I'm Back & It's my 4th Blogiversary!

Hello Friends!!!

Yes, it's been a very long time! I took a pretty long break for personal reasons and I honestly wasn't sure if I would come back. But I missed my blog because it's an outlet for me and it's something that I really enjoy. I'll probably do about about it in future. But today is my Blogiversary and it's been 4 years!

Rainy day OOTD

Hello Hello! 

So I was suppose to do an OOTD for Thanksgiving but I was running late and I didn't have time to take photos before or after. So I'm giving you another OOTD, from the other day when I met up with some high school friends and it was raining, so rainy day outfit is what you get! 

Love your Lonjas!!!

Hello Beauties!!!

So if you follow me on instagram you know I cut my hair, I took these pictures before I cut my hair so their is your little disclaimer. But yeah, a few weeks back when I was in LA walking around and noticed they had some booths selling things and while I was looking around I was stopped by Styled by C and they told me how they were a plus size brand that just relaunched recently. Since they are new I thought why not let tell you about them. So learn more about them and this shirt I'm wearing in the post. 

Blogs 1st year Anniversary!

Hey Everyone, Guess what? It's the 1st Anniversary of my Blog!!!

I started this blog because I wanted to start blogging again because I wasn't in a very happy place in my life and I remembered how much I enjoyed it when I used to blog. So this time last year I just randomly decided to start blogging again with the support from my friends, I got the courage to start CurvyMod. It has been a rough journey for me but I can truly say I enjoyed all of it. Since I started the blog I have grown so much personally and style wise. I have grown to love myself so much more and have gained more confidence in myself as well. With the better confidence I was able to push myself style wise to step out of my comfort zones and try new things. 

Giving Thanks, What I wore for Thanksgiving!

Hello Lovelies!!!

I hope everyone is doing great! A few days ago we celebrated Thanksgiving and I hope everyone that celebrates Thanksgiving had a great one! I love any holiday that brings my family together because my family doesn't come together much so when it's holiday time I get really excited. Plus when Thanksgiving passes I know it means that Christmas is coming and I really love Christmas, it's my favorite holiday! What's your favorite Holiday? 

So for Thanksgiving it happened to be a pretty warm day here in California so I decided to wear a skirt. I think if you've been following my blog for awhile you can tell I really like wearing skirts, there just my favorite thing to wear because they are so comfortable. Even if it was cooler I would've probably worn the same thing but with tights underneath. But yeah I really love this skirt because it's made of sweater material, I don't think you can see it in the pictures, but it's so comfy. I remember when I saw this skirt I thought "Wow a sweater skirt, that's going to be comfy!" And when I tried the skirt on, let me tell you, it is very comfy! But it's too hot to wear during the summer so now that it's fall/winter it's a perfect time to wear it! 

{top-Old Navy} {tank-Forever 21+} {skirt-Target} {boots-Ross} 

Did anyone go Black Friday shopping? I really wanted to go but I really dislike how crazy things get during Black Friday so I decided to just stay in and sleep in. But I did stop by a some stores and the mall later in the day and I was really happy that it wasn't too crazy. I was able to buy most of my Christmas presents, I just have a few more things to get but for the post part I'm done with my Christmas shopping. How are you doing with your Christmas shopping? 

But yeah since this is my Thanksgiving post, I wanted to take the time to say Thank you to everyone that stops by my blog and to those who take time to leave comments, Thank you so much! I'm so thankful for this blog because it really has gotten me to a happier place in my life and it really is something I enjoy doing and I know this blog would be nothing with out all the people that subscribe and comment. Thanks you all so much and if you do read my blog but don't comment, thank you too! 

XOXO ~ Nina ~
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Gingham and Winds...

Hey Everyone! Today was a nice day in California but it was pretty windy, those Santa Ana winds. That's why in the bottom you can kinda see the wind blowing my dress and my hair. 

My favorite thing about spring and summer is wearing dresses because they are so easy to wear. I really like the gingham print on this dress and I got it on sale too. I love going to the sale section to look for clothes on sale, which is a good and a bad thing because sometimes I get things just because they are on sale but I'm trying to change that. But I do like a good sale, especially since I'm a girl on a budget.

I'm wearing wedges in the picture but it got pretty cold later on in the day so I switched them to boots but I didn't get a chance to take a picture with my boots on. 

{Dress | Target} {sweater | Old Navy} {shoes | Ross} {necklace | H&M} {bracelet | from my mom}

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." ~ Jimmy Dean ~

Have a wonderful day ~ Nina ~ 

All you need is Love

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend! It's been a very gloomy  weekend so I was happy I could wear my new sweater because it was cold enough and not the usual 80 degrees in California. 

I got this sweater at Old Navy and it was on sale, I actually really wanted the other designs but I had to go with this one because it was the only one in my size. Has that ever happened to you, where you have to get the design just because it was in your size? I think the design of the sweater is growing on me and I'm starting to like it more. I really like this sweater because its really thin and it's great for when the weather isn't as hot. 

