tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434073628123189002024-02-18T19:10:27.740-08:00Bat-tyKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-67547732553159296392017-09-21T23:41:00.002-07:002017-09-21T23:41:48.139-07:00Kawaii or DieDon't be alarmed by the title and bare with me as I tell my story! Just go with me guys~ <span style="color: red;"><b>(Me editing this two years from when I first wrote it)</b></span><br />
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<b>The Backstory</b></div>
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A couple of years ago, just after I became a adult <span style="color: red;"><b>(I was over 18 years old, which in America meant I was a adult)</b></span>, me and my family went to Disney World. Imagine <strike>my</strike> <span style="color: red;"><b>how </b></span>excite<span style="color: red;"><b>d I was</b></span> <strike>at</strike> going when I <strike>am</strike> <span style="color: red;"><b>was</b></span> an adult and I c<span style="color: red;"><b>ould</b></span> go and do anything, and how amazing I was going to look compared to when I went when I was around 17! I was excited to say the least, and I had this idea about how things were going to go. I was going to go to the parks and be noticed for once! I was going to lounge on the deck and scope out cute people while they checked me out. It was going to be a new Disney experience. Now some of you might just be wondering why I was trying to pick someone up at Disney World? Well not just kids go there for one, and two there are workers, and lastly because it is literally any vacation story there has ever been on T.V. or the movies.</div>
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But that was not going to be my reality. At first I didn't really notice or care how I was being treated as an adult! Did I notice that all the cute and age appropriate people were ignoring me? Well yes, but I was in Disney World! I was having fun anyways and that was all that mattered!</div>
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Well fast forward to like the night of Halloween (or really close) when my relatives that lived in Orlando, also known as my uncle, and my family went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. Everything was fine at first. Just your usual night out with family. That was until the three most gorgeous women sat next to our table <span style="color: red;"><b>(Y'all how did I not realize I was gay? No seriously)</b></span>. Not only were they very pretty but they also <strike>were pretty much unclothed</strike> <span style="color: red;"><b>subscribed to sexy costumes</b></span>. <strike>Lets just say</strike> <span style="color: red;"><b>So </b></span>the sexy nurse, sexy nun, and sexy whatever came to dinner. <span style="color: red;"><b>(I am sorry for the slut shamming, honestly still can't believe I didn't realize I was gay).</b></span> For the rest of the night our table went unnoticed and these women got checked on every 5-10 minutes by a rotation of three different servers. <span style="color: red;"><b>(And me)</b></span> Needless to say my ego took a massive hit <span style="color: red;"><b>(Still)</b></span>. </div>
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Not to be mistaken, I am often the background to many people's life. <span style="color: red;"><b>(Aren't we all past Kim).</b></span> Before and after I turned eighteen I have been looked over <span style="color: red;"><b>(STILL TRUE BUT WHO CARES YA BABY)</b></span>. Most <span style="color: red;"><b>(I) </b></span>would say that once I talk people are very interested in what I have to say. Which of course is a polite way to say I don't look like much but once I get someones attention at least I can keep it because I am interesting. It is times like these that I understand what Oprah said about her past, she has always been viewed as smart rather then beautiful. This is of course not bad! Not at all! And these women who came in had no idea that they were hurting my ego and making a proud person humble, they did not set out to do this, and I understand that. However, that did not change how I felt and how I continue to feel. I honestly always feel like the consolation prize, girl number two, you couldn't get plan A so you would settle for plan B. <span style="color: red;"><b>(This whole paragraph is a clusterfuck and I gave up editing it half way through, if YOU are still reading let me just say that I realize that this is a short sighted and narcissistic view of how I interpret the world.)</b></span></div>
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I guess here would also be a good time to mention that by no means do I think I am ugly<span style="color: red;"><b> (THEN B I T C H WHAT WAS THAT LAST PARAGRAPH MY GOD)</b></span>, I know I am not<span style="color: red;"><b> (???)</b></span>. What I am saying is with my brown hair, brown eyes, 5 foot 2 frame, and 32A chest size <span style="color: red;"><b>(oh boo hoo you got a flat chest, cry me a river ya baby)</b></span> I was not striking and was easily forgettable. Did people remember me after I went away? More times then not, when I have run into old teachers or people I have met at concerts, the answer has always been yes. I am forgettable. </div>
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<b>The Story as it Stands Now</b></div>
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I have not really worried about this too much unless I <strike>am</strike> talk<strike>ing</strike> to my friends. The ones who get hit on and get asked to dates. <span style="color: red;"><b>(Why does this matter to your Story Past Kim? You literally sound like the bitter cat lady you will become)</b></span> The ones who hate it (for very good reasons it is very annoying) but they can not argue that they are ignored, that if they were to disappear no one would remember them. <span style="color: red;"><b>(My Chemical Romance playing in the background as I continue to cry about the fact my friends have told me all of this isn't true)</b></span> They do not blend into the wall. Of course when ever I bring it up they are amazing and tell me that I am beautiful, that people do notice me, everything I need to hear to sooth my soul. I don't think they are lying, but my experiences alone compared to what they tell me are contradictory. <span style="color: red;"><b>(B I T C H you make ZERO sense I swear)</b></span></div>
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But between school and life and being lazy I could never muster up the strength to try to deal with my feelings in this respect. </div>
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That brings us to the he<span style="color: red;"><b>re</b></span> and now, I am going back to Disney World in October. <span style="color: red;"><b>(It has been almost a year since this post) </b></span>And this time I refuse to be the little wall flower in the background. I don't want to be sexy or half naked for this <span style="color: red;"><b>(YES I DO WTF, Short shorts are life and you lived in them in South Dakota SO DON'T EVEN) </b></span>. I honestly would settle for not being forgettable. <span style="color: red;"><b>So</b></span> That when people looked at me they <strike>weren't</strike> <span style="color: red;"><b>aren't </b></span>looking past me but at ME. </div>
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So some things have to change.<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>(Swell of the chorus to the Black Parade playing. Honestly? I had some dope outfits BUT mostly was still left alone so jokes on you Past Kim)</b></span></div>
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<b>The Process</b></div>
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First thing I had to do was to form a picture of what I wanted in my head. What did I want to look like at the end of all of this? Where did I want my progress to be by the time we left in October?</div>
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<b>Kawaii or Die</b></div>
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This lead me to the obvious revaluation. I want to be the kawaii-est person I could be<span style="color: red;"><b> (This didn't last long, idk what happened but I looked cool not kawaii)</b></span>. I want to live in the world of hard working pamper-er (aka getting nails done, shaving regularly, etc) so I could be my type of feminine. I could never become the women from Disney all those years ago but I could become interesting on the outside too. <b>I don't have to try to be other people, I need to work at being a better me all the time.</b> <span style="color: red;"><b>(Bolding for emphasis, this is something I am still working on and is the diamond in the rough of this post)</b></span></div>
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This lead me to the thought process of Kawaii or Die, which is obviously a play on ride or die. Ride or die people are in it through thick or thin, and I need that type of thought process going on this journey. To make the woman I see in my head each time I think of my future a reality.<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>(THIS MADE ZERO SENSE and would like to apologize for making everyone read that nonsense, it wasn't original or funny and just hurt me physically to read my god) (It also hurt me physically to reread)</b></span></div>
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<b>The Changes B.C.E. or B.C.K.</b></div>
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So the changes Before Common Era, or in this case Before Common Kawaii have been pretty simple but they have gone a far way in helping me step away from the girl who blended in the wall.</div>
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I have died my hair, I am no longer technically a brunette. I have blue hair! And I intend to keep coloring it. It is a fun and experimental way at changing my look. <span style="color: red;"><b>(Dude I dyed my hair like a year before this post and went to Disney with grey hair and then shaved my head completely, wild hair is my thing now)</b></span></div>
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The scariest difference in this is all of a sudden I was being stared at<strike>, and not kindly,</strike> by complete strangers<span style="color: red;"><b>.</b></span> I kept forgetting that my hair was blue so this scared me at first. The good part of this is that I have gotten used to this, and now get a lot more complements on my hair than I used to.</div>
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By dying my hair I have forced people to look right at me, and to acknowledge me. Now if I disappear people will remember me. I often find people double taking at me when they see me, which has never happened to me before. <span style="color: red;"><b>(This is the strangest sensation that many people with dyed hair have also shared but mostly I just sound like a sad butthole and I am) </b></span></div>
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<b>The Changes A.K. or The Changes to Come</b></div>
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Now that I know I want to make this change in my life, I am excited to start. Some of the things I have already started doing is putting lotion on my arms and legs daily. <span style="color: red;"><b>(As a white women in a white house hold I never did this before and it has changed my life, I never knew skin could feel and look so good! I am a dumby who never thought of doing that before despite living in a dry climate) </b></span> I have dry skin problems here, and <strike>to be honest don't want those there any more,</strike> lotion will help especially if I keep it up and do it all the time. It should pretty much eliminate my problem. <span style="color: red;"><b>(It pretty much has)</b></span> The next thing is getting a new hair cut. I was inspired by the Disney Descendants and cut my hair like Mal's in the movie. Though I added some wicked V bangs instead. Not only do I get compliments on my hair color<span style="color: red;"><b>,</b></span> I now also get compliments on my hair in general. <span style="color: red;"><b>(This didn't last but it was cool, my favorite hair cut since then has been a blue bowl cut)</b></span> This was the cut I was thinking of getting before heading to Disney World but I am glad I got to try it out first. <span style="color: red;"><b>( I did not do this hair cut in Disney... Surprise surprise) </b></span>Test running the hair style gave me the option to change it if it ended up real bad. The opposite has happened and I am crazy in love with it so it is here to stay, at least until after Disney.</div>
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I also wrote down everything I wanted to change by the time I went to Disney World in a note book, detailed in to how I am going to do these changes, and what I will need to do them. It has been really helpful in deciding what change I need to tackle first.</div>
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And I started writing in a journal to help focus my goals and so that I could keep track of my progress.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>(I literally don't remember any of this, though it does sound like something I would do. My experience at Disney was better and if I could take anything away from what I have learned this time is that I need to have more confidence in myself because this whole post was a sad buttholes post and was a waste of all of our time but hey...)</b></span></div>
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<b>That pretty much wraps this up. I hope you all continue to support me and look for me on youtube <span style="color: red;">(kaceycookies)</span>, tumblr <span style="color: red;">(kermit-kim)</span>, or instagram <span style="color: red;">(kermit_kimberly)</span> if you want to keep track of my progress. I hopefully will be updating here more but you never know with school. Thank guys! You are the best. </b></div>
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<b>Cookie <span style="color: red;">(This is my friends Break Dancing Name)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: red;">(I go by Kermit now)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">(Also I graduated so uh yeah I am just lazy)</span></b></div>
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Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-88223169521479592792015-12-07T14:44:00.003-08:002015-12-07T14:44:37.743-08:00New YouTube Videos! Closet Child Mini Haul and othersHey!<br />
