Just a proof of progress

Sushi-licious

The title already gives it away: I ate sushi today ^^ It was my first time, so I thought it would be worth mentioning but let's start at the beginning:
My boyfriend asked me to come with him to the custom office today because he had to pick up a package from China and I decided to take out my new Meta skirt:

I show you this now because I later had to change into other clothes when we came back from the office. It was the second time that I wore these shoes and my feet looked (and actually still look) like a swoolen mess afterwards ;________; I hate new shoes... but I also love them, if you know what I mean ;)

Anyways, since we wanted to go into the city, I changed into flip-flops and a long dress to cover my feet XD
And then we went shopping, BUT in my defense: It had to be done. I bought a present and a light jacket for Vronis and Andis wedding (in only two weeks! O.O Are you scared, my dear? ;) ) because my dress doesn't have sleeves and since it's October I just need something in case it's getting cooler.
And then my boyfriend did something über-sweet. When I was first looking for dresses I found one that I was totally in love with but I decided to buy it only a month or so before the wedding in case I might lose or gain some weight (I had hoped for losing, but oh well...nothing happened -.- Well at least I didn't gain any either XD) and when Icame back to buy it, it was gone ;___;  And today it was there again O.o But I just didn't want to spend the money because I actually already have a dress and this month's going to be expensive. But Stefan really liked how I looked in it and knew that I love it and so he bought it for me and said that now I can decide which dress I want to wear ^^ It turns out I actually can't, because we haven't yet found a matching tie for it while we have one for the other dress, but both dresses are beautiful and I'm sure I'll find an occasion to wear the other one, so I'm fine with that ^^ Enough with the talking, that's the dress:

The picture really doesn't do it justice, it's much more beautiful in reality. the colour is green-ish/teal-ish/blue-ish... hard to say, but incredibly beautiful (most of you probably know that I dig anything teal or turquoise XD)
Thank you so much, my darling :-*

Well, then I bought some new thread for my cross-stitching. After i had used up all of the old one it looked like this:

Maybe I'll continue with it today.
Well, and afterwards we ate my first sushi and I have to say, I wouldn't want to eat it everyday but it tastes quite interesting and good. And with sushi, soy-sauce actually tastes good XD
On our way home, we stopped at the bubble tea bar (as always XD) and already when we entered the ladies working there started smiling and greeted us incredibly friendly because they already know us pretty good XD We just completed our third (or even fourth?) bonus card and when she stamped it she said "So you can have one free tomorrow!"  Damn, she knows me way too good XD

BTW, do you actually read everything I write here? I have the feeling these long posts could be intimidating XD

A busy week ends

Sooo, I didn't post anything these last days because this week I was pretty busy.
A friend of mine, who has moved to Ireland some time ago, was here from Tuesday to Friday and was craving for some German food, so I had to make (and eat) some. I really regret eating so much, it's only 2 weeks until the wedding of two very good friends of ours and I feel so fat, I think I'll have to take on my dress everyday to check if it still fits XD
She (getting back to my friend) also made me take her measurements because she wants me to sew her a dress. I'm a little anxious about that, because it's going to be made from jersey and everyone who sews knows rows nose close chose flows rose... sorry, I got a little carried away there XD *cough* Everyone who sews knows: Jersey is a bitch. And it's also the first time that I'm going to use a Burda pattern. We'll see how that works. I don't have the fabric yet anyways so I actually don't have to worry about that yet.
So then I showed her the new parts of Dresden that she didn't now yet and I introduced her to bubble tea ^^

Yesterday my boyfriends parents came here and stayed for the night. Basically we did the same as with my friend: Make some food, show them Dresden and introduce them to bubble tea XD
It was nice to see them but I have to say I'm really glad that we have our flat to ourselves again after this week ^^

This is probably going to support the impression that the only thing I do in life is shopping, but already some months ago I pre-ordered the new re-release of the Sailor Moon manga and after almost being forgotten it arrived yesterday:

(The pictures look so red-ish because we have red walls and the sun shining, so it's reflecting XD) It's so great *__* I even sold my old copies of Sailor Moon to make way for these new ones. The next volume is already pre-ordered ^^ It even has a wonderful coloured page:

Sailor Moon was such a big part of my childhood *__*

Oh, and I want to show you something that has kept me busy for about two weeks now:

I've rediscovered my passion for cross-stitching and now I'm making this picture of the Super Mario castle ^^ Above there's going to be written "Home Sweet Home" and then we're going to hang it up on the door. I actually wanted to make this secretly as a gift for my beloved nerd, but as always when I'm very excited about a self-made present that I'm making: I told him ;___; This aaaalways happens, I have a great idea for a present and get overexcited and tell the respective person about it -.- I need a lock for my mouth. Or I have to make things that don't take so long XD
I ran out of brown thread today, so I started with the writing. It already says "ME" above the castle XD A little too late I realised that I should've taken day-to-day-progress-pictures. Ah well, next time ^^

And finally I want to show an awesome Valentine that I got this Saturday:

Kiiiiiiiiitos! Se on erittäin mukavaa ja terveisiä Saksasta ^^ (I hope this was correct, I haven't had any Finnish lessons since June because it's holidays XD) This is so cute, I really appreciate it *__* And if you are who I think you are, I'm looking forward to new blogposts from you too ^^

