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!! ♥

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♥