Week 8

And again it's time for the Lolita challenge. Time really feels like it's flying by, doesn't it?

Anyways, today's topic:

Impulse buys that were totally worth it

That's definitely my Surface Spell dress that I wore at the 5th Lolita meet-up:

It popped up at the Dunkelsüß-sales one day and I fell in love and bought it. And I still love it, I just don't really have the time to wear it :( 

Shop for the job

How are you all doing? Fine, I hope!
I know there hasn't been in a post in quite a while, but there hasn't been much happening here ^^"
Last week I was sick, but luckily I'm almost well again. And since my apprenticeship at the dancing school in Radebeul is coming up, I'm in need for some new clothes. Lolita is not really suitable for this job and neither are my other clothes, so Vroni and I made some use of the good weather today and went shopping.

I finally wore Lolita again, even if only in a veeery casual coord:

I really need to clean that mirror...

This is what I bought:

A blue dress, a black top and pinstripe trousers that I still have to shorten the legs on. It was on sale and pretty cheap, so I'll just do it myself. But I also bought a plain black one that was more expensive, so I'll let the seamstress of the shop do it on that one ^^"

And furthermore:

A teal coloured top with a cowl-neck (I swear it's teal, the colour's just not showing that good on the picture) and simple black sports-trousers for the more sporty courses :)

All in all a pretty good haul I think, especially since some of the pieces were on sale.

And now, after a long and hard day of shopping, walking around the city and laying in the sun (harharhar), I'll enjoy my self-made Iced coffee.

I wish you all a nice evening and enjoy your weekend :)

2012 starts with shopping

So, first post in 2012. How did you all spand New Year's Eve? I was at Vroni's and Andi's party and had a lot of fun ^^ And even though I drank a lot I didn't even have a hangover the next day :D
As for New Year's resolutions, I didn't make any. From experience I can say that I won't live up to them anyway :)

The new year has so far been a big shopping trip ^^
First we bought two new commodes for our bedroom, so now I finally have a decent place to store things like my underwear, stockings and bedclothes.
Then I bought the first two seasons of one of my favourite series (because they were significantly cheaper than last year :D):

Watching the first two seasons now that the final season is being released is great. It's nice to see how the series evolved, even thoug it was great from the beginning ^^ How about you, do you watch/like Desperate Housewives?

And then of course the Sale-season has begun, so Stefan and I hit the city today and did a little shopping together. Here's what we bought:

Simpsons slippers for Stefan, white slippers for me, Stefan's favourite bonbons, two Boxes for coffeepads, black sport shoes for dancing on Sundays (because the floor in the university gymnasium is not good for my dancing shoes) and a big pile of underwear for me ^^
I love Sale *___*

Presents of awesome

So, an older and wiser Anni is writing to you ;)
I turned 22 on Tuesday and it really was a great birthday.
Shortly after midnight, my boyfriend congratulated me and gave me my first present: a metronome :)
It was a really sweet idea that had come to him when he watched me counting the beats for Sophie and Erik when we taught them dancing. He thought that if I really wanted to become a dancing instructor I could use it to spare my voice the loud and constant counting :D I loved that he had put so much thought into his present but sadly I just had to admit, that I probably would not be able to put it to good use, particularly not at the moment. I was so sorry that it made me cry but we agreed that it would be best if he returned it and then he got me something else instead, which I'll of course show, but first, more on my day ^^
Unfortunately I had to stay at university reeeaally long, so we decided that instead of having a party right on Tuesday, we'd just go out and have some cocktails with my friends (at least those who could come, that is the gang and Janina) and throw a real party next week. ^^ And so we did and it was really great <3 When the waitress at the cocktailbar found out that it was my birthday I even got a cocktail for free and with a sparkler in it *___* Sooo nice!
And as it is tradition on birthdays, I got even more presents :D
My parents couldn't be there on Tuesday by the way, but they came on Wednesday and stayed overnight.
This is what I got from them:

A book about old Egypt, perfume and shower stuff, a scented candle, wonderful (teal) tights, overknees and socks and a bottle of Batida de Coco *yummy*

And this is what I got from my wonderful friends:

The beautiful belt in the front is from my boyfriend, Mia made this great bag for me (she also posted it on her blog), Vroni made the cute Nyancat-necklace (*NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN*  *coughs* ... just sayin'...) and Sophie got me the candy shells that I'm craving for and this wonderful charm that I tried to take a closer picture of, but it didn't turn out that well >.>

IT'S SCOTLAND!!!! And even with rivers and tiny city-names engraved in it *___*

And on Wednesday a huge package came in the mail that brought another present from Stefans family: A wonderful umbrella *___*

Hurley plaing with the golden and ornated handle

Doesn't it look nice? Even