It was the end of January last year, I already had my Valentine decorations up, so why not a pre-valentine outfit. I usually like to do black for valentine's and accessorize with red, which is what I did. I had decided to get my hair done that day, but I took the full outfit shots before going to the salon.

Black dress was a gift, black belt from Sears, Kenneth Cole Reaction handbag from Ross and sandals from Rainbow.

Necklace was a gift from a friend from a garage sale, earrings from Miss A, watch from Target and bracelets from Miss A.

I had a Groupon for two blow dries at Christie Pea Beauty Lounge and it was well worth it. I have naturally straight hair, so I like to have curls whenever I can and they did an amazing job and pretty quickly too. As always when I get something new, I take many pictures to show it off.

I had gone on Wednesday to Ross with my friend and on that shopping trip, I made some new purchases, which included this dress. It was my first day off of my mini vacation, my first full weekend off in 8 months that included this day that was a Friday. I chose to wear one of my new dresses that was just a plain striped t shirt dress that I played up with accessories. 

 New striped dress from Ross, belt was a gift and booties from Sears.

Earrings from Forever 21, freshwater pearl necklace from no more rack, which is now choxi, pearl ring was a gift from my mother, two other rings on each side of the pearl ring are from Forever 21, watch from mini in the box, red bracelet from Miss A and pearl bracelet was borrowed from my roommate.

It was my day off after the closing shift the night before that was until midnight. I wanted to take advantage of the morning and dye my hair to even out the color, so I would only need to dye the top part of my head. Once I was done, the plans for the day were to meet up with my friend and again continue dress shopping, but this time at the Ross in Coral Gables. But I first made a pit stop at my job to pick up an order for canolis I had placed and of course to see my boyfriend and be with him at the end of his shift. Every time I go there, I get fed by my coworkers and this time was no different. I had chose to wear a skirt because my legs were shaved and I wanted to take advantage, but it was a bad day to wear one as it was a very windy day and at one point in the day, my skirt flew up.

My tips still looked lighter as you can see in the pictures.

Top from Rainbow, skirt from Ross and sandals from Rainbow.

Earrings were a gift from Colombia, necklace came attached to a top from Rainbow, ring was bought from an online wholesaler, watch from Target, blue bracelet from Miss A and pearl bracelet from mini in the box.

I have the closing shift today and I don't start until later in the afternoon, so I had some free time in the morning and some of the day. I just wore something I can wear in the meantime and then just change into my work pants and sneakers for work. Only thing I needed to do today was buy some new hair dye and do a strand test, since the other dye on my tips wasn't that much of a change. I got a very light blonde shade from Garnier Nutrisse and did the strand test, but the result was really similar, so tomorrow I'll just dye my whole head in this shade, which is a dark blonde in the light. Maybe later on I'll do just my tips again in a lighter shade.

Top from Rainbow, wine colored skinny pants from Delia's and small wedge sandals from Payless.

Showing the back of the top, which is a see through lace like knit.

Lipstick is from Wet n' Wild.

New jacket earrings from Rainbow, new ring also from Forever 21, necklace was a gift, watch and pearl bracelet from mini in the box and silver bracelet from Mexico.

This was one of the dresses I had bought on my dress outings with my friend and finally found a day warm enough and a day I was off to wear it, which was yesterday. It's a very casual and simple dress, but I made it nicer with my accessories, which had my friends asking where I was going, but I was not going anywhere. Just went to see my boyfriend for a bit on his work break and just stayed in watching some movies on Netflix. Since I didn't have to work amd it was hair washing day, I wanted to just try a new look for a little bit before dying my whole head, so I dyed my bottom half of my hair, the tips in blonde or so I thought would come out blonde. This was the same color I would use before for my roots when I was very blonde, but apparently this time it didn't take even though I left it on for 45 minutes and it only slightly lightened my hair, which can only be seen in the sunlight as you can see in the pictures.

New striped dress from Ross, new belt from Target and booties from Sears.

In this picture, the sun had left, so this is where you can't see a difference in my hair.

The sun had come back some, so you can only see the ombre a little bit. Hopefully I can fix my hair this week on my off day.

Blue and white earrings and necklace set from Forever 21, ring from Charming Charlie, white bangle from Henri Bendel, white bracelet from mini in the box and new watch from Target.

I have noticed in my pictures that my hair has been getting lighter again on its own like all the other times I've dyed it darker. My hair had a lot of blonde in it before, so it tends to get lighter with every wash.

I was headed today to the college near me, since I had applied over a month ago and my application still said processing when it would take 2 business days and I wanted to see what the hold up was. I would give any additional information they would need, I did not expect to be there 5 hours. My application went through, then I was told to check with the advisors and just there was an hour and half wait time. Then I went to financial aid and I had to create a letter explaining that I didn't work for the year 2014 and therefore did not file taxes and I was also out of the country for 7 months. They made me rewrite it 3 times because they needed specifics like how much I would've paid of my parents had charged me for rent and food, how much my cousin would've charged me, how much the NYC lady would've charged me and how much I paid for transportation. I needed to be very detailed and provide amounts for everything. After that I went the library to create a schedule to then go and get my student ID, which I had trouble finding the office for, big campus. Lastly was to get my discounted bus pass, which was also hard to find the building where they were only to be told they were sold out an hour ago when I had actually been there. The last thing I was told I had to do for financial aid was to get a letter from the IRS stating I didn't file, which could only be done in person at their downtown office. I had to work that day at 2pm, so I had to go early in the morning to take the bus and then the train to be there at 8:30am when they opened. Unfortunately I was stuck in traffic and was delayed for an hour, to then wait 2 hours there and when I was finally called up, it literally took two seconds to get that letter. I then decided to take uber from the train station to the school to drop off the letter and then another uber for work. My days off and mornings off are never for resting anymore, I always have something to do, just like this morning it was bathroom cleaning just before work. At least I can look good while doing it, this was the first time I did my curls correctly with my new curling iron, sadly they did not last even though I added lots of hairspray, my hair loves being straight.

Plaid skirt was a gift years ago, tucked in peplum top from Rainbow, cardigan from H&M, new tights from Madrag and booties from Sears.

New bow earrings from Miss A, freshwater pearls necklace from no more rack, ring from Forever 21 and bracelets from Miss A.