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Assalaam Alakium girlies!

InshAllah you all had a great Saturday! Alhamdulliah mine went well. I started my day off on a juice kick. I juiced a half pint of raspberries, handful of strawberries and half a lemon and topped it of with some Ginger Ale. Yum. 

After breakfast we got ready to go to the mall and walked out with nothing. I'm fine just browsing around and since we are trying to budget it made since not to buy something we didn't need. We did get something for free though. Everyone loves free stuff, right? While in Sears there was a woman demonstrating knifes and  she handed out these cool little carving knifes. You can create things like this with it:

I'll be sure to share any creations I make using it. After our quick trip to the mall we hit up the local Islamic book store and bought the Purpose of Life by Khalid Yasin cd for my mom and Healing with the Medicine of The Prophet book. I plan on sharing some natural remedies I find so look out for that!

Next we hit up the families house and hung out with them for a few hours. It's always nice to see them and see how their week has been. We only get to see them once a week due to work and distance, inshAllah in the future we can live closer and can see them more often. Who wouldn't want to see this face more often?

She took this picture of herself!

After saying our "see ya laters" we decided to make a quick trip to WalMart before heading home. Sometimes it's nice to just browse around and have fun. While browsing, the Writer picked up this hat and I had to take a picture of him with it. Hilarious

Don't judge us....lol

We also picked up a few items that we just came across, like a mini juicer. I love making smoothies but it's kind of a hassle to use a huge blender for just one person. The time it took to clean up made me not want to use it. InshAllah this will make my life a tad bit easier.

Well that was my day. Was that too many pictures? Let me know if I went overboard with them today. I like to add pictures from my day to liven things up. My eye lids are getting heavy so I'm going to read some of the book I bought today and see what goodies I can share with you all. 

Have a great night, inshAllah I'll be back with another post tomorrow morning. 

Wasalaam,

~Hijabi Butterfly~

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Assalaam Alakium! 

Good morning, inshAllah you all had a great nights rest. Again, it was hard getting out of bed this morning, the Writer just started a new job so we're still getting use to his schedule change. 

I'm coming to you from Barnes and Noble this morning. Today I'm sticking around the Writers job so we can go to lunch later....Souper Salad anyone? We both work in the same area and share a car so today I'm saving some gas by staying in the area. I love bookstores, I could get lost for hours looking at books, and ending up buying maybe one haha. 

I thought I'd share a picture of a butterfly just to give this blog some visual appeal and since I absolutely adore butterflies. I think it's the metamorphosis/change that occurs. They start out being a caterpillar and change into a completely different animal, a beautiful butterfly.  

People have asked me why I chose the name Hijabi Butterfly, I guess it's because I think of myself as a butterfly in a way. I'm a convert to Islam so in a sense I had to go through a type of metamorphosis to become who I am today. I'm ever evolving into a better person, I hope, everyday so my metamorphosis is still in progress. I have a lot more left to learn and plan on sharing what I learn with you all. I want this blog to be a place for anyone really but specifically, Muslimahs. I found a lack of blogs dedicated to Muslim sisters and I feel that I can fill a void somehow. I want this blog to be a place of knowledge, so please let me know what I can do to make it a better place to come and read. 

Spotlight on hadith:

Reported by Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Whenever a group of people sit in a gathering in which they do not remember Allah the Exalted, nor supplicate to elevate the rank of their Prophet, such a gathering will be a cause of grief to them. If Allah wills,  He will punish them, and if He wills He will forgive them." (At-Tirmidhi) 

Have any of you gone through a type of metamorphosis so to speak? 

Have a blessed day and inshAllah (If God wills) I'll be back with another post later today. 

Wasalaam,

~Hijabi Butterfly~