Chocolate Hell

I had planned on hosting a picnic with my comm this past weekend, but with the impending rain here, it was postponed to the following weekend. In order to scratch my itch of wearing lolita almost every weekend, I went with some friends to the mall for a casual day out.

I knew I would be walking a lot, so I picked a pair of my most comfy "loli-able" shoes and built a coord around that. Every time I wear Melty Ribbon Chocolate, I fall in love with it more and more. Even my cat agrees. 

Urban Outfitters has the best mirrors and lighting. Unfortunately, I don't have much else to say about their overpriced crap and price gouging.

In other news, I have been a bit irresponsible with my money and most recently acquired the following (with some in the mail):

• AP Loyal Rosette Special Set JSK in Navy
• AP Royal Creamy Chocolate Salopette in Brown
• AP Melty Royal Chocolate Low Waist JSK in Bitter

and am bidding on the following:

• MM Perfume Bottle OP in Brown
• AP British Bear JSK in Green

I don't know why I've been on this AP craze lately, but my AP pieces have since outgrown my IW dresses in numbers. What have I become?

Quarter Century Birthday Weekend

This past weekend was my birthday so I went out to celebrate with a friend. I had been itching to find any occasion to wear Holy Lantern, so I wore it! A general rule of thumb when wearing lolita out in public is that if there's more one person in frilly wear (aka not by yourself), you will get comments. Some more rude than others. Highlights of the day were:

• "Are you going to a wedding?" (who wears all white???)
• "Did you get married?" (because gothic and crosses is totally appropriate for getting married)
• "Excuse me! Do you speak english?" (TRIGGERED)

My jimmies are rustled. I am also making it a personal goal to start taking pictures of people who secretly take pictures of lolitas. /end salt

I generally get really bad stomach pain from eating anything with wheat, which forces me to avoid most of my favorite gluten-filled foods on the advice of my doctor. On my birthday however, I like to give myself a cheat day and so I decided to go eat two of my favorite things: soup dumplings and bonchon chicken. I am going to bond with my toilet for the rest of the week.

The next day, I went over to my aunt's place to celebrate the dreaded 25th with my family. She made my favorite Vietnamese dish for me, banh xeo, which is essentially a pork and shrimp rice crepe. Please excuse my terrible pictures. My cousin also made me a marbled strawberry cheesecake because cheesecake is the best.

Between this delicious food-filled weekend, finding out I got a job offer, and BTS dropping their latest album, this birthday has been incredibly satisfying and amazing. Everything seems to be falling into place for me and I hope I can keep this momentum going. Here's to a new year and a new me!

Buyee Haul

Discovering auctions was the worst thing to happen to me since getting into lolita. Both dresses are Innocent World. Florals and tartans are my aesthetic.

Sakura Sunday ft. No Sakura

This past Sunday I attended my city's cherry blossom festival. My local comm usually holds a picnic meetup on the park grounds and it was such a lovely day to gather with friends and literally just sit around and eat and talk. It was my first time attending in lolita! Previous years, I went in either cosplay or as a volunteer.

Of course since it was a sakura festival, I decided to go with a classic floral coord using a Victorian Maiden JSK. Wearing short sleeves and a hoopskirt certainly made the warm weather more bearable for me. I also have a rule of thumb that if it's warm enough to wear no jacket outside (like 50degF up), it's warm enough for boater or straw hats. :) The temps only went up to the mid-70s, but it was ridiculously sunny and bright, so everything just felt warmer. I did regret wearing tights instead of ankle socks.

The picnic was wonderful as well, with a lot of people bringing food to share. Unfortunately all of the cherry blossoms had died by the time this event came around, so it wasn't so much of a hanami picnic as it was just a regular picnic. Hopefully, next year's weather will be more forgiving to the trees.

Outfit Roundup and HOLY LANTERN

Wore a sweet sailor coord to go eat shabu with some friends. Note to self: don't wear polyester at meals that have a direct source of heat right in front of you. You will sweat a lot. 

I FINALLY got Holy Lantern in the mail after a long, long wait. Was the wait worth it? Of course! This is my absolute holy grail dress, and I will treasure it forever. Look at that flocky goodness. Bless you ChibiTenshi and AP.

Speaking of Holy Lantern, I went back to hotpot later on in the week (because I'm an adult and I can), and decided to try for a casual coord with my HL high-waisted jsk in navy. I feel like you can definitely pull off a more casual coord with high-waisted dresses due to the smaller poof, plus I will find any excuse to wear this print because it is my one true love. Of course, it was sweltering hot in the restaurant but the ankle socks and short-sleeves were definitely more bearable than the sailor coord I wore earlier in the week.