I got my enchanted shoes lucky pack set from Baby today! I saw the HUGE box waiting for me in my landlady’s office this morning when I was heading out to work, or rather my landlady exclaimed “OH! THERE’S A PACKAGE FOR YOU!” and I saw the box lol. So I took one look and she must have seen how wide my eyes got at the size of the package, and said “Do you want me to have Brent take that up for you?” And I told her that would be great >.<

And so I thought the day would be good, the first song that played on my iphone this morning was “Lonely in Gorgeous” by Tommy February6 (I love that song lol). But it was interrupted by one of my bank customers spotting and asking me a ton of questions about work, but what can you do, he’s an elderly man and one of my nicest customers ^^. Had to switch buses because ours broke down… and then work. Let’s not talk about my day job.

ANYWAY. Roommate failed to pick me up (or forgot to) and had to wait for the bus. Didn’t want to wait another 30 minutes for my normal bus so took a different bus and walked halfway home. Felt like poo after walking for only 15 min (I’m out of shape) and finally got to my apartment building. My eyes met my landlady’s and she said “OH YOU WANT YOUR PACKAGE?” So she must have not seen my roommate come home early, *sigh* So I carried the HUGE box back to my apt and knocked on my apt door with my foot (lol) and set the box down. On to the important stuff, it’s what you want to see right? XD

From Akinori Isobe <3

Then I began to attack the box like a crazed maniac lol. I was really really curious to see what I would get! As for what I wanted? Anything really lol. All their designs are cute!

HOLY MOTHERLOAD

AND THEN HOLY MOTHERLOAD. Two pairs of boots!!! The ankle boots I had soooooo coveted last year!!! (sure they’re in pink and I wanted white, but hell they’re cute!!!) AND THE ALICE AND THE PIRATES BOOTS. WHOA MAN. Small sizes must not sell or something lol. I really really got an awesome pack!

PURE AWESOME.

And the extra gifts it came with were the black Baby logo tote bag and the 2010 calendar! Cuteness!!! XD And of course I was curious to see how great of a deal I got… The luck pack sells for 12,000 Yen, plus shipping it was about 17,000 yen, and since the exchange rate bites it was about $191 total. And here are the tags:

:O

I nearly fainted!!! The AaTP boots were nearly $400!!! (actually with the current exchange rate, over $400!!!) The BTSSB victorian ankle boots were about $250!!! For a grand total over $650!!! I got them for a steal!!! I really think I got the motherload of lucky packs!!! Whoever packed mine must have thought, “DUDE, this girl is getting the most awesome one! Whoever gets this is one happy person!!!”

And happy I am. Melted away all the work agony lol. Forget the fact I still have a cold. If the lucky packs are STILL going on I am tempted to get another (because I did want to get a pair of flats or cool platforms! So why not try again??? I wonder if they are still up… must go check…)

Now I’m off to eat my cold dinner lol. Got too excited for the blog post >.<

….thinking of the doll I did not enter to win (and horribly regretting lol. I hope I can do the after event at least) and how fans on Den of Angels are talking about the character from Gintama (Hijikata “Toshiro”), my friend Lee and I were also talking about Gintama and how I need to catch up on it lol. And she suggested I sing “Pray” by Tommy Heavenly6, which is also the opening theme to the show. Of course I love Tommy Heavenly6 (or Kawase-san in general XD) so I had to oblige

So here is my newest video, covering Tommy Heavenly6:

And the mini photoshoot that ensued!

Oh, and it was a pain in the butt running around and trying to pose with the self-timer lol. Ah funny memory. I was trying to be artsy-fartsy >.< The first shot is actually my reflection in the mirror, kekekeke.

And one full outfit shot. My outfit for spring/summer.

And now to go catch up on Gintama… :3

Um wow. I should be making the most of my wins from NameCheap, after all I’m technically getting this domain free for another year and a half O.o Anyway now’s the time for a post!!!

