Winter Hijabi Fashion

My little sister and  I did a Winter Photoshoot!

Just us being totally random. But mashallah I really love the turnout  ^_^

Outfit Details

 Black Maxi Hijab- Aliexpress.com $3

Gold Chain Necklace- Aldo's accessories $8

Black Flowy Abaya- Somali Market $90

Gold Belt- Jo-Anns Fabric $3

Green Peacoat w/ Gold embroidery- Goodwill (thrift store) $12

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Wedding Crasher

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this but I am in absolute loveeee with weddings. No matter what culture they're from I love them all! American, Palestinian, Nigerian you get my jiff. Any and all weddings make my heart swell. 

This past weekend I attended a wedding, which by the way I didn't know the groom nor the bride until the day before the wedding. I attended my first Senegalese wedding and let me say it was the longest wedding I've ever been to. The festivities began on a Friday and continued till Sunday. 

Friday was what my friend described as a bridal shower. However we did nothing that I've done at bridal showers I've been to; well besides talking about....the deed. But I would think that's talked about at all events leading up to a wedding. Or maybe I just don't have the cleanest of minds. *shrugs* Anyways Friday we participated in singing and dancing and of course eating. I mean it's not a real party without food. It was almost like a small wedding. I must admit we arrived there late and this was actually my first time meeting anyone on either the bride or grooms side. But she invited me to the weddings the next day almost immediately. Alhamdulillah the bride was so beautiful and her personality sparkled brighter than the dress she was wearing.

So the very next day I attended the "morning" wedding, which by the way the bride didn't arrive at until 7pm, it was more traditional and was mostly all women. It consisted of lots of singing, a bit of dancing, and many many stories. Well at least that's what my friend told me. Did I mention everything was in Fulani? No? Oh well it was. And the only language I know fluently is English so I was kinda just floating on the emotions in the speakers voices and the gestures they met. Nonetheless I made it through and knew what was going on around me. Well I pretended to at least. Hey that got me through high school. The bride was of course even more stunning than she was the day before. However I did notice her presence wasn't quite as lighthearted as it was before. She barely smiled and even cried a  few times. I wasn't sure if this was something that was apart of their culture. but of course being nosey Maqsoodah I had to ask. When I was answered with a no it wasn't customary, my heart sunk a little bit. I always think that weddings are supposed to be a beautiful and elated event. And when I saw her that's not what I felt.

We left from there and went to get ready for the next wedding. Which was the big wedding that was supposed to begin at 10 pm. We got there at 1:30 am and once again the bride was no where to be found. Which was totally understandable considering what time she left the "morning" wedding. As soon as the lady of the night walked in I began to feel the emotion I had come to expect at weddings.

Bliss.
Peace.
And just a bit of sadness.

Sadness from the prospect of losing a loving daughter, leaving a loving families home. Sadness that would soon follow with happiness. 

She was absolutely gorgeous in her white bridal wear, which was made in Senegalese style. By the time she got to the front of the room tears flowed from her eyes freely. Now these tears I understood. She would be leaving her family that night. She would be living with a man whom she knew of, but honestly didn't know that well. Although technically she was married a month before that, they considered that to be the engagement and tonight's festivities the completion of the marriage. In her mind I'm sure she was thinking 'this is it'. Marriage is something that holds such a heavy weight and how can you ever truly know that the person you re marrying will always be there for you?

You don't.

This unknown is what gives marriage its sacredness and sanctity. There you are promising to someone to always do your best and hes promising the same. But you never know what the future has in store for you. You can only hope and pray as you take that leap into the unknown. And because of that my eyes welled up with tears with her. Before this happy occasion could turn into a sob fest her mother and all of the women of her family walked up to her to embrace her and reassure her that they would always be there for her. Once again I'm assuming because like I mentioned before, the entire wedding was in a language I only knew how to say 'hello' and 'how are you' in. She began laughing and smiling and my heart eased and soon after that the festivities began. The dancing started, singing, and once again the stories. I sat there smiling happy for the bride and groom as they embarked upon this new journey of life together. So young yet filled with so much potential. All in all I must say this was a very different experience and that I'm so blessed to have been invited to experience with her. 

Here are a few beautiful shots I got from the wedding: 

The brides beautiful sister 

The 'morning' wedding

The beautiful bride and groom 

Another lovely bride and groom shot

Mother and bride just as bride was leaving

Now what I wore:

Hootd for the 'morning' wedding

Me and my new friend

My 2nd hootd

My very good friend and I 

On another note this wedding gave me so many ideas for a project I will inshallah begin soon. I don't want to say exactly what it is right now but I will say this: M

My love (nearing obsession) of weddings mixed with the cultural uniqueness of this Senegalese wedding has  lead me to make a list. 

A list of all the different weddings I want to attend. Don't laugh at me but the positive energy at weddings is unlike any other I've experienced. So here it is

List of Weddings to attend:
Senegalese Wedding -I know that I just attended one however the next one I attend I want to have a different perspective while attending.

Somali Wedding- I've been invited to so many of these but never can seem to make them.

Moroccan Wedding- I thought the Senegalese wedding was long I heard Mo0rrocan weddings can last a full week.

Nigerian Wedding- I have many family members from Nigeria and still haven't attended a Nigerian wedding

Panamanian Wedding- I would love to see their customs

Egyptian Wedding- Egyptians are some of the funniest people I've ever met (is that bad for me to say?) I know their weddings are gonna be wonderful.

Yemeni Wedding- I know too many Yemenis to not have been to their wedding

Indian wedding- Pretty colors...Nuff said

Pakistani wedding- See reason above.

Southern (USA) Wedding- The idea of a rustic wedding with cowgirl boots and haystacks is appealing to me for unknown reasons.

