Coffee date

I spent a good amount of time in the West Loop last week and...

Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 4 - TURNT

We made it to the final day!
If we're being honest, we were happy and sad that there would roughly be 12 hours left of humidity and body pains for us to endure.
Thankfully (and ironically) the 4th and final day was the prettiest when it came to mother nature cooperating.
We left pretty late and

Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 3 - Citrus Mamí

Day 3 really had me considering my life choices. Why did I purchase a 4-day pass again?

At this point you've probably noticed a common theme in my Lolla outfits...

Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 2 - Señora Stripes

If my feet could have talked, they would have YELLED at me and asked me to stay in bed.
AIN'T NO REST FOR THE WICKED, LIL' TOES!
Day 2 was just as

Lollapalooza 2016 - Day 1 - Little Miss Pineapple

Let's just dive right in and state the obvious: this post is late as hell.
I could give you some roundabout excuse as to how life has gotten in the way, or how my computer frizzed out on me (goodbye $335 of unplanned money), etc. but that's no fun!

Lollapalooza 2016 was a swift little reminder of how much I love music and

New Year, New Blog Name

Happy 2016!

To say that 2015 threw me for a loop would be a severe understatement. Sometimes life happens and you have to learn how to adjust — at your own pace, of course. As cliché as it might seem, the new year is a time for me to start fresh and readjust my priorities and set attainable goals. With this mindset, I finally decided to change my blog name. 

I outgrew the alias and direction of 'Obsessions & Collections' quicker than I could have anticipated. Letting it go left me with the ability to finally switch it over to my name — my real name. 

A lot of my life has been spent trying to please people, starting with my name. It was always "too complicated" to pronounce or "too weird" to write out, so I made it easier for people to just call me 'Yumi' or 'Umi'. So I guess I finally felt like it was the right time to reclaim my name and get back to my roots. So here we are — here I am — YMIJAN. 

I'm a sporadic blogger and write/photograph/vlog about things from fashion to personal thoughts. I only blogged 8 times in 2015 and want to change that around. I'm ready for the new journey...again.

It's gonna' be a good one.