So I purchased these items from a lovely Etsy Seller called Rara’s Jewels.  I absolutely love them.  The bracelets (I got the set of 3 in pink, blue, and lavender) are light and you forget they are even on.  The ring wears very well its adjustable to fit most fingers and it is also very light so it does not weigh you down the way most jewelry does.  Now my all time favorite item is the lavender skully hand hairclips.  DELIGHTFUL!  They sit so nice and they don’t slip they are light but solid in weight so the stay all day.  All in all this is an amazing seller with fantastic products and I highly recommend.

Musings in my mind today

Sometimes I forget that I am engaged.  I forget that over a year ago the man I love decided he wanted to be with me forever.  We already live together like were married so I forget I am engaged.  I don't get giddy at bridal magazines or look around for the perfect colors.  I guess as time has passed we no longer follow the rules.  We don't date, fall in love, get engaged, marry then begin our lives.  These days we get together, live together, buy homes, kinda become engaged then as some point just get married.

I miss the traditions.  As open minded as I am I miss the romantic notion of having a celebrations to celebrate your love with all the people who matter to you.  To let them all know that I am choosing this person to spend my life with.

And yet I am happy in my life.

Its just sometimes I forget I am engaged.

Remembering back to my first moment of being a grown up.

Today I was reading a book titled Lets Bring Back ...it talks about all the things of a bygone era that are missing in our lives right now.  As I reached the M section there is sat on the page...Murphy Bed.  A reminder of my very first apartment away from home.  I was so young and in the daylight I looked at this little place with reverence.  Such freedom.  It had 13 windows in a half moon sorta way since this little studio was part of a old victorian that had been broken up into little living spaces. The closet was deep but only because it had a murphy bed that fell right out of it.  The claw foot tub was deep and lovely.  Now I say in daylight because its important to note that this place was so much more to my young eyes and the freedom it promised.  It was in a poor neighborhood frequented by working girls.  The hallways smelled old and musty.  Paint had been put on layer over layer never sanding down to start new.  As I moved in my Mother was slightly horrified their were roaches and the kitchen was in dyer need of appliances that were newer then the 1950s rejects provided.  The tile in the bathroom was irregular and missing in spots and the sinks undercarriage was fully exposed and rusty.  The vanity mirror was aged and pitted with one solitary bulb that wavered when too many things were plugged in at once.  What should have been carpet was so old and smashed to the floor it resembled a coffee colored felt.
     And yet...I loved it.  For the monthly cost of $230 a month it was Randy and I's first place.  I made little changes that seemed huge at the time.  A found half round table just small enough in the entry way.  Fresh paint in the kitchen with some pillowcases turned into curtains.  An old futon we used as a couch that I lovingly covered with a blanket to make it look more festive and my constant attempt to put fresh flowers in the house so it would feel and smell pretty inside.  I think back now to all the canned chili dinners with saltines and the endless amounts of kool aid we drank because it was all we could afford.  I fondly remember my first case of Oreos I had to have then ate till I was sick to death of them and did not touch one again for 3 years.  How living there was my way of being on my own only appreciating how my mother must have felt being a mother now.  How leaving me in that bug infested dirty environment at the end of moving day must have felt like for her.  Don't worry mom I was smiling and oblivious.

What I did get to do.

The few things I was able to do was attend the Lolita swap meet where I traded some old Kera mags for 2 rings some cupcake jewelry and some lovely head pieces. I even traded some shoes I had for some Blue ones with my pal Rebecca. I love the group pic its has Allison, Rebecca, Bellmouse, Bunnie, and Me. I met the designer of Chantilly and bought some of her awesome socks.

I took my pic with the famous Oogie Boogie and my love. All in all it was fun when I could get away from the work side of things.

