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Uh, sorry for not updating everyone. It's been a hell of a month. I'll spare you the excuses and get down to business.
Well firstly! My birthday was on the 29th! Sixteen at long last. My friend Mandarin Panda did a wonderful job of decorating my locker and spoiling me with all kind of great gifts. (A t-shirt, hello kitty candy, instant noodles, bubbles and desert pocky.) It was really a great day!
To celebrate my surviving for 16 years, I used my persuasion powers to the fullest and convinced my mom to let me get a new piercing. Not that I needed her to sign, but I respect my mom enough to ask her permission for these sorts of things. I was originally going to get an industrial piercing, but at the last minute my mom decided she wasn't comfortable with it, much to my dismay. It was mostly the healing process that she was afraid of but I had done all the research and it didn't seem too bad to me. We settled on just a simple helix piercing and it looks really nice if I do say so myself.
The actually piercing process wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it'd be. Just an inhale, sharp pain and exhale. The piercer was very nice too. Apparently the helix is a very painful piercing to get but it really wasn't that bad, but that's probably because I had a professional do it. Having professionals make new holes in your body is always the way to go, unless it's a simple lobe piercing, and even then it's better to get it done by someone who knows what they're doing. I pierced my second hole last November and had to deal with an infection before it healed properly. A lobe infection isn't that bad but if it had been another part of the body I could have had some major consequences to deal with.
I've always been highly fascinated with piercings and other forms of body art. While some think it's grotesque I think it's interesting and an alternative way to express yourself and change your look. I'll be making a blog post about piercing and how they coincide with alternate fashions in the near future.
Anyways stay lovely everyone!
Oh what a glorious snow day it's been. The buses were canceled so I decided not to go to school because I wanted to have a day off to blog, take pictures and eat Vietnamese food! (Oh boy did I!) I don't think there were too many people at school anyways, non of my friends went so I would have been lonesome and bored ´ｏ｀I shall now tell you about my day.
After falling asleep on the couch as I was nursing a sore tummy, my family and I went out for lunch at my favorite Vietnamese place. (Om nom nom on spring roles!) I had a very tasty coconut milkshake.
After chowing down on food, I went for a walk in the park to try to photograph the beautiful scenery all covered in snow. My friend Jill (MandarinPanda. You should check out her blog.) was supposed to accompany me but she fell ill (Everyone's under the weather today it seems!) so I strolled about taking pictures by 
myself, which is okay I guess. I got some pretty neat shots in my opinion but I took a tumble while I was walking about! In my effort to save my expensive camera I used my left arm to brace myself and it didn't take the shock as well as it should have! It's very sore now... Ouch!
One final note before I sign off, Vivcore of Candy Violet commented on my Daily Quaintrelle post! Vivcore is perhaps my favorite western lolita (Well, she's more Quaintrelle style now, which is fine by me!) She's my biggest style icon fer suuuuure! This easily made up for the hurting arm.
I'm going to go paint my nails for semi formal now! Goodbye lovelies!
Sweet lace, frills and bows combined with a the nostalgia of fairy tales and princesses is what's really drawn me into the sub culture of lolita, but unfortunately the price tag is a little discouraging (._.')It's not easy to capture the beauty of lolita without coughing up a lot of cash that some of us just don't have.
So how does a high style, low budget fashionista find a way to enjoy lolita? Well....
• Budgeting. Sometimes you have you set aside something you want for something you love, that could mean skipping your daily mocha for a month or two in exchange for that new Baby JSK you've had your eye on. I carry around a list of things I need to save up for (San Franscico, Anime North, getting my hair dyed.) in my wallet.
• Work. I know the economy sucks right now and finding a job isn't easy, especially for teenagers (´∩｀。) so finding a source of income requires a little creativity. Have a talent? Sell it! Weather it be knitting scarfs and selling them on etsy or even busking guitar on the street. A little bit of extra cash can go a long way!
• Buy off-brand. (Sometimes.) It's tough to compromise the style you love by buying off-brand (Not that there's anything wrong with it! But with brand items you're usually guaranteed amazing quality. ) but sometimes it's not a bad idea to buy off-brand for certain things (Like shoes or petticoats.) to save money for brand items (Like head bows and skirts.) Being creative and adorning yourself in all kinds of beautiful clothing, as opposed to just head to toe brand can lead to unique and interesting results, as well as affordability.
Oh what a week it's been.
Semester too started so now I have all new classes! Yay!
My times table goes as followed: Drama, Math, Art, Science. So there's a very good mix of academics and arts to keep me busy. With all the homework I'm going to have I don't know how I'll be able to blog @_@ (But neverfear, I will find a way!)
Onto lolita news, I think I've decided what skirt I'm going to get from the baby store. Right now I'm leaning towards the Frilled Petticoat in white because it's A) Adorable. B) Somewhat in my price range (Under $200) and C.) More towards the style of lolita I favor.
Baby has a lot of pieces I really like right now, and if it wasn't so far out of my budget I'd probably get a jumper, but seeing as my current financial situation calls for less lavish shopping I keep my sights on the skirts.
Finally, I wanted to share this video with you! I was having a bad day yesterday and I was really feeling down. Then my friend showed me this video! Easily made my night. I plan on watching it anytime I'm sad.
Well I suppose I'm off for now. Thanks for reading •w•
