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!!

And if you made it to the end... the one photo from Stamford. No context required.

11/14 - Cupcake Forme at a Comic Con

Wow I accidentally published the blog on 11/11 WHOOPS!!!! I finished writing it on 11/14 but no one really reads unless I post on my story lol!

 Today is a short little blog while I talk about my first attempt at a lolita coordinate in like....... 11 years !!

So, this past weekend was Rhode Island Comic Con; even though I live very close to it, after 2023, I decided to swear off the con as it was just TOO MUCH!!!!! It's very crowded. 

However... my friend Teddy asked if I wanted to come for a day, and I was like sure why not! EJ was originally going to come too as Data, and I was going to be a ... very youthful Picard.  However, EJ could not make it so I was like... no point in being Picard!

I was struggling on what to wear, I own a lot of costumes, but due to the con layout and congestion issues, I didn't really want to wear a costume that would be big, bulky, or uncomfortable.  So that basically took like... all the options I had off the table. I did keep looking at my squirrel party JSK and thinking "should I do an ita-esque lolita coord". And I gave in and decided to.

For some context, about 11 years ago I got my first ever lolita dress, a pink squirrel party OP!! I really never had a chance to give it justice as I was only wearing it at home, and once for halloween. I ended up giving the dress to a friend who wore j-fashion more than I did, but I always ended up regretting it as if I had it now, I'd still wear it.

This past year at some cons I've noticed some booths selling older bodyline JSKs, but not in the colorways I wanted (though... kind of looking for a black one eventually LOL!) I was doing a lot of serarching second hand, and a few weeks ago, I got myself a blue squirrel party JSK! I had to get it all the way from Korea LMFAO! 

The true challenge was figuring out how to style it. I actually have an order from a lolita reselling site (Yes I could've done taobao for all the pieces but the middle man aspect was really nice), and I got some shoes, blouse, new petticoat, etc.). The issue is I lumped them all in with some pre-orders, so none of it is coming until probably January!! I also have a blouse coming this thursday... but none in time for the con. I decided if I found a cheap blouse at savers, I'd do an "ita" coordinate. I know that this coordinate really isn't all to like... go crazy about LOL! 

Some thoughts on my styling:

• I didn't realize how much poof a proper petticoat needs. I actually am wearing my 11 year old petticoat from the first time I was wearing my dress and then I ended up using my Vina of the Valley Super Poofy Dress as additional petticoat... like a LOT of Poof.
• Hate the lower half. I originally was going to use my fleece lined tights but I could not find them to save me.  The shoes were just ones that sooort of worked and I got them at savers. It turns out the pink in this dress is more purple toned than pastel pink so it's like... not perfect... but I think the overpowering blue sooort of helped.
• I didn't accessorize a lot and relied on my prisilas and make to add a bit more **ooomph** to the look. It worked a little I think, but I would like to play around with more accessories in the future. 
• The blouse was OK for a last minute purchase. I actually bought it at savers because neither blouse I ordered showed up in time LMFAO!!!! 
• Put on nails. Lost half of them. One of them ended up on the sweet lolita I met and they returned it to my later. Bless them... Ya girl will figure out pressons one day.

Make was cute though! I realized I hadn't been tanning and I was like AAGHHHH!!!

Overall the comic con was crowded but I still had fun!! Some highlights were 1) meeting this fellow diva in SUUUCH a cuute coord and we realized our shoes matched!! Their dress was also so cute and I'm like SOOO tempted to find one myself!! We talked a lot abt where we got our stuff and took a cute picture and AGH!!!!! Love fashion divas!!!

Also Day and I found each other and were like ???? and realized it makes sense as we are like... 2 of the 4 RI gyaru to exist to my knowledge. One day the RI gyaru will have a meetup!! But it was so good to run into them!!!! 

And then my con group and I found some lunch, sat and ate, and then I tried getting in line to meet Rainn Wilson and there were like 100 people in line so I just went to the mall and karaoke later LOL!!! We also were going to try and meet Don Bluth who we found out cancelled, but it was ok! I think overall it was fun. Maybe if I go for a day again I'd do either Friday or Sunday, Saturdays are just a lot!!

Ok!!!! bye bye!!