I know I haven't updated in a very very long time. To be truthful I have been more active on my Tumblr, and Instagram (I go by kaceycookies there too).<br />
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I am dropping by right now to just let you know that I have put up some more videos, if you wanted to check them out!<br />
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And as always you can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLtWj3J1Jic" target="_blank">click here</a> to see it on YouTube!<br />
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<b>Kaceycookies</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-84070397073460009992015-03-26T15:00:00.000-07:002015-03-26T15:00:02.069-07:00A Very Special Birthday Meet To You!Once again I am writing about this pretty late! But better late then never right!?<br />
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The next lolita meet I went to was a birthday party to one of our Mods at the local comm! You might recognize her! I couldn't wait to go back to high tea and get all dressed up, and we had plans for after too! It was going to be a great day!<br />
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AND once again I was happy my great friend<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank"> Jamie</a> was going with me! But UNLIKE all the previous times she had to work before hand so we were going to meet up at the Brown Palace.<br />
It was very weird getting ready with out her and leaving to get downtown by myself, but weirdly enough we meet up sooner than we thought!<br />
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The light rail was having issues and so stopped running, and at first I was just sitting around and waiting and Jamie texted me letting me know she would be at the stop where I was soon! So I got off and we met up super early! Then walked/bused the couple of blocks left to the Brown Palace.<br />
While on the way to the meet me and Jamie stopped and took some outfit pictures with Graffiti!<br />
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This outfit was inspired by my old school Metamorphose dress! So I tried to create a old school co-ord! <br />
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Of course some people canceled last minute, but there still a good amount of people. We were there for Chocolatehime's birthday!!!!<br />
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Really it was the same old of the previous Brown Palace Meet except it was a happier meet and at a different table. (The last meet was a good bye party). We also had some new people there as well and not the same people as before! After eating we found an empty room and decided the only smart thing to do was to take tons of pictures. Firstly, here is my OOTD:<br />
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Old School:</div>
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JSK- Metamorphose</div>
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Blouse- Baby the Stars Shine Bright</div>
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Socks- Secret Shop</div>
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Bow- Metamorphose</div>
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Shoes- Bodyline</div>
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Accessories-Off Brand</div>
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Of course its not a real post if I don't have group/ funny pictures!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Serious group picture of us though me and Jamie are being kinda goofy~</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The birthday girls outfit picture! I don't know the details but thought I would just add it in here because it is her birthday we are celebrating!</td></tr>
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After taking some pictures some of us went home while the rest of us walked around downtown. Not just wondering around mind you, but actually walking around a downtown mall where we stuck out like a sore thumb! (It was so much fun and no one bothered us... it is downtown after all).<br />
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However we got lot of compliments and the birthday girl got one fantastic birthday song by a street artist who recognized her from before! Of course by this time my feet were killing me! But I was having too much fun being cold with my friends to care, but like all good things it had to come to an end. And before long we were saying good bye to each other and traveling home.<br />
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There are more meets in the future! (or actually in the past as it were)~ So look forward to them.<br />
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<b>Cookie</b><br />
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P.S. Most of these pictures are Chocolatehime's and you can go<a href="http://chocolate-hime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"> here </a>or <a href="http://chocolate-hime.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here </a>to see more or follow her! <b> </b> <br />
<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-55334138315030889992015-01-22T15:30:00.000-08:002015-01-22T15:30:01.284-08:00Tips and Tricks: Lolita, Affording this Hobby <span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE STORY SO FAR...</b> </span><br />
When I was a senior in High School and just getting started in the crazy Lolita world I booked marked a ton and I mean a ton of Fan+Friend stuff! It was cheap and it was cute and I was brand new to the lolita world, having not yet learned anything beyond the silhouette. <br />
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In my <a href="http://kaceycookies.blogspot.com/2012/08/tips-and-tricks-lolita-starting-your.html" target="_blank">tips</a> <a href="http://kaceycookies.blogspot.com/2012/10/tips-and-tricks-lolita-starting-your.html" target="_blank">and </a><a href="http://kaceycookies.blogspot.com/2014/06/tips-and-tricks-how-to-shop-to-expand.html" target="_blank">tricks</a> series we have covered how you might best start your wardrobe, from what would be the best to buy first to what colors you should stick to. This tips and tricks article (if you couldn't tell from the title) is all about how lolita's afford to buy these lolita items.<br />
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<b>Though I would like to point out that this part below is how I have saved up and bought my clothes and in no way is how every lolita does this. Nor that you should do it the way I did. </b>My hope is that by being as candid as I can about how I got my lolita clothes it will help tear away the mystery of how people afford this hobby!<b> Under my story is some other ways I've noticed lolitas afford their clothes! </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>My Lolita Money Story:</b></i></span><br />
Very early on I realized this hobby was going to be an expensive hobby, and one I did not yet have money for. As a senior in High School I was more focused on finishing the year and doing sports. Thus I didn't worry about getting lolita clothes, I just absorbed as much of the fashion as I could. I also bookmarked my first dress and thought about what I wanted to buy when I did have the money. So naturally I didn't look for a job.<br />
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<b>Most of us when starting this hobby are confronted with this issue, how do we afford Lolita?</b> To help and get some of you guys started I will be talking about how I personally have afforded the things I have so far. <b>Some of them might not have been the best budgeting ideas, or the smartest ways to handle money. </b>But I feel I have to talk about this because this is a question many other new lolitas wonder about. And when people ask and get answers to the question of how older Lolitas afford this hobby... well lets just say I often feel people are not happy with the answers they get, no matter how truthful they are.<br />
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<b>SO lets start with my first purchases! </b><br />
The first couple of things I bought I got with my money for graduation. I got $100 specifically to buy my first ever lolita dress!<br />
Here is the part I am kinda ashamed of... as you might already know when we graduate family and friends often give money for college or for whatever you have planed after high school.<br />
I don't remember how much money I got, but I do know I took "some" of that money and also bought a petticoat, shirt, another dress with matching headdress, and another dress, socks, etc. The beggings of my lolita wardrobe was started with money that was given to me after my high school graduation for college.<br />
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I didn't buy any more clothes until I found a job.<br />
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<b>SECOND BUYS</b><br />
I had started college at this point and was getting help from my parents till I found a job at a big fast food restaurant. I worked 25-35 hrs a week at this fast food place and started putting half my check away for when I transferred to a bigger college. The other half of my check I kept to buy what ever I wanted. I bought books and movies, but also saved up for more lolita clothes.<br />
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I ended up having to pay for my own schooling sooner than I thought for family reasons. Though because I was going to community college it was a bit cheaper. Meaning I didn't have to take out any loans but my money became very limited after that.<br />
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<b>What happened NEXT!?</b><br />
Well I got a seasonal job a a mall, so quit my fast food job. Then I didn't have a job for almost a whole year! While I was looking for a job I had moved out, so what little money I had saved up went to paying for school. It wasn't until I had moved back, and got a job at a deli when Lolita things started looking up.<br />
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I started working full time and going to school full time my last semester at the community college. With the money I was making at that time I could finally afford to buy dresses again! So I have, the very first one being the AP lucky pack. <br />
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU THE READER!?<br />
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Most of us work and go to school, have other hobbies or other expenses. When newer lolitas ask how we earn enough money to afford lolita most of the time the answer is saving up! Though it doesn't seem like enough but trust me it is.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Ways in Which You Can Afford Lolita:</b></i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From EGL thread discussing how others afford Lolita: <a href="http://egl.livejournal.com/15913439.html" target="_blank">Read here!</a></td></tr>
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I really wish it was like Momoko in<i> Kamikaze Girls</i> where everyone of us were just really really good gamblers! But sadly its not like that at all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How Milkyfawn affords Lolita:<a href="http://milkyfawn.blogspot.com/p/faq.html" target="_blank"> Read Here!</a></td></tr>
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<b>AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE:</b><br />
To afford lolita stuff you could always get a job if you don't already have one!<br />
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IF you do but can't spare any money try setting up a jar where you can put loose change?? Or try to save a couple of bucks here and there to go to lolita.<br />
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IF you can't do that either you can try and get another job if you are able! If you feel like you can take on the extra burden of working two jobs you can totally use one check to cover expenses and what is ever left over you can save for dresses.<br />
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EXTRA HELP! Try to budget your money if you can. What I see a lot of is someone saying that lolita is too expensive and they want more stuff but they say can't afford it when they are out spending money on muggle clothes, books, movies, video games, cars, tattoos, etc. If you really want to buy this stuff but are also participating in other hobbies, its not that you can't afford it! Its that you spend your extra money else where, which I completely understand and fall prey too as well. Try to save a bit more or cut back on your other hobbies every once and awhile and you should be able to afford it in no time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really great and informative video talking about how this person affords Lolita: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mbExINpMo" target="_blank">Watch Here!</a></td></tr>
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<b>SELLING!!!????:</b><br />
But you just bought these clothes!?<br />
I know that part of selling clothes is actually being able to buy them and if you can't buy them its nearly impossible to sell them!<br />
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But think of the other things you can sell but you have been giving yourself excuses on why not to sell them. Well you might have a reason now! So that is always an idea to get the money.<br />
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On the other hand, you have bought your first clothes and you are ready for the next big thing! Try selling or trading off your old dresses and stuff you don't want anymore!<br />
Many other lolita's have done this. When they first get started in the fashion they might only buy bodyline to really start their wardrobe and if they choose to start buying brand they sell off the bodyline dresses to help afford the more expensive dresses! This is a great way to start dressing with out paying top dollar right away.<br />
Though be warned, many lolita's do this to also keep their wardrobes down to a smallish size. If you want to build up a pretty big wardrobe its best to avoid selling off your dresses, but it is a good way to re freshen your wardrobe and to get rid of the clothes that no longer fit your style or old stuff you don't wear anymore!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parfaitdoll's Blog post about obtaning your dream wardrobe, Really worth the reading if you ask me! <a href="http://www.parfaitdoll.com/2011/12/how-to-have-your-dream-lolita-wardrobe.html" target="_blank">Read Here!</a></td></tr>
