i get weak [soulstruck relive through this contest]

hey everyone!

first things first–HAPPY 200TH POST TO ME!! :) i’ve had my blog since july 2010 and i sure have come a very, very long way!

anyway, the main content now: here is my entry for the soulstruck relive through this contest!

the contest is  to come up with a polyvore-esque set that includes a vintage song and a pair of their vintage shoes.

here is my fantastic entry for the ‘relive through this‘ contest hosted by soulstruck.com!

it is inspired by the 80′s hit ‘i get weak’ by belinda carlisle.

i wanted it to be a flirtly look with a hint of darkness.
for the vintage shoes, i chose number 183; woven toe nude pump, because i really liked the matte color with the accented toes. to add more color to the look, since they are nude shoes, i threw in some slouchy gray socks.

the items i have featured in my look are:

Soulstruck Woven Toe Nude Pumps - $79.95

Oscar de la Renta Applique Flower Embroidered Dance Dress - $5,990 [dream dress, holy mother of...]

Jennifer Behr Double Vine Bobby Pin – $72

Christian Siriano for Payless black python clutch $39.99

ByBoe reminder bow ring - $38

Chanel Nail Polish in ‘Imperial’ – $25

Dolce & Gabbana Runway Socks

Black Patent Skinny Belt

♬  ♪

i get weak when i look at you!
weak when we touch
i can’t speak when i look in your eyes.
i get weak when you’re next to me!
weak from this love
i’m in deep when i look in your eyes! 

♩ ♫

thanks to soulstruck for this opportunity! i hope i am one of the winners :)
listen to ‘i get weak’ by belinda carlisle below!

♫ sara

feburary turned around and bit me in the…

guys i just need someone who will listen to me :(

warning: entering 16 year old crybaby teenager mode. super depressing rant post. leave if you couldn’t care less.

SWEET 16TH JANUARY HAUL

so the 20th was my 16th birthday and it was a blast! even though i was really upset in my last post, things have taken a turn for the better, or at least for now.

i’m really scared that february will suck because i’m always ‘superstitious’ that bad things happen in february, but idk…so far things are okay.

here is a HUGE haul of all the things i bought after christmas that arrived in january in time for my birthday, plus some really old things i forgot to blog c:

super old from octoberish, but here is a free people rayon dot dress i bought off ebay for around $40. i really like it, but the waistband always rides up when i wear it because my torso is short, so i have difficulty styling it…any advice?

this is a pleated lace dress i bought from topshop with a low V back.
i’ve mentioned on my formspring a trillion times that i’ve always wished for this 3.1 phillip lim silk flower and pleat-embellished dress, but it’s $900, so…

but then i saw this lookalike on topshop that i was stalking in case it came back in my size, and luckily it did AND it was on sale for $35 when it used to be $75!! so i jumped to it and i’m glad i did, because it sold out immediately after!

on the site’s stock picture it was more of an ivory but in person it’s tanner. i like it either way tho!

please excuse this absolutely shit quality photo of me wearing it…i look great i know..T_T

this is a house of the gods shirt i bought from urban-eclectric! i saw it on miranda cosgrove and, as you all know very well now, i love her style and when i saw her wearing this i was dying to have it! they are the only site that carries it, and it was on sale, so i bought it :)
house of the gods is one of my new favorite shirt brands, their shirts are such great quality!

the shirt features deborah/debby/debbie harry, aka blondie!

next is a free people ‘we the free’ crocheted jersey shirt. it’s a cool orange color with crocheted sleeves, with little embellished(?) flower things. i really like it!! the black shirt underneath is also free people but i bought that over the summer XD the best part is, it was only $15 and it was originally $110 on the free people site! wooo.

i also bought this minnie mouse shirt from target as a sleep shirt. it’s slightly cropped but i bought it a few sizes larger so it fits loosely! whoopeeee!

my free gift from sephora for my birthday!! it’s a lip duo from the brand fresh. these are the best chapsticks i’ve ever used!! :)

and finally, one of the best purchases i’ve ever made: the lucky brand jeans canvas carry-all bag.
it is so perfect. and gorgeous. and sturdy and huge. i LOVE it. no words, people. no words.