So one major reason why I haven’t posted was because I have moved into a new apartment!!! Goodbye old stinky moldy COLD damp and LOUD apartment! Hello nice new 1 yr old building apartment with energy efficient windows and elevator <3 Anyway, I’ve kind of organized the living room (along with the roommate) into something viewable, so I thought I would go about sharing my gothic lolita coordinate

Outfit breakdown:
Mini Hat = Candy Violet opera hat
Blouse = handmade by me (a little too big though. Will work on tucking in those shoulders >.<)
Corset skirt = Moi Meme Moitie
Tights = I got them from Target. Great place to get plain opaque tights!
Shoes = Bodyline

Yeah it was really cloudy out. So didn’t get good detail shots of the whole coordinate. Oh well, next time.

In other news, I was on a real work mode last month. I have the blue Hawase Doll OP from Baby the Stars Shine Bright. It came out a few years back, but I failed to buy the headbow to coordinate it with. And I really wanted a blue version of Momoko’s (from the movie Shimotsuma Monogatari; aka Kamikaze Girls) signature outfit. I needed the full coordinate like I need meat man. >.<

And in January there was a loli from Spain selling a similar embroidered fabric BTSSB headbow, and I was thinking hey that might match!!! Of course when it came to me, apparently it hadn’t been packaged well T.T There were rust stains on the headband and a little on the bow part too. But it wasn’t the right blue anyway, and since I had butchered one of the long dettachable sleeves from the OP to make a headdress once, I decided I was going to use the other sleeve for this headbow!!! It was simple actually! I just carefully took apart the old rusted headbow and used its pieces like a pattern:

The bow before I took it apart, and the Hawase Doll embroidered fabric around it.

After about two days worth of toiling (between work and sleep and food and all that) and straightening the hell out of the wire from the headbow, I came out with a beautiful new headbow to match my OP:

Kekekeke. Now I have my spring/summer coordinate (more suited for summer since spring in Seattle is still pretty darn cold). Since I have decided not to spend too much on lolita clothing this year (let’s see how long that will last), I have already come out with my coordinates, and since I don’t go out much anyway I figure it should be fine for the year. The only thing i will splurge on are blouses, I didn’t realize I have a lot of OP’s, so I never really stocked up on the basics like blouses and petticoats >.< I think this year will be a blouse and petticoat year XD I at least need one good blouse so I can wear it with my jsks and skirts. I already have the design in mind, unfortunately everything I want is sold out, but it’s a design that Baby comes out with regularly so I will probably see it again in the fall I hope. I have a really nice black lace petticoat that I had bought from Candy Violet a few years ago, and I bought the white one a little after that to go with all my sweet stuff. However the white isn’t as poofy as the black one. The black one gives the perfect amount of poof, but it’s not the it’s not the IN-YOUR-FACE poofy where it’s hard to sit down XD I was disappointed that the white one wasn’t as poofy, but I make up for it’s lack of poof by pairing with a baby petti that came with one of my jsks. So stiff tulle (that’s not really poofy) plus white petticoat (that’s not really poofy either) makes “decent subtle poof.” I think I’m going to buy another white petti though, if it ends up being as small as the first white petti than I will just combine the two together!!!

And now for my other dilemna. I have completely fallen in love with a boy. He’s made out of resin, has purple-grey eyes and is supposed to be one of the MEANEST Shinsengumi members. And it’s all Volks’s fault that I am smitten with him:

*sigh* There have been boy dolls that have piqued my interest, but I must say he takes the cake. Meet Volks SD17 Hijikata Toshizo. Since he’s special only lottery winners can win him (I don’t mean government ran lotteries lol!!! I mean Volks holds a lottery entry in order to win the rights to buy the doll. Long story, you can probably find the full details on Den of Angels). I’m tempted to TRY and enter the lottery to see if I can get him. But you see he has a hefty price tag, though of course for most doll owners it’s an understandable price seeing how much work goes into crafting a BJD. People who do not know the world of BJDs just wouldn’t understand why people would pay so much, but then again most of my family members and friends think I am crazy for buying brand lolita clothing. Why are all my hobbies expensive??? Anyway, I’d love to get my hands on this boy. He’d make the perfect boyfriend for my Robin <3 Speaking of the lottery, it is going on RIGHT NOW. It ends the 16th though, so if you even want a small chance you gotta do it before then. Meanwhile I am going to fret about whether or not I should use the ol’ credit card to try and get this boy >.<