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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Himekaji Amateur Photoshoot! ~(｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

Hey everyone! How are you all? I hope all is well! :D

I just wanted to do a short blog post on a little amateur photo-shoot that I did with my panda this past weekend!

It was reeeaaally hot outside and he had to work in a few hours but since I'd finally gotten the chance to dress up and it was such a clear day, I decided to take some really good photos. ∩( ・ω・)∩

 

(These were before the shoot)

We walked to a park that's nearby and set up the tripod and camera!(´∀`)

I decided to go for a himekaji co-ord because I found that this is my main gyaru style. ♥

Every outfit that I wear is going to have a "dolly" or "princess-y" element to it, which is why I've chosen to consider my style as mostly himekaji with some kurogyaru mixed in. I'm really happy that I've found a sub-style of gyaru that I can fit into very well!

Top: Sears (my friend sydnaye has the same one! ♥)

Shorts: Target

Bow chain (on shorts): Handmade by me c:

Heart heels: Yumetenbo
Beret: Curvys
Bow clip (on beret): Amke
Bag: Forever 21
Earrings: Kohls
Necklace: Target
Bracelet: Discovery

I was surprised that sears would sell such a "gyaru-esque" top! haha

I was really glad we chose this park because it has such a peaceful and serene vibe to it. <3 Also the scenery was absolutely beautiful. Panda and I always joke about how Totoro lives there, lol (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

^Panda suggested that I do my legs like this! It's such a cute pose to me (;ﾞ°´ω°´)

 

The reason that I chose my fiance` to do the photoshoot is because he has such an amazing artistic eye that's out of this world! He can draw and paint really well, so I figured he'd be good with artistic photography too and he was.♥

It was amusing walking to the different places around the park while we were doing the shoot haha xD Because I'm a really flashy person compared to panda, so I was walking around in this flashy stylish outfit and he had on only a white t-shirt, black sweatpants and a black baseball cap while carrying around a tripod...I told him he looked like a paparazzi trying to take shots of a celebrity! lolol “ヽ(´▽｀)ノ”

^Played around with a filter lol xD

I'm really pleased with the pictures and even though this was all kind of rushed they really did come out beautifully! ^__^ I think I conveyed my look very well with the poses and atmosphere and want to do that a lot more from now on in my photos. Hopefully next time I get to have him in some of the pictures since we used a tripod and I have an automatic shutter on my camera.

Anyhoo that's all I have for today! I have a big Yumetenbo haul (well...sort of big =S) coming up pretty soon, I'm just waiting to receive my items. So be expecting a post about that pretty soon, as well as about a whole bunch of other things going on right now as well! ^_~

 

Thanks for reading, be back soon! ♥