and even though i’m going to make a separate post about my birthday and pics, here are the things my friends gave me as presents :)

ryan higa as hanate! LOL

yeah, i…don’t know. HI PATRICK LOL SO CUTE

i’ll go more in depth about it in my birthday post, but it’s ironic that i got a forever 21 giftcard because i got kicked out of forever 21 on my birthday!! like i said, another time :)

‘remedial’ because one of my friends apparently has a different present that is in the mail or something? idk haha!

so derpy i love it!

such a pretty bracelet, i love turquoise!

okay, SUPER AWKWARD AND FUNNY STORY ABOUT THIS PICTURE!!!!
so one of my friends and i have the same birthday, and we basically became friends last year because we found that out. so sometimes at lunch when we’re bored we go to the library to watch SNL skits or jimmy fallon snippets because we’re really popular. and so i recently showed her the thank you notes segment of jimmy fallon and she LOVED IT! (who doesn’t!) and so i bought her this book and kept telling her i had a surprise present for her, and then randomly she told me she had a surprise present for me that was coming in the mail.

so then the monday after my birthday, we exchange presents, and mine is wrapped around the book but her present to me is wrapped in like 5 boxes so that i wouldn’t know what it was, and…

WE GOT EACH OTHER THE SAME THANK YOU NOTES BOOK BY JIMMY FALLON!

TROOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLOL. it was LEGIT the weirdest and stupidest thing that has ever happened to me. many lols were had that morning.

anyway. so one of my friends followed a collar tips DIY by honestly WTF and made me these cool pins that attach to your collar!! they look really awesome with my flannels.

thanks for reading this haul post! i promise i’ll be more interesting in the next few weeks.

please subscribe/follow! love all of you

ebay and paypal horror story, the sequel. my paypal exploded, HELP!!??!

hey everyone!

i’m depressed. my 16th birthday party is friday and it feels like it’s forever away.

i have finals this week and i have C’s in two classes, one of which will probably not get better by the end of the semester. and why the fuck do i have a B+ in japanese? bitch please sensei! T_T

anyway, i’m here to rant to you about my eBay and paypal horror story. i wrote one here a while back (click to see)

for reference to the sales post, go here.

this one is about a girl who wanted a coach bucket bag. it’s tan. and wantable, i guess. she was desperate for it. i even gave her free shipping and lowered the price $40 for her. so i sell it to her, but i was super careful to take a shitful of photos AND give dimensions and pictures of the stain on the inside and emphasize its ugliness so people wouldn’t be inclined to make a return.

obviously and unfortunately, this was not the case. within a day after this bitch receives her purse, she comes crying to me about how it’s not as big as she wanted it to be and wants to return it. i calmly told her that it wasn’t my fault that she didn’t look at the dimensions properly, and that i wasn’t a store and i wasn’t going to accept returns on an item that clearly wasn’t damaged or mis-described. but she files a case.

and not just an ebay case.

a paypal case.

this is when shit goes down.

i sold the purse on 12/20/11, and she file the case 1/1/12. i called ebay on the first, the seventh, the fourteenth, and the seventeenth. the first two times they didn’t do shit and just told me someone would deal with it sooner or later.

but the fourteenth? that’s when the ultimate shit went the fuck DOWN.

so i was talking to some bullshit associate who clearly didn’t speak english as her first language and had a very small vocabulary, who told me she would ‘investigate’. blah blah she asked security questions and the like, but then this is where shit. went. down. she asked me for my birthdate. and i’m a fucktard, so i told her my real birthdate. ERROR. ERROR. ERROR. ERROR. BAD MOVE SARA. she says ‘no, i’m sorry that is not correct,’ and hangs up.

then i get an email saying that my birthdate has been confused or some shit, and that i need to verify personal information, but for now my account would be placed into limited mode. no big deal, i’ll just go to their case resolution bullshit and figure it out. one of the options was to show an ID to prove your identity.

i get my passport, scan it, and attach it in a file to paypal on my account statement.

i should have just changed the year i was born to 93 instead of 96, but i’m too fucking idiotic to do that. hell, they didn’t even ask for my birthday–just proof of my name and my address. but no. i’m a fucking lunatic piece of shit.

a few hours later, i get an email saying that paypal has verified that i am not 18, and they will be closing my account for 180 days, and that i will not be able to access my money, my bank account, or my fucking card.

since when the fuck are they allowed to pull this shit?

i freak out. hell, i’m still freaking out.

so on the seventeenth, aka today, i call and of course this friendly male voice picks up and helps me out…’helps.’ he just tells me there’s nothing i can do and it will be held for 180 days.

since i’m fucken awesome at math, i figured ‘oh, 3 months? whatever.’ but no. see, there are 30 days in a month, with the exception of 31 every other month and 29 in february (this year). he tells me,

“sorry, you will not be able to access your account until july 2012.”