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<b>OTHER ALTERNATIVES: </b> <br />
What else can there be to get these clothes you have wanted for so long!?<br />
Here are two other ways I have noticed lolitas do to start their wardrobes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great article about starting out in Lolita:<a href="http://roselolitawonderland.blogspot.com/2010/08/lolifying-your-life-start-collection.html" target="_blank"> Read Here!</a></td></tr>
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GIFTS- I am not telling you to go up to your friends and family and ask for the brand new AP release for your birthday. But you could try asking for socks, or accessories. <a href="http://kaceycookies.blogspot.com/2012/08/tips-and-tricks-lolita-starting-your.html" target="_blank">In my other tips and tricks post</a> I talk about finding accessories also at places like Target, or Claire's.<b><a href="http://roselolitawonderland.blogspot.com/2010/07/lolita-beginner-need-to-knows-and-must.html" target="_blank"> Lolita</a> <a href="http://roselolitawonderland.blogspot.com/2010/08/lolifying-your-life-start-collection.html" target="_blank">Wonderland</a> </b>started her wardrobe this way. Buying headbands and jewelry while saving up for the bigger purchase of a dress until she had all the basics down.<br />
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ALLOWANCE?- Now I am guessing most of you don't get allowance, or money from your parents at all really! But understand that there are younger lolita's that do and this is okay! Its just how some lolitas afford their clothes over others. Though Once again most of us have to save up and work to afford our clothes. <br />
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<b>SEARCHING FOR THE BEST DEALS:</b><br />
The best way to afford this hobby though is to be as thrifty as possible!<br />
You can and should be thrifty in this hobby. I am being serious! Stop laughing! Don't buy right away, look for the best deals. Closet child, second hand sells, and Mbook are your best friends! I know a lolita who bought a Angelic Pretty Mint Caplet for $30 on Mbook, and there are always good deals on Closet Child for brand dresses if that is what you are looking for! Remember to spend your money wisely, you didn't save up all that dough to just blow it on one dress!<br />
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DO NOT forget that DIY is always cool in lolita! Wether it is making your own accessories to making your own dresses! If you are not like me and can actually sew that is a good way to afford getting into lolita.<br />
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<b>RECAPS:</b><br />
Me and tons of other lolitas work for our clothes, and though that doesn't seem possible to lots of people it is 100% true.<br />
Some of us sell off old dresses to afford new ones.<br />
Some of us make our own dresses!<br />
Some of us are thrifty and generally never pay full price for a dress.<br />
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These are all ways we afford this hobby. I hope it helps and you start your journey to saving up and starting your very own wardrobe! <br />
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<b>Cookie </b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-18223234435250292262015-01-16T15:23:00.001-08:002015-01-16T15:23:22.875-08:00Lolita Meet Up at the Denver MuseumSooooo I am SUPER late at making this post! But I promise it is not my fault! I have enough time to go to meet ups and kinda participate in my local comm but with school its harder to make these really wordy and long post cause I need all that stuff for my papers!<br />
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ANYWAYS I will write about the Museum Meet Up I went to around Halloween! There were a couple of meet-ups hosted in the Local Community but I could only make it to one because I worked on the other days sadly!<br />
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HOW THE DAY STARTED!<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank">Luckily for me Jamie was going too!</a> So as usual she came over and got ready with me! Funnily we ended up looking pretty similar in our outfits! But then we had to go into Denver where the museum is! This meant taking the bus. Not only was it public transport (which is usually how we get around) it was one of the busier buses, which meant tons of people. But we managed okay, though we were a bit late! We were really excited to be seeing some new lolitas and seeing some friends too!<br />
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When we got there I felt really dumb because I just got dressed up in lolita, but everyone else had themed outfits for Halloween! They all looked really fantastic! It was also super awesome walking in and spotting ruffle butts, it makes meeting up so easy. While we were waiting for one more person some little girls and mothers came up and said they loved our outfits... It was awesome.<br />
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Then we just walked in 'cause we are cool like that... Or you know it was free day at the museum, which ever story you like better. As we were deciding where to start in the museum a dinosaur came over and "attacked" us and we took so many selfies!<br />
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From there we went first to the mission to mars place, which matched one of the lolita's outfits so we took some pictures of her there and then a group shot! The first of many this day to be honest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group shot number one in mission to mars room! Right to Left we have me, a space fairy!, the wicked witch who ate Hansel and Gretel, Jaime, and a sweet bunny, and a new lolita friend. </td></tr>
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Next we went to the gems and walked around in there and took more really goofy pictures...<br />
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Then we went up stairs and saw the taxidermy animals!The dinosaurs! And lastly we headed to the Ancient Egyptian exhibit...<br />
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Blouse: Putumayo</div>
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After taking pictures we dicided we were hungry and went to the Old Spegatti Factory downtown! But once we got there it was closed for another 30 min so we walked to Sakura Square and got some treats there, and once we walked back the restraunt was open! It was my first time eating there and I had so much fun, and loved it.<br />
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After eating me and Jamie went home, and the day was done.<br />
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Till Next Time!<br />
<b>Cookie</b><br />
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P.S. Pictures were mostly taken by me,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank"> Jamie</a>, and <a href="http://chocolate-hime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Chocolate Hime</a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-4244382646809903282014-11-20T15:30:00.000-08:002014-11-20T15:30:00.240-08:00Sarah Chrisman and "Victorian Secrets"During the summer I finally found a book that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKSXGbosyTw&list=PLd2O_kYv6eJyc1Mc8gYJO2kQmPKCSmmrY&index=5" target="_blank">I had heard about once upon a time ago but didn't get even though it was a great interest to me, this book was called <i>Waisted Curves</i> by Sarah A. Chrisman.</a> When I first heard about it but didn't get it because it was costly and I didn't have the money to get it... It was more expensive because Sarah Chrisman bound the book her self! The book was completely hand made so it cost a bit more.<br />
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To my surprise a little more than a year later I ran across this book again! However the name has changed to <i>Victorian Secrets: What the Corset Taught Me about the Past, the Present, and Myself, </i>and I ran across it when I watched one of my YouTube videos. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjCJKIvCWMA&list=PLd2O_kYv6eJwkA8QRHCb3OddP-mSdAd_C&index=11" target="_blank">(You can watch that video here if you want!)</a><br />
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Now Sarah's book has been picked up and published by a bigger book company, which means cheaper books but no more hand made books.<br />
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The book was good, it hit a lot on the myths surrounding corsets, and the authors life. But this is not a review of the book (which if you can read it you should) it is the author we will be talking about.<br />
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Sarah A. Chrisman's life changed when her husband gifted her a corset for her birthday. After getting the corset she started wearing it every once and awhile, then more and more, till she was wearing it all the time! Wearing this corset changed Sarah and her husbands life in so many ways. Firstly her and her husband were already interested in the Victorian era and already had a pretty good collection of clothes now that she was corseting she could start wearing them. By wearing the corset she went from a 32 inch waist to a 22 inch waist!<br />
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But this is not about her wight loss either. I am writing this today because Sarah has been bitten by a sister species of the bug that bites Lolitas. After Sarah started wearing the corset she started wearing Victorian dresses and Victorian inspired dresses. She became a lifestyle Victorian. She and lolitas I believe have a lot in common, we have this life of wearing cute clothes that we want to wear despite what anyone tells us. </div>
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Though I do believe we both wear our clothes for different reasons. From what I can gather from the book Sarah is interested in living the actual Victorian life.They are interested in living in the past and are nostalgic for the "better times" in the past. But I don't think this is actually bad, I believe many Lolita's feel a small faction of the same way. We both are captured in the beauty of the past and what it holds for us. But unlike Sarah I feel Lolita's are not so stuck in the past that we are here in the present. We have a fashion that is only based in the past but is very much in the these years trends, based in the here and now. We Lolita's also wear this style, much like I feel Sarah wears Victorian clothes, for the modesty. Though for me personally Lolita's are trying to reclaim themselves back from modern fashion, we in short are trying to reclaim our sexuality by wearing something that is very hard to sexualize, something that is modest and more importantly cute because WE want it to be cute and for no other reason.<br />
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I feel that Sarah and Lolita's have so much in common and that many of us, not just Lolita's could learn something from her.<br />
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Sarah goes out by herself dressed in what isn't considered normal anymore. But Sarah continues to do it because it is who she is and it what makes her happy. She feels pretty in it and its what she wants to do, even though she is constantly harassed for it, and asked inappropriate questions about her and her husbands sex life!<br />
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Sarah A. Chrisman and Lolita's have a lot in common, and I hope we get strength from each other to continue doing what we both love to do!<br />
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To continue more on Sarah in the book, she is a message therapist and her husband is a librarian and used to manage a bike shop. She doesn't drive and chooses instead to bike everywhere! This is even in the case of biking miles and miles to visit with friends. Before she started wearing the corset she had her eyes on the Victorian houses in Port Townsend, Washington. After wearing her corset her dreams were set in motion and now they own their very own Victorian house.<br />
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Sarah and her husband are living the life they want, just like the way many Lolita's do! Sarah and her husband has gone so far as to use a real ice box for their food storage and oil to light up their house. Their convection is something as a Lolita I look up to because of the way they live their life, it makes them happy and that is all that matters. I also feel they have become part of the alternative fashion scene, they have joined our lifestylers ranks whether it be Lolita, goths, or fairy-kei. Though many would criticize them for their life and their belief that the Victorian era was the best era and put them next to reenactors, they still live their life according to their rules. I wish Sarah and Gabriel the best of luck moving forward and hope I can meet them one day in my Lolita finest! (Even if to them it makes no sense).<br />
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<a href="http://chrismancollection.weebly.com/" target="_blank">If you want to make sense of my ramblings or just want to see more awesome pictures and learn more about Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman please check out their website!</a><br />
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Thanks so much for reading and I hope you guys are doing great!<br />
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<b>Cookie</b> Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-29476567603643104062014-10-09T15:30:00.000-07:002014-10-09T15:30:00.362-07:00Nan Desu Kan Outfits and RamblingsSo here we are again! I promise I have more to post besides just outfits!<br />
But since becoming more involved with the Colorado Lolita Community I actually have been dressing up more so I have more outfits to share! Isn't that exciting?<br />
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SOOOO first thing first, it was NDK or Nan Desu Kan which is the premier anime convention in Denver and Colorado obviously. AND it was my first year there! Seriousily my first time ever at any type of convention and there was so much to do!<br />
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So here I will talk a little about what went on at the convention and my first time there and stuff! My outfits will be a little futher down if you want to skip to those!<br />
