Anime Con ★~(◡﹏◕✿)

 A couple weeks ago Bryan  and I went to a small local anime con! ★~(◡﹏◕✿) It was so much fun. This was Bryan’s first real con with me, because during the summer con I was gone at fashion show rehearsals for most of the time ●︿● So I wanted to make the most of this con since we had the whole weekend together!! We even got to stay at the hotel too. I have no idea how competitive it is to get rooms at other cons, but we were able to get one just a few days before the con which was great. 

I need to tell you about my whole experience because OMG was it a journey. Lol. I for some reason decided to wait until the week before to make my La Pafait inspired outfit… so stressful. But I got it done right at the last minute. I had the whole day off on Friday but the con didn’t start until the evening, and Bryan’s shift went until 6 anyways, so my plan was to leave at 5:30… that didn’t happen. I was behind and had to grab my prescription from the pharmacy and somehow the line ended up being 45 minutes long (⊙︿⊙✿) Once I finally picked up Bryan, we ate at our favorite place in the city and then headed to the hotel. Then we had to wait IN MORE LINES because the parking was backed up, and the elevators weren’t working properly, so we waited for around 30 minutes before deciding to just walk to the front of the hotel instead which was a way shorter walk than we thought. We made it to pick up our badges at 8:30, which was so late. I was relieved to find out they were still passing them out that late because otherwise we wouldn’t have gotten to go to any of the late night stuff. Unfortunately the elevators were still broken the entire weekend, so any time we needed to go to another floor for the con we had to wait like 10 minutes ⊂•⊃_⊂•⊃ it was kinda insane, lol. But we had a great time regardless, just one of my more wild con journeys. 

This was my outfit for the first night! Imagine me in the drive through pharmacy line wearing this :D lmao. That’s why I couldn’t go inside. 

Once we got through all the lines, we went to the bar for a few drinks and then went to some of the more cursed late night panels where you laugh at badly written fanfic sex scenes and other cursed stuff. I always love those xD especially when drinking is allowed at the con, lol. We also played the arcade games they set up! I love rhythm and dancing games, even though I’m really bad at them. 

Featuring my foot brace bc my big toe decided it was time to act up. 

The next day I wore my very first real cosplay, Misa from Death Note!! It’s funny because looking back, I originally really disliked Misa and then she grew on me. I had most of the items for the cosplay in my house, so I only had to order a few things! I decided to make her Rokku gyaru even though that didn’t really exist when Death Note was written, because I think she would really like that style. The con had some super cute photo areas set up and I had a great time goofing around and taking photos. The first room actually fit Misa really well for serious pictures. 

Some of these photos look so low quality and i can’t figure out why :( but if you click on them, they open up to be a lot crisper. 

The chapell roan background was a big hit for me xD 

We also did a ton of fun activities that day! There was a tasting room with Japanese alcohol. I was shocked to find out I like Japanese whiskey straight xD it had such a sweet flavor that American whiskey doesn’t have! We also met a woman who was bringing her pet snake around to advertise her panel for the last day of the con. She let me hold it :3 I really love snakes so this made me super happy. 

There was also a maid cafe that had a Death Note themed apple drink. Melody Jr. approves. 

I decided to enter the cosplay competition because they said it was really informal, and I won an award (✿◠‿◠) I was so happy to win an award because I really put a lot of thought into the look! I felt unprepared for the judging though since I had no idea what to expect. Turns out they actually ask you questions about your cosplay, and I thought it was just like a fashion show where you walk around and act like the character xD but at least that gave me a chance to talk about my makeup and why I like Misa :D I can really understand why people enjoy cosplay now! It’s really fun when people recognize your character. Next time I need to dress up Melody Jr. with a lace sock and the death note pendant that came with my death note prop xD 

On the last day I wore the outfit I sewed that was inspired by La Pafait! I always thought that it would be fun to make pieces in their style because I really enjoy sort of  “tedious” projects like arranging bows and lace. I actually enjoy doing the little details the most when I do projects, but I rarely do them because I feel like I have nowhere to wear super detailed stuff. My local jfashion comm actually had a Valentine’s Day meet the same day, so I felt like I could invest time into making something like this! It took a while but I’m really proud of it, and it inspired me to make more projects especially now that I’m part of a community here. 

Unfortunately I did forget the hair bow i made o(╥﹏╥)o but that’s ok, I’ll wear it next time!! 

I also got to go to the snake panel and meet another snake :3 

I really had so much fun at this con! It was really small, but i think it was perfect for the winter when we didn’t really want to deal with crowds and being overwhelmed by all of that. Plus, my bad (worse? They’re both bad) foot is hurt again, and I couldn’t have made it around a large con without my wheelchair which is sort of an ordeal to travel with. It was also just really nice to spend time with Bryan and goof off and drink. It was an adults only con, so the vibes were really chill and we had a great time! 