WHAT THE FUCK!????????????????!??!?!!?!

BULLSHIT!

everything in my account, all $200 of it + the $100 being held for this bullshit woman who wanted this purse all along that caused this, is locked for 180 days. after 180 days i can remove it from my account, but my paypal will still be closed until i turn 18.

this wouldn’t be a huge fucking deal if i didn’t already owe my own mom $300 for selling her skirt, i think to myself.

so i create a new paypal. sneaky sneaky!

but NO. NO NO NO. i can only receive money if i start a new paypal–i can’t link it to a bank account, i can’t move it to a credit card or anything, because my only credit card and bank account is on my old paypal and i can’t move any of it because of the limit i have on it! FUCK!

so now i can only receive money. and i’m freaking the fuck out. and jackrabbit711 aka jacqueline williams, FUCKING FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING BITCH.

I CANNOT STRESS THAT THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT.

I HOPE YOU LOSE THE CASE AND THAT KARMA BITES YOU IN THE VA**** AND YOU FUCKING SUFFER.

[update january 19 2012; i ended up having to send her a refund (rather, paypal pulled money form my own account and she has to send it back. not sure what’s going to happen now, about my account at least.)

you ruined shit for me.

i’m screwed. i owe my own MOM money, i’m doing shittily in school, i’m stressed out, and it’s all your fault you little fucker.

fuck you.

and fuck ebay and fuck paypal.

i can’t wait to sue your asses to satan’s house when i become a corporate lawyer.

have fun in hell, ebay and paypal.

will be updated regularly until this is sorted the fuck out.

and yes, i’m going to be linking this article to paypal and ebay every time they try to contact me.

fucking.

deal

with

it

;)

♫ sara

BieberMath (Geometry) – Special Quads (A Parody of Baby by Justin Bieber) [video]

for a final project for my math class (not the actual final, but a project!!) we were asked to do something creative in a hands on form. most people took the easy way out and went for a crossword puzzle with geometry theorems and the like, or a dictionary, but i was the only person (i think..) in all 3 of my math teacher’s classes to do a SONG!

i worked pretty hard on it and i’m happy with the way it came out. (for the record, i’m not a huge justin bieber fan or a ‘#belieber’ XD)

it would be SOO awesome if you could watch, thumbs up, comment on the video, and subscribe!! and if you really liked it, share it!

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now watch for yourself!

it’s pretty catchy if i do say so myself–i promise it will get stuck in your head! :)

lyrics:

[verse 1]
I love my math class, but let’s be fair
Geometry’s hard and it is a scare
I want to pass but, where should I start?
I need to learn quadrilaterals to be smart!

[verse 2]
Algebra’s easy, Lombard, quit playin’
“Special Quads”? What are you sayin’?
“Kite, Square, Trapezoid”, I guess these do apply
I’m learning right angles and paired sides for the first time

[chorus]
And then I thought, rec-tang, rec-tang, rec-tangglee
Like rhombus, rhombus, rhombus noooo!
Like kite, square, kite, square, kite, square ohhh!
P-o-grams and T-zoids apply, apply

Rec-tang, rec-tang, rec-tangglee
Like rhombus, rhombus, rhombus noooo!
Like kite, square, kite, square, kite, square ohhh!
P-o-grams and T-zoids apply, apply

[verse 3]
Square not congruent? Naw, I would say Never!
Opposite sides are parallel, goes on forever!
And do not be a fool, rectangles are angle-equal
They’re parallel with pride, but only on opposite sides

[verse 4]
Trapezoids are opp-parallel sides, but not isosceles:
Sides equal in length and angles from parallel sides; such a tease!
This kite’s going down, down, down, down,
Angles equal where meet, diags bisect middle-bound

[chorus]

[rap/bridge]

When I was 15, I took geometry
There was nobody that compared to my teacher
except math came between us and the quads came above!
Parallelograms had me going crazy, oh I was starstruck
Opposite sides parallel, equal in length—that’s good luck!