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First thing first, I was lucky to have my boyfriend buy me the tickets as a birthday present and they only cost $40 at the time! The biggest price I think you have to pay is like $50 at the door for all three days. My pass was for all three days and the first thing we did when we got there was to pick up our badges! My brother, <a href="http://the-man-who-is-not-tall.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Sean (the BF)</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank">Jamie</a>, <a href="http://ash-la-trash.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Ashley</a>, and I were all there together in one big group.<br />
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The first thing I noticed was all the cosplays! I loved it so much, and there were so many nice cosplays... I enjoyed seeing all these different and unique cosplays all three days of the Con! <a href="http://edge-of-pink.tumblr.com/tagged/kim" target="_blank">If you want to see all the cosplay pictures just head over to this page on my tumblr and search a bit for it</a>, they are all there!<br />
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The next thing was me and Jamie bee lined to was the Lolita Boutique which was being runned by Angelic Pretty San Fransisco and Harajuku Hearts! The selcetion wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be, but we went and just looked around to get an understanding of the prices. We also went to the artist alley and looked around to see the things they had and such.<br />
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Besides what was mentioned on Friday we also tried to go on a Harajuku Street Fashion Walk thing but we ended up missing them when they left the hotel and having a hard time of finding them at first when we finally realized where they were! We finally did meet up and went to Panera for dinner, it was so cold that day and luckily for us they had these awesome fire places that we sat next to to help us warm up! I didn't wear anything too special and only one person really understood it was creepy cute I was going for but that is okay!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group shot of the Harajuku Walk, I'm over to the right in lavender! I am using this pic as well as some below to do my out of the day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie with some new friends at Panera! We had so much fun!!! </td></tr>
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The next day, Saturday, we went to the dealers room first and checked things out and we finally started buying things that day! After the dealers room we ran to the Lolita Boutique and went in and out for like 30 minutes to and hour trying to get the perfect thing, and there was a line forming outside so we kept rushing out to think and then rushing back in to purchase. After that we had another lolita meetup hosted by<a href="http://chocolate-hime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"> Rae! </a>We all went to lunch at Noodles and Company and just had a fun time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, <a href="http://spookyspookyspooky.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Jamie</a>, and <a href="http://miracleshining.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Miracle</a> all looking fresh to death on Saturday! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A kind of group shot of all of us going out to lunch together on Saturday! So many cute lolitas! </td></tr>
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The last day I went back and spent the last of my money, I also had to use some of the money to get my nephew a gift for his birthday! So that last day was spent just kinda walking around, it was also the day we actually went to a panel! The only panel we went to was Harajuku fashion trends in 2014 hosted by the kind ladies from Angelic Pretty! After that we went home!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Lolita we meet on Sunday who was really cute! We got this pic together! Sadly I don't remember her name! </td></tr>
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I made so many new friends there and met so many kind people who had the same interests as me! I also got to meet a whole bunch more lolitas in Colorado, it was a very fun weekend! <br />
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NOW my outfits!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picture of me and Jamie on Friday,<a href="http://www.westword.com/slideshow/the-excellent-cosplayers-of-nan-desu-kan-2014-41854544/#39" target="_blank"> the Picture is from this website!</a> I'm using this picture as well as the group shot from up above for my outfit of the day since I didn't get a good picture.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Seifuku: Bodyline</div>
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Hair Accesories: Kreepsville666</div>
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Earrings: Starlight Deco Dream</div>
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Tights: Ebay</div>
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Shoes: Doc Martins</div>
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Purse: Angelic Pretty</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Face Of the Day, I actually did false eye lashes and they looked good and didn't fall off! Finally getting this make-up down!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My outfit for Saturday! I was really inspired by the red details so I decided to pair the jsk with a red cutsew and originally I was also going to wear red striped socks but it looked too busy! So I went with these white and black socks instead. I also wore my Bodyline shoes which killed my feet all day cause they are a bit too small on me!</td></tr>
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JSK/bow: Angelic Pretty Triple Tart Jsk II</div>
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Cutsew: Metamorphose Temps de Fille</div>
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Socks: Baby the Stars Shine Bright</div>
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Shoes: Bodyline</div>
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Purse: Angelic Pretty Candy Sprinkle Lucky Pack</div>
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Wig: Gothic Lolita Wigs</div>
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Accessories: Off brand</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My FOTD for Sunday! I pretty much did the same thing as Saturday except different eye shadows! And my lashes were good this day too! Oh lucky day!</td></tr>
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JSK/Bow: Angelic Pretty Candy Sprinkle Lucky Pack</div>
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Blouse: Angelic Pretty</div>
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Shoes: Bodyline</div>
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Purse: AP</div>
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Acessories: Off Brand and Betsey Johnson</div>
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Wig: Ebay</div>
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So that is pretty much it for my NDK post! I will be doing a video of what I purchased in more detail! It will be out soon... Hopefully, I am a full time college student guys I will do my best I promise!</div>
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I hope you all have been good and you enjoyed the heaving reading! Till next time!</div>
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Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-87528718198811402752014-09-25T15:30:00.000-07:002014-09-25T15:30:00.042-07:00Good Bye Julie! My Second Meet Up in Downtown DenverWhat! I just wrote about a meet up and now I am writing another one so soon! Yep!<br />
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You got me, I had said in the earlier post that Julie, a person I met was going back to Huston for school seeing as her internship was ending and the new semester was going to start, so me and Jamie hosted a meet-up to say good bye!<br />
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We decided it would be best and cheapest if we all got dolled up and just went to walk around 16th Street Mall in Downtown Denver! We scheduled it for August 3rd, and it was my first time to host a meet-up, though I didn't do much so we will just call it hosting a 1/2 meet-up instead of a whole one.<br />
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This post will also be picture heavy! Tons and tons of pictures! So I will lightly be explaining what happened!<br />
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EARLY IN THE DAY<br />
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Jamie and Ashley came over to get ready like we always do! Jamie got ready really fast while it took me awhile this time! We got a ride the light rail luckily, which means we didn't take pictures until we got Downtown!<br />
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We waited for awhile at the Auraria Campus for Julie who lived in the area during the summer, it was easy for us to all meet up and then head for the Clock Tower at 16th Street Mall.<br />
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Julie was spotted immedently in her big puffy dress and red wig, she looked great!<br />
We walked the two blocks to 16th street and started looking for the other ruffle butts, and saw <a href="http://chocolate-hime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Rae</a> waiting for us (we were late). After doing some calling and Facebook checking we realized it was just going to be the five of us and headed towards some shopping and browsing!<br />
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We went to Forever 21 where they were having a buy a sale item and get another sale item 1/2 off! Then we walked around and went to the candy stores on 16th street and Claire's and Starbucks at least twice... No judging it was really hot out okay guys?<br />
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After awhile we got hungry and went to Crepes n' Crepes, it was my first time there and I really enjoyed it!<br />
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After that Jamie and I thought it would be really great if we went to Tattered Cover to take some pictures because that building Downtown is just so pretty!<br />
What I didn't know is they remodeled the place so that you can't go upstairs anymore. It is just one story now, and very crowded because of that. But we still took pictures!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me not knowing how to pose,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank"> picture by Rae</a></td></tr>
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These are some of the pictures Rae took of us in that room!<br />
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Afterwards Rae suggested that we should go across the street to take better pictures because of the lighting! We choose a red doorway type thingy and went crazy!<br />
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All these awesome pictures with some really awesome lolitas! It was so much fun, then Rae said the she hasn't seen Union Station since the remodling so we walked over to it and....<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rae waiting for her train, picture on her camera but by one of us</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie waiting for the ship to come in to port,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank"> picture by Rae</a></td></tr>
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As you can see we all got the same idea, Julie ended up doing it and then we all copied her... Cause that's how we roll! It was so much fun! But by then we were all tired so Rae invited us to her house for a quick game of Cards Against Humanity, so we all said yes!<br />
We took the light rail... and got some more selfies!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jamie and Rae on the light rail, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank">selfie by Rae</a></td></tr>
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Avril Lavigne's Hello Kitty video just came out and I am on tumblr watching in fascination as people start tearing this video apart... And as usual I am over come with curiosity of what everyone was talking about so I tried watching the video.<br />
TRIED being the key word here, I couldn't get through it at all!<br />
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Mainly I didn't like the song, but I also didn't think Avril's look was cute, in fact it reminded me of when me and my friends would go to the mall and "dress like Harajuku girls like Gwen Stafani". We were sophomores in High School and weeabos for sure and seeing Avril a grown women doing what I did six years ago bothered me. <br />
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Here is the thing, I grew up in those six years and realized that what I did as a Sophomore in High School was wrong, not because I hurt anyone in particular with my actions but because I realized that this Harajuku fashion is a part of the Japanese culture. That it just wasn't throwing on mismatched layers of clothes and some accessories and calling it Harajuku fashion, that it was a deeper realer thing that included many other sub styles that originated there and how it fitted in to Japan's culture.<br />
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Since then I have learned much more about J-fashion, seeing as I am a Lolita! What I have learned is that most people from Japan want to share their fashion with us! They go out of there way, like hiring <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=kawaii+ambasorders&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb#channel=fflb&q=kawaii+ambassadors&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&spell=1" target="_blank">Kawaii ambassadors</a> and having <a href="http://www.nhk.or.jp/kawaii-i/" target="_blank">over seas TV about Kawaii fashion</a>, to include all of us to what is unique to them. <br />
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What Gwen and Avril did is take a country and their fashions and rip them off to make some fast money, and once again its not like Japan doesn't go out of its way to share there street fashion culture with us anyway so it's not hard to do it in a nice and "correct" way (like actually showing their fashion instead of showing your own version of it to millions of people). Correct meaning a way to show off Japan's culture rather than just ripping it off to seem edgy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.parfaitdoll.com/2014/04/racism-is-not-kawaii-the-avril-lavigne-factor.html" target="_blank">You can click this link to read more about Avril and her Hello Kitty disaster</a><br />
