Brithday outing, recent gets and BIG NEWS! *(*´∀｀*)☆

 

Hey everyone! How’s everyone enjoying this changing fall season?
I for one am a little excited about fall…I love wearing big sweaters and scarves, yummy pumpkin lattes, fall colors, hot tea and cider…it’s slowly becoming one of my favorite seasons.
And the best part is that I’ll finally get to start looking for cute fall and winter clothes! (●´∀｀●)

I wanted to blog about an outing I had a few Saturdays ago for my friend Brittany’s birthday.
This is a very late entry, but better late than never right? :D

I went for a glamorous hime look.

Head piece: Handmade by Rose Chan

Earrings: Curvys

Dress: D.E.B

Leggings: Target

Boots: Yumetenbo
Purse: Coquettish Tiara

I love how the bow complimented the outfit!

I got Brittany a cute pair of earrings from curvy’s as a gift:

The top pair is hers and the bottom is mine.
I was so happy she liked them! ♡

We headed out to her favorite restaurant, Mongolian grill.

This was my first time going there, and I really liked how the restaurant was set up. It was all you can eat and there were sooo many great options to choose from! You just put your favorite stir fry mixture in a bowl and they grill it right in front of you.

I got beef noodles with cilantro, bean sprouts, onions, Mongolian bbq sauce, cabbage and a bunch of other things I can’t even remember! (I kind of went crazy lol):

It was really good and I was super impressed!
Later we headed out to the mall to do a little shopping and browsing around.


I love all the cross print that’s been out lately!

We went to forever21 and I found the cutest floral hime-ish brush set for only $4!


I was shocked that Brittany hadn’t been to the bubble tea place there so I quickly introduced her:

She got the really huge coffee one and I got banana flavor! Soo good~ ♡

I had a great time celebrating my bestie’s birthday.  I REALLY wanna slap myself for not getting a picture because she looked amazing(ノД`)・゜・。  but there will be other times! Only one more year til we get drunk! Lmao
 (*｀▽´)_旦~~

I also was able to splurge a little on a few things after reeeaaally long dry spell of my money simply going to bills only, which felt really good!
I got a la pafait bolero from the gyaru sales group on facebook for only $20!:

It’s actually quite warm!  I absolutely love it and I’ve already got BIG plans for it!  ♡

Cute bear chain for my phone:

Some etude house cosmetic items (won them for only $3 even on ebay free shipping!):

 

Cute bow sweater from dreamv:

cute bow on the back too^^



Leg warmers and shoes from Dreamv:

 

 Back:

 

These items were quite warm as well! Began sweating just after trying them on lol

Cute bunny tights:

 They have a cute little bunny tail on the back! Σ(・ω・`|||)

I was also able to pick up a couple of my favorite strawberry flavored snacks as well as a copy of November’s Koakuma Ageha!:

This issue comes with a free Liz Lisa make-up/pencil case.  ♡
The make up in this issue is amazing, so much inspo that I’ll be using for the upcoming months *(*´∀｀*)☆
It felt good to do a little bit of shopping ^_^


And lastly everyone…I have REEEEALLLY BIG NEWS!
So first off….I have some really good news and I also have some kinda bad news as well.
BUT I try to stay optimistic lol…so I’ll begin with the good news first, which is…….

I’ll be starting school this upcoming January!!
＼(^▽^＠)ノ
I’m SO excited to finally be starting this next chapter of my life! For those who know me, you know I’ve gone back and forth for years trying to figure out what I wanted to do for a career ( going from being a cosmetologist to a flight attendant, from psychology to nail design and even a paralegal 0.o) and I’ve finally found out what it is, which is baking and cooking. :D

I’ll be attending Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) in January 2014 studying to get an associates degree in baking and pastry arts. When I graduate, I will be certified as a pastry chef! :D
I look forward to getting back into the college lifestyle. Of course there are some things I’m not looking forward to (like math, exams, essays, presentations, annoying people and group work T__T) but I’m really hopeful about this experience as a whole. I ask that you all please wish me the very best of luck….I wont give up and I’ll definitely do my best! ♡

And now for the kinda sorta bad news. 
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Valentine's Day Treats! *(*´∀｀*)☆

Hello everyone! How are you all doing? 

Well today there was yet ANOTHER snow storm here in Milwaukee.  -__- This time there seemed to be more snow than the last storm, because when I went outside it went up to my ankles.

So pretty, but so cold! 

I like the snow, but once again I chose a day like this to update my blog and tell you about all the yummy things I've eaten lately!

As you all know, Valentine's Day day arrived! ღ*~ ღThis holiday makes me think of sweets, pink, hearts and love...four things that I love so much! 

Although me and Panda had to work on Valentine's Day   we enjoyed it by celebrating it the night before at home!  We enjoyed it by having a beautiful romantic dinner made by yours truly.

For my #2 dish of yumminess for the month of February, I made heart-shaped chicken pot pie with rice pilaf and served it with pink moscato.

I was so happy the heart shape turned out nice! (Besides the bottom lol)

Later we added heart-shaped ice cubes to the moscato.

I used my older sister's recipe for the pot-pie, and Panda loved it! I'm planning on making it again soon...it's just that good.

Now onto gifts!

Panda got me a giant teddy bear and a chocolate box!
He brought the humongous bear up to my job and gave it to me in front of everyone. That made my heart really melt. Panda and I don't really get to spend much time together because of our jobs, but when we do we always make it count.♥

For week #3 of my February baking I was supposed to make an all natural strawberry milkshake and a pink lady cake, but unfortunately I got the flu! Every since then I've been super busy, so I am going to try and make the cake this weekend.

Thankfully I did end up making the strawberry shake for Panda and I!

I borrowed this recipe since it used real strawberries and not strawberry flavor.

They were really really good! 

In the next coming weeks I will finish up my Valentine's day treats which include Pink Lady Cake, Heart Shaped Whoopie Pies and Chocolate Covered Pretzels. Yum! 

Besides all of the Love-themed cooking I've been doing, I've also sampled other love themed treats as well all throughout the month of February!

I kind of went crazy and tried almost everything I saw, lol 

A delicious box of chocolate that I treated myself to from my job.
Oh was it yummy!♥ And the packaging was gorgeous:

Bought heart-shaped rice crispies:

Heart marshmallows and Pink/Red candy and candy dishes:

(not sure why it's upside down lol)

Heart shaped doughnut:

Yeah...I was disappointed when I found out it wasn't filled! 
But I should stop eating these things anyway, lol.


Last but not least I want to show you some of my buys from the last couple of weeks!

Got the cutest love shojo keychain from Starlight Deco Dream!: 

Rilakkuma pill cases:

Cute shoes (kinda Hime style):



Spilled coffee on my stockings :'(

My Melody wastebasket:

My Melody calendar:

And I also have new hair!

I adore the gradient colors!

Well my dears that's about it for this post. See you all soon and thanks for reading!! ♥