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.

1/11 - Boston in December Part 3 - the new years eve shenanigans

 Ya girl loved Boston in December. Which is crazy because I assumed I just hated Boston as for awhile I was just like not having the best experiences there. I mean AB 2025 was OK, but I didn't expect much. My first two Boston december trips were WONDERFUL so I was hopeful the third trip would be just as good!

This time around, I went to Boston with my friend Jordan as were attending Vicki and Dan's wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WEDDINGS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL and I knew this wedding was going to be fan-fucking-tastic as I love Vicki and Dan so much AND since it was a New Years Eve wedding, it was gonna be SO GOOD!!! They had events that spanned over 3 days, so we got to Boston on the 30th.

Also like disclaimer yall I forgot to take like barely any photos at the functions. The functions to me were about connecting and having fun (nod emoji goes here) and also we were requested to not utilize phones at the ceremony (nod emoji goes here). The wedding? Beautiful. Vicki? STUNNING. GORGEOUS. Dan? Looking hella great. 

So more of this blog will be more of what I wore, what I did, etc.

So when we got there on the 30th, I went ahead and got changed and did my hair and make for the pre-wedding get together social. The dress code was "smart casual" which to me, I had no idea what that meant... but the good news... EmiriaWiz is close enough I think! I have this tweed set that just kits a lil oddly on me, but paired with black boots, black blouse, and a black jacket, I think it worked super well! No nails here because lazy.

The event was super fun as I got to see a lot of people I hadn't seen in like... 2 years? It was so nice!! Lots of yapping, met some wonderful people including a stunning fashion diva whose name I am forgetting... ARGH!!!!!

And then we went to bed... I woke up as the early riser in the friendship duo and decided while Jordan slept in, I'd go on an adventure to.... you guessed it. Newbury street. I actually needed to stop there because I wanted to get my friend Ally some good Hachiware gifts + I wanted to get some more chiikawa nails. For myself, I ended up picking up some hachiware nails at reiwatakiya and the tirtir cushion foundation from Tao's. 

Then I had the great idea to take the subway to the reiwatakiya in brookline only to realize it opened at like. 1 pm. and it was 12pm. So I ended up walking through a local neighborhood to the buffalo exchange and found 25 dollars on the ground? A crisp 20. A crisp 5. What the fuck? More on these bills later in the story.

Didn't find anything at buffalo exchange, and then walked to reiwatakiya and picked up more hachiware nails (for Ally this time) and an eyeshadow palette for me! I also then stopped at a random store to buy a necklage because I forgot mine. Whoops. It's super cute so I will be wearing it more for sure. Then my phone was on like 10% so I got back to the hotel, charged phone, and then Jordan and I went to grab some food. We sat by the window and people watched and commented on everyone's fashion choices.

I realized I never wrote about the dollar bills. I owed jordan 25 bucks for lunch so I gave it to him and we laughed. lol. 

Afterwards, we headed back to our hotel to get ready for the wedding!!!!! Since it was NYE the dress code was gowns and suits and like... what wedding guests wear. I always struggle to dress for weddings and find the right outfit, but I found this dress on mercari JP and it was like whoa!!!! So cool!!! 

Before I spam the good pics I'll wrap up the talking portion here to reiterate the wedding was so beautiful and so fun, and the post wedding brunch was so nice too! Though I didn't take many pictures it so wonderful to witness the beautiful wedding... congrats to Vicki and Dan for real!!!!!!!!! I wish you both all the best!!!! 

Also one of the performers looked like Pitbull and about 5-10 people told me I should take his job. I love the fact people know me for that. 

OK!!! That's all the text. Spamming the pics below now. Personally, my best look in 2025 me thinks.

1/11 - Boston in December Part 2 Electric Boogaloo - Gal meet!!!

I am so behind blogging Boston trips and you know how I know that? I have another one next week and I haven't even blogged either last week of December!! 

Ya girl went to a gal meet in boston!!! Jules / misslotusgal on insta had posted about a meetup and I was like whoa... a meetup I can actually make it to!!!!! So I was super excited to go!!

I was cursed with 2 things right before the meet: Allergies and Snow. Hacking up a lung due to dry mouth and not being able to really wear agejo as it was cold and icy!! But with some allergy meds and a chiikawa inspiration, I was able to come up with a cute outfit and make for the event!!

My initial idea was to go full alba baka w the darich boots, but I ended up putting on a chiikawa shirt and put some chiikawa nail stickers on my face to match my chiikawa purse! (It needs a wash.) I think for a casual code, it was super cute. 

Also thank you Jules for the sick pics at the bottom, and to Morefun for some amazing lighting. Love Morefun.

I didn't take a lot of photos of the day, but it was super duper fun!! We met up at the mall and flipped through mags and chatted about inspo, gal life, etc etc, and then we went shopping!!!!!! From cookies to tea to photobooths to cosmetics stores, it was all so fun!!! I was nervous as I had no idea how many gals would be there or what the vibe would be, but similarly to my trip with Erin, I feel like we all hit it off very well!! Also we were all in the same age range which was so nice too!!! I also offered to host a meet for the Spring in Providence (nod emoji) so I'm going to work on putting together times closer to March once I figure out my work schedule for my night time job. 