{sweater & tights | Old Navy} { shoes | Aldo} { Skirt | made by my mom} {hat | crocheted by me} {watch | Target}

 

Have a wonderful day ~Nina~

Something Different

Hey everyone, I hope everyone had a great weekend. So I was really inspired by the girls that do Marvelous Mondays (Goodbye Hollywood, Fat Fashionable Feminist, Cheri'z Angel and style luvin, and two other girls) I love the concept that they have to dress up on Monday's to make the day less of a hated day. If you haven't checked them out, click the links and check them out! :)  But yeah their theme last week was to wear something that they have trouble styling. I thought this was such a great thing because I have a number of pieces in my closet that I have trouble styling.  

One of the most challenging pieces in my closet is this kimono style jacket from H&M. I bought this 2 years ago and I have only worn it once, I bought it for a friends wedding because when I saw it I loved the colors and I was happy something from H&M fit me because it's kinda rare I find things that fit me. But yeah I wore it as a jacket for my friends wedding but i actually didn't even like the way it looked but I had no choice because it was the only jacket I brought to the wedding, so the only reason why I wore it was because I had no choice. So I thought of exactly this jacket in my closet when I saw what the girls theme last Monday. 

 

So this is how I styled the jacket, really simple with some forever 21+ jeans and a black tank from old navy. I wore it with my boots that I got from the swap meet and a mixture of jewelry that I've gotten from different places. I'm not sure if I really like the way it came out but I think its ok. 

Here's a closer look of my jewelry, the watch is from Target and the bracelets are from different stores I'm not too sure about. I was having a bad hair day and my go to accessory for my hair is a headband, if you saw my old blog I was obsessed with headbands, and a lot of the headbands I own I have made including this one. 

The last picture is my doggy Mocha and me, I think she was getting jealous and wanted to be in the pictures so i decided to let her be in one! :)

Have a wonderful day ~ Nina ~ 

Easter

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a great Easter with their families. I had a nice day with my family. This is what I wore for Easter, sorry that I am squinting in my pictures these were taken early in the mourning before church and where I took the pictures is directly in front of the sun! 

So this was the first time I tried sock curls for my hair, I see so many tutorials online and they seemed easy, so i gave it a try. I think they came out pretty well, I was really happy with them.

{Dress, necklace, watch: Target} {Sweater: Old Navy} {Shoes: Forever 21} 

The dress I'm wearing is from Target and it's a Hello Kitty dress and if you know me you know I really love Hello Kitty. When I first saw this line at target I really loved it but at all the targets I went to they only ran up to a large size. Then I finally found this dress at one target and it was in XL and it looked really small for me but I decided to try it on anyways and I was so happy it fit. Except for the belt that came with the dress, I don't know why they make belts for clothes that wont fit the person wearing the clothes. But I actually was able to make the belt work because there are cutouts of Hello Kitty's on the belt and I was able to use that as the notch on the belt, and just like Tim Gunn says "Make it work!" I think it's great when something you didn't think would fit turns out to fit you, that just proves that you can't hold yourself back because of size. 

Have a wonderful day ~Nina~

Bright days...

Hey Everyone, so it's starting to get hot here in California and when it's hot it means like 80 degrees. I don't mind that it's getting hotter but dang it went straight to summer weather. Well since the weather was warmer I decided to wear some brighter colors. I don't know why but when I wear brighter colors it just makes me happier, I think it might be the yellow. 

Colors are the smiles of nature.  ~Leigh Hunt

My skirt is actually a high-low skirt but it doesn't really look like it because i'm kinda round so it alters the skirt to look like a regular skirt. I'm not sure if i want to try to cut it to make it look like a high-low skirt or just leave it the way it is. What do you guys think, should i cut it or leave it the way it is? 

{yellow cardigan | Old Navy} {gray tank | F21+} {skirt | target} 

{necklace & shoes | Market in Philippines}

Have a wonderful day ~ Nina 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hello Friends, Yay for my first post! I hope everyone had a wonderful day! Since it's St. Patrick's day I had to wear green. I don't really celebrate the holiday but I like to participate in it anyway I can, so wearing green and eating corned beef cabbage with my family is the way I celebrate it. 

My green dress is from Old Navy and the belt is from a pair of shorts that I got from target. The belt actually doesn't fit me with the shorts, so i thought hey i'll just make it work another way and now i wear it with dresses. You have to stay positive and make it work for you. 

The jean jacket that i'm wearing is from Forever 21+ that I got a few years ago when Forever 21 first started their plus size line. I was so excited when I saw the line at one of my local Forever 21. This is my favorite jacket so you might see me wear it a lot in this blog.

Lastly I want to leave you with this video of CeeLo and Kermit the frog singing "Bein' Green." I figure it's fitting because when you think of St. Patrick's Day you think green. This is also one of my favorite performances because who doesn't love the muppets and the meaning of this song to accept who you are. Plus i'm excited for the new season of the Voice. I love the concept of how they don't judge the person by the way they look but by their talent. 

Have a wonderful day! ~ Nina