Shoes Shoes Shoes

Lately I've been getting lots of shoes - basically every single pair not suitable for everyday. Actually a bit stupid, but what you begin with Lolita, you "need" more and more stuff to get a good coordination, right? So I just can't only own a pair of white shoes! Because sometimes I want to wear white stockings or socks and that would look totally weird! So I "need" a pair of pink shoes for the pink clothes ... but then I have a lot of blue too... and I can't wear the pink shoes with my blue OPs and such ... so I "need" blue shoes! Of course I do! And then my white shoes aren't really comfortable ... I can't walk with them the whole day ... so yeah, I "need" another pair of more comfortable white shoes...

and in the end I'm calling another few pairs my own ... plus another one, that I got from my boss for a shooting and although they aren't Lolita at all, still not wearable...

Well, they're cute and I'm happy I have them now... but now I've got another problem!! Because I can't always wear white stockings ... sometimes I need to wear something else ... like socks or something ... well, I guess you already know it ... today I bought like 3 pairs of new socks in different styles ... I even can't tell my mom about it anymore, because she's already like "You already have so many skirts, dresses, blouses and shoes ... why do you need more? Do you have some kind of shopping addiction? Do you?!"

What can I say? Maybe she's right ... I always shop, when my world's falling apart (how pathetic)... and lately I've been shopping a lot.

Shopping

Lately, I've been a little depressed and I didn't feel like posting at all.
So today I'm writing an easy article to lighten the mood.

A few days ago, I've gone shopping with my mom, who actually forced me. She told me, if I wasn't getting rid of some of the old, wornout clothes in my closet and get new ones, she would burn down the whole thing herself.
Maybe it's hard to believe, because I'm a girl and everything ... but I just don't like shopping very much. You need a while to find something good, have to find the right size (which isn't easy at all!), see you in the unflattering light of a changing room, work your butt off to get out and in the clothes and in the end you actually have to pay for the whole torture!

Anyway ... I've gotten some really cute things! I was going for some clothes, that I could combine with normal clothes, Lolita and everything else! So this is, what I've bought:

Two white cardigans (or more creme? hard to tell!). The first one is from Zero, the other second from Street One. They look so similar, but there are some differences, e.g. the neckline:

I really like them! I've also got this anthracite cardigan, it's Street One as well. At first I thought it looked like for a funeral, but the clothing is so soft! I had to have it!

And finally the skirt is from Zero, too. I've got this, because I don't have a black skirt! Well ... actually, I have two, but the one is a tight mini and the other one is a long corduroy one ... this one has the perfect length AND it's really flattering. I like it. :)

Well, then BYE BYE! I hope I can post some more soon.

Souvenirs from Florida

So, everybody I finally managed to break free some time to blog ... of course I'm lying, I still have plenty of time and I'm just like really lazy.




I want to blog about all the "stations" I've passed during my Florida vacation, because it was short (two weeks only), but intense! One of the best vacations of my life!
I think I really like the USA ... I didn't think I would, but it's nice there.






To begin with, I'll show you, what I brought home. Souvenirs are always a very important part of trip to me. It helps me remember all the sweet memories, I had in a different country or with my friends and family. Only problem is ... every year I end up buying way too much!

Well, here is, what I got from my Florida trip:

Plenty, huh? It's not even all!! It's only the stuff I could find the easiest...

Spiralwise from left to right ... only Disney stuff here: Retro Minnie T-Shirt, Mickey egg shaper, Minnie and Donald ball pens, "Four Parks One World" CD, Stitch Dangler (can't believe, some people thought I'd come back without a Stitch...), Hello Kitty Dangler (but bought in Disney World), Marie notebook, Minnie keyring.

Clockwise from left to right: Key Lime cake (A very important cake in Florida ... had some there and I don't like it at all. But hey, I don't have to eat this one.), "I Need My Space" bag from Kennedy Space Center, "Failure Is Not An Option" ball pen from Kennedy Space Center, NYC Sparkle Eye Dust, earrings from MIA, false lashes glue from Ardell.

The top from left to right: Harry Potter Chocolate Frog (they actually have cards, I had Rowena Ravenclaw), Butterbeer mug, "Hot Dance of the Roaring 20s" CD (got this from the Edison house) and a brown belt.

I've made tons of pics I'm going to show your over the next few days. It really was a great trip...

Pink Power Lolita

Our new Subarashi dresses arrived today and with them came our new Renai Revolution Morning Musume Moonlight Night Super Pink Outfits! Yes, it's a long name!

They're so pretty, that I needed to take a picture right away.

I'm not styled and the quality is low (bad light) and my hair is still in sporty shape ... but it's just such a cute dress! Maybe a little short for me ... but who cares! When I drop something I just let it be.

It's from the brand Red Queen Black Legion and you can buy it here. The site may be in German, but the contact is in English as well! So you can just write them an email and get the dress to whereever you live! And it's really inexpensive.
They also have a lot of other fashion at Subarashi.de.

Some purchases

Sooo, lately I've got me some great new stuff to cheer me up from my little downslide. I know, I should find another way but shopping to get over sadness, but it works really well. Maybe I should write, when I'm sad ... or go for a walk ... or sing as loudly as possible.
Well, at least I don't eat to get happy, right?

Still, I want to show you some of the cute things I got!

