Amira Says...RED (V-Day Special)

I can honestly say I was never a fan of the color red, but lately its been growing on me. After all it is a bold and powerful color and with Valentine's Day around the corner, it also represents love (although it should always represent love year round). So I'm celebrating this Valentine's Day with RED.

Repeat this several times. I love quotes and I think that this one is perfect for Valentine's Day. Whether you're in love or not, we can be blinded by things whether its a friendship or situation where we don't notice how bad it was until we're on the outside looking in. So treat yourself to something special and love yourself before you give others what you can't give yourself.

Even though many of winter days are just- bleh with grey skys, I decided to go bold with this red jacket reminding me that Spring is not too far off. After all the ground hog said so even though there was snow outside on this particular day.

Don't judge them. They have caused a lot of controversy lately with their relationship. But regardless of what happened in the past I've always loved them together and never gave up hope. I'm glad they're back together. And they look really happy. And by no means am I saying to return to a situation where you're having issues and you don't feel good about it (that's what the quote was for ^). But I believe that if you find a way to solve the problem and overcome everything and end up happy in the end that's what really matters.

Doesn't Rihanna look radiant and gorgeous at the Grammys (One of the only reasons I watched)?

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Lovestruck.

I promised you guys a treat yesterday for Valentine's Day and I hate breaking promises, so I got you guys a treat. But, it seems like diary had different ideas. It was acting weird yesterday. When I put my entry out for the world to see, it published below my other entries for the date of February 12. So if you guys didn't scroll down you missed this. But, I still blame myself. So I fixed my diary entries and here is the treat I promised you guys....Enjoy!

Does this look familiar? Maybe you've seen this before somewhere.


Maybe now it looks familiar:



I've seen so many campaign ads of Vera Wang's Lovestruck with Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester (we like her) and I've fallen in love with the dress from first sight. Above you'll see the sketch of the dress before it was actually made and the dress without Leighton Meester. I'm living proof of love at first sight. I think cupid was there when I saw the dress.

Here's the ad:


Vera Wang Lovestruck was inspired by a modern day twist on Romeo & Juliet set in downtown NYC. It captures the feeling of a woman who is struck by love, captivated by passion. It represents an irresistible romance. She is madly in love.

This modern day love story features a beautiful couture Vera Wang gown. She leans over a fire escape, awaiting the arrival of her Romeo, who races toward her with a bouquet of flowers for their Lovestruck moment.Too bad I can't afford the dress and so this made me go scavenger hunting for a similar dress (yea, i might have dragged some friends along). Mission success! I found four for under $200. So as a Valentine treat I'll share my two favorite finds with you:


This is my favorite. It's a strapless burgundy mermaid style dress for $122.99. It comes in five colors. I feel that this looks so similar to Vera Wang's dress, even I rather have that instead. I might get this dress for my future prom in a year or so.


This is a multi-layer ruffle taffeta dress and it's also strapless. This is fancier than the one I showed you before. It cost $192.99 and comes in nine colors.

You can get both dresses from the Discount Dress Shop online store. Hope you enjoyed your treat. Tell me what you think.

“Lovestruck is about the emotion and rush you feel when you are falling in love and going for it… those heart-pounding moments of spontaneity!” –Vera Wang


Kisses and happy valentine day wishes from Amira J