Back to the Basics!

I recently purchased a couple of basic things for my wardrobe.

This handmade mint bow will replace my mint alice bows. I'm trying to gravitate away from alice bows, because they make me look like I'm trying too hard to look young.


I'm going  to buy some mint crystals to add to this and my mint shoe clips!
Also, I am actually thinking about selling my Alice bows. As of now, I have the Milky Berry bow and the Jewelry Jelly bow.



I also picked up this blouse. This is my first legit lolita blouse, as all my other ones have been altered from thrift stores.


Luckily, that huge bow at the neck is detachable.
This blouse will go with a lot of my coordinates, which is why I bought it! Melty Mermaid Princess, Merry Making Party and Jewelry Jelly. The long sleeves may even give Jewelry Jelly a more classic and adult look. I'm pretty excited to get it in the mail.

Random late night post!!

I should be sleeping right now as I have a 14 hour day tomorrow, but I'm afraid I can't! 

So I started testing out my Melty Mermaid Princess coord today, as I got my wig in the mail. But I wanna blog about my upcoming trip first! 

My boyfriend won us a trip to Montana for an all inclusive stay at the Molboro ranch. I don't even know if I spelled Molboro right lol. Anyway, Andrew joined Molboro for all the free giveaways, and we just happened to win this trip. They give you a ton of free stuff, and they pay for everything! Food, airfare, alcohol, I am so stoked. They even give us a free camera, and since Andrew got one for his birthday, I'll likely be getting the new one. *yay!* It's going to be freezing in Montana as it is still January, but I can handle it!

Anyway, I started testing out my Melty Mermaid Princess coord today.  I ended up buying a wig from GLW's Farrah collection. I bought one called Showstopper. I was so stumped on which wig to buy for this coordinate, because I really wanted a whimsical looking one that I thought only the classics would be able to give me. Unfortuantely the only classic I wanted was sold out, so I decided on this. It's so beautiful in person, and I feel like I finally found a wig that compliments my facial shape. 

I also bought a $10 navy blue cardigan, that I'll be wearing over my sax blouse. I'll likely keep the 6% stars for my wig, but am still trying to think of a more oceanic theme for hair accessories. 

As for a purse, I am still stumped. I almost made a post on EGL with the full intention of begging other girls for help on picking a purse, but decided against it. I'll figure it out myself eventually!

Anyway, here's a quick, simple shot of my test run. 

I think my decision to deviate away from OTT sweet was a good one. Now that I'm 25, I want to feel beautiful as opposed to just, well, over the top! I may even have a buyer for my Candy Treat set *gasps* remember that!? I'll keep my bittersweet stuff, but I think my days of parading around in huge pink dresses and drag queen wigs are over. 

Birhday Fun

Janurary 1st is my birthday, and this year I am official in my mid 20's. I can tell that this is going to be a big year for me, just in the sense that I can feel some sort of a change coming on. It makes me pretty nervous, but I am confident that I'll be fine. Anyway, I started the New Year off right, by doing a lot of fun stuff for my birthday as well as buying myself a few goodies.

On my birthday, my boyfriend took me to the Museum of Death in Hollywood. It is one of the most interesting places I have eve€r been to! 
I went once in 2009, and they have done a ton of renovation since my last visit.

Here's a nice view from the outside. On the inside, they have rooms and rooms full of unique stuff. The serial killer room is one of my favorites, because they have letters from people like Richard Ramirez and paintings by Gacy. I really like it because you can get a definite feel for how psychotic these people really were, and I just find that shite fascinating!

They also have this really awesome display from the Heavens Gate suicide. Behind glass, you can see the real bunk beds from the event, dummies stuffed in the real jumpsuits and nike sneakers, and the actual Clorox those people used to poison their applesauce.

 How cool is that?
I've stolen these pictures from other blogs, as the museum doesn't allow photographs. Another thing I love about the museum is the adorable beagle named Buddy! He belongs to the owners, and when I went in 09, he let me give him a belly rub, and he showed me all of his toys that he keeps in a display coffin. It was the cutest thing ever. He's still there, still just as cute but not as energetic. He came to say hello while my boyfriend and I were in the movie room, and he let me pet him for a little while. Such a sweet dog!

After the museum, my boyfriend took me to see the movie Battle Royale at an old family owned theater on Melrose.  It's definitely one of my top 5 favorite movies now. It is so violent, yet funny at the same time.It was so awesome of Andrew to take me everywhere I wanted to go. He not only drove me everywhere that day, but he payed for my movie ticket and my ticket to the museum. Hes so cool!

 

Now on to the presents I bought for myself! I got a little bit of money for both christmas and my birthday, so I put more than half in the bank (not to be touched for lolita) and used a small amount of it for myself.

I bought this Melty Mermaid Princess skirt. This is my first ever item from Baby.  I'll likely have to get it tailored, as I have a hard time fitting into brand skirts. This skirt has proven incredibly difficult to coordinate, but I do love a challenge. I am planning on making all of my accessories, but am completely and totally stumped on what purse to use. I want to make the coordinate look as whimsical and ocean themed as I can, so I'll be incorporating a lot of shells into the outfit. I'll post the coord plan as soon as I know what purse to use.

 

This next item comes with a story. A seller had listed this on egl, and I waited a week to respond to it because I was trying to decide if I wanted it or not. Then one day when I was at the goodwill, I found a mint blouse that would look PERFECT with this. I then decided I wanted this dress, and I wanted it in time for my birthday. So the Saturday before my birthday, I left her a comment with my paypal address and told her to invoice me for it. Turns out, she's on vacation, and isn't even getting back until the 10th of this month. So this dress isn't quite definite yet, but I'm really hoping that the whole transaction goes through. 

This would be my first Innocent World purchase as well. It's called Stella I believe, and the colorway is chocolate. I want this for my chocolate coordinate. If the whole transaction does go thruogh, I'll post my coord plans.The plan is nearly identical to my bodyline soft cream chocolate coord-which of course I have yet to wear.

Well that pretty much sums up everything. I'll be posting my new coords soon!