1/11 - Oh you thought I was going back to Boston? No. New York City.

Let's switch it up chat. I've gone to Boston a lot... so why not a lil trip to the big apple?! I hadn't gone to NYC since a very cursed 2019 experience, so when I was asked to join for Ally's birthday shenanigans, I was like YEAH!!!!! WAHOO!!!!!! The day before I went and picked up my friend Gabi and we headed to their family home close to NYC to stay there for two nights. No hotel needed... love that. We also hung out with our friend Olivia in Stamford for a bit but I took no photos... actually I took one... but go to the end of the blog for that.

The idea was to dress up cute because we were going to a fancy tea store. So I pulled out the big guns... Angelic Pretty dress and a fresh tan. (Literally did it the night before so my hands were AUUUGH but it is ok that's what happens when I put off tanning until the last min).

I know I am an agejo girlie, but I also have been really into the idea of himegyaru/himelolita. Doing some research into various dresses I saw this AP dress and I was like wow. Would love this. And then I went and found i secondhand in China with the matching necklace and headpiece and wow!!! It is so cute. I will be wearing this LOTS. This is a repeat outfit for SURE. I've also been enjoying the concept of brown eyes. I do love having blue eyes, but I feel like for the more cutesy princess looks, I enjoy brown eyes. Does this make ANY SENSE? I doubt it.

I will say I do want to invest in some cute socks and wrist cuffs. Surprisingly I didn't hate the white tights, but I did buy pink socks and pink tights but the tones of pink were off and I was NOT doing that... no...

So!!!!! After we got dressed, my friend Gabi and I drove over to Ally's house, gave her gifts, and us and our final party member, Luke, drove over to the local MTA station and hopped on the train to NYC!!

Our first stop was a cute lil tea place in Koreatown!! I love tea so I was so happy to down a few cups of black tea to keep awake. I got this mango tea that was like... tasty asf. I don't expect tea to be tasty so I was confused I could taste the mango but also surprised. I got some fries and a cheesecake, and everyone got some food and Ally got this super cute dessert tray with a creme brulee and that helped me remember creme brulee exists and now I want some. Yum....

Also we got free cans of redbull (broke my no energy drink streak after like 2 months but its ok LOL). and while we waited for our tea Luke put the can in his cup LMAOOO

Also some cute photos of me!!

After food, we went shopping for a bit before our scheduled museum trip. I was expecting to spend a lot of money in NYC, but I only bought a few things.

1) GFriend Season of Memories album, but it's the glass bead. UGHH MY ISO IS MINE YESSSSSS ITS SO GOOD. I'm so glad I got it.

2) A water from Teso Life. I dragged our group in there to get an idea and it's just like... reiwatakiya or taos...

3) All the cororo peach gummies from miniso. If you notice a lack of cororo peach gummies just know it was probably me.... love those gummies...

There was a LOT of cute stuff but I kept holding off. I will say just due to timing we couldn't explore a lot but thats ok!! I learned you really gotta like plan out NYC or plan more time to just walk around.

We then had a fun time at the museum of illusions!! It's a smaller spot but it's so cute!!!! I took many pics with the group and it was so fun. I'm gonna do a photo spam at the end. After the museum we headed back for pizza and cake and it was so fun!! At the end of the trip I was like "damn that was short" and they were all like "oh shit right you're not from here". but it was all ok!!! 1) Ally's birthday so Ally's rules. 2) I can always come back lol. To my friends, they live near NYC so a trip to NYC is like a trip to Boston for me. I hit a few spots and head home.

Overall, an amazing trip! In a way I gained a softer spot for Boston thought because NYC is a whole different city than Boston. Like I was only there for 3 hours and though I was like "wow it's short." I was also like "WOW THIS IS A LOT..."

Ok!!! Photo spam now!!