~Drifting Apart~

Salam peoples,

I know I said I was going to talk about my trip in my next post but I don’t feel in the mood to discuss it today so I will save that for another post. I realized something today and felt the need to write about it. I know as you grow you change and relationships change as well. I’ve seen all the movies about all the people who used to be really good friends but now aren’t because they have grown apart. I’ve had really great friends that I don’t talk much to anymore because we aren’t that great friends but I never thought my relationship with my cousin would change like that too!

My cousin and I have been very close since we were very young she was like my sister we did everything together told each other secrets and she understood all the stuff I was facing because we were from the same family so we had to deal with the same issues. But, now I feel like we have drifted apart we don’t care about the same things and we rarely talk nowadays. Before we were always on the phone but now we never are and if we are on the phone we don’t talk more then 2 seconds. We always say we’ll text each other but there is only a limited amount of stuff that can be discussed through text. With friends if they don’t make the effort to stay friends I don’t bother but I feel like my cousin was more important to me and I was in denial that we were growing apart. I realized today we are and I have no better word to describe the feeling I feel other then sad. So yea, I feel sad really sad, that we don’t know each other as we did before. But I also realized both of us have been through different things in life and that has changed us into different people and that is why our relationship has changed. We probably won’t be as close as before but she is still my cousin and will still be there.

Whoa!! I just ranted off about this enough and feel much better getting this off my mind!

Its interesting to see my poll results in the side bar..I assumed more people would like patterened hijabs but plain won =] I understand why though plain hijabs can be worn with anything and are more professional looking..But, I still like my funky patterend hijabs =] Check out my new poll and vote!!

Thanks for reading. TTYL

~I'm Back~

Salam Everybody!!

I'm Back! I actully have a good reason why I haven't been blogging the past few weeks, it was spring break for me and my family and I were away on vacation! We just got back and getting into the flow of things.

Can you guess where we went?

Clues:

1. Its in the US

2. We went by car.

3. Look at pictures below

Write your guesses in the comments!! And I'll share more info about the trip in my next post!

Allahafiz

~Spring Sales~

Salam, Hello, Hey Peoples,

Been so long since I’ve updated been really busy with school and other stuff!! All the stores are having huge sales with everything from winter on sale and everybody should take advantage of this. I went shopping the other day and got really cute long sleeved tops for very very cheap and long sleeved tops are great and are very hard to find later when summer starts

Here’s an outfit of the day the picture of he top is from Forever 21 I couldn’t take new pictures myself and these pictures look better then the ones I take anyway =]

Top: Forever 21

Hijab: Pear Daisy

Jeans: Kohl's 

I added a plain gray long sleeved tee underneath the top with flats. 


I will def try to update more often =]
ttyl
-Scarf -Girl

~Flowers are blooming, Birds are Chirping, Spring is Here!~

Hey everybody!!

Well Spring is here and it’s time to Springify our wardrobes!! To tell you the truth I don’t really change my wardrobe around that much season to season but I do like to buy some pieces if I really love the trend. I am going to discuss some spring 2011 trends we hijabis can work into our wardrobe!

First off wide leg pants and bell bottoms are back in!! This is good news for us hijabis because flared pants are way better and more modest then skinny jeans!!

Another trend is lace!! That’s’ easy for us to work into our wardrobe you can use lace headbands and lace hijabs. You can also take a lace dress like the ones below and pair it with a cardigan or long sleeved shirt underneath and pants. I especially love this trend and will be getting myself a lace dress very soon!  

Tail hems are also in! This is when the back of a dress is longer in the back then the front. This can also be incorporated into our wardrobe! I tend to wear short dresses as tops over pants so just get yourself some dresses with tail hems to wear over pants and be hijab friendly!

Some trends that would be really easy to work into our wardrobes and you may already have are stripes, tassels, and maxi dresses. Maxi dresses are one trend we shouldn’t let go so all of you should rock your maxi dresses this spring!

  

One trend I haven’t figured out a way to make hijab friendly is the crop top. Whenever I go shopping I see crop tops in many colors and designs. I was thinking maybe you can wear a long sleeved long shirt underneath and the crop top on top but that wouldn’t be the most modest thing to do. Anybody have any ideas of how to make these hijab friendly? I don’t think it’s possible and we should just stay clear of them.