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After you watch the music video I would highly highly encourage you to watch Elleanor's video on Tokyo Fashion if you haven't already!<br />
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DID YOU WATCH THEM?<br />
DID YOU REALLY?<br />
Because if you didn't this next part of the article is going to be mighty weird and you might not understand it at all...<br />
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First, I did not link Avril's video so I hope you are well versed in what had happened...<br />
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Second, I would like to point out that I will be talking about why I like Lionhearted and how this is a giant step forward from Avril's Hello Kitty video this is by no means the end of the line, it can still be a problematic piece of work (and probably is)! Here I won't be highlighting this so much as explaining why it takes these steps forward from Avril's video.<br />
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Okay for real let's break this video down!<br />
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Elleanor is contacted by Porter Robinson, he has reached out to her because he loves Japanese fashion and just Japan in general. This is not surprising many people feel the exact same way from Lady Gaga to Katy Perry to Avril! <br />
He has asked her to come to LA to be the costume designer for his new music video, he has explained to her that he wanted REAL Japanese fashion to be a feature in the video rather than a carbon American copy made to duplicate it. He asked Elleanor to come out and do this so that real Japanese fashion is featured because Elleanor is an actual Japanese street snap girl who is often featured on <a href="http://tokyofashion.com/" target="_blank">Tokyofashion.com</a>.<br />
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How this is different from Avril? Well.....<br />
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This is not any Japanese street or main stream fashion that I can think of, the closest it comes is to the bittersweet Kawaii trend that happened when KyaryPamyuPamyu became popular in 2012 which is not as popular as it used to be and if it is suppose to be this it does a very bad job of it. Random "kawaii" stuff and a black shirt and stockings does not make a actual Japanese street fashion outfit, it is half baked and looks like it, not to mention the clones in the back ground, and the set. I believe they were trying to go for a 6%DokiDoki atheistic, or a KyaryPamyuPamyu atheistic since they are both designed by the same person, and that even looks half done. It looks like they literally just grabbed all this stuff at party city right before filming. <br />
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Japanese fashion in Lionhearted...<br />
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These are screen caps of the ladies chosen to get dressed up including Elleanor. The hair, the bright tutu skirt, the masks, this is real street style atheistic straight from Japan.<br />
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Next we can talk about the weapons! Traditionally weapons equate power. That is what they symbolized here, these women dressed in Japanese street fashion's power. This one way this is so different from Avril's video! These women while in the back ground and following the lead guy's order (for right now) are given SYMBOLS OF POWER and violence. The masks also show conformity and they are literally covering up a part of them selves, they are repressing themselves. In one part of the music video THEY TEAR THESE OFF. THEY RIP OFF WHAT IS OPPRESSING THEM. (They do this near the very end of the video though) <br />
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Once again here they are agian, wearing masks running around, they walk around and anything they touch changes and becomes different. Which I can say is what Japanese street fashion does for a lot of us.<br />
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Also notice the Porter Robinson isn't super kawaii'd out, he is just in simple clothes that many Americans see on the street every day. As the video starts he is using these girls as his extension to change the world. These are his accessories.<br />
When they rip off their masks they are acknowlegding that they are not his to boss around, he does not get to opress them. They are their own people and not his accessories!<br />
So much different then the back up dancers in Avril's video, no emotion there at all even though this pop song is suppose to be about their home land, we assume so but they could have hired anyone.<br />
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Near the end of the song now, we see him in a building looking at all the things he has changed with his kick ass team, and you see their silloutes, then they come closer and<br />
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They kill him, they take over what is theirs and blow up the building he is in.<br />
I think this is sending very clear messages to the people like Avril who used this culture as an accessory.<br />
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It takes her video, in my mind, and sets these stereotypes free. It says that this isn't your accessory to make a buck on, these are real people and a real culture people all around the world take time out to do the right way, you as a celebrity should do so too cause you have no excuse. Other wise these girls will mess you up because the whole sweet Asian girl thing is a stereotype, it is by no means the truth. <br />
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These girls literally start this video going along with him, to being pushed around wearing masks by him, to tearing them off and killing him... this is such an important music video. With the weapons they have to symbolize power the take their power back from the guy who was using them.<br />
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If you don't think that is cool there might be no hope for you.<br />
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<b> </b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-39532612959684814912014-08-14T15:30:00.000-07:002014-08-14T15:30:00.376-07:00My First Loita Meet Up! (Sorta)Here is what has happened so far in the story!<br />
I don't know how to explain this but I have been to a meet up before, but it was <a href="http://chocolate-hime.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">a new friends</a> house warming party! While I did get some pics and it was real fun and I got to meet some awesome new people I kinda consider it like a half meet? Me and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXD2fe4QtVc200r5ySU68WQ" target="_blank">Jamie</a> had to leave early and overall I just consider it to be my first step to becoming part of the Lolita Community in my area.<br />
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...to this meet-up!!! <br />
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Here is what happened, a sorta high school friend of mine and Jamie's was having a farewell party because she is leaving. Not the fashion, but the state and thus the community also! I actually got the time off and was able to go to my first High Tea Meet-Up! I was so excited! So first lets do the coord pictures!<br />
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<b>OUTFIT RUNDOWN~</b></div>
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Jsk:<b> </b>Putumayo Crown Print Check Halter in Pink</div>
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Blouse: Bodyline </div>
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Tights: Off of Ebay/ socks from Bodyline</div>
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Shoes: <small> An*tai*na<b> </b></small></div>
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Bag: Angelic Pretty</div>
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Headdress: Sweet Rococo</div>
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Accessories: Misc. and Kreepsville 666</div>
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Parasol: Alice and the Pirates</div>
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Me and Jamie got ready together and waited for the bus! We took the bus/light rail into Downtown since we don't have cars and it was easier this way. High Tea was going to be at the Brown Palace! I have never been before and was so excited! As it was I was lucky enough to even get a spot for tea! </div>
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What had happened was that my work schedual has been hectic as of late so I didn't know until last minute that I would even be for sure going! By the time I had known for sure... the reservations had closed up for the High Tea! With Jamie's encouagement I went ahead and texted the host for the meet up asking if it would 1) be a big deal if I just showed up anyway or 2) if someone had canceled if I could take there place... And some did cancel right as I was asking! SO LUCKY! So I got to go!</div>
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While coming into the city I spotted this guy trying to sneak pictures of us! Shame! Doesn't he know all he had to do was ask!?</div>
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Then we actually got to The Brown Palace and it was breath taking! We made pit stops at the bathroom to freshen up. It was so hot and I was SO SO sweaty! We started to get asked why we were dressed up about this time too. It continued until we went to Karaoke after ward! And of course someone also took a picture of us with out premission so I caught another one again!<br />
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HOWEVER! Once he noticed that I noticed him taking pictures he very politely asked us if he could take our picture!<br />
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NEXT was us finally getting our table! It was so nice, and did I mention it was my first time not just at the Brown Palace but also for High Tea! It was the coolest tea time I have ever had!<br />
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Here are some pictures of that!<br />
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Half way through our tea the hostess announced that she would be giving some prizes away! It was going to be through a raffle based on our reservation numbers. Of course when she first ran the raffle she got her self! Seeing as she was giving away the prizes she didn't want them, so she redid the raffle and I WON!<br />
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER REALLY WON SOMETHING LIKE THAT I WAS SO EXCITED!<br />
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After me, there was still two more prizes to go! The funny thing is that both of those went to the girls next to me! We were all on the same couch, and there was only the three of us on the couch!<br />
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After we were done with tea and talking (I made some awesome new friends by this time!) it was time to take pictures!<br />
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Here we all are! We were all pretty tired by this time but still had people coming up to us for pictures! We even had the gentleman who played the piano (he played Disney and other cute songs) come over and thank us! It was weird because he just thanked us alone and no other tables...<br />
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After The Brown Palace some of us went to Karaoke! Once getting to the building we meet up with two more lolita's! One was really quite and I didn't quite catch her name and she left early before I got to know her better. The other one was Julie! She was visiting from Huston and was trying to hang out with our community to make new friends and get out and do things! She was so much fun, we actually just had our good bye meet for her which I will be writting about later.<br />
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While we where at Karaoke the hostess passed around some more stuff animals to everyone else who was left at the party! It was very generous of her, considering I would have kept them all to myself!!!!!<br />
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After that we pretty much split up and went home. I am very sad that the hostess is leaving us, espically as I just start getting into my local community! But I am sure we will still talk and keep in touch, the best of luch to her in the future!<br />
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I hope you guys liked hearing about my sorta first meet up.<br />
Did you guys do anything fun recently?<br />
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Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-3806392036648453832014-08-11T12:14:00.001-07:002014-08-11T12:16:21.692-07:00Baby the Stars Shine Bright Socks Unboxing!You might have already seen these socks in my <a href="http://kaceycookies.blogspot.com/2014/05/birthday-ootd.html" target="_blank">birthday ootd</a> but I FINALLY put the video on YouTube! <br />
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So yeahhhh You know how this goes about now...<br />
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HERE is the video!<br />
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As always <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7miv94LHpA" target="_blank">you CAN watch the video on YOUTUBE!</a> instead of on here...<br />
Either way if you watch it I hope you enjoy it.<br />
And yeah sorry that it was from May and is just now getting up! I have 2 more videos to do as well! And the last dress I did get I didn't do an unboxing for because you guys have to be getting sick of it by now! And NDK is right around the corner so you can look forward to that too!~~~<br />
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Hope you are having a great day!<br />
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Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-32019534358228091542014-08-05T18:53:00.001-07:002014-08-05T18:53:22.640-07:00Disney, Care Bears, and Beanie Babies All In One Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I am a huge Disney fan if you haven't heard... I love Disney despite it problems and flaws, its problematic movies and its problematic creator. I understand those things and yet I still can't help to love these cute movies and cuter characters.<br />
