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April 25, 2014

What I Wore On Easter Sunday

First of all, Happy Easter. Yes, I realize that it's Friday, but see, what had had happened was that I didn't go to bed early on Saturday before Easter. I was up till about 2:00 AM and I typed up a Happy Easter post, and I thought I clicked publish. But apparently I didn't publish it. Why is this important now? Because (1) I just realized that the post never came up and it's still draft and (2) In the post, I mentioned that I don't get new dresses for Easter anymore, but that I would endeavor to Read More

April 22, 2014

My Weekend Recount: I’m In Love With Myself And I Have The Pictures To Prove It

This past weekend, my sweetheart, Mikki invited us to her mom's 50th birthday. I was really giddy when I got the invitation because it had been soooooo long since I went out. I'm not the girl who likes going out every week or even every month, but every now and then, a girl just wants to dress up and go out. So I did not care that it was a 50th birthday, and I did not care who would be there. I just wanted to get doll'd up and go out. And because it had been so long since I went out, it had also Read More

March 31, 2014

How Not To Ask A Blogger For A Favor

I can't say about other media-related jobs/careers, but when it comes to blogging, some people think that all it takes to blog is to wake up, scratch your butt, stroke a few keys on your keyboard, and voila! You're live. Well, no, that is not how it happens. I realize I have said this so many times, but I have to keep saying it. Verastic did not start as a business or a money-making blog, and I did not start out being a pro blogger or even trying to be a pro blogger. I just wanted to write. Read More

March 24, 2014

It’s Vera vs Her Natural Hair: The Sexy, Curly Braids Edition

Late last year, I wore my wig for a few months, and I did it because I wanted my natural hair to rest. I have told you several times how I have no idea what to do with my natural hair. I watch several videos on YouTube, and I try some of them, but it never ends up like it is in the video. Those people in the videos use some kind of juju, I tell you. But I digress. So I braided my hair in January, a couple days before my birthday, and it was beautiful. This particular kind of braids is my Read More

March 18, 2014

I Failed. I Failed Woefully.

Remember when no one sent me message but I still decided to start a 10-day Instagram selfie challenge? Well, I did it for all of 3 days ... and then, I don't know what happened. Igwe's brother has laughed at me tire. This is exactly what my mommy would call, "Trouble dey sleep, iyanga dey go wake am up." I didn't get the idea for this selfie challenge from anywhere. I didn't do it because I wanted to do what someone else was doing. Nah uh. It's like I just said to myself, "Vera, you've not Read More

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