My 22nd birthday~~! o(^_^)o (PART 2)

      

Hey guys! Here is part two about my 22nd birthday celebration.



This entry discusses the awesome and exciting trip I took a the day after my birthday!

My mom, sister, niece, brother and I decided to take a little road trip to visit a mall in Arlington heights!
I'd wanted to bring my panda and friend Brittany along too, but the car was already pretty packed.

I also wanted to meet up with my friend Ari-chan as well, but certain people that I traveled with were so busy doing their own thing that I really sort of rushed through everything.  

Anyhoo, for this trip I decided to go for a summery gyaru look.♥ 

Foundation:  Fashion Fair Foundation + Concealer stick in "Pure Brown" 
Top lashes: Ebay
Bottom lashes: Ebay
Eyeliner: Maybelline New York Eye Studio Lasting drama Gel eyeliner in "Blackest Black" with  Rimmel London Soft Kohl Kajal Eyeliner pencil in "Pure White" (for corners of eyes)

Boater hat: Ebay
Dress: korean store by my job
Shoes: Yumetenbo
Bag: Discovery clothing

Since this was a very hot day I was quite comfortable in this outfit! 

So my brothers and sister visited a shopping mall, but I'm only gonna talk about how we visited Mitsuwa Marketplace on the way back!

Mitsuwa Marketplace is a Japanese grocery store, mall and food court all combined into one building. There is a bakery, bookstore, food store and grocery store all in one. It's pretty amazing actually!

This was actually the highlight of the trip for me since it was my first time going there, as there is no Mitsuwa in my city!

^^I look tall, lol!

One of the first places we stopped at was the Japanese bakery called Pastry House Hippo.
They had the most cutest little pastries inside!

I really should have gotten this panda one for my babe!♥ 

Yummy fruit sandwiches!

Doraemon!!!!

They even had the most adorable Rilakkuma clock inside! (Which I conveniently didn't get a picture of -_-)

I got the most delicious Strawberry cake from the bakery:

Took the picture after I got home :D

What I love about Japanese sweets is how they always just put just enough sugar inside, so that the taste isn't too unbareable. Just perfect! (＾▽＾)



After that we stopped by the food court section to eat!
I got a delicious cappuccino flavor bubble tea:

I really think I am becoming addicted to this beverage. ^o^



My mom ordered a teriyaki Japanese style burger from a place in the food court called Gabutto Burger...and it was SO. GOOD. *drools*

Japanese style burgers are much much different than American style ones as you can see. I'd say the most interesting, and probably tasty part of the burger is the bun, which is actually a slightly sweet rice cake. The meat was actually made of pork instead of beef, which I'm not too fond of....

....nevertheless, I was still pretty upset that I didn't order one. 

I also tried my sister's Salmon croquette which was also good! (And that I also convieniently didn't get a picture of. Grrr!!!! >=/)



Afterwards we shopped about in the grocery section and I also checked out the book store!

What I got in the grocery section:

Picked up some Hi-chew and Hello Kitty fruit candy for Panda and Brittany as well. 

Mmm that melon soda was so good!

One of the best things about the bookstore is that they sold Japanese gyaru magazines!!!
So of course, I had to get one:

I also got a cute rilakkuma marker to go along with it :D

What made it even better is that their prices were WAY cheaper than online!! 
Flipping through EGG was pretty intriging, as one section even spoke about personal sexual adventures and escapades that the readers sent in!! lol 

I also picked up a cute Hello Kitty cell charm there too:

On the way back to Milwaukee, we saw the most beautiful sunset.

Luckily I was able to get some photos of it:

I had an awesome time there, and really enjoyed all the goodies I had. I was pretty sad that I couldn't bring Brittany and Panda along or meet up with Ari-chan. But I definitely plan on going back since it's fairly close!

Oh! And I forgot to show what gifts I got for my birthday as well:

Gorgeous purse my panda bought me!:

Little Twin Stars notepad as gift from Sanrio.com:

Make-up goodies from my sister and niece!
Poetica fragrance by Kat Von D
Sephora lipgloss in 'Delicacy'
Sally Hansen Color Quick nail pen in 'Green Chrome'
Sally Hansen Color Quick nail pen in 'Pink Chrome':



BIIIG strawberry pillow from my mom!:

And a pretty pretty pink package from Brittany!!!:

This even included Harajuku Lover's 'Love' perfume, which smells amazing! And the girl on the bottle is wearing the cutest lolita dress! Extremely happy ^O^

Thanks again to those reading who got me gifts! I love them all and I couldn't be more thankful. ^_^

So that was that! A pretty awesome way to ring in 22 years if you ask me!
I'll have more updates soooon!! Thanks for reading♥