First, I got a book, that I wanted for long from my beloved Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables) ... it got here on the same day as my Only You single and my AKB48 album.

Actually, I'm not a very big fan of AKB48 (just TOO many) themselves, but their songs are good! So all I wanted was the regular album, but it was sold out and I got the limited edition with DVD... I haven't watched it yet, but I'm going to! I mean I bought, right? It even got with a photo and several exchangeable covers. I stay with the usual one, but on the inside I now have that girl with the long hair, purple pailette outfit and pink eyeshadow. I have no idea, who she is, but I find her very cute!! I actually like the girls on the back of the CD a lot cuter than the girls on the front...
Morning Musume's Only You ... I preordered it, so it would be counted into the Oricon charts. I love Morning Musume for like 6 years now and I'm buying their singles and albums for maybe 2 1/2 years ... I could have started earlier ... but to make up my delay, I'm buying all the CDs in Japan Version and during the first week or earlier so it'll count at Oricon and support my girls.
I already preordered the next single and it will be released mid September... but it'll be Ai-chan's graduation single an people are already preordering it LIKE CRAZY! So if you want the special edition with Ai-chan's solo song you should preorder it right now! I've ordered the Regular Edition and the Graduation Edition. I've never bought two editions before (money...), but this time I had to. Gotta support Ai-chan and Morning Musume!

Next thing I got was this package from Taiwan.

It's a lot of letter sets

and other cute stuff like wagashi erasers, Rilakkuma Baran or cellphone straps.

And today I got my very first fake eye lashes! It's so cool! I think, I'm a natural talent when it comes to applying them! Or maybe I'm just completly ruining it and don't realizing? Who knows? It's still fun.

Still gotta buy some  glue, but I've read that Douglas and Rossmann offer it.

Okay, I don't know why, but blogspot is flipping some of my pics ... weird. I had to get the upper pics into landscape format so that they'd be displayed right up.

Don Xuan Berlin

Heute mal auf Deutsch, weil immer mal was Neues und so, ne? Vielleicht schreib ich ja morgen in dem bisschen Französisch, was ich zusammenkrieg, mal schaun.

Schon eine Weile kenne ich den Don Xuan Laden in Berlin Lichtenberg, der sowas wie Little Vietnam ist, nur miefiger ... naja, ich war noch nie in Vietnam, deswegen glaub ich das einfach mal. In den letzten Tagen stellte sich jedoch heraus, dass ich peinlicherweise die falschen riesengroßen Lagerhallen für den Don Xuan hielt. Das ist aber auch gemein gemacht! Die liegen nur ungefähr 1-2 Kilometer auseinander an derselben großen Kreuzung. Aufgebaut sind sie auch ähnlich. Kann ja mal passieren, oder?

Bei der größten Mittagshitze machte ich mich also heute auf, den richtigen Markt zu erkunden, von dem mir immer erzählt wurde. Die Straßenbahnlinie 16 fährt bei mir direkt vor der Tür und laut bvg.de braucht man von der Haltestelle Herzbergstraße/Weißenseerweg nicht lang, denn es sind ja nur 300m. Jetzt weiß ich nicht, welcher Riese diese 300 Meter beschritten hat, aber er hat definitiv einen an der Waffel. Ich hatte das Gefühl ich laufe einen ganzen Kilometer bei brütender Hitze ... ich hätte schwören können hinter dem ein oder anderen Wärmeflackern eine Hyäne sitzen zu sehen. Nicht dass ich dadurch schneller gelaufen wäre.
Die M8 fährt hingegen direkt vor dem Eingang los.

Verfehlen kann man es jedenfalls nicht, denn ein protziges Tor; ich weiß nicht, wer da was kompensieren muss; weist auf den Eingang. Auf dem Gelände findet man 4 große Lagerhallen mit den Nummern 1, 2, 3 und (weiß der Geier wieso) 8. Ich nehme an, ich habe 4 bis 7 einfach übersehen.
Im Großen und Ganzen findet man dort drinnen Ramsch, Essen und Beautysalons. Da ich schon mal in China war, kann ich sagen, es ist ähnlich, nur haben sie hier mehr Platz, dafür aber weniger Raubkopien. Ja, es muffelt, es ist Dunkel, aber es ist ein Erlebnis. Obwohl meine Schuhe furchtbar gerieben haben (ich hab jetzt Blasen und Schriemen wie nach der Geißelung) bin ich durch alle 4 Hallen gelaufen, das soll wohl was heißen.
Gekauf hab ich nichts, außer ein paar Lebensmittel. Na ja, nächstes Mal.
Zum Schluss gab es noch einen Bubble Tea von BoBoQ (?), die tatsächlich süße Hello Kitty Deckel haben. Irgendwie ist es aber auch merkwürdig, da man, um ans Getränk zu kommen, einmal den Strohhalm mitten durch Kittys Stirn stoßen muss. Ein seltsames Gefühl. Ich hatte auch zum ersten Mal richtige Tapioca Perlen, statt Fruchtperlen und sie sind irgendwie widerlich. Sie sind glitschig, klebrig und müssen gekaut werden, statt wie andere Perlen, die schön platzen. Der Tee war jedoch lecker.
Danach ging es einfach nur zu Hause, um meine blutenden Füße zu baden.

Jetzt gewittert es, genau hier über meinem Wohnort und ich glaube, die Welt geht unter.