I have worked for The Disney Store over the winter season (aka I was employed seasonally) plus being to Disney World and that is where this problem started. I started collecting Disney stuffed animals.<br />
It was a causal flirtation at first that blew in to a full time relationship. I turned around one day to realize that I had actually started collecting them!<br />
They where every where in my room and that when I knew I should write a blog post about them! Genius right? Maybe... not really... don't judge me. <br />
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DISCLAIMER right here right now I will tell you I bought most of these myself with my own money, and I will tell you which ones were given to me as gifts in the information below the picture.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>From Left to Right: </b>We have Piglet from Winnie the Pooh from the Disney Store; Rabbit and a stylized Alice from Alice in Wonderland bought in the Disney Store, Flounder from The Little Mermaid from the Disney Store, and a stylized Piglet bought at Disney World</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>From Left to Right:</b> Mickey Mouse bought at the Disney Store, Stitch from Lilo and Stitch bought at the Disney Store, Duffy bought at Disney World, and a Ewok from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi bought at Disney World</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>From Left to Right:</b> Lotso from Toy Story 3 bought at The Disney Store, One of Merida's brothers from Brave bought at Disney World, a stylized Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas bought at Disney World, Crocodile from Peter Pan bought at The Disney Store</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>From Right to Left: </b>Mike Wazowski Gift from Friend at a Secret Santa, George Sanderson bought at The Disney Store, Scott "Squishy" Squibbles bought at the Disney Store, and Art bought at the Disney Store; all from Mosters Inc. and Monsters University </td></tr>
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These are all my "Disney" stuffed animals. What you will see next is the rest of my animals enjoy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are my Build-a-Bear's! I only have four but I love them all deeply! <b>Clockwise Starting from the Top:</b> Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic discount thanks to Jamie! Precy (pronounced Percy, I misspelled the name when I was 8, I named her after Percy Weasley from Harry Potter) a Christmas gift from my sister, Rose I got when I was middle school, and Spike from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic discount thanks to Jamie once again! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You might be wondering why Minnie is down here rather than with my other Disney stuffed animals? It is because while she is a Disney stuffed animal she isn't the same as my other Disney toys. Other carries of Disney stuffed animals are made with different materials and quality, they also don't have a seal of "genuine, original, and authentic" that Disney stuffed animals have when you buy them from a Disney outlet and not Toys-R-Us or Target. This was a gift for Christmas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I call this my Frankenstein bear (and yes Jamie I know that the monster is not called Frankenstein the Doctor is) and I bought it on sale at Barnes and Nobel </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are all of my Care Bears, I either bought them or got them for payment for babysitting. <b>Top to Bottom, Left to Right: </b>Do-Your-Best Bear, Bedtime Bear, Loyal Heart Dog a Care Bear Cousin, Share Bear, Friendship Bear, True Heart Bear, and Harmony Bear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lastly these are my Beanie Babies! These were all gifts from other people. So <b>Left to Right: </b>Valentine Hello Kitty, Christmas Hello Kitty, Lollipop Hello Kitty... And to be honest I don't have the tags to the rest so don't know there names. </td></tr>
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These are the pictures I took awhile ago! Before my birthday actually! My collection has since added some new members!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>From Left to Right:</b> Captain Hook from Peter Pan bought at The Disney Store, Tigger from Winnie the Pooh given as a birthday gift, Winnie the Pooh from Winnie the Pooh bought at the Disney Store, Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh given as a birthday gift, Dumbo from Dumbo bought at the Disney Store</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are Tsum Tsum which I hear are really popular in Japan! They just recently have started to be sold here in USA. I just had to have them! OKAY now <b>From Top to Bottom: </b>Small Piglet from Winnie the Pooh bought at The Disney Store, Medium Winnie the Pooh from Winnie the Pooh bought at the Disney Store, and Medium Donald Duck bought at the Disney Store</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And lastly I won this Rilakkuma bear in a meet up! More on this later~ </td></tr>
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So that is most of my stuffed aminals... well besides Boris who is my sheep stuff animal, and a couple of stuff animals, I just wanted to display some of my collections I have! That is all and a lot of them are Disney related! I hope you enjoyed seeing my animal collection.<br />
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<b>Cookie</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-70263941509313407902014-06-26T15:30:00.000-07:002014-06-26T15:30:00.614-07:00How to Make Bodyline Even CheaperYou might have read in my earlier post <b><a href="http://kaceycookies.blogspot.com/2014/06/tips-and-tricks-how-to-shop-to-expand.html" target="_blank">about my tips and tricks</a> </b>I had learned of a way to make BODYLINE (Yes... you read that right, you can make Bodyline cheaper than it already is!) cheaper!<br />
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You ask how? You ask why?<br />
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Before I tell how I should address why. Recently I have come to realize that some Bodyline or all Bodyline items have become more and more expensive.<br />
Now to some this isn't a problem, they are still reasonable priced considering all that goes into making a lolita dresses.<br />
But to others it is money they can not afford to waste. <br />
And more importantly what I have been learning is that what some lolitas say is true! If you save up a little more you can afford second hand brand. There is many second hand dresses out there that are almost the same price if not a little more expensive than what Bodyline charges for some of their dresses.<br />
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I just bought a dress for only $20 more than the most expensive Bodyline dress! <br />
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This article is not about a discovery I made, it is about making sure you have seen what someone else discovered.<br />
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<a href="http://kili-fili-and-frilly.tumblr.com/post/44268001067/bodyline-tip-get-bodyline-orders-for-cheaper" target="_blank">HERE IS THE ARTICLE CLICK HERE TO SEE IT, DO IT</a><br />
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But if you don't want to click the link pictures bellow!!<br />
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So that's it! Shop smarter and better my friends and save some money!!!<br />
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<b>Cookie</b><br />
<br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-44132255935651945352014-06-05T16:30:00.000-07:002014-06-05T16:30:00.117-07:00Tips and Tricks: How to Shop to Expand Your WardrobeSo as this tittle suggests this post is all about How To Shop To Expand Your Wardrobe and not to inhibit it!<br />
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Basically what I am trying to say is that so much of us Lolitas funnel money into our hobby that it makes sense that we would try to capitalize on this and also cut corners where we need to!<br />
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However if you are anything like me it might seem like a daunting task to try and form a wardrobe of lolita clothing that you can wear as often as you want. The daunting part being that you are not used to actually forming a wardrobe out of nothing. You (like me) usually buy what ever muggle clothing you like and it kinda all goes together anyway. But we look at lolita and we see that it will not be this easy, mostly because of the cost of everything.<br />
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So this "small article" will be a continue of my past Tips and Tricks and will go smoothly with new Tips and tricks that will come out later.<br />
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I know that some of you will think this a lot like my past Tips and Tricks, and that's okay! I will admit that it is, since I will be saying most of the same thing, stick to your colors and accessories are your best friends!<br />
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At this moment I will be using me as an example!<br />
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It was Easter time and I wanted to wear a special outfit of course! And I started to put it together, and while I think I have a pretty okay closet I started to feel constricted. The outfit I had in my head was completely different than the one I could actually come up with. I was lacking accessories and I had an epiphany! <br />
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SO HERE IS THE SECRET THAT FINALLY HIT ME IN THE HEAD AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU<br />
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Buy tons and tons of accessories, invest in socks and shoes and necklaces and different head wear or head wear you can mix and match. <br />
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I don't know about you... but myself, I love the dresses and the JSK's that come out, so those are the things I buy mostly, that is where 90% of all my lolita money goes.<br />
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AND THAT IS ONE OF MY ISSUES IN LOLITA (my personal issue that is, let me just vent for one sec and we will be back to scheduled helping) THAT I ONLY EVER BUY THE DRESSES SO THAT WHEN I WANT TO MAKE A COORD ALL I HAVE IS IS IS STINKIN' DRESSES! YOU CAN'T FEED PUDGE TUNA CAUSE HE IS A FISH!!! oh wait! hahaha wrong vent....<br />
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Okay! So this is a big problem! So I am here to warn you all that unless you want to be in my position where I have plenty of dresses which is kinda nice but then I have to struggle to pull a coord out of thin air because I lack accessories; make sure that you have plenty of different accessories. <br />
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No really if you have one dress you could have at least enough accessories to coord it two completly different ways, so it might be the same dress but a whole new look each time you wear it!<br />
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One more time, the more accessories you have the more outfits you will be able to make with limited clothing, the easier it would be to be a lolita on a budget. Accessories can completly change the look and feel of the dress, so it feels like you have two dresses instead of the one!<br />
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This is what I am learning now! Though I am still having a hard time not buying my jsk's, seems I am working backwards, buys all the dresses and then goes to buy all the accessories so that I never actually wear my clothes until I get the accessories! Trust me that is just a sad feeling looking at your clothes and then feeling like you can not wear them!!!<br />
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So here is the quick tip/ exercise:<br />
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Lets say you have your first outfit down, these are the items you have purchased besides your foundation items like your petti and bloomers (We will be talking about bloomers vs. shorts in one of the next tips and tricks articles) <br />
Of course before buying your items (which you have to buy usually one at a time cause you are not made out money) you decided that pink and cream (or off white, near the same color family) are the two colors that you have decided to buy around. You choose these colors because you want to be a sweet and classic lolita and you figure using these two colors with help with that decision.<br />
Here is what you have:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So here we have just the dress and NOT the blouse that is pictured... oh and FYI <a href="http://www.bodyline.co.jp/bodyline/showProduct2.asp?id=7264&pageNumber=1&pageStop=stop_5&noSubType=N" target="_blank">Click Here for The Dress</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bodyline.co.jp/bodyline/showProduct2.asp?id=4313&pageNumber=2&pageStop=stop_5&noSubType=N" target="_blank">Click Here to see this Really Really Cute Blouse</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I would highly suggest against getting this color way for this blouse, the lace trim is snow white while the blouse is almost a dusky yellow... it just looks a little strange. I included it here because realistically we all make mistakes, like not paying attention when buying, consider this a "mistake you made in purchasing". You didn't realize that the lace didn't match the shirt. Later you would probably buy the off white colorway of the shirt up above (which I suggest instead of this one) but <a href="http://www.bodyline.co.jp/bodyline/showProduct2.asp?id=5551&pageNumber=2&pageStop=stop_3&noSubType=N" target="_blank">here is the link anyway!</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bodyline.co.jp/bodyline/showAll.asp?type=left&subType1=Lol&subType2=Soc" target="_blank">You can check out these socks here!</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This headdress is perfect for both sweet and classic because of the color and than the lace and roses! But here in this simulation we don't usually tie it under our chin unless we are going for a innocence look! We usually tie it behind our neck under our hair. <a href="http://www.bodyline.co.jp/bodyline/showAll.asp?type=left&subType1=Lol&subType2=Hea" target="_blank">Click here for headdress!</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I chose these shoes for us because they are cute but are more grown up looking so would also match really well with a more classic look, it is also a lighter of the pink colors for this reason. <a href="http://www.bodyline.co.jp/bodyline/showProduct2.asp?id=7274&pageNumber=2&pageStop=stop_1&noSubType=N" target="_blank">Click here to see the shoes and stuff.</a></td></tr>