Tests made my heart pound
I skip a beat when I see rhombuses on the sheet, and
On the board in the classroom
But I really wanna learn its properties, so
Angles equal, right, that’s blazin’
Four sided shape, amazin’
Parallel, equal length, non-breakin’
Bisect to right angles, I’m sayin’

[chorus]

[ending thing]
Know ‘em all, (yeah, yeah, yeah x2)
I know ‘em all, (yeah, yeah, yeah x2)
I know ‘em all, (yeah, yeah, yeah x2)
I know ‘em all, all, all,
I learned ‘em all!

thanks for watching, i hope you liked it and that you will share it, and possibly subscribe to me!

♫ sara

IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU GIRL, ON YOUR 16TH BIRTHDAY [wishlist]

january is my birthday month, therefore this is my 16th birthday wishlist!

woo hoo.

title is in reference to the hilarious episode of spongebob squarepants when pearl the whale turns 16 and ‘boys who cry’ sang to her!

listen to this first, this is a song i really like (i dreamed a dream from les miserables) remixed! it’s pretty good.

onto the materialistic things that make my happy!!!!

(click for larger, i screwed up my editing and made everything too small by accident…my b, my b.)

from top to bottom, left to the right:

metallic pants: denimology with cuts, without cuts, sinclair

splendid frost striped henley [no link]

ella moss apollo tank

david bowie ghosts shirt

junk food [no link]

theory sweater/skirt

marc jacobs color block suit

milly samantha framed bag

house of the gods sex pistols shirt

fancytreehouse: dress, sweater

the little dorm store paper dress necklaces

kitson LA kenneth jay lane jade tooth necklace

ankh by racquel necklaces: combustion, chain reaction

DaintyRascal made-to-fit red velvet skater skirt

that’s it for now! all the things i ACTUALLY wanted are on my way to me right now, so i’ll make a post soon!

(not that i don’t want everything on this list…;D)

till next time.

♫ sara

everything i bought in december HAUL!!!

hey all! so i don’t really celebrate christmas or hanukkah or anything, so i figured this would count as my holiday/christmas haul. i kind of went crazy with shopping, but i didn’t actually do too much damage :D

i bought this hometown heroes OMG shirt that is originally from urban outfitters, from ebay for $18. i’ve just always really liked it, and it’s really soft. c: [awkward lighting, sorry]

i also bought this green free people hoodie from ebay! i used to want it when i was in like 6th grade, but i wasn’t allowed to buy free people things when i was in 6th grade…so when i saw it on ebay i was really happy!!

it’s kind of too long but it’s warm so i’m happy :D

eagle.

i didn’t actually buy this shirt–it was anonymously gifted to me! long story short i didn’t have to pay for it. check it out, it’s a shirt of mick jagger of the rolling stones, by a brand i am now obsessed with called ‘house of the gods’. it’s such a cool shirt. it’s longer in the back than the front, which i’m not used to, but it’s a cool look. plus it was free! :D

[for the record, it's from amazon!]

pssst do you see the rolling stones tongue? ;D

do you see the beading on it here? it’s so coooooooool, i didn’t notice it in the picture online until i took it out of the package! :D

i like the tag, too.

after waiting month after i month, i finally bought this ‘blondie’ shirt from truffleshuffle! it’s a little bit big but overall i like it a lot.

truffleshuffle also threw in some candy! yay candy!

finally, my mom was out shopping in little boutique/knick knack/gift stores with me this past weekend and we stopped by a giftcard store that was selling adorable aprons.

one of my new year’s resolutions is to bake more; i’m ADDICTED to watching cake boss and next great baker, so i figured i should actually bake myself if i’m going to watch it on TV! so i saw this apron and i’m going to use it to inspire myself to bake. i’m on the lookout for a good red velvet cupcake mix that i can use for my first cupcakes…..let me know what you use, if you bake! :D

again, awesome lighting, i know……

anyway, i still have a ton more parcels coming my way but i will keep those for another post in a few weeks for MY BIRTHDAY!!

