Lolita Blog Carnival: My Holiday Wishlist

hi everyone~

i am so sorry i haven't updated recently.
this holiday season has been incredibly stressful for me, so blog posts have fallen by the wayside.

i recently joined the Lolita Blog Carnival, and here is my first post that i'm submitting to the queue:
my holiday wishlist!

trips & adventures: International Lolita Day Winter 2014

hi everyone!

i hope you all had a lovely ILD~

for this winter's meet, Carly, Kristen, and myself organized a meet that joined the Boston, Western Massachusetts, and Rhode Island communities. we chose the Langham Hotel in Boston as the location due to its beautiful venue, accommodating staff and its popularity in the past with the Chocolate Bar meets.

the lolita lifestyle: Black Friday 2014 Weekend Roundup!

hi everyone!

in tandem with my previous post, i thought i would share some great deals with you that will start off the holiday shopping season.

if you are searching for a great price on an item for a friend (or a treat for you!) shopping on Black Friday weekend is a great way to save money and stretch your budget. i have collected a list of sales that might be of interest and i will be updating the list with more sales as they are revealed! sales are listed alphabetically by the day the sales start. happy shopping! 

the lolita lifestyle : 14 great holiday gift ideas for your friends!

hello everyone!

now that Thanksgiving is on the horizon, the holiday season is officially looming over us. since i work a job in retail, the holidays are challenging for me in that i'm always short on time to think about what i'm bringing to Thanksgiving dinner, or what gifts i'm buying for my friends and family.

for my lolita friends, i start drafting up lists and pouring through their wishlists in early November. this way, i can keep a sharp eye on auctions and secondhand sites in order to receive everything in time for Christmas. this is what i did last year and it worked out wonderfully!

the following is a list of items i found to be very popular in giving gifts to lolitas over the years. some items do overlap with others, but hopefully this might give you some general ideas this holiday season:

shop spotlight : Fancy That

hi everyone!

today i am writing about my first visit to Fancy That in Walpole, Massachusetts.

trips & adventures: photoshoot with Xin Lolita Photography and NYC!

hi everyone!

i am on vacation this week from work (: originally, i was taking time off in preparation for Angelic Pretty SF's Anniversary Party, but unfortunately i wouldn't be able to go for the planned dates this year.

so instead, i have spent my week getting settled into my new apartment (it's so cute!) and i had one trip planned with my friend Michelle. that trip was this past Wednesday, in New York City!

event: RuffleCon 2014 review and photo gallery !!

hello everyone!
i'm so sorry i haven't updated in awhile. RuffleCon 2014 came and went in a flurry!

event: Shonen Knife, Petty Morals, Saralee at The Middle East Upstairs 09.22.14

hi everyone!

yesterday i spent the day in Cambridge and went to a concert later on that night (which is how this post came to be). i was so so incredibly lucky - tickets had been sold out for weeks and i had come to terms with the fact i wouldn't be going. however, the afternoon before the show, someone replied to my WTB post for tickets in the Facebook event, and i happened to be online at the time!

12 common reactions while creating a lolita coordinate

hey everyone!

last night i was lucky enough to find tickets to a long-sold out show i had been wanting to go to.
i had wanted to wear lolita to this concert, so i quickly took to my room to plan out my coordinate -- and i started to think of all the silly things that come to mind while deciding on what to wear for an event.

what goes through your mind when you start to piece together a coordinate?

Veggie Galaxy review and Boston Swap Meet~

yesterday i attended the community swap meet at the Boston Public Garden. it was a perfect autumn day - not too hot or too cold; quite suitable for wearing lolita! i was really unsure of what my outfit would be, but i decided to wear Loyal Rosette out for the first time.

lolita travel: 29 things you might be forgetting for Rufflecon 2014

with Rufflecon only 29 (!) days away, many lolitas are scrambling to get their coordinates, suitcases, travel itineraries, and schedules together - myself included. i have traveled a handful of times with my lolita wardrobe, but i have never prepared for a full weekend convention dedicated to lolita and alternative fashion (the closest was Katsucon this year, with 4 lolita coords and 1 cosplay)! 

i've put together some tips that have helped me while preparing for a vacation, a convention, or an event ♡ they are grouped together below. enjoy!

trips & adventures: Faneuil Hall and In the Name of the Moon

hi everyone!

i am very lucky that i can wear lolita to work - i don't do it often, but it is very helpful that it falls into dress code. i keep it simple and toned down, but even still, my coworkers and customers are generally very positive and think the fashion is very cute! for that i am very lucky as well. it is especially helpful that it is so well received for a day like this past Saturday, where i attended a meetup after i finished work.

what's on my wishlist?

my taste in lolita has changed a lot over the course of three years. when i began wearing the fashion in 2011, after admiring it for a long time, i was really into super sweet lolita.

over the past year, the last few months especially, my interests have gone away from pastels. this is sort of a crazy thought for me, having always been drawn to the pink dresses, the sugary confectionery style of sweet. recently, my wardrobe has taken a more jewel-toned turn, and my wishlist is starting to reflect this as well.