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Out of what is above think about how many different outfits you can make? Two right? One for each different color way of the blouses. Even if you take off the sleeves or put the on its still only two outfits that feel a little bit different.<br />
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So now you are getting ready to buy a new dress! I mean after all you have all the basics down right!? And this way you can have 2 different dresses with 2 outfits each... so 4 whole new outfits! But take a min and step back and think about this for one sec, yeah you could buy a new dress and have the best of both worlds I mean it is your money! But think about it you might keep buying new dresses for awhile and just that... well than you are stuck with only two ways to ever coord your dresses and that gets boring after awhile.<br />
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What I suggest is that instead of buying your second dress straight away get some more accessories!<br />
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><a href="http://www.bodyline.co.jp/bodyline/showProduct2.asp?id=8540&pageNumber=1&pageStop=stop_3&noSubType=N" target="_blank">Socks here!</a></td></tr>
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or just more knick knacks in general!<br />
This way you than have 3 (or 4 for 2nd option) to 5 (or 8 for the 2nd option) outfits to choose from and that is just by buying a cardigan or 2!<br />
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So when you finally do buy that new dress you have so many different items to match with it that it doesn't get boring! This way you can really mix it up and it isn't limited to one pair of socks and two blouses!<br />
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At the end of the day you have to think about like one of those really annoying math problems, if Jose has 3 shirts and 3 jeans how many outfits does Jose have? <br />
<br />We actually have to think like this to make lolita worth the buck sometimes! We have to go if I have 3 tops and 2 caridgans and two dresses and 3 socks and two pairs of shoes how many outfits can I make?<br />
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This right here is why you stick in your color group in the begging! So that you can make the most of your dollar because EVERYTHING SHOULD MATCH!<br />
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I hope with this thinking I did today I can try to put the Jsk buying behind me and focus on getting some more accesrotries to make my outfits pop!<br />
I hope that this has helped you too and you learn from my mistakes! And more importantly how to make the most out of your hopefully budding wardrobe!<br />
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Till next time!<br />
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<b>Cookie~</b><br />
<b> </b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-25852078591247960822014-05-29T16:30:00.000-07:002014-05-29T16:30:00.876-07:00Birthday OOTDIf you have been checking my Tumblr then you might already have seen the outfit I am about to show you. But I highly doubt that you all have been checking my tumblr! (And this is going to be more detailed anyway!!)<br />
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SO HERE IT GOES<br />
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May 19th was my birthday, and if you are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaM2lath8vg" target="_blank">Jamie</a> you already know this story so you can skip this part.<br />
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I decided to wear my new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVim-lc1DM" target="_blank">Starry Night of Mother Goose</a> Jsk by Baby the Stars Shine Bright in a coord that I had made on EASTER.<br />
You might be wondering why I wrote Easter like that??? That is a good question, and one I will answer.... right now. For Easter my Mom wanted the whole family to go to church, and basically I figured if I have to wake up sinfully early to please her I will wear lolita to make the day better! (Not to displease my mom, she was actually really looking forward to me wearing the dress for Easter.) Okay, so than Easter Sunday comes around and I wake up only to find out we have to leave in 20-30 min! I figured the night before I could squeeze in a hour to get ready (seeing as I stayed up late setting everything out to be efficient), but I could not get dressed in full lolita garb in 20 min!!! So I skipped getting loli-ed out...<br />
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And was not happy because we were ridiculously early for the breakfast (we where some of the only ones in church and they didn't start feeding us until 30 min after we got there) and I could have used that time to get dressed up! But don't worry my readers, it only soured my mood till I got some food, I think the worst part was not that I didn't dress up, but that everyone knew what time we were meeting up but didn't tell me and than acted like it was my fault for not waking up in time to get dressed up. I'm over here like, "you didn't tell me when we needed to leave! No one told me, so how was I suppose to know that we would be leaving 30 min earlier than I had planned!!!!" ( F@$%#) It just really irritated me.<br />
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<b>TL;DR</b><br />
I ended up not wearing it for Easter so I wore it for my birthday instead!!!<br />
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The only thing I ended up changing was the socks, because I got new socks in the mail! So it all worked out~ <b> </b> <br />
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So with out further ado, here is my birthday Lolita Outfit!!!<br />
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Jsk: Starry Night of Mother Goose by BtSSB</div>
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Blouse: Angelic Pretty's Candy Sprinkle Lucky Pack Blouse</div>
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Pink Flower Accessory: Metamorphose Temps De Fille </div>
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Headbow: Metamorphose Temps De Fille</div>
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Socks: Baby the Stars Shine Bright</div>
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Shoes: Angelic Pretty</div>
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I tried to make this coord more interesting than some of my earlier ones. </div>
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I liked the striped red socks and how they make the red in the bottom of the print pop out, however I would like to add more red accessories higher up in this outfit. I also used bows as a texture up through the outfit for more dimension but of course you can't see it in this pic, I did this by echoing the bows that are in the jsk print by using bows in the shoes, blouse and ultimately the headbow itself. The jsk also has a lot of flowers and musical notes in it, I chose to use my pink rose clip which matched the color of the dress very well to bring out the roses!</div>
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But it's not a bad lolita coord, since the last time I wore lolita was for Christmas! I also tend to do more simple outfits, I am still improving and my accidental year off didn't help! </div>
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Next is a... Selfie!!!!!</div>
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Ah! Yes, my face... I chose to go for as my brother called it a creepy clown/doll look. I made sure the face was clean and used powder that matched my skin tone for a flawless face like that of a doll, with blush placed high on my cheeks for a sick look. Than I used pink and brown eye shadows to make my eyes appear bigger, this was helped by white eye liner near my tear duct, on my water line, and smudged under my eye lashes next to my water line. Than I actually applied false eye lashes! Which started coming off even before the party was over. And just regular chapstick for my lips! </div>
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So that was my OOTD! I hope you enjoyed reading it! If you have any questions or seggestions don't be afraid to drop a line in the comments!!<br />
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Hope you are having a great day!<br />
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<b>Cookie</b> <br />
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BONUS PIC!!<br />
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This is the Disney watch I received as a last min. present from my parents! It is a vintage Winnie the Pooh and Piglet watch! They gave it to me because Piglet is one of my favorite Disney characters!! Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-73999266235136317592014-05-27T20:22:00.002-07:002014-05-27T20:22:54.499-07:00Kreepsville666 UnboxingHello! It is time for another great video featuring me not being dead and new material objects! I hope we aren't bored of these little videos yet???<br />
Anyway it is an update! Unless you already have seen it in which case I am sorry!<br />
I hope those you haven't seen it enjoy it though~<br />
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As always <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaM2lath8vg" target="_blank">you can watch it here</a> if you do not want to see it in this little video form!<br />
I hope to hear from you guys, is everything going well?<br />
Till next time!<br />
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<b>Cookie</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-64906078447092280692014-05-08T17:38:00.002-07:002014-05-08T17:48:21.800-07:00BTSSB UNBOXING!This is coming like a week late though! I am sorry! So if you already seen it on my YouTube channel I am sorry! However if you haven't seen it yet you should because I am funny and bright and this is all you get of me because I never update here anymore like I promise myself! Ha ha ha!<br />
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No but really, I hope you watch it and enjoy it~<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJVim-lc1DM" target="_blank">As always you can click here</a> to watch it in original nice YouTube largeness! <br />
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Besides the video I should also mention I am done with school for this semester! So hopefully I can write a bit more! (This also marks (if I pass my class that is, not counting eggs hatching until I get my actual grade) me getting my AA! I am really proud of myself!)<br />
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I hope everyone has being doing fine! All the best and talk or write to you soon!!!<br />
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<b>Kaceycookies</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-89460057927189114202014-04-10T17:30:00.000-07:002014-04-10T17:30:00.575-07:00YouTube Shoutouts #2... Or Something Along Those Lines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What have you been doing recently!?<br />
Its that time for another YouTube shoutout! Only this time it isn't just going to be just lolita!~ Here are some YouTube channels you should be following and videos you should be watching!!!<br />
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<b>ON TO THE YOUTUBE</b></div>
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This pink hair goddess should be on your list for sure! And I hope you all already follow her, she doesn't update a whole bunch... but when she does its a great time! She is a Lolita, though most of her videos aren't about the fashion. Though we do have fashion, make-up, and hair tutorials and talk videos. Along with that content we also have excellent geeky content! From the Walking Dead season finale video to a rant about sexism in nerd culture, ALB has us covered. She is a joy to watch, but also friendly and open. I really hope you try her blog out!! <br />
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No really go check her video's out there will be a quiz later!!!<br />
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The next channel you should check out is Tokyo Fashion's YouTube channel! (<a href="http://tokyofashion.com/" target="_blank">You should also go and check out there blog! Click here~~</a>) There are some nice videos, and its a source about Tokyo straight from Tokyo! BUT.....<br /><br />
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This is the main reason I am talking to you. Elleanor!!! She just started making videos for Tokyo Fashions channel! She lives in Tokyo and now makes videos about what it is like being there... but more importantly what to do and where to go so far! Go check it out guys! <br />
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Next is Kawaii Pateen! This is a fairly popular teen fashion magazine in Tokyo, however the YouTube channel is more about interviews than it is about page spreads. The reason I bring this up is...<br />
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All the awesome lolita related videos they have posted! This video linked above is a interview with a Baby designer. They also have many videos with Misako Aoki in them about make-up and new dresses. I highly suggest it if you are bored and want to watch something lolita related. <br />
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Last but not least is this clip from a NHK World show. This clip shows lolita fashion, and has been quite popular on tumblr recently as a reminder of a T.V. network doing the right research and layout of lolita fashion. It shows an interview with the BtSSB owners and a look into the factory that makes the clothes. It is a great video for a introduction in to the style. I enjoy watching it because of the look into a lolita's closet. Its fantastic!<br />
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Those are some of my suggestions this time around~ I hope you all enjoy them.<br />
What has been up with most of you while I've been away? Everything going okay?<br />
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See ya soon!<br />
