My Actual First Lolita Dress!

I actually ordered a lolita dress! I decided I really wanted to wear one to the first con I fund on my own and actually it's pretty exciting to act on that. Now that I'm thinking about it, buying my first coord to go with it just seems to be the icing on the cake!

I ordered the Veronica Print jsk from Magic Tea Party (a taobao brand) through clobbaonline. It's a really cheap dress. Somehow even cheaper than the one I was thinking of getting before. I took a little too long to decide to order so I got the rush delivery and it should be here sometime next week! I hope someone's  home to accept the package. o:

I'd like to mention here that though the dress was inexpensive I do not expect the quality to be sub-par. I recently read through some reviews of Magic Tea Party and they seem to be doing fairly well and are a recommended brand for starter lolitas. Especially those low on funds like myself. 

With the dress I ordered the matching head-bow and possibly the wrong shape petticoat (>.<;) I love A-line silhouettes so I got an A-line petticoat. Unfortunately, after doing a bit of research I discovered that a bell-shape would've suited the dress better. :/ Well now I'm at least definitely going to search for my desired silhouette for my next purchase. 

With shipping and Paypal fees my order came to a total of $138.26 USD. Without shipping and fees it was $101.26 USD. Man shipping really kills ya, huh? (>.<) 

I have a pearlescent, peasant blouse that (I hope) goes really well with the dress and I recently bought some cheap over-the-knees from Forever 21, so the only thing I'm worried about it having shoes comfortable enough for the convention.Wish me luck!~

Here's wishing you sunshine and happiness!
~Forever Sun

Reading Manga

Manga was put on hold temporarily for me because my life recently got way more busy. Now that I have a laptop of my own though, Its recently come to my attention that I can start up again.

Some of the titles I've been catching up on include:
Magi: the Labyrinth of Magic
Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin
Watashi ni XX Shinasai!
Mysterious Girlfriend X.

There are definitely more but a lot of my reading time had been absorbed by reading fanfiction (a more recent interest for me) rather than manga. Now I have to work on finding a balance between the two because I'm definitely falling farther behind on manga knowledge than I'd like. . .

There are so many new manga that I'd like to start but can't just yet. I haven't even been looking too hard for new titles actually. Fortunately for me though, I'm getting some people I've met recently more interested so we can look things up together. I've already begun broadening my scope again!

One way to read it when I'm not near my laptop is on my phone which I hadn't really considered before, as my phone couldn't handle the sites I usually visit. I've found other sites that work better now on mobile so I will be using those!

Manga is one interest I certainly do not wish to abandon. It's very important to who I am. I'm glad I can come into contact with people who can enjoy it with me! Wish me luck! And:

Here's wishing you sunshine and happiness!
~Forever Sun

I Saw Lolitas!

I really wanted to make this post as soon as it happened but luckily the emotions are still fresh from when this happened about a week ago. 

I was on a date with my boyfriend, about to go home, when our train arrived. We were a bit late heading home already so we both had to go. When the train pulled in, I looked into the subway car right in front of me and saw none other than a lolita outing underway! There were at least five ladies all done up and they each looked beautiful. I wasn't in lolita (of course since I don't own any lolita clothing) so I felt a bit embarrassed going up to them and complimenting them. I did any way but I know I was so excited to see such a lovely, unexpected sight that I hardly made any sense!

I still remember the words I spouted "Hey! You're all really cute! I love you! Bye!" 

I felt like such a dork. "I love you"? Really?! ~sigh~ But what's done is done. I hope they had a good time. I don't even know if many of them heard me seeing as I had only caught one girl's attention and it was fairly loud. I wish I could've gotten some contact information but I had to get on the very same train they had exited. Talk about a wasted opportunity! Ah well~ They had really brightened up my day! Maybe when I get my first dress I can look up their meetup community. . .

That's all I have to say for today!

Here's wishing you sunshine and happiness!

~Forever Sun

First Lolita Dress??

This post has taken way too long!

Long story short- I'm thinking about making my very first Lolita purchase! Which is super exciting!

Long story long- I'm going to the second convention I've paid for myself and the first one I've ever attended from my own money that I earned myself! I have the tickets already which is super fun and exciting in and of itself.

I do want to wear a Lolita (or at least Lolita-ish) outfit to the con. Something frilly and floaty and regal and such but I'm afraid I wont get the order in time. Seeing that I haven't ordered it yet. Although I do know for a fact that there's another con I'd be going to in PA shortly after so shipping may not be that big a deal actually now that I think about it. . .

But yeah! Lolita dresses are so expensive! There is one in my price range that I kind of fell in love with and is only $60.95 (without shipping I think? That's another issue I don't know how that works and I'm afraid to jump in blindly). It's a simple flower garden JSK by Dream of Lolita on Clobba online and I want it so bad! I'm trying to budget so I get lots of cute Japanese stuff from both cons but I am definitely totally scared.

Thing is I think I can swing it because I may be getting a promotion at work so I'm hoping everything goes well.

Another thing - the day I'm attending the con is the 28th of August. Do I have time to order it? I will check Clobba and get back to you guys!

Here's wishing you sunshine and happiness!
~Forever Sun