unfortunately i have finals the same week as my birthday so i will have to be studying for those :( i’m very happy with myself and how hard i have been working compared to last year, so i want to make sure i maintain good grades (especially in chemistry…damn!)

thanks for reading, and see you next time! :D

♫ sara

meg & wally mad love mr hearts tank top review!

hello readers! i hope you all had a lovely holiday–mine was very quiet but nice :)

recently i found out about an awesome new brand called mad love, which is an australian based brand that has the cutest graphic shirts ever!! their designs are very unique, and i can definitely see this brand catching on soon :) they’re a lot similar to wildfox couture and lauren moshi, in my opinion, which is why i love them!

so the shirt that i bought is called the ‘mr hearts circle tank’. here are some stock pictures!

i fell in love with it immediately. it’s so adorable! i also saw it in girls life magazine’s december 2011 issue on miranda cosgrove:

i thought i was doomed to find it, because since mad love is a fairly new brand they don’t sell their own items in a webshop [yet] and all of their carriers didn’t have this shirt in stock :( i was so sad. but then i happened to search ‘mr hearts tank’ and came across a little google search that led to a store called meg & wally, based in australia. eureka!! i thought it was too good to be true, but it was perfect because the last size they had in stock was an XS (a size AU 8).

i ended up paying $84 AUD for my shirt after shipping. the shipping was a bit much but i think it was still worth it.

C U S T O M E R   S E R V I C E ★★★★★ 5/5

i didn’t want to check out directly off the meg & wally site because whenever i tried to,  my bank company would keep trying to ‘activate’ my card and ask for my social security number which was frustrating. i emailed meg & wally and asked them if i could check out over the phone instead and they gladly agreed! unfortunately my phone was messing up and the international calling didn’t work, so instead they emailed me a form to type in my information and send back to them; they said they used to use this service before they had an online check out, so it was safe.

C H E C K O U T & S H I P P I N G ★★★★★ 5/5

like i said above, meg & wally‘s customer service was super helpful, making checking out go swiftly. within moments of my email back to them with the information on the form filled out, they told me they would post my shirt out the same day! [this was on december 12, 2011]

shipping took quite a while–the parcel arrived on december 24, 2011 (christmas eve), and considering i paid $25 for shipping i was a little confused, but the package arrived in great shape so i don’t see a fault in it :)

P A C K A G I N G ★★★★ 5/5

the packaging. was. WAY TOO CUTE!!!!!! the actual bag they shipped it in was in that waterproof-plastic type material, and there was also a layer of transparent plastic as well. i opened the bag and it was like a christmas eve miracle!! the shirt was wrapped in brown paper with a  meg & wally sticker on it, followed by two ribbons wrapped around it, with another meg & wally logo card, and some candies and a tea packet. it’s SO CUTE!!

the shirt was kind of wrinkled when it arrived, but i blame the fact that it was in the packaging for two weeks, not because they didn’t do a good job folding it :)

Q U A L I T Y ★★★★★ 5/5

WOW! the shirt is soooooooo soft. i can’t even explain it,  the cotton is so soft to the touch. the material is slightly stretch but since it’s a loose top i’m okay with it.

[sorry i look so grumpy! XD]

F I T T I N G ★★★★ 4/5

it fits like a dream! it was a little bit too loose at the arms; without a bandeau you can definitely see my bra. if there had been an XXS, i would have ordered it, but i definitely would not have gone with a S because it would have been far too big. unless i wanted a dress type fit, then it would have been fine :) (for the record, i got an XS)

D E T A I L S ★★★★★ 5/5

great details, bold color, the shape is very abstract, i like it!

the details in the packaging was amazing, everything was so well put together, i felt like it was not just an order from me, but a gift to me from meg & wally :)

O V E R A L L 10000000/5!!!

overall i appreciated the service from meg & wally, and the quality of the shirt from mad love. i look forward to buying more items from them, and when i do it’s definitely going to be via meg & wally!!

check out meg and wally’s store in australia at:

Shop 2A 115 Cambridge Street,
West Leederville 6007,
Perth, Western Australia

and please like meg & wally on facebook!

additionally, please like mad love on facebook, follow them on twitter, and check out their site!

thanks for reading, everyone!

