The sun is out and so are my legs

Cape Town has been angry of late hey. Giving us Bitch please weather. So when the Sun finally came out I just could not resist hitting SeaPoint Pavillion with the fam to catch the sun well actually it was just to show off my new Legit dress and shoes which I just love to bits. I had alot of fun.

New hair B

I have been going on about my hair for a while now. I am convinced that I belong on #TeamItsJustHair really I do. So I had the urge of pulling off the Box braids with the fringe of late. So I ask a friend of mine to hook me up (keep in mind she thinks I am mad and she is kicking and screaming) but, eventually she did my hair. I am loving it to bits really I am. I keep getting side eyes thou but really I am over getting my panties in a twist over them. I like it lol. I am officially on the #TeamLikingThings lol.. be nice now kids. Oh ja about my new hair..

I have a new find. I stubbled apom it while shopping with my mother. Its a vintage store opposite Mr Price in Cavendish.( by the outside parking) . like every vintage store or those that claim to be such, you have to be patient and really take your time threw the racks inorder to find something fab and worth showing off about . 

 The best finds under a gran

yes thats a Betsey Johnson bag and yes your eyes are not playing with you that my darling is Giann Vesace . We dont play up in here. I bought a vintage glasses frame which I will be rocking pretty soon. Dont hate. lol

Mom hits 50 in style

Ok one of my favourite people in the world (my mom) turned 50 in style this past Sunday. The Venue was Neethlingshof Estate at the Lord Neethling Restaurant. It was to prove to be a very fun day. A day with Friends and Family all to celebrate my moms life in heels so far.

This lady is an inspiration and I love her to bits. Here's to wishing you many more momzo.

My lil sister, Mom and I looking fab even if I say so myself.

My fav ladies in the world.. hehehe I had to pout. 

My outfit for the day.

We ate we drank ( juice and grape juice) that aint wine.

I loved the place that we were at. 

walk this way..

Peace out.. that how we roll. lol

... then I realised ....that I still hold you...in my thoughts.. in my heart even

.....a scary discovery as I had instructed my soul to forget you...

I never learn they tell me...but I never went into this hoping to gain a lesson... I reply... bold in my madness...

.... note to self... this is the time you have no control.... the soul connects to what it thirsts for..... reason plays no part in this.....

Box braids stand up

Ok my new look (ok not new as in its my first time) new as in I've changed things up. I'm rocking my box braids again. They are not the huge ones that the cool kids are rocking. I don't know for how long I will be rocking them thou. Its one of those things with me. Till I'm no longer happy with them I guess. 

visiting the big house

Ok so I woke up  early last week Friday to get ready for a trip. Not just any trip mind you but my second trip to Parliament. Don't worry I was not there to protest against anything this time. I was there with a group of people from work to visit the Parliament. It was my 2nd time visiting and I had a lot of fun and learnt a lot from my little morning visit. 

Its a wrap story

So I have been admiring other girls and the head wraps they rock so well. I wanna be the cool chic with the head wraps also. So I decided to take matters into my hands and play around with my scarf and see if i can really be "that chic".This was just a trial run. Be nice about it.

So I'm thinking I like this whole look for me. I will start investing in some hot head wraps. Me like it a lot. One more thing is that I need to learn to wrap properly thou. I cant go out half baked.

love .. Abs 

Ears be fab

So I love earrings to death.For some reason I for the past month I have been loosing them and ending up with on earning of a pair. So last week Saturday I went to Sass Diva to buy me new ones. To kind of start my collection again. I felt it fitting to start by buying this set. I already lost one but I don't want to talk about it at this point. lol. I already have a fav also the crosses are boss for me and I'm just overly loving them at the moment and I have a feeling I will be rocking them a lot.

oh I forgot to say that they are a bargain at R100 a set which for a bargain freak like me I am happy. As the blog grows this will become highly clear to you. I love the word SALE and the good value for money. I don't see it as cheap really but as being wise about the money I work hard for.

These are my fav ones of the set. I love love love them. They are hella hot and I just think they have an edge to them and I think they are hella boss. I'm already thinking of many outfits I can add them to. They are simple but really have that thing to them.

....Love Abs....

me rock lil fro

Just in case you see a chick in the  streets and you like "that face looks familiar" or are like hold up "I know that face" well that face is me. I removed the braids after fearing that they were hella tight and my hairline was at stake.

I'm rocking my natural hair while thinking of my next move. Maybe braids but less tight and more on the box braids tip that I do usually anyway.

 When I eventauly decided I will document the process and show it off to you with love.

 

Frank Ocean - between love and love

So I had the bad case of FOMO ( fear of missing out) as I saw that every blog is showing love to Frank Ocean after he came out to the world that "love is not between a man and women but, between love and love".

The world was a buzz hey. Some people were hating some were loving. Me on the other hand was on some "Who we love has nothing to do with our God given talents."

Solange Knowles Love

July already

I'm not one to really go on about how much the year is flying but, I feel the need to go on about it being the end to the first half of the year.  Flip its July for crying out loud.