As if I hadn’t exhausted myself enough, I went to the Valentine’s Day meet immediately after the con. We all handed out silly school valentines and made little mailboxes. There was also a ton of candy and desserts!! I’m really proud of my box too, I enjoyed arranging all the rhinestones ★~(◡﹏◕✿)

I really love attending their events so far. Everyone in the community is so creative, so I feel like it’s a great place for me to wear some experimental outfits or things that are just a little more “out there” I guess? I don’t feel like I have to wear anything specific to fit in even when I wear Lolita. It’s nice to be able to participate in a jfashion space where there is no pressure to look like a brand advertisement, lol. 

Thanks for reading such a long post!! I just got back from another trip actually, so I need to sort through those photos and take some photos of all my gets! I’m so behind, but hopefully I’ll have time to post soon (✿◠‿◠)

Catching up: Christmas!

 Hello! Today I want  to show you all my photos from Christmas and New Year’s! It’s obviously really late, but I like looking back on posts like this so I still wanted to make it. 

I’ve been struggling a lot with self image/self esteem, and I hated how I looked in these photos at first (still sorta do) so this is also a big step for me to be able to share them. 

I felt very lucky to be able to spend Christmas with my family this year, because last year all of them were sick with covid (∩︵∩) On Christmas Eve, we had a party at my parents house with Bryan‘s family too! 

It was decorated so beautifully ≧◡≦ It really felt like Christmas when I walked in, especially since our house wasn’t decorated since we had just moved in a week before. 

Presents!!

I’ve been playing Pokémon snap a lot the past week actually!! It’s so cute and I like how there’s no fighting, lol. It’s a very relaxed game!!

I felt so spoiled with these (✿◠‿◠) My mom bought them for me after I mentioned liking them when we were window shopping! I thought the bracelet was so perfect for 90’s gal too. 

Bryan and I love target birds xD

Another Pokémon controller! And this bag was a total surprise from my mother in law, I love it so much! 

This is my most favorite perfume of all time! It’s the perfect gourmand scent, it’s vanilla and sweet. There’s almost a sweet fruity aspect I think?? I love smelling like vanilla though, and I used up the travel size so I was so excited to receive the full size ♥‿♥ especially because I wouldn’t have bought it for myself, it’s so fancy!

I actually bought this for Bryan xD We moved from an apartment building with amenities to a house, and he was sad because we wouldn’t have a pool table at the house. I walked by this on Black Friday in JCPenney’s and it was so ridiculous that I had to buy it. 

Bryan got me several books from my favorite manga series ♥‿♥ It’s about the designers who work with God to design the animals on earth. Super silly and amusing, and they actually end up describing real animals and at the end of each chapter there is a fact page about the animal! They always describe the animals in a way where you wouldn’t recognize them, so it’s always funny to see their final reveal at the end. 

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For new years we typically drive out to see my dad’s family in Michigan, but Bryan actually got the cold I had before Christmas and we couldn’t go ●︿● not to be depressing, but I get worried when I don’t see them for a holiday because… well everyone is getting older and I wonder how much longer we’ll be together, and how long they’ll keep the farm. 

So anyways, this year it was just Bryan and I together in our new house which was nice! Unfortunately we do not have cable. We assumed that the New Year’s program would come through on the antennae, since my grandparents live in the middle of farmland with nothing around and also do not have cable, but we were wrong. Every single New Year’s show was either on cable or behind some ridiculous paywall on a streaming service we didn’t have. So we ended up watching some really lame one, and it was kinda hilarious. The guy was 100% in his house filming, because you could tell the camera was too close to his face. All of the other reporters were out in Nashville or NYC having huge parties and then the main guy was just in his home clearly bummed about it. It was supposedly “New Year’s around the world” but he just kept playing the clips from the UK and Singapore over and over. Lol. 

Bryan and I ended up opening some Christmas presents on New Year’s Eve because some of mine were delayed and just got there that day. One of them was a tiny cowboy hat for my long furby, lol. But it was technically a cat hat so we tried putting it on Luna xD

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Then the rest of the night we just spent watching that bad New Year’s eve special and eating fun snacks we made!! Unfortunately the power went out right after midnight and set off some alarms in our house, but other than that it was fun ╚(•⌂•)╝ Luna really enjoyed warming up by the fireplace!! 

That’s all for today, thanks for reading!! 

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Oh P.S. I got these really cursed furby shoes. I’m gonna wear them with my tropical/manba inspired outfit to a con in February as long as they get along with my feet. Look at how stupid they are. I coulodn’t stop thinking about them. I waited until there was literally only 1 left in stock in my size. This year my goal is to stop caring about what people think and furby feet are my first step.