I had a lot of fun!! I'm going to post all the other pictures I took below!!! 

I love the GIF versions so much hehe....

12/5 - December in Boston pt 1 - a joint diva slay in Boston w/ Erin!!!!!!

 YAAA I have enough time right now to blog about my trip with Erin on Wednesday!!!!!! I'll probably end up making a second post to share the fun camera photos we got once I remember to upload them to my computer ... hopefully Sunday.

SO!!!! One of my lovely friends Erin was in the MA area awhile back and we had messaged about New England culture, and she mentioned she would be in Boston later in the year and I was like... omg do you wanna hang?! Erin is sooo sweet and fun and I am always down to hang out with my cool moots so I was so happy she was down to hang!!!! We ended up deciding on Wednesday because I had work related things to do Thurs/Fri, so a fun mid-week hangout was in order!!!

I almost changed my outfit last minute to my new Angelic Pretty dress, however, I didn't have any good shoes to do the dress justice, and I knew we'd be walking around in the cold wet land of Boston, so I decided to stick with my original plan to wear my BabyMetalClub dress with my furry white coat and boots. It was a very cutieful look... (I am stealing this word from Cindy... it's so fun... cutieful...)

I did put on press on nails later on the train ride there!! I also use the last of my 15.0 mm daily lenses..... I'm kind of tempted to make an order of some more because my yearlies are cute n all... but daily lenses are good for really long days of lens wearing. I also enjoy blue and green lenses... mayhaps I'll get the loveil purple ones too... yes... 

I also tanned the night before!! I did the bondi sands gold so you dont have to wash it off and it's not going to have a lot of brown residue... but the smell will persist. I smell like self tan + yog nog body spray these days...

After I got off the train, I waited for Erin by a Tatte and I realized... wait what is Erin wearing. I know Erin usually has such a cool aesthetic of dark colors and office siren, but oh god everyone wears dark colors here... 

Also a man came up to me and told me he thanked god he god to see me, and then he just went about his day. I may be a lesbian but that's a good pickup line imo.

but then I saw her in the distance... the diva herself!!! And we ran to eachother and hugged and we clicked INSTANTLY!!!! Erin is just such a wonderful human being... ARGHH!!! I LOVE IT!!! We both ended up getting cheesecakes and then I revealed the fun part of our trip... I BROUGHT MY CAMERA!!! I don't mention I own a Canon camera a lot because I just forget about it a lot LOL!!! We also decided to walk through Newbury street and see what was out there. 

Now, this is where the fun parts come in... I remember we started the walk and I said "usually I just walk past all the stores because there is nothing really cute" and then we both gasped at the sight of a french girly store... IT WAS SO CUTE IN THERE... I had to restrain from buying any cute clothes because I have so many... so many clothes... 

Erin actually did the coolest thing and found a skirt that better fit with her outfit, so she bought it and changed into it! the store staff was so sweet for letting her do that!! and we took the first of many mirror pictures together!! Erin is so good at remembering to take pictures bc yall know me... I DO NOT!!! LOL!!! 

Also if they are crunchier than normal we blame my phone. Sometimes my phone makes the photos crunchy.

And then another store... and another store... many stores... many pictures... many fun!! Also I have to say Erin is so good at posing and taking pictures, I learned a lot!!!!! 

The shopping highlights were:

1) Erin and I bought matching earmuffs!! She was looking for earmuffs and there were exactly two pairs, one black and one white, so we both got one to match... very cutieful... yes...

2) MET FASHION DIVA JOLIE!!!! Jolie was working at one of the stores we stopped in and she was SOOO SWEET!!! there is a photo of the three of us out there... the divas... YES!! We talked a lot about fashion and the need for more fashion divas in Boston. I definitely will be planning on seeing Jolie again and hanging out she is SOO SWEET!!!! The fun part is we were trying to get into another store and we went to the wrong door but we were like welp... lets come in here anyways... and THANK GOODNESS WE DID!!!!!

3) There are like way more asian beauty shops and anime shops than there used to be and it was so nice!! We stopped into MoreFun, Reiwatakiya, Tao, and Anime Goods. We also got to take pictures at MoreFun, Tao and Reiwatakiya too!!!

I just love how Erin and I have different aesthetics but we still matched very well!!!! We got a lot of compliments!!!! It was so fun!!!!

We then went to Sarvo for some indian food, and after that, some more shopping, and then we walked to Chinatown because why not!!! We stopped for tea took photos on my camera, walked back, and sat and chatted at the mall for awhile until it was time for me to get my train. It really just felt like we were friends for years at that point. I definitely want to hang out again in the future, Erin is just sooo fun and such a sweetheart!!!

And then I went home, walked to karaoke, sang a song, and then my friend Jordan drove me back to my house and my god my legs were on fire at that point... but I had so much fun!!!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!!!! Lets do this again... yes....