PS. i’m wearing galaxy leggings from black milk clothing, another australia based brand! :)

for the record, i was not asked or paid to write this review. it is genuine! :)

oh, and don’t forget to reblog on tumblr! :D

♫ sara

two totally opposite outfits in one post: B&W AND PASTELS!

i wore both of these outfits this week!

i always find myself dressing up more during december. yay for christmas cheer!

B&W ❆❄☃❄❆

so this is my B&W (black and white) gray toned outfit. very dark if i do say so!

(i wore tights with it, it’s just i didn’t want to put them on when taking these pics :D)

outfit rundown

top - lauren moshi [see my review here!]

chained skirt - blank NYC

cardigan - free people [the one i talked about in my last post--broken button T_T]

shoes [you can't see, but they were patent purple!] – dr martens

PASTEL ❀ ✿ ❁ ✾ 

this is my pastel outfit! it was super cold and somewhat rainy that day….and the wool kept me warm! ^_^

i was gonna enter this for a free people ‘cozy outfit’ contest but it already ended. oh well! next time!

outfit rundown

pastel striped sweater - free people

jacket - free people

scarf - ambiance 

pink cords - urban outfitters [BDG]

rainboots - liberty of london for target

rainboot linings [socks] – target

and my friend eugenia and i during band! we both had striped pastel sweaters from free people!! :D
[face blocked for her privacy~]

so yeah! hope you guys like. is it weird to see me wearing two completely opposite outfits? ……nawwwww xD

♫ sara

free people haul + i won the glam gift basket giveaway?!?!

[derpy webcam! my arms are black...thats cool]

HEY GUYS!

so i’ve been doing tons of holiday shopping at free people recently!

i went in with my mom last week and bought a ring and a sweet cashmere sweater during their holiday glam event, where they had cookies, makeup artists, and tons of items on sale! i got the red deco stone ring for $20 (from $30) and a the riding hood cashmere cardigan in gray for $90 from $170!

pros and cons of each:

the cardigan’s button fell off, so i contacted free people and asked for an extra button since i didn’t get one when i bought it. but for god’s sake, i’m not rough with things that i buy–why would the button fall off? so dumb.

the ring is so gorgeous, but leaves a weird greenish gray residue if you wear it for too long. otherwise, cute!

so anyway. the free people i was at had a party thing, and it said if you bought a holiday dress you could be entered to be in a contest to win a huge gift basket. when we were paying, my mom and i thought it was so cute!

AND THEN! i went to free people after school yesterday with my friend, since it was a minimum 1:05 release day (school usually ends at 3:32, weird times, i know) and so i walk into the store looking for a sweater i saw online, and a girl approaches me. she asks if i had gone to the store last week during the holiday glam party. i was confused at first, but i nodded yes. then she tells me that i won their contest and they had drawn my name but i had already left, and they were about to choose a new winner but decided to wait for me to retrieve it.

SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!! the only thing is, i feel guilty because i didn’t actually buy a dress…i don’t think…o__O

oh well! free stuff! and i ended up buying the sweater that i wanted. tons of pics now! :D :D

i’m going to give the basket to my mom for christmas; she doesn’t know we actually won it so it’ll be surprising for her! <3

it’s in a DRUM!!

NYX makeup + the newest edition of nylon magazine!

tons of free samples of skin care products + perfumes

an expired coupon XD

OKAY! now for the things i bought.

yesterday, after getting the goodie bag, i bought the marled yarn pullover in mocha–they told me a ton had just come in which was lucky because it’s sold out in every size online! eeeek!

it’s a really beuatiful brown-purple color. i was deciding between this or the roxy high low pullover in burgundy–it’s a similar sweater that is very soft, but the cut is a little higher.

i got an xtra small but i suppose i could have gone for a small if i wanted a drapey-er look. but i prefer fitted!

sorry for my mirror being so dirty! i’ll clean it, i swear.

this skirt is from loehmann’s, and it’s from BLANK NYC. it used to be $80 but i got it for $25! whee!

last but not least, the ring i bought! (i’ll post the cardigan later)

sweet details.

aint it a beaut?

anyway sorry for huge pic spam! i’ll be posting a ton over winter break but i’ll try to make the posts shorter ;)

♫ sara