why it does it.. but I LOVE IT!  I have combination to oily skin and this thing is a life saver.  Before I use to find that I had to blot 4 or 5 times a day and reapply powder at least once a day if not more.  But I find that I never do that now unless I'm out for more than 8 hrs.

You can purchase it from a plethora of places online and the 4 oz. is $29 & the 8 oz. is $39.. but if you order "The Kit" on the Skindinavia website you get two 4 oz. bottles for $45 and two 8 oz. bottles for $55 (if you bought 2 bottles of the 4 oz piece meal it would basically be $60 bucks and 8 oz. piece meal $80 bucks! SUCH A STEAL!).. 1 bottle is the Original formula and 1 bottle is the "No More Shine" which is awesome... I prefer using the "No more shine" during the summer months and switch to using the Original formula during the winter months... and then you also get the tiny trial sized you see in the front.

Urban Decay has the same product which is apparently is also made by Skindinavia however I tried a bottle of it and I much prefer the Skindinavia product over Urban Decay.. which is slightly befuddling since I'm assuming it would be the same formula.  But anyways I'm back to using the Skindinavia version :)

It's so nice being back home and waking up to Pork & Thousand year old egg congee courtesy of my mommy!!

Nom Nom Nom!  SOO GOOD!

Out for a colorful walk with my fur daughter! 

Tortilla chips & salsa

Hubby flew from Germany to visit me for three whole days! 

WOOHOO!!

Shrimp fajita & Beef taco w/ Chicken Enchilada

DUCK CROSSING!

The whole time I was walking up to them trying to get as close as possible the Hubs was yelling at me to not get too close because he was afraid they were going to poke my eyes out bahahahaha!

SOOOO CUTE!! 

I think these were the SAME ducklings that I had blogged about HERE.  I was sort of astonished as to how big they had gotten in such a short amount of time!

I swear Target has the BEST selection of Hello Kitty appliances. 

I.WANT.EVERYTHING.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Out to dinner w/ The Hubs :p

Do you see the tiny "Kiss" pendant?? 

heheheheheh

Ren's Ramen!

Fried Rice, Diet Coke & Ramum

Omgosh their fried rice was sooo nommy!!  

And seriously is there anything better than a super cold Ramune? 

I love Ramune!!! 

It's so refreshing and surprisingly low cal considering how yummy it is. 

<3 <3 <3!

Shoyu Ramen

So happy to see his face!

Tan Tan Ramen

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

My ramen was SOOOOOOOOOO effin' good.

OMG. 

It's a super delicious and fatty tonkatsu broth mixed with miso and made spicy.  

I.LOVE.SPICY.RAMEN.

Ramen fail.  

Hahahahaha. 

It was so good but their portions were so big!

But I promise you it made a tasty 2nd meal the next day hahahahahaha.

Late night Micky D's ice cream pit stop :)

Just like when we were dating hehehe!

He's obviously so excited 

-____-

Found these ADORABLE Giuseppi Zanotti crystal flats at Loehmann's on sale.. original price $750 marked down to $499.99.  YIKES!

Had to pass on them but they were so pretty!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

My fur baby!

Cosi lunch! 

So good omgosh I love their flat bread sammies.  

They have a new drink it's the Apple-Tea-Ni it tastes JUST like Japanese Hi-Chew apple candies but in drink form.  And the drink is 10 calories. WHAT THE EFFFFF!  Seriously as I was drinking it I couldn't believe it.  IT IS SO GOOD.

Some shoe finds at Nordstrom Rack!  

Loving my new studded orange sandals.. and cannot get over how FREAKIN' comfortable Minnatoka Moccasins are OMG.

#wherehavethesebeenmywholelife 

Heart this girl she made me HOMEMADE strawberry jam from the fresh strawberries she picked!!! 

BTW the jam was so good.. literally made me run out and buy scones hahahahahaha!

Crab Artichoke Dip

Apparently all of us got the burger memo.

Kobe burger w/ bacon, cheddar & fried egg & side of fresh cut potato chips

OMGGG this burger was SOOO NOMS.  

So juicy and tender who knew Gordon Biersch's burgers were that yummy!

Btw's I made the mistake of ordering the potato chips.  Don't be stupid like me.  The garlic fries are hands down the winner.  I know I know!!  I was stupid.. I've been ordering their garlic fries for years and decided that I wanted to try something different this time. 

Well don't. Just don't. 

hahahahhahahahahaha.

My dad gave me a vintage Bvlgari watch as an early 30th b-day present!

LOVE!! 

Thanks so much dad!!

#OBSESSED