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Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-44861795047664925032014-03-13T17:57:00.001-07:002014-03-13T17:58:13.487-07:00Life Update!I have no idea what to write about sooooo life update time!<br />
I mean this post is kinda being written last minute anyway, so I will just do a quick update.<br />
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First is that my room is finally done!!! I will be doing a room tour video, and that should be out by sunday! I hate making promises, but I have been meaning to do it for awhile now anyway.<br />
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And that is all I have to update! Sorry I made it seem like there was a whole lot going on but there isn't, I'm just letting you know that we will have more and better content here soon!<br />
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<b>Cookie</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-74325320278603414952014-03-06T17:30:00.000-08:002014-03-06T17:30:00.465-08:00Trends, What Do You Want, What You Really Really WantToday you will be reading all about trends...<br />
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But that doesn't mean that these aren't trends that you can't see else where in fashion.<br />
Really I feel like an old goat so I want to talk about new trends I've noticed and...... how they have changed since I started Loita!<br />
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First thing first, you might be thinking I am crazy, you might also be thinking "where did this idea come from!!! Its not even like summer trends! Crazy old witch!!"<br />
To which I say I am a crazy old witch, thank you. <br />
However! I wanted to talk about trends after seeing Lilith Gray's video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkilWB2vFNs&list=UU2CHnvOdBnK4Tlh5Ra8aFsA" target="_blank">The Lecture in NYC</a> where they talked about some of these trends, and that made me think of how things have changed since I started wearing lolita in 2010.<br />
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The first thing I noticed becoming really really popular is tights! I love the whole tights with lolita look, as I might have mentioned previously.<br />
Plus sides for me: Can be easier to coord, cute desings, hides how short the dresses are sometimes.<br />
Down sides: Still almost as expensive, can get ruined pretty easily (depending on how often you wear them and the quality) <br />
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In 2010, when I first started wearing Lolita, the fashion was over the knee socks, with shorter ankle socks for the summer! Of course the styles on the socks have changed quite a bit. <br />
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The other big trend I noticed was how hair styles are changing! A little while after I first started there was a boom of un-natural hair colors and wigs! Split wigs became all the rage, and everyone was doing it. But it seems that type of hair is not as popular, I see more and more girls with natural hair, natural looking wigs or a combination of both.<br />
Plus Sides for me: Uh... Now I don't have to worry about trying to buy more wigs to match all the details in my clothes. Basically with natural looking hair, its easier to coord with you outfits...<br />
Down Sides: I already bought a split wig.... Luckily its natural hair colors.<br />
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I've only really started to notice this trend recently, as I see that the wig places popular with lolita now mostly have natural hair colors, or not as many split wigs.<br />
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This next one is something I just realized as well, and might not have as much to do with Lolita.<br />
This is the change in make up styles! It is still all about making you eyes look more doll like, but now it is also about looking more natural as well! No more giant clumpy lashes the new trend gods say! Its all about that natural enhanced look (helped by emphisasing your tear bags.)<br />
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Plus Sides for me: Hello new make up trends with out all of black eyeliner! Yay, no more worries about shaking and messing up the whole look!<br />
Down Sides: I literally feel like I just mastered the old way of make up, you've got to be kidding me!<br />
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This is the last trend, and honestly one that kinda took me by surprised once the talked about it in the video, and then became obvious to me after they said it.<br />
OTT sweet is on the way out! Classic Lolita is growing in popularity! NOW though, this doesn't mean that sweet lolita isn't still the giant of Lolita subcultures, I believe it is. But many of us are growing older and want to still wear lolita, but feel the OTT is a bit too much. So we are becoming less likely to but stars everywhere, but still buy what ever Angelic Pretty puts out for the next season. <br />
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What have you guys seen in trends??<br />
Until next time!<br />
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<b>Cookie</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-7421518493830772152014-02-27T11:23:00.000-08:002014-02-27T11:23:02.398-08:00Don't We All Just Hate Fillers?Today will be that weird day, the day you check my blog for some pretty okay content and you see this instead. I am sorry for this.<br />
I have a couple of post that will be out soon, but there are other post I won't know what to do with.<br />
I know this probably all sounds like gobble-gook and makes no sense.<br />
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To make it straightforward I haven't gotten a whole bunch of feedback on my run down of what I would like to do in this blog, and while I have posts to kinda filler this blog until I figure out what to do I would ask for you to read it and leave a comment if your able.<br />
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I do not wish to step on anyone's toes and I hope your feedback will help me decided what best to do. I thank you all so much for reading me and checking every week for me.<br />
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I promise we will be back to regular schedule soon folks, just stick with me!<br />
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<b>Cookies</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-4381607732598882772014-02-20T17:30:00.000-08:002014-02-20T17:30:00.790-08:00Lolita YouTube Video Shoutouts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You are probably so sick of hearing about YouTube lolitas! And I don't blame you!<br />
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But I kinda do! Lolita fashion has evolved so much. First it was forums, than blogspot, and now tumblr and facebook! Youtube does fit in there somewhere...<br />
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But here is the thing about lolita and youtube... it doesn't translate well. What sounds cool, fun, and exciting in print is often very different in a video format, or that is what I have found.<br />
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The Holy Grail is finding a Lolita you like on youtube that has everything you personally are looking for. <br />
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I have only two main points I want the Lolitas I find on youtube to have!<br />
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1. Be fun to watch!<br />
No this doesn't have to be gimicy, but I look for a good personality that shines and ads flare to the videos! Otherwise it can sometimes be pretty boring, its something all regular youtubers have to get used to! Being energatic and fun leads to more views right?<br />
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2. Upload videos regularly... This doesn't really need to be explained though right? But it is very important!<br />
There are some lolitas that have excellent videos, but because they very regularly upload which is very<br />
sad, because videos is a regular watch for me!<br />
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Those are my only two requirements for lolita youtubers, actually most youtubers! Hahaha<br />
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So you will see Video links and stuff here because these people are amazing and I would love to share with you!<br />
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So this week YouTube Shoutouts are......<br />
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Hello Batty! My recent YouTuber I've started to watch recently~ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpfKNLOlx6idewHd-kRi-Eg" target="_blank">If you would also like to watch her videos Click Here!</a> <br />
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Hello Batty is colorful, enjoys many other things, but also participates in Lolita Carnival so she does update pretty regularly with videos about lolita! Watching her videos is fun and relaxing and I am glad I gave her a try. What do you guys think??<br />
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<b>Cookie</b><br />
<b> </b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-49020721132031040892014-02-18T14:30:00.000-08:002014-02-18T14:30:01.090-08:00A Run Down of One of my Goals for This Blog<b>Hey Guys! So I need your feedback (or silence, which I will assume will be a yes (This will make more sense after you finish reading))</b><br />
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Let me start this post with a small story, because I am going to do this post a little different than what I normally do.<br />
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Okay,
so when I started this blog, I wanted it to be a window in to others
lives (only mine really) about how I afford my stuff (even when it can be shameful
(just to clarify, not budgeting right shameful aka spending too much money on clothes and than freaking out how I will get to school)), or if not afford at
the very least how much I got mine for. There was a couple of reasons I
wanted to do this, one of them is that even though I love my lolita
blogs, it always seems they get these great dresses and stuff out of the
blue and you have no idea how they affording it, because you believe
you are doing exactly what they are doing but their wardrobe is like wow
way more awesome! And when I first started out in lolita, a answer
would have helped me out a bit, and also that though it might be too
much information from me about how I can afford some of my stuff, that
it is really is a nice resource to have to understand how some people
can afford their clothes.<br />
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Basically I said that was going to be
short but it isn't going to be. Hahaha!!! Sorry, I am just going to do
this a little differently so that you understand how things can go down.<br />
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Sorry if my thoughts seem a little scatted. But I feel like this will help out so many loiltas who can't seem to understand how someone goes about affording and buying theses clothes. I was one of those lolitas, and only now do I understand how they buy the clohtes, but also why no one really wants to talk about it.<br />
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It is very intrusive in my life to say how much something cost and how I got the money, but I REALLY REALLY don't want to seem like I am trying to rub anything in peoples faces at all! I really just want to help and I thought I would do this post to get your feed back, should I go ahead and start dealing out my secrets on how much I spent and SOME times how I got the money?? (Most of the time it will just be from my job but lets say I get a scholarship during one month so I don't also have to pay for school outta my own pocket, that means that month I will have more money to spend on Lolita! Stuff like that.) <br />
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So what do you guys think? Would you guys think it is a good idea to put that out there? Would you like to understand more of how loita can be affored, or or or what?<br />
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Am I dumb and stupid for trying to go this direction??<br />
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I hope I hear from some of you, tell me what you think or your opinions on it?<br />
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Idk right now it seems like a pretty bad idea, and like I might get some drama from people about it. Help a girl out.<br />
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<b>Cookie</b>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12157515834527196647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843407362812318900.post-3673544132480883302014-02-13T17:30:00.000-08:002014-02-13T17:30:00.996-08:00New Things: Books, Movies and Stuff Animals (What did you expect?)So recently I had some extra spending money burning a hole in my pocket, and a $25 gift card to Barnes and Noble. So I am going to share some of the new things I got because I know how much you all love that!!<br />
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First thing I got was the whole <i>Paradise Kiss</i> Manga set!! I always wanted to buy it but I never wanted to spend all that money trying to get all of them. But because I had some extra money I splurged a little! I loved reading them and I am so glad that I have gotten them! <br />
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Okay and here we have some movies! From Left to Right we have:<i> Persepolis, Pans Labyrinth, and Sex and the City</i> Season 1! I got <i>Sex and the City</i> just recently but because it was on sale for like $10.80 and I couldn't pass it up. The other two I accidentally got when I was trying to find<i> Paris Je T'aime. </i><br />
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Last but not least is a new <i>Naruto </i>and the first manga for <i>Attack on Titan</i>! I've heard such great things about the latter so I decided to go ahead and try it out and was not disapointed!<br />
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This time around I got some movies, and just manga's and no new books, and thats okay because I haven't splurged on mangas in a long long time.<br />
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I hope to hear from you guys and until next time!<br />
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<b>Cookie</b> <br />
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