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!