The Wigs that made it to Sakuracon

So Sakuracon ended up being alot more work and very little play for me but I did dress up every day. The lavender wig with side bun was my Thursday hair and I thought it looked like a little brain alien was sitting on my noggin which I really loved. The next day on Friday I did the ginger colored wig with my steampunk lolita and got a ton of compliments on it. Saturday was a Goth Lolita day so I went all silver white with a wig and two tails. This was a wig I purchased at con from Arda Wigs who I am now stalking since I love their products. The look very real and fit fantastic the quality was quite amazing. Finally on Sunday for Easter I did a Bittersweet Lolita and wore another new Arda wig I got for just 15 dollars. It was so lovely the Black and Pink split short wig was super cute and looked so real that some of my friends thought I had dyed my own hair. I think parting it and dragging some black over on to the pink really helped with that. All in all I had a blast and every wig worked really good and just keeps me wanting more of them to wear all the time. I did manage another wig from Arda since they were so reasonable and cut me a deal since I bought 4 total (less then 100 for all items with the two extra tails), That I have a fantastic dark blue and black one I plan to wear very soon...I will post pics when I get it styled and trimmed.

New wig heads i painted

Just finished my new dress

I made this dress to wear to a live show of Jay and Silent Bob get old coming up in April and I figured I could even use it to fight crime....I just love it

Two more victims in one day

A table advertisement in a mall and i
Asalted.. Wink wink, a little guy in a lovely little cafe

Our cozy den of happiness

My evil plan is in motion

First victim a pepper shaker

A dress that fits feels good.

I have to say my new bodyline dress fits perfect and i feel so pretty in it and my wig fits the outfit perfect so off to the museum i go to look and feel pretty

I love my wigs

I cut my hair ... And love it

Its flappertastic

Things i sewed today

I made a new lolita dress and bow

I think i am getting the hang of this no pattern just worked it out and its got a zipper and lovely lace thanks to Renee my fiance's mom

Delicous deathcakes

Happiness is...

Girly Shit: Happiness is...: Finding one thing that takes three things u love and making them one a doodle book with stickers and the Lorax .. Thats a win in my book

My kitty knocked himself out

Tim burton presents Ethan

We found these fantastic steel curls at the Locks were we live and i had to have his picture with them.

Trollin

So yesterday i stuck my hand up a trolls nose.

What a lovely day.....

I know such a weird group of photos...but wait there is a story. 3 nights ago I had a dream I was in a theater with Ethan and Gabe and my pals Brenna, Carl, and and Diana....we are all just sitting there looking forward at a movie that is not playing..its like whatever is up there is really not important. We are all winning prizes in some giant raffle and the whole time this is going on I am eating a delicious sausage mcmuffin. I have been wanting one ever since so today my dream was realized and it was beyond fantastic. I suppose the waiting to have it made it so much better as well. Since Gabe got it for me it was even more tasty as free food always is. So my day continues

Gabe and I go to Game stop where I am told the game I saw at Toys R Us is really hard to find and they never get turned in at game stop so Gabe takes me back to get it (its on the cheap because I have learned most DS games I want are not really that sought after they are only cool to me..this is fine as I like having such an unusual taste) So I run in and get it...Its called Titanic and its one of those games where you have to find everything in the room to build a tool to solve the puzzle to get to the next room...I love them. (note to self I want the second one called Buckingham Palace how will they ever recover the Crown jewels without me...tee hee) check this image and tell me its not completely awesome.

This brings me to legos...people I love them. The new girly legos,...well I was torn but I bought a small set for 11 bucks because she had black hair and it was a set for a fashion designer...so I got them opened...fell in love. She has a lego camera and little drawers for her cabinets ..I made a lego sewing room today and it was such joyous fun I felt wonderful.

So then Gabe gets me a book at Barnes and Noble...look up above its the watercolor book...lets start by saying brilliant its suppose to be 200 tips and secrets and guess what they are great. It tells me how to read the paint tubes and how to pick my brushes its just one cool thing after another and I am only in the first chapter.

The evening ends with a homemade BLT and Archer cartoons on Netflix. This was a good day dare I say even great....okay Lovely....so if you want to know what to get a girl like me it appears the Legos and Watercolors are my new passions...(don't worry still sewing and dancing folks just adding some new creative outlets to my repertoire)