So I guess that's it for today. I hope you had a nice weekend and that my German readers have a nice holiday tomorrow ^^

Surface Spell Dew Drop Chiffon Floral JSK

Okay, this probably seems like shopping is everything I do in life :D
Our second Taobao-order arrived today ^^ As you may or may not remember, this is the dress I ordered.
I had it made to my measurements and changed it a little bit so that the skirt starts at my natural waist.
That's the dress still packaged:

I was so happy because you can already see how beautiful the fabric is *___*
Since I already have a Surface Spell dress I was expecting good quality and I got good quality ^^ I found one loose thread when I unpacked it but that's it.
So this is the dress unwrapped:

Unfortunately I already thought the straps looked quite short and indeed, they are a little too short ;__; I hope I find a way to make them longer but I don't know if I'll find chiffon like that. It's super-soft with beautiful blue dots *__* So if one of you knows where I can get fabric like that, I'd be sooo grateful!
Anyways, this is me wearing it, with and without petti:

The detachable bow wasn't pinned on in the middle, I realised that later XD
As I already said, the chiffon is fantastic, as well as the tulle at the bottom, it's also sooo soft! The dress is probably more suitable for warmer temperatures because it's not very thick. And the fact that it's chiffon also has one downside:

You can see the seam allowance through it, but it's not that bad, so I don't care ^^
Here's a close up of the skirt bottom because I think it's incredibly pretty *__*

How do you like it? ^^

Brand-tastic! XD

I have been looking for it for quite some time and now I finally have it: The flocky rose print skirt by Meta!
It has just arrived and I'm quite happy with it, though it is a little shorter and thinner than I had expected. But still, it's soooo beautiful! *__* Have a look:

This print is so pretty *_____*
And this is me wearing it with my casual petti:

A few days ago, the bodyline skirt I had ordered has also arrived but sadly it doesn't look good on me so I'm going to sell it :(

Sewing fail... or not?

I haven't blogged much lately, there's a lot going on in my head at the moment and I'm not always in the mood for it.
But I am always in the mood for applepie ^^ Luckily my boyfriend is little by little conquering the kitchen and made one and it was delicious!

Yummy yummy yum yum ^^ He'll definitely cook and bake more from now on! XD

As some of you may have already read, Mia, Sophie and I have started working on our Vampire Requiem fabric and as I said I want to make an underbust JSK. Well, it's almost done. In fact it has already been almost done several days ago but I was so angry with the thing and myself that I just put it away and didn't want to look at the damned thing. You may already tell: I messed it up. Kind of. When I put it on again today it didn't look that bad to me anymore. Have a look at it:

The two things that bother me most are the fact that I should've made the curves around the breasts smaller and the shirring panel bigger because it's a pain in the ass to get into it (getting out is even worse).
I've thought about undoing it and changing those parts but I don't have much of the plain blue fabric left and to be honest I just don't want to because it is the first lined thing I've ever sewn and everything turned out very well and tidy.
The straps are actually supposed to be crossed in the back but they didn't turn out long enough so I probably have to make it a neckholder. I'd rather lengthen them and stick to the former plan, maybe I can find a way to do that.
Another thing that bothers me is that the lace sticks out on one side of the "neckline":

I'll see if I can fix that.
So, what do you think of it? Wearable or total catastrophe?

And then my lovely boyfriend also got me a supercool gadget:

It's for drying nailpolish ^^ You apply it and then you push the banana button and the monkey blows it dry XD Isn't it the cutest thing ever? I am so in love with it <3

An outfit and shopping

A few days ago I met with Sophie in the city and this is what I wore. Nothing special but I thought I'd share it with you because I wore my new shoes, my new necklace and my new bag ^^

Bad photo is bad... or maybe I'm just ugly XD Look at my arm, it's monstrous O.o

Today the weather was so nice here in Dresden that we just had to leave the house ^^ And we wanted to get some things, so we (my boyfriend and me by the way <3) went shopping.
We bought quite a few things for our flat and some uninteresting stuff (and some nice new clothes for Stefan), so I just show you the things I find best:

Sweeeets <3 Some sherbert bonbons and Jelly Bellies *yummy*
The flip-flops perfectly match my blue summer dress (although now there is even less black in this outfit *gnnnn*) and now that summer is nearly over (although it feels like we never had summer here in Germany this year) they only cost 2€!
Then there's a cool striped sweater underneath the whole stuff (it's blue by the way, the photo looks quite purple-ish on my screen) and a matching nailpolish.
And finally a liptint. It's the Perfect Stay by Astor and it was recommended to me by Mimi because I really don't like the way conventional lipstick feels on your lips. I tried it out in the store and it really feels a lot better. In fact, you don't feel it at all XD I picked a shade that is very close to my natural lip colour because I mainly want to make my lips look even. In particular the sides of my upper lip are always so pale, they are almost blue :/ Now I just have to practice applying it because I was always bad at applying lipsticks and this one's even a little harder because it's like a felt tip but I think it'll work with some practise ^^

And furthermore, the Bodyline sale has finally arrived ^^ Sophie wants to order some things and asked if I want to have something, too, so I take this one in green:

I've had my eye on this for quite some time and even though I don't fit into the corset-thingy I thought it was about time to take a shot at it ^^

I hope you also enjoyed the good weather today! (that is, if the weather was good, where ever you are ^^)