Outings, Recent gets and Health Issues =S

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? C:

I hope this entry doesn't sound rushed because I am kind of in a hurry. But I just wanted to share with you guys some recent gets, outings, recipes I've made and kind of talk a bit about some serious health issues I've been having.

Sooooo....leegggo!

On March 2nd, my eldest nephew turned 16!♥

He's the one on the left lol  :D

To celebrate we all went to eat at a yummy bbq restaurant called Famous Daves. 

It was a pretty big crowd, pretty much all of my family, his friends and my fiance were there!

I decided to go for a edgy style that night:

(Weird poses I know, but I was cold and the sun was in my eyes >.<)

Hat: Not sure

Sleeve: Hot Topic
Top: Dots

Jeans: Kohls
Shoes: Target
Skull waistwrap: Kohls

At the restaurant I had a delicious barbeque pulled chicken sandwich with cheese and a side of macaroni along with a giant root beer float!

We came back that night and enjoyed a yummy delicious ice cream cake:

It was a really fun night! And I'm happy for my nephew, he's really come a long way ^_^

I've also been making some yummy dishes lately. There is a place in my town that offers cooking classes so I am preparing to sign up for them for sure!!

I made Chicken Madarin Orange Stir fry:

It was delicious! There was chicken broccoli, mandarin oranges, orange peppers, yellow peppers, red onions, bean pockets and mandarin orange sauce.

I served it along with a side of white rice and fruit juice. :D

I was inspired by another gaijin gyaru, Shun, to make this yummy ramen!



I put green onions, boiled egg, carrot and smoked sausage inside and it really made it taste a lot better than the usual plain old ramen! ♥

Panda reeeeeeaaally loved it, it was so cute watching him slurp up the noodles so fast lol.

Also my gal pal Brittany came over and we made tuna-mayo onigiri for the for the first time!

We used sticky short grained Japanese rice, sushi vinegar, tuna, wasabi, Japanese mayo and seaweed wraps. :D

Mixing tuna and mayo together!

Sticky fluffy rice!

It was loads of fun and O. M. G. So friggin yummy! :D

Turned out pretty good for our first time!

Brittany also took the cutest picture with my niece Kaylee that I was babysittng:

Lol they both are so happy! :D

I used the leftover onigiri and made a cute little bento out of it.

Lol so cute <3

A few weekends ago I met up with my friend Liana after a few years!

I got Banana and Strawberry Banana bubble teas while I waited for her:

I was shocked that she was nice enough to get me two shell necklaces!♥

They bring me back to my earthy style that I had back in high school lol.

It was so good seeing her. C:

Then it was on to clothes shopping!!

Got these at sears on clearance for only $7.99

Also got this from sears! Can't wait to wear this in the summer!

These I bought from Discovery Clothing for reeeeally low prices.
I love how high waisted shorts look on me!

I also got the cuuutest panties at Victoria's Secret thanks to a panty coupon given to me by Brittany!

I looove cute panties, makes me feel SUPER sexay <3

Lastly I stopped by World Market and saw a yummy melon soda so I had to get it.

I also saw a cute strawberry jam!

It is so good, and I loved the vintage packaging, :3

All in all, I'd say it was a nice two weekends. Now I have to prepare for my coworker's engagement party and the tea shop panda and I are going to on Saturday!

Now I want to mention something about my health. Now as you know, I am a private person and I prefer to keep this 90% interests and 10% emotional. But I really think I should get this out there, because I want to keep whomever may read this blog informed about what's going on.

So I've had these symptoms for a long time and though I haven't been officially diagnosed, I'm pretty convinced that I have hyperthyroidism.

Hyperthyroidism is an issue when your thyroid gland, which is in your neck, produces too much thyroid hormone which causes things in your immune system and over-all heath to become compromised. 

It can be caused by Graves' disease, but there is also a link between hyperthyroidism and hormonal birth control, which is what I was taking for 3 months before I started having the symptoms. Seeing a doctor was delayed for a looooong frikkin time, mainly because of  insurance issues and finances, but I'll finally be able to see a doctor in April and figure out what's going on...because again, this is just speculation.

Long term untreated hyperhyroidism can cause a lot of serious problems so if this is what it  is I'm really glad I'm about to get it checked out. I must admit, whatever this is has taken it's toll on my over-all heath, body and mental/emotional viewpoints and reactions. I cannot sleep at night because of panic attacks and I am tired often, and my body aches a lot throughout the day. I get nauseous numerous times throughout the day, causing me to have to stop whatever I'm doing and sit down for 5 minutes. It's affected my work and relationship development as well as making me unmotivated for sooo many things. One of those things is gyaru, which I haven't been motivated to create a co-ord or do make in the longest time since I've started the style. And as some may have noticed, I've lost a dramatic amount of weight in a short time period. Not good, not good :(

So that's pretty much the most of it. I will keep you guys posted about it all and let you know what the dr. says! As I said I'm hoping it wont be something that will take too long to take care of. If you have any questions feel free to ask..and please keep me in your prayers because I need them!! :D

Anyway, thanks so much for reading this post. ^__^ I'll be back soon with even more updates, so ttyl!

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♥