GIRL ABOUT LIFE BLOG

 Wazzup beautiful people?? I know it's been a minute and a half since I last blogged but life happened so I had to take a break from blogging and actually focus on school work and my final exams. I am back now so yeah. Been hoarding these images for a while now waiting for the day I finish writing so I could blog.

How bomb is this outfit? and If you follow me on Instagram (if you don't you should LOL) you will know how obsessed I am with these pants. They have become my uniform. I paired them with a sports bra and finished the whole look with a cap and tennis shoes. I like this look. It's so simple and cool. If it's a little chilly throw on a baseball jacket or a long coat and a scarf and be on your way.

 Sports bra: Mr Price
Pants: Rage
Shoes: Cotton on

Thanks for reading
 Photos: Akosua Asante

I know almost all the time the only things I blog about are fashion, beauty and food but today's post is a little different. It's a little personal or rather more personal. I believe that sharing things you like and wear is also sharing something personal and helps people get to know you more. If I did not believe that I wouldn't keep sharing those things on here.
I have been thinking a lot about where I am right now in life, where I want to be, what I want to do and how active I am in getting to a place where I feel content and at peace. Through all this self introspection I discovered how disconnected I am. I felt so disconnected to myself (how crazy is that??).  I couldn't answer all the questions that I had and that's mainly because I did not have the answers and that to me showed how little I knew my self. I don't know if this makes sense to any of you but this is the only explanation I could come up with. Even though I spend a lot of time alone I barely ask myself the questions that matter. I rarely take the time to get to know me and understand me and connect with me. I rarely take the time to evaluate where I am, how I got there and how I am going to get where I want to be HECK I don't even know where I want to be. Why have I never taken the time to get to know myself? Why haven't I taken time out to find out what exactly is happening inside me?

I have been floating about my own life, unaware of what is going on inside my own head and heart for a while now and I don't know how related these things are but I have also been finding it hard to connect with certain things and people around me lately. If it's not the thousand questions I can't answer it's really trying to figure out how to not feel like I am alone in this big planet of ours. For those of you who still don't know what I am talking about (not that you supposed to) try imagine knowing you have a family and friends and that you love them but for some odd unknown reason you can not or do not feel that connection or bond towards them. Imagine having no soul ties to anyone or anything even your pot plants or closest friends. Imagine knowing you love playing sports and you love writing or singing but do not feel anything towards it. This may sound dramatic but this is how I feel 5 out the 7 days of the week. I sometimes feel like I'm living a passive life and I don't know how to switch modes. I don't know how to start feeling and connecting again. I don't know how reconnect with the people that I say I love and think I love. How do I get to a place where I FEEL again?

This was just a random post. this whole post literally typed itself I guess it needed to come out and here we are.

Feel free to comment and share what  you are going through right now (good or bad)

About the look:
I have to admit I gave into this slip dress trend/craze and I went and bought quite a number of them. Everybody styles them differently but I feel like they are already a look on their own. You literally just slip it on and there is your outfit. Besides the fact that slip dresses were for a long time worn as night time or sleep wear they make a great outfit for day time especially now in spring. I love this one because of it's length and it has a cheeky slit on the side (which I failed to show, how dare I?!). Initially I was gonna pair the dress with white tennis shoes but a friend suggested boots and I did not hate it so here we are. I also thought the hat added a bit of drama and worked as a great and sole accessory.

Photography: Akosua Asante
Thanks for reading

 The minute I saw this shirt in my sister's closet I knew I had to have it. The drama that this shirt brings is just one of the things that made me fall in love with it. It's big and bright and stripes have always been a favourite of mine anyway. To be quite honest I summoned all the righteousness in me to not "borrow" the damn thing. LOL I owe it to my sisters to stop taking their clothes.
I then set off on a mission to find this shirt or at least something that closely resembles it and lo and behold on a random day in Johannesburg CBD I see it in one of the shops and I just knew that the universe loves me (dramatic I know).

One thing I don't like about the shirt is that it has too much material especially at the back but I can live with it. It's a small price to pay for literally paying a small price, the shirt cost R35, WHAT A BARGAIN!

 Shorts: Mr Price
Shoes: Fashion Express (the fix)
Sunglasses: Thrifted

 On Thursday a friend and I made our way to Johhanesburg CBD to go visit the Johannesburg Art Gallery. This was my first time going to the gallery or a gallery for that matter. I've been meaning to do this for the longest time but something always came up. This gallery is huge and spacious. Had  a different exhibitions. They had paintings, sculptures, photographs, furniture amongst other things. I liked the diversity. I don't know much about art but I appreciate it and the people behind it. There were quite a number of interesting and thought provoking collections. The ones I found interesting were mainly surrounding black people and their struggles. The photos were so real. There was a series on Nyaope (a substance of abuse), one on black poverty and sculptures made by a man from Limpopo. I didn't take pictures of the art itself because I didn't know if I could.

I love how big it is and how different all the exhibitions are. I love the quirky little and big things they have in there. The big art work outside, the benches inside, the big windows, the room with black walls where people get to write whatever they want on the walls I enjoyed all of that.

If you ever want to visit a gallery, check out JAG

Details

Physical Address	Cnr Klein and King George Streets, Joubert Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Email	jag@joburg.org.za
Phone Number	+27 (0)11 725 3130
Website	friendsofjag.org

Student life is synonymous with broke life, can't-afford-that, ain't-got enough-cash-for-that, I'll-buy-it next-month (well atleast for some us). I have spent most of my varsity years trying to stay withing my allocated allowance (which isn't much). My mother is a single mum and has raised all three of us with the little money she gets every month and I am grateful for that. When I actually found out how much she earned monthly I knew she was a real superhero because none of us, my sister and I, found ourselves with no food, clothes, shelter or education.
Coming back to the saving and shopping smart I have had to survive all my varsity years with the allowance I got and God knows most of the things that happen in this place need money. So over the years I picked up quite a few tricks on how to shop and save. HERE WE GO: