Coord 33 - Houndstooth Punk

Another casual kinda punk coord for a day out. Went out to eat and stopped at multiple half price books looking for manga.

Punk is definitely my go to style when I want to dress "casual" but I always feel that my outfits aren't straight punk because they still have a sweet touch to them. Maybe it's just me though. What do you think?

Top/Jacket: F21
Skirt: Anna House
OTKs: Emily Temple
Shoes: ASOS
Purse: Loris

Coord 29 - Archery

With my Lolitaversary fast approaching I'm going to try my best to catch up on my posts (yeah, I know I say that a lot XD)


Back in the beginning of November me and my husband finally went out and used the Groupon we had bought for two hours of archery. We got there right before they opened, so we hadn't had breakfast and ended up leaving before our two hours were up because; well we were hungry and our fingers were hurting. lol. I was really hoping to be a natural and be all bad a** like Kagome but sadly I wasn't really great at it; though I did do better than most of the people next to us. It was still a lot of fun though and I hope we can do it again :)

While I really wanted to wear Lolita I decided to do a kinda casual punk coord since we weren't sure what all we would get into, which was a good idea because we ended the day at the park with our dogs.

I actually really like how it came out ^^;

OP: Bodyline
Jacket: F21
Everything else: Offbrand

What's your favorite style to wear when you need a more casual look? Love to hear about it...

Coord 25

Simple coord for a BBQ Cook-off the first Saturday of October. It was really hot out and I took this picture at the end of the day. lol

Blouse / Socks: bodyline

Skirt: Anna House

Shoes: Secret Shop

Coord 24 - New Old School

Got my first headdress finally back in September (it was a part of my birthday present from my husband) so I decided to put together a kinda old school coord. It's not completely old school since my skirt has a print but this coord made me start to fall in love with old school. Now I've worn the style a handful of times and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. I love how simple it is from afar but when you get close there are so many details.

I ended up spending the day with my Mommy and sisters visting family so I was a little nervous wearing Lolita around them (as I rarely ever see that part of my family), but as usual I had nothing to worry about because everyone really like my outfit and kept telling me how cute I looked #^.^# Though I did get my first really negative comment from my mom's (now ex) boyfriend, my sisters ended up sticking up for me so it made me feel good.

And here's my coord

Blouse / Skirt / Headdress / Socks: Bodyline

Purse: Loris

Shoes: Secret Shop

I need to wear this coord sometime again. I really like the new old school feel to it <3

Little bit country - Coord 20

Wore Country Lolita for the first time at the birthday party for one of the main Mods in our community.

It's a fun spring/summery style and I hope I can wear more coords like this next year.

 

Blouse: Bodyline
Skirt: Anna House
Socks: Spencer's
Shoes: DSW
Hat: Charlotte Russe

I wish I had pushed up my hat a bit in these pictures. Oh well

To hurry up and get through all the coords I have that I haven't posted (which is a lot); I might just make simple coord posts, unless it's a meet or something like that. Hope y'all don't mind ^^

That's it for now.... AngelBrite

Pengu's Bday

Back in July one of our members put together a meet up for her birthday at one of my favorite places, Genji's; which is a Japanese restaurant and karaoke bar. I didn't get many pictures since we were jammed pack in our room. But I was lucky to get these group pictures; unfortunately some of the other guests left before them so many faces were missing :(

Trying to give just a hint of cuteness

Back (L to R): Markie, Isabelle, Becky, and Me
Front (L to R): Alys, Hina, Pengu and Lillian

Ok, not sure how much longer we can contain our cuteness

Cuteness can't be contained anymore.....

Ohhhhh LAWD!!!!!!!!

I decided to not put my whole coord shot because to be honest I wasn't quite happy with it and my hair was a mess. I attempted to tease it so I could add volume and offset my huge headbow but after 30 minutes I admitted defeat and just left as is >< When am I going to learn that practice makes perfect? Seriously, practice everything you want to eventually do. Whether it be a hairstyle, make up or even singing. lol

 And a bonus picture of the beautiful birthday girl.

 She's such a cutie and sweetheart <3

Well until next time.... Angel Brite

Black and White

Just a quick post this time. Went out to eat with my husband and one of our couple friends, so I decided to wear Lolita for the first time in front of them. Something simple since we weren't doing anything special.

Me with my good friend Maria. She's so adorable ^^

And my full coord (I love my new white shoes <3)

OP/Socks: Bodyline
Shoes: Secret Shop
Panda Purse: Ebay

And my husband thought it'd be funny if I posed with our car. So here it is for your amusement: Lolita Car Model. lol

That's it for now...

Grocery Shopping Coord

Just wanted to dress up for the day so this is what I ended up wearing back in May. 

Blouse: Bodyline
Skirt: Anna House
Purse: Loris

Wahhh! Starting to miss my long hair more and more ;A;

It was nice dressing up just to dress up, even if it was only to do some shopping ^^

Madame Butterfly Ballet

While the city I live in might not have lots of fashion events like in CA; we are lucky enough that our big city likes to do free events at the long standing Miller Outdoor Theater. Since its beginnings 89 years ago, Miller Outdoor Theatre has provided a unique resource for the City of Houston and its visitors. Steadfast in the founding principal that the theatre shall provide cultural and educational events free of charge for the public (yeah, that was not my wording. I took it from here), this time the event was the Houston Ballet performing Madame Butterfly. I had never seen a ballet before so I mentioned it the girls in my comm and two of them ended up coming out. Great thing about Lolita is usually even if you don't know each other it's easy to find on another ^^ just look for the big poof. It was a great show and I will definitely be attending more events in the future.

After the show ended we took a few mandatory pictures

Jessica, Emi and Me (We didn't plan it but we all wore black-white)

Emi let me borrow her parasol for my first parasol picture <3

Dress/Socks: Bodyline
Cardigan: H&M
Shoes: Secret Shop

After taking regular pictures we decided we didn't want the fun to end,

 so we went off to find more places to take pictures and ended up with a flurry of silly picture taking



Christian Rock Band cover. lol

Look at our cute butts #^.^#

Sailor Senshi Posing

Blowing away the competition

Then we started trying to get jumping pictures but it was so hard to get one where everyone was off the ground,

 and Jessica was wearing heels so it was even harder for her XD but still lots of fun

Almost got it

And surprisingly I got a good picture of me jumping with no hair in my face and smiling. Yay!

 Then we started dancing

And finally ended with a Jojo pose for Stephany (because we love her) She also gave us her nod of approval for this photo.

Yes!!! So glad we did it justice <3

We ended the night close to midnight and walked the girls to their car. And when me and my husband went to get our car (in the zoo parking lot) we found out they close the gates and no one can get in or out. So we did what any rational adult would do and jumped the curb. Ok, I lied. Rational adults wouldn't do that! Please don't do that >< We ended up hitting the back of the car hard onto the ground coming down and had to get stuff fixed Monday (which meant we missed work) and it ended up costing a lot. Totally worth it though. huhu

(special thanks to mu hubby for taking all of these pictures ^3^)

Anime Matsuri 2013

At the time things were so hectic that I didn't realize that Anime Matsuri was going to be such an amazing experience for myself as a Lolita. I got to see some of the girls I've met in my community in a different environment and become better friends with them. Look upon some of the most beautiful coords in front of my very eyes during the fashion show and even had the opportunity to meet one of my biggest Lolita idols ^^

Since it really was alot and would take me a long time to go into all the details I'll just show you the pictures I have.

Friday

Some of the girls from our community: Stephany, Kate and Tati

Friday @ the Opening Ceremony: Before they went up on stage (I'm a stalker like that. lol)

Masumi Kano (BABY Designer), Tomomi Nakamura (AATP Designer), Misako Aoki, Midori Fukasawa

You can see my post on the Baby Fashion Show here. There are too many pictures to add them all. 

 

Saturday

Saturday I was lucky enough to attend the Lolita Tea Party.

