Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts

March 30, 2012

"Me" Update!

Hey everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful day. ^_^

I drove out to the local QFC to buy some Mega Millions lottery tickets tonight!  The prize amount is half a billion dollars!! Whoa! I think all our lives would become a lot more comfortable with that kind of money. ^_^  If I win, I'll share the winnings with my reader friends who leave a comment in this post up until the drawing time! lol


Last week Thursday, bf won the raffle at Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn, Washington!  There must have been over a couple thousand raffle tickets in the bin! It was a really fun day for both of us. He ended up winning $450 cash.  My parents were so excited when they heard the news. lol They're really into casino raffles. Haha, my Mom called me randomly during the work day to remind me to remind bf to buy Mega Millions lottery tickets because he's on a lucky strike!

Winning money sounds so much more fun than earning these days. lol

We're going to visit boyfriend's family this weekend in Vancouver, Washington.  You know, we gotta show Vannie, our bride to be some love in planning her big day with Tony.  We're going to practice some more "engagement photo" makeup.  The woman doesn't like shimmery eyeshadow (she doesn't care for Jill Stuart shadows!!), can you believe it?!  I'm going to practice matte eyeshadow looks on her this weekend using my handy dandy Naked2 Palette by Urban Decay. :)

I just wanted to give you a "me" update!  I am completely obsessed with Instagram!  It's such a great idea and I recently watched Kevin Rose's interview with Kevin Systrom, creator of Instagram!  Check it out!


I've always been a tech nerd fangirl at heart. :) I love Kevin's Foundation series!


 I picked up some Essie goodies at Target the other day and I'm in love with the Smooth Trick, Deep-Conditioning Cuticle Oil!  The packaging is genius and it's really the best $7.79 I've spent in a long time. :)  I will get into more detail in a few weeks.  I use it all the time!  It's just super easy to use, and mess free. My cuticles look and feel amazing. :)  I have yet to try the Disappearing Trick, but if my friend Holly uses it, I know it's good (and its also the reason I went to buy it)!  Check out her nail video here. :D

I leave you with some photos from today.
My Instagram is DSKJewelry, surprise, surprise. :)
 Sleeping cutie!!
I always start my morning with these two lovely ladies, Kathie Lee & Hoda.
I love them!


February 13, 2012

Blood Orange Macaroons!

Minh and I went on fancy date to celebrate Valentine's Day over the weekend.  We got to enjoy some blood orange macaroons with some type of tasty sorbet for dessert. :) It was topped with some sort of pretty cotton candy like sugar piece like they make on the Food Network!
Our wonderful waiter/bartender at this particular restaurant remembered us (because we always show our gratitude for a job well done x10), and he gave us complimentary desserts. We decided on just one because we both were pretty full from the delicious food!  Extra dessert = extra calories that need to be burned off anyways. :P

In other news, I've been a busy bee with work at DSK Jewelry, the law firm, and unpacking at home. I really want to organize every aspect of my life so I can just relax and blog!  I loveee blogging!

I hope you all have a very beautiful Valentine's Day! ;)

My furchild, Wally!
My furchild, Timmy!

P.S. I finally saw Breaking Dawn, Part 1...and it was kind of gross!
The Walking Dead Season 3 premiered too on AMC..that was awesome and kind of super gross. lol
I'm getting more comfortable watching bloody television!
 Don't forget to watch The Bachelor tonight! And 2 Broke Girls!! :D

January 23, 2012

Chanel Trunk Show Bags and Tet (Lunar New Year)!

We had such a busy, fun filled weekend! Van and Tony came up to Seattle. I made banh pate chaud for the first time for my family and friends. :) We met up with more friends for lunch at Din Tai Fung in Bellevue. We shopped, we ate, and we moved!

Chanel bag and shoes my friend was wearing on Saturday for lunch. :)

Minh and I met up with our two friends yesterday at Chanel in Nordstrom Flagship.
She loves her bags!
My girl friend's Hermes bag of the day.
She's a Hermes, Chanel kind of gal. ; )
I am so in love.
Did I mention she's the most successful twenty something woman I know?
She's a true business woman, and I'm blessed to be learning from the best! #blessed
I love her.

