I needed to buy a dress for an upcoming wedding and decided to shop at the nearest mall. I’m generally not a very picky person so I thought this was going to be a smooth and easy ride for me, but it ended up being way more annoying and troublesome than I had anticipated.

Considering that the wedding is going to take place in a more rural area of France, the idea I had for my dress was something innocent and appropriate for Spring. I didn’t want any dark colors such as black or brown, I just wanted to look like a good Christian girl who stepped out of church on Easter morning. LULZ.

I visited a lot of the major fashion chain stores and most turned out to ba complete failure in finding the perfect dress because there wasn’t enough variety. Here’s what I learned about the type of dresses that they generally carried:

• Forever 21: Neon colors, everywhere. Everything is too goddamn bright and see-through. They really dig patterns of hearts, polka-dots and horses. They also like a lot of big ruffles around the collars. No thanks.
• H&M: Loose, long and flowy–or short and corporate. The colors are sad and dull. A 75-year-old grandmother can totally wear a typical H&M dress and rock dat old lady dress at a family reunion.
• Wet Seal: Everything is sluttified and the quality of their fabric is poor. Too much of floral tackiness. Dresses are skin tight and short. Perfect for a 90′s prostitute, but not for a wedding guest.
• Macy’s: Made to perfection, but unfortunately, it shows on their price tag.
• JC Pennys: Lots of fun patterns and color combinations, but the structure of the dresses are built for a very tall, middle-aged white woman. I swear. I walked into their fitting room to try on a dress and I immediately felt out of place after realizing I was in room full of Orange County housewives.

Can you guess which store each dress belongs to?

Sears (THE WINNER): The first thing I saw when I walked in was the juniors section, and oddly enough, it had what I was looking for. And the variety! There were average ones, cute ones, even slutty ones and most importantly, the ones I was looking for–well–regardless of the fact that it was actually made for high school girls. The dress that I picked out screams SPRING. EASTER. SUNDAY. HAPPINESS. and ALL THINGS SNUGGLY.

I'm ready to go run in the fields like the Little House on the Prairie style!

Can I just please say that nothing beats Southern California weather? I went to the beach today and the weather was perfect. It was a very beautiful warm, relaxing day and the water was cool to the touch, yet it’s not even summer time. You just can’t beat that, man!

D&G sunglasses, thrifted hat, Target bathing suit top and Forever 21 skirt.

There’s really nothing else to say other than I enjoyed today, I smell like the ocean, and it rained hella sand when I removed my bathing suit top.

No, this is not a K-Mart ad!

Valentine’s Day with my boyfriend yesterday was great! I was trying to look really hot for him, but that resulted in wearing too much makeup than I normally do. I don’t know if he noticed or even cared for that matter–but since I’m a woman and it’s my own damn face, I noticed the overwhelming darkness shadowing above and around my eyes, the frosted pink lips and the very-cherry colored cheeks I had AFTER our date.

“Holy cow, I’m a tranny!”

PARTY WITH THIS.

DON’T let this happen to you. Especially if you are Asian and have very simple Asian facial features like I do, even a little bit of makeup can change a whole lot for us!

WAKE UP TO DAT.

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