In line waiting for the tea party to start; surprisingly I wasn't last in line. But man do I have bad posture >< lol

One of the tables full of beautiful Lolitas <3

Didn't get too many pictures because I'm pretty shy around people I don't know and attended this event by myself, but everyone looked so awesome! 

Noelle and Stephany in White x Gold Coords <3

And Meci and Jasmin in Lavender x White

Double Wedding!!!

We were all (4 at a time) given an opportunity to sit at the table with the designers and models, which I was not expecting.

Once it was my turn and I sat down I had the nervous giggles for at least 30 seconds ><

Luckily Whitney, who went up with me was more calm and collected and took out her phone so she could translate what she wanted to say.

They also gave each of us a Baby journal. Mine was given to me by Misako *^* It was a very amazing experience <3

Me with Masumi Kano & Misako Aoki 

Lauren and her boyfriend. She made his outfit. They're so cute #^.^#

Here's the link to our group photo <3

After the tea party Misako and Midori were signing autographs so I had the journal I got signed *(^-^)*

Look at how beautiful they are! And Midori was an awesome prince <3

I didn't go on Sunday, but next year I will make sure to go to both Tea Parties and Friday also.

Plus next year is supposed to be even better than this year which I had no idea would be possible.

 

Don't want to keep dragging this post out so I'll leave you with the coords I wore on Friday and Saturday

 

Friday - Bittersweet Panda Coord

JSK: Etsy (Handmade)
Top/Jacket: F21
Socks: SockDreams
Headbow: Innocent World
Shoes: Angelic Pretty

Accessory close up: A lot of my pieces are handmade, rest: F21, HotTopic, and random

Saturday Coord - Kept it simple for the Tea Party

OP/Socks: Bodyline
Shoes: Secret Shop
Purse: Loris

And my simple accessories

If there is anything you would like to know where I got it from or have any questions about my experience at AM, feel free to send me a message <3

Not so Tea meet

(*Copied and pasted this from my other blog so I could keep all of my Lolita related experiences in one place so this event actually took place I think March 23rd) Last month some of the girls in our community (HLC) put together a small meet at a local tea house. I actually made it right on time only to find a few of the girls waiting outside of a closed tea house. After waiting a while someone came to the tea house, looked at us and went inside without asking any questions. Since they had just opened up we decided to give them some time before us bombarding them with questions.

After a little bit of time passed the gentleman came outside and asked what we were waiting for. A little confused one of the girls told him we were waiting for an appointment we had made online. He said he had just spoke to his wife (who was at home ill) and she wasn't aware of any appointments. Long story short they don't check the website they created even thought they have a place you click to schedule appointments so we were left to change our plans right then and there >.<

I think it worked out better (at least my husband thinks so since he's not one for tea and small sandwiches) since we ended up going to a Japanese restaurant up the road.

It was a nice time and I was able to talk to some of the girls I have been secretly (i guess not a secret anymore. hoho) stalking. lol


Outside of the Restaurant (Left to Right): Kay, Stephany, Me, Pengu, Samantha and Jessica
(Laurie left before we took this >.<)

After eating some of us went to pick up our badges for Anime Matsuri at the local Marque

(Sorry the pic is so blurry) Members of the Houston Lolita Community w/Deneice from Anime Matsuri <3

 

They had this up for the new Monsters Inc movie (Monsters U) coming out so of course we had to take pictures

HLC Gangstas

 Then after that we stopped at a local place called Sweets and I had my first macaron.

OMG! Absolutely Delicious (didn't get any pictures except the one below of some of the decor)

After we all went our separate ways and headed home.

It was a really great time and everyone I met was awesome <3

And here's my outfit shot.

Looking back at this (over a month later) I'm not completely happy with it.

I would do something more with my hair since it looks crazy but practice makes perfect ^-^

Blouse: Bodyline
Skirt: Anna House
Head bow: Taken from one of my dresses
Socks: Nine West
Shoes: Secret Shop
Bow tie: Handmade