We've been hanging out often at the Chanel in Nordstrom Flagship because she's a Chanel addict in the best sense. ;D She picked up three new Spring bags including this Lavender Jumbo (that isn't supposed to be shown at the boutique until February)!
You saw it first at DSK Steph's Blog! ;) Well..I posted it yesterday on Twitter and Instagram..
so follow me there for the latest fun pics of my day!

www.twitter.com/dskjewelry
Instagram screen name: DSKJewelry


Brand new Spring Lavender Chanel Jumbo
(Lambskin, Silver Hardware).
Her husband was telling Minh and I that the whole waiting list thing is bs because they always favor their "VIP's" like his wife. lol She was able to get me my black Chanel Jumbo with one phone call to her SA in Houston while there was a waiting list of 40 in Portland, and 38 in Seattle's Chanel boutiques. He says he's about to move a couch into Chanel because he's there so often. Her hubby asked if Minh goes Chanel shopping with me and man friend replied, "I don't often let her buy them." Haha, please...as if he can tell me what to do. I just choose to save that's all! : )

The guys are both happy because now we have each other to go shop and they don't have to be dragged along!! That's right!
Gorgeous patent cherry red color bag!! I would love this in my collection some day.
I actually lovee the classic jumbo version of this bag. I wonder if I will ever meet it in person. *day dreams*

My girl friend has a very large collection of Chanel bags, and she will be selling a few bags from her collection in the following months. I will definitely share them here on blog just in case any of my readers are interested. :D Stay tuned for those!
If Cinderella had a Chanel bag, it would be this one!

I'm super happy to be moving closer to them at the end of this month. They have two Maltese doggies which means Timmy, and Wally will have new friends! We have so much planned for this year already. I'm going to introduce her to all the dog parks in the Seattle area! Even though, her back yard is a reasonable dog park in itself, but still. It's the friendly dog filled environment which makes the public dog parks fun! I can't wait to introduce her to my favorite Summer hobby with the dogs. : )
More pretty things at Chanel. I really liked seeing all the new items. :)
The store looks completely different since I saw it last week. It makes me want Spring to come sooner!
We helped Minh's youngest sister move out of her loft over to West Seattle.
She lives near Alki beach now! : )
The Uhaul was parked at the base of a steep hill, and our Toyota Tundra was parked further up the hill! It was a great workout for us all yesterday! Haha
We still have to pack and move still!!

On Saturday, around 4-5pm we were at the Seattle Center (near the Space Needle) to celebrate Tet with the Vietnamese community. It's a free two day long event! There were several famous Vietnamese ca si (singers) performing and lots of games, delicious Viet food, and more!
I donated $3 to play this gold fish game! Tony, Minh, and I won 5 goldfish total, but only 3 survived. I named my 3 new fishies Gem, Amber, and Topaz. : )
We have a new koi fish pond in the backyard at our new house so I'm definitely going to be raising some fish this Spring! I cannot wait to share the pond with you! I've ALWAYS wanted a fish pond in the backyard. My best friends in college have a koi fish pond building business, and I've always envied those who had ponds built in their yard!! Dreams do come true. :)
The fish!
Last night, we were at Tony's mom's house for a Tet get together. :)
They're playing this Chinese/Vietnamese game with crabs, shrimp, deer, chickens, and gourds. lol This game is why little Vietnamese kids grow up to love gambling! We teach them young! Minh says as a little kid he would always look forward to Tet (Lunar New Year) because this game was his way of doubling or tripling his lucky li xi money. Ty and Penny were also there enjoying the festivities. :D
Single, unmarried people always get li xi during Tet from generous family members and friends. : ) Thank you Van & Rosie!
I baked 36 pastries to share with friends and family. :)
My aunt and mom would be so proud of me!
I told you I baked banh pate chaud! It's a crispy, flake-y, buttery meat filled pastry.
They're so good!
We had our locks changed at the house, and we made some new fun house keys. :)
This way it won't take us a year and half to find the right key to get into the house!

I will leave you with photos of the Chanel Spring 2012 Trunk Show handbag samples.
I can give you the SA's contact if you're interested in buying anything from their Nordstrom Flagship store. E-mail me at nguyenst@msu.edu if you'd like his contact!












^ Girl friend bought this one. :)
















^ Girl friend bought this one too. ;)

What do you think of some of the new Chanel Spring bags?

Check out my friend Mai's makeup blog sale (mostly MAC cosmetics!)
Click here.
She just welcomed her second baby too! ; )
Congratulations Mai!