On the real though I feel I should celebrate this. This year started off hectic. I'm happy with the fact that its over and I can start over really. For some reason beyond me I'm hella excited for this half. I have a feeling that big things are coming my way and all my hard work is paying off. I have been threw a lot and its time to be happy and really live it up.

Lets get this month started. :)

The hairy story

So 3rd degree had the whole black women race up in arms last night with the hair topic. Ladies were voicing out different views on twitter about hair. Some thought it was a good topic , some just did not like it. Well I will take you threw what I felt and still feel as a sister with hair things to say.

me and my hair

First things first I have experienced almost every hair issue imaginable to my fellow black sister. I have wanted long hair, I have wanted short hair,wanted an afro, wanted to cut it all off, I have been burned by the the relaxer, sat for days while getting braids, prayed to God that he saves me hairline and patted my weave cause it was itching.Threw it all I have had my love Jones with my hair.

rocking an afro

 Then 3rd degree came along yesterday and I was just not having it really.First it was the fact that that whole story line was jacked from "Good hair" and that angle was told to death. Secondly it was the fact the Debra was telling the black womens story. Telling us about western this western that, relaxer this and relaxer that. I get it she is doing her job and she has to eat but still I was hacked by it all. Irritated to be exact. The black women and her hair is a sensitive story that not everyone can talk about.

my hair and I

So what am I saying. What a women decides to do with her crown is her business. She is the one who has to deal with the receeding hairline, itchy scalp and the rest of the things that come with her hair. Its all about choice and how far she is willing to go and is comfortable with when it comes to her hair.  "I am not my hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within" a line from a song says. Thats what its all about.

me and black and white

I have a thing with black and white photos. As this blog grows you will come to see what I mean. I love photos in general but the is something more when its in black and white. Or maybe its just me who thinks this. 

I feel the soul kinda shines more when its in black and white. I read somewhere that "we take pictures of peoples clothes in color pictures an then capture the soul in black and white.

 

Maybe thats just it.. who knows with me. So I had some time today and did my fav thing, toke photos and changed them into black and white. Fun times I tell you.

 

mwah.. love

to the skys

This here picture was taken this weekend. I found myself in Site B informal settlement participating in a youth month program. I had never really been in Site B before but ended up having a lot of fun and getting to take this picture. I don't know why I love this picture really I don't but, I do.

Blazer loving

Me on my blazer swag. I have nothing but love for blazers. As the blog grows I will unleash (lol I said unleash) my growing blazer collection.

Home of NYs

 Aaaah? Guguletu, "Gugs" the home of NYs. I pass it all the time and never really noticed of it till that day. Random I know ( randomness is one of my things). 

My art and I

randomly came about at work..

Lady of song, Mother of Jazz.

So I also do a little bit of sketching too. Its one of my many loves but, something I do not do as much as I used to. flip come to think about it, I should really get back to this on a regular basis. When I sketch the world shuts down and stops and its just me and whats to become on the paper.

Me on my pic taking

Me with my love.. the camera. *le sigh*. Its hard having so much loves. I love them all differently.

Round my home town

Around my home town. I love Cape Town with a passion hey. Like I really do. I want to call another City home also for a while. Maybe Jozi will do me good. 

I am not my hair... I think

Ok so.. choosing to cut my hair was a long time coming really. I have been stanning over other girls and their lil crops forever and I felt it was something I needed to do.

So eventually I did it this year, Feb I think it was. It was hella scary but I was happy I did it. Scary in the fact I would not have my hair to hide behind and also that if I cut it and I did not look very cool with it I would have to live with it till it grew out. What I was ready for thou was the responses I was going to get, the : What where you thinking?, You look like a boy now, I liked you with long hair, how are you gonna get a man with such short hair ect.And those comments came in fast. I was not really fazed really cause look at it this way its what "they" think and not how I think.

It felt fresh the hair cut, a new look. Nothing to hide type thing. It was just me.

So since the first big chop, I have cut my hair 2s and now have braids. I wanna grow an afro you see. Method to my madness.

I will keep you posted on the story of me going back to basic.

take a pic

Thats me and what I wish was my camera (wink wink... gift idea). playing around really.

Oh how I love taking picture, being in pictures and just the general document thing. my phone is slow because it houses a whole lot of my day to day snap shot madness. even my mom says I take pictures like I'm dying lol.

Its one of my many loves I guess. This and my love for art,social media and the strange and wonderful.  

A fresh start

Ok here is the deal. I started this blog January of this year and just never got to really putting work into it hey. So I have decided to try this again. new start. I'm excited about it for some reason. Its not like I'm a first time blogger or anything, just that I want to start one on this space. My other blog is called Disco Stray Jacket like this one but its just on tumblr. 

Ok so what the hell am I planning for this one. I want this one to be more me and my comings and goings kinda thing. From pics I take, clothes I wear, things I'm  stanning over, my love hate relationship with my hair (which I have cut 2s since the last time I posted) and just general life I guess. I will some times get on my soup box and be vocal about stuff, don't worry it will be all for a little while and then I will get back to my normal Lil Mis Sunshine self really. 

So here I go I guess.

Abongwe signing out. 

a day at the beach

i needed to get out and luckily for Cape Town was hot and the beach was in order..a lekker Sunday at the beach..