Thats it for today TTYL

-Scarf -Girl

~Vampires and French Fries~

Hey

I feel like being a Muslim in a "western" coutnry we have to deal with the issue of Halal and Haram all the time. I've been told so many times something or another is haram and we can't eat it and it's like my most favorite thing ever! For example Starburst I loved it I used to eat it all the time when I was younger it was so fruity and tasty then I found out its haram and havent eaten it since.

I was told today that McDonald's fries are haram because its fried in beef oil! Well when I went on the McD's website they said they fry it in vegeable oil but it does contain beef flavoring which the website says has wheat and milk derivatives. What does that mean? What is beef flavoring is it real beef or is it something else? IDK. So in conclusions I don't know if the fries are halal or haram but to be safe the only thing we can eat in McDs is the Fillet o'Fish.

Do any of you read the Vampire Academy books? I just read the last book in the series Last Sacrifice and i love that series! =] I liked that the author Ricehlle Mead actually used her imagination and made up her own species of Vampires. If any of you like vampire books I def recommend you guys go read this series. I was so sad it ended =[ (If any of you guys are interested I can start doing book reviews on books I read!)

TTYL



~A Miracle of the Aytal Kursi~

Hey Everybody,

So yesterday I was at the Muslim Student Center at my school for Zuhr prayer and after I prayed I was just hanging out talking with the other sisters. This one sister told us this story that she said was true and she read about it in a newspaper. And the story really made me feel....idk how to say it but here's the story. I heard this from someone who said its true but Idk all the details.

This muslim girl came out of class really late and it was getting dark and she didn't want to be late so she decided to take this short cut through an alley. So she was walking and she saw this guy who kept eyeing her and she could tell he wanted to do something bad to her. The girl got scared and said the aytal kursi. The guy didn't do anything to her and she got home safely. At home she told her family what happened and then she saw in the newspaper a story about a girl who was raped in the same alley so her parents told her to call the police and report the guy she saw. The police told her the description she gave is just like the description the rape victim gave. A few days later the police asked her to come and identify the guy. The rape victim was there too and both identified the same guy. The police then asked the guy why'd you rape her and not her? The guy answered "Why would I rape her when she was walking with two big guys on both sides of her?"

This really made me appreciate and say the aytal Kursi more its a really great thing and its so wonderful how Allah works =]

Does anybody else have any interesting and awesome stories about the aytal kursi? Please share.

~Comfy Black and Grey~

Hey!!

I can't believe todays the last day in February! You know how when a new year comes around everyone makes resolutions/goals that they are going to try and accomplish that year. Well, I have two goals I'm going to try and accomplish this new month of March.

1) Do more blog posts!!!!

2) Stay on top of things for school and not fall behind. I tend to fall behind with readings since I'm taking a bunch of English classes that entails a bunch of reading!

We'll see how this goes when April comes!

Anyway these past few days have been rainy where I live and I hate this type of weather. Friday i had a horrible day it was really gloomy outside and I felt to tired to go to classes but I couldn't miss class because I missed classes the week before when I had a stomach virus (which was HORRIBLE =[ I hate throwing up.) So I went. On my way in the morning the stupid bus splashed water all over me and i was soaked!! I was really mad and that just boguht my whole day down its really icky being in wet clothes =/ luckily it dried.

I need to catch up on Pretty Little Liars I really love that show. Does anybody watch it? I've read all the books and I was so excited to watch the series which btw is totally different from the books. So if you have read the books the series will keep you guessing because they are taking the series in a whole different path then the books. Sara Shepard is a genius I read the first book for her new series The Lying Game and it was gooood!!

Here's todays OOTD!! This is my 2nd one so exciting =]

I really love the top I'm wearing cuz it's long sleeves and really loose and comfortable. It has a dropped waist and little button designs which I think are cute.  My outift turned out perfectly color coordintaed eventhough I just put it together because these are my most comfortable pieces. I like when things just work out together. I added a little bow on my hijab because my outfit felt so plain. I wore this today to class and to run errands it was really comfy and that's my number one priority!

Top: Old Navy

Cardi: Macy's

Jeans: Kohls

Shoes: Payless

Hijab: Pearl Daisy

Ring: Claire's

Bow Accesory: Forever 21

Coat: Burlington

OK so now i'm going to go and finish up my reading for class so I can achieve my 2nd goal of not falling behind! Thank for reading =]