2/26 - Pure Yap - Life update + Less buying (fr this time) + Robe de Fleurs / Kyaba Dresses / DW... still love MA*RS Agejo

I thought it might just been good to put all my thoughts in a blog because after Katsucon, a lot has happened in my personal life good and bad and other things i'm coming to terms with, BUT I'm starting a new chapter on March 1st, and life is going to be good.

First off... I am moving! If you told me Sunday night when I was out with my friend in Boston that I'd have keys to a new apartment the next weekend I'd be shocked. My friend EJ and I were planning on moving to Providence around this time and had an apartment lined up, but it fell through so this past month we've been revving up our search for apartments. We've been doing tours and had scheduled more for this upcoming weekend, but on Monday a listing we reached out to asked if we could send an application as they only wanted to allow qualified applicants to tour, and usually we were like ehhh but this time I said "fuck it, lets do it." we applied, the landlord liked our applications, and we toured it later Monday, and it was exactly what we were looking for, plus an added bonus it's on the side of the city I was really interested in moving to.

Now you're probably like "girl... this weekend already? have you packed?" nope. Not one bit. I am still trying to figure out the best gameplan on moving my stuff over the month of March. I'm really lucky my parents are so amazing and have 1) let me move back in after my last apartment turned into construction grifting hell and 2) are allowing me to move out over the month of March vs all in one day. It's saving me stress of trying to do this all last minute.

With the focus being on moving and setting up utilities, I'm going to basically be commuting back and forth for a while from my parents to my apartment, so there might not be a lot of times I go out this month. But once we're moved in, we have a whole new side of the city to explore that I never touched when I last lived in Providence!!

Which also gets into... I have to tone back on purchases in general. I just made my last and final "this is my gift for getting an apartment and my birthday" haul. But with moving, I now am back to having to pay rent, electric/gas, and internet. I think moving back in with my parents gave me extra income to splurge on myself, but now It's like... no more of that! I make great money at my job and I think this next chapter I need to work on saving money, paying off debt, and working on being more... adult? That won't stop me from having fun of course, but I just have to not buy very expensive things. This also just means trinkets... most of my purchases have been going towards trinkets... and cons. I had to cancel my trip to Zenkaikon this month because of the move, and I think it'll be good for me to do that. I do have Dashcon 2 in July up in Toronto, but that I already have my cosplay for, so nothing else to buy.

And THAT is funny to say just because I am now kind of obsessed with Kyaba dresses. Ofc they're a thing you see in Koakuma Ageha but Kyaba =/= Agejo. I mean according to research, Agejo is just the people that are fans/readers of Koakuma Ageha LMAO (The models were/are called Agemo!!) Specifically, I got a Robe De Fleurs dress I had been starting at for months at this point and my god. It is amazing. I wore it out this past weekend and got lots of compliments... But my god Robe De Fleurs is expensive... I was like "am I buying scalped kyaba for 100 usd?" Actually no. That's like... half of the retail price for that brand... damn... I have a few older more simple dresses I got at 20-30 each, and I want to wear them out more too. But DONT WORRY... I still plan to wear out all the MA*RS i've collected, I definitely think after moving I want to work on doing more Agejo fits out and about. There's just something very... like empowering about being in a Kyaba dress. Most of the feelings I have kind of link to things I only talk about in therapy though so I will not delve more. 

It is wednesday... but I am so physically exhausted from the whirlwind I am staying home today. My mom told me I didn't look excited to move yesterday and I was like "mom I am extremely excited but this past week has been such a whirlwind I am too tired for any more extreme emotion". lol. 

For any readers who check in, you guys are pretty cool, thank you :)