Greek Wedding- Have you ever heard of that really famous movie 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'? Yea I thought so.

Chinese wedding- Just because.

For now that's all I can think of'. I will add to this list as I think of them and take away as I attend them.

I'll repost this list on another post and itll be cleaner. But omgggg Im sooo excited to start this new project. Cant wait to share it with you 

Till next time 

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HOOTD: Eid Al Fitr 2013

Eid Mubarak!!!!

Sidebar: Im soo sorry Ive been gone for a bit more than a month. I was so busy during Ramadan and even though thats not an excuse I really wanted to focus on my Iman and gaining more knowledge this Ramadan. 

Eid is such a happy and blissful occaison. Everyone makes time to go and visit friends and family. Everyones happy except those few party poopers :(. I pray and hope everyone had a really happy and blissful first day of Eid!

This Eid I was so unprepared. Because of the shopping hiatus I was, yes past tense :'(, I had decided to attempt making a dress. Yes me! The girl who has never used a sewing machine on anything ever in my life! It was a silly idea now that I think about it, however at the time I was so excited at the possibility of creating my own outfit completely all by me.

We got to the last 10 nights and I hadnt even bought any material. So I kinda threw that idea out of my head. When I went to stores everything I saw was not unique enough, or wasn't colorul enough (yes I LOVE colors), or just wasnt me! To my slight dissappointment I decided to wear an outfit I actually wore to a wedding. The only reason this was acceptable to me, was because I loved this outfit and the people that regularly attended my masjid didnt go to the wedding. I did post a few pics that night on my Instagram. But the pics werent that great and in fact were all selfies. I ended up deleting them the morning of Eid. I dont usually ever wear the same outfit especially not to Eid! 

But hey a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!

 

Outfit Details

Hijab (Purple Pashmina)-Thrift Store $5
'Liberachi' Sequined Blazer- Thrift Store $5
Basic Black Long Sleeved Under armor- Walmart $15
Black Tutu Skirt- Windsor $16
Head Decor (not sure what theyre called)- Somali Mall $15
Silver Bangles- Bazaar at the Masjid $1
Rhinestone Ring- Glitter $1
Basic Black Pumps- Shoe Carnival $20
Wonderful Henna- My Girls have outstanding talents check out their Instagram page here and here and here $10

I wore the same outfit less than 3 months earlier to a wedding and I'm actually very pleased with the turnout. The only people who noticed I wore the outfit before were members of my family.

Mission: rewear an outift that you wore to an important event to another important event complete! The only thing I didnt have in my closet already was the head decor thingy which I thought gave my outfit a slightly different and more dressy look. 

I hope you love this look as much as I did. Nonetheless I believe its time to retire this outfit lol. Want your eid look featured on my blog and Instagram?

Email pics of your eid outift at thnkpnkmuslimah@gmail.com

I'll be anxiously looking forward to those pics until next time beats

♥♥♥Stay Golden Loves ♥♥♥♥

Time to Start

Hey, hello, marhaba, bonjour, hola, nei how, namaste, halo, and cioa (I think that about covers most of the major languages). 

How you doin? *Wendy William voice* Anywho welcome to my blog. Where I will talk about everything from my shopping pleasures to the events of the day. But who cares cause its MY blog. Thank you for reading by the way. 

So yea for those who dont know me Im a thrifting Queen ♕♕♕, and yea ever since I got a job that has been my hobby, pray thrift work eat sleep, that had become my life (in that order). But now I am on a shopping hiatus. If you know me you're probably thinking WATTTT!!! Yep you heard right, Shopping Hiatus. 

There were a couple reasons why this break was necessary

1. The fact that all of my hard earned money was going to clothes which the majority of I have never worn :/ 
2. The lecture I would get when I got home with bags of clothes -_-
3. Having to sneak my bags upstairs to avoid number 2
4. I bought an extra rack because I ran out of space in my closet, which by the way is not small by any means. And I soon ran out of space on there as well. -____-
5. All dressed up with no where to go. Tbh Im a pretty dull girl, or maybe its because Im in a dull city *shrugs*. But I rarely go places that I feel are appropriate for some of my favorite outfits.
6. Im quite creative and this might give me that needed boost to channel my creativeness and start making my own clothes which is something Ive been wanting to do for a while now. (Yes I know somewhat counter productive but trust me I cant make clothes as quickly as I buy them)
7. My wallet needed a break

I can probably list many more reasons but Ill stop there. So with every new law comes rules -_______-. I couldn't make such a drastic change without ground rules so here they are

1. It will last a full year aka 365 days or 366 days or 364 days Im not sure which one it will be               -______________________- Can my face get any longer?
2. No buying of clothes, yes that means I can still buy shoes and purses and jewelry. You might be thinking thats nothing, but for me it is. You know how some girls are shoe girls, others are bag whores and some really love their makeup? Well Im a clothing junkie. Clothes give me such a great high its phenomenal (kinda sad when you think about it). So yes this is everything I need and than some.
3. Gifts are okay giving and receiving  So if you want to buy me a new abaya or skirt please be my guest. Seriously PLLLEEEEAAASSSEEE!!! And also I can buy others clothing gifts. Im not gonna let my friends and family suffer!
4. I am allowed to buy fabric and things like that, to help channel my inner creativity of course.
5. This is the rule that im struggling back and forth with. Should I be allowed to buy a new Eid outfit (for those of you that dont know Eid is the Muslim holiday comes twice a year and basically we get dressed up and enjoy time with family and friends)? In the year that'll only be twice so thats not so bad right. On the other hand I could either pick something out of my closet or make something which wouldnt be so bad either.

So yea those are my rules my start date was June 7, 2013. So my end date will be June 7, 2014 Inshallah.

Pweaseee give me input on rule number 5. Soon

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