Holy crap, it’s September.

That’s right, folks. It’s time to hang up your light dresses and cardigans and start whipping out the muted tones, the heavy fabrics, and the “Omfg, I’ll die without it prints” that actually should have been released in the summer.

Things I’m looking forward to this fall? Well, for one, my reservation of Twinkle Journey series from Metamorphose will finally arrive.   I’m so sick of waiting for it. It’s killing me. Haha. Already, the JSK versions and skirt versions have been released. Now, all I am waiting on is the OP since that is the version that I had ordered. So those of you who orderd JSKs and skirts, congrats. Your awesome Unicorn prints will reach you soon. And yeah, I jelly.

This is the version that I ordered.   I am expecting/hoping for its release by this Sunday.

The only other thing that I have recently purchased and am still waiting to receive (group order… ) is Angelic Pretty’s Rose Toilette in pink. For an older, popular print, I managed to get it on sale from Closet Child during their summer event of 30% off.

Only Managed to snag the reverse photo but it’s the same on both sides.

Lately, I’ve been looking into things I need to stock up on as far as coord basics, but also seasonal basics such as coats, boots, stockings, bloomers, etc. Many of these, I have none of.  I’m afraid, I must admit that I am extremely lax when it comes to the basics and I tend to focus more on main pieces.   As of this fall, my goal is to aquire:

Neutral coat for general use (x1)

Black boots (x1)

Pink tea parties or heels (x1)

Blouses– long sleeve (x2)

Blouses– short sleeved (x2)

Bloomers– white/cream (x2)

I’d also like  to announce that I am pretty much leaving sweet lolita all together. With the rare few sweet coords that I am going to do with Rose Toilette, I am pretty much moving into Innocent World and Baby, The Stars Shine Bright exclusively. (Of course, Meta still releases classical prints so I will stay with them too.) Nvm. Can’t do it. I keep finding myself looking at sweet prints and still wanting them. Disregard the previous statement.

Anywho, I think it’s about time for me to catch some shut eye before I have to get up and go jogging with Richie.

Night night

Finally decided to invest into some Dolly Wink lashes. :] I think it was the sweet girl set that I bought.

They really bring my make up together and makes it look so much more dolly than just using a little bit of mascara.

Bought these from Mitsuwa while hanging out with my waifu, Caitlin this past week. They’re wonderful, though I’m still figuring out the bottom lashes since those are pretty much new to me all together.   Richie was also finally able to accompany me down to Irvine and we did a little bit of shopping. Went to the Rilakkuma store, had some awesome ramen from Ajisen and then did purikura to finish the day off since Caitlin had to leave for class. After she left, we walked around The South Coast Plaza and I bought a book to put my purikura in.

I had fallen in love with Caitlin’s keyring so she took me to buy one like it. It was the last one in the store! I got lucky.

These I bought directly from Caitlin. They’re btssb Mille Fueille platform shoes.

The soles are wooden, but surprisingly light and comfortable! Beats wearing heels all day, that’s for sure.

Chocomint accessories that I received some time ago while doing a group order. Never got around to posting them so, here they are!

Richie’s first purikura picture!

Forgot to scan it before I put it in the keyring and now I can’t get it out.

This past Sunday, I went back down to Irvine to hangout with Caitlin again. She had some local lolita that she insisted that I meet so I did. We stopped in to Crepe de Paris and had luncheon there and talked about the upcoming happenings in the community for September. I’m hoping to make at least one of them seeing as how Richie may or may not be able to go. (Usually, this is because we’d never make it back in time for him to get to work and it’s not a good idea for him to miss work. Especially because Irvine is about 2 hours away! )

Here’s how I did my make that day. As you can see I’m using my Dolly Wink.

The first thing that Caitlin said when I arrived was, “Omg, you look so cute! D: I don’t even–”

Guess I’m doin’ it rite?

My coord. I was wearing a blue cardigan but I traded my pony bag (+$30) for this Dreaming Macaron cutsew from Angelic Pretty. Surprisingly, it fit my big boobs. Then again, if it fits Caitlin, I can have faith it’ll fit me. (She’s gifted in the chest area too. )

Towards the end of the evening, Caitlin and I decided we wanted to do purikura. A friend of ours was feeling pretty crappy lately, so we encouraged her to come out and meet us to do karaoke and purikura.   I think it made her feel a bit better.

Top to bottom:

Caitlin, Christine and then me on the bottom.

And so this concludes the really long blog post series! Really, I should have just broken this up into a few different posts, but I am lazy.

Good night all!

Let’s see… I’ll start with the meet up in Santa Monica on the 21st. First off, it was super crowded and we kept getting yelled at by a hobo after we refused to give him some of our food. He kept calling us “Godless lesbian occultists”. It made us laugh though since it was all nonsense, we ignored it and had a good time. Played some games, wandered around the pier and rode the antique carousal! (est. in 1922)

Outfit rundown!

• Wig from cyperous
• accesories from offbrand
• Blouse from Foever21
• Belt from Papaya
• Skirt from Metamorphose
• Bag from Kidsyoyo
• Stockings from Forever21
• Shoes from Hot Topic

Mind that most of my photos are kinda derpy.

Anyways, I’m putting the rest of this post under a cut since it’ll be a bit photo heavy!! (+8 photos & two panorama photos linked courtesy of the lovely hostess.)

My waifu, Kiyoko39. Can’t remember why she looks like this but she looks sorta disappoint.

Wearing Angelic Pretty Fantasic Dolly cutsew (I think) and Melty Chocolate salopette skirt.

Richie and Jayme who decided it’d be an awesome photo-bomb opportunity.

Group shot of us during the picnic. Richie was pretty much the only dude on our blanket so he got to pimp the lolis.

This photo was taken by our lovely hostess, Lemontree11

Everyone getting ready for the carousal ride. Richie didn’t ride and instead offered to hold anyone’s purse/parasol/coat who didn’t want it on the ride.

IDK when this was even taken but that’s ok. I look like I’m getting ready to eat someone.

The whole meet ended around 4pm or so. I didn’t want to go home yet, so Kiyoko offered to lead us down to Irvine for some dinner. BUFFALO BURGERS.

So, we get down there and end up going to a grocer called Whole Foods. I was surprised when we got to the meat counter because it doubles as a small diner type thing. We ordered our burgers and Kiyoko gave us the grand tour of delicious specialty meats that they carried. Richie enjoyed it the most, I think since it reminded him of being home in Wyoming.

GLORIOUS MEATS!

Buffalo patties, buffalo hot dogs, sausages, bacons, etc!! Not even sure where to begin on how much I wanted to bring a buttload back with me!

This photo was an utter joke.

And that, my friends was the most epic event of August. I actually had a lot of fun this month and got to connect with quite a few people who I made either friends or acquaintances with. It was a great experience and I’m excited to go to more of these meet-ups. Kiyoko and I have hit it off like bread and butter, so we’ve been hanging out as frequently as her schedule and my gas budget will allow. Good times, though.

As promised, here are the two panoramic photos. Again, courtesy of our hostess, Lemontree11.

(Click for full size to see all the lovelies who attended!!)

It’s getting late now, so I’m going to watch some Family Guy, finish Futurama, read a bit and then head to bed!

GOOD NIGHT!!

So, here we go!

Both my packages arrived safe and sound, after a small mistake at the post office. They scanned in the wig as received at 6:00am but it hadn’t even been delivered because they don’t do deliveries at that hour!

The beautiful skirt! As you can see, it needs a little bit of gentle ironing as it was bought NWT and it’s probably spent a lot of time in its package.

Glorious close up of the print. (Do those swans remind you of a sozai I have on my blog? )

And last but not least, a photo of it worn. The skirt sits pretty high on my waist as it’s a bit too tight to be near my hips (LOL @ my hips being puffy cause they are. </3)

On to the wigs!

This was a bit of a surprise in two ways. #1: I ordered wig spray, but didn’t get it. I’ve contacted Cyperous so I’m hoping they can help me resolve this. I have a feeling that if who ever was packing is anything like me, the bottle was right next to the box but they forgot to put it in.

As you can see, the bouffant is not as prominent as the other wig I ordered. A little teasing might help it pouf up though.

Side by side before styling the old one. (right)

Side by side after styling the old one (right)

The difference between the two is phenomenal! I love how relaxed the new one is, it’ll allow me to wear it with more casual styles in or out of Lolita. I’m over all happy with the wig, but I’m a tiny bit upset about the wig spray as it was the one thing I was absolutely needing without a shadow of a doubt because brushing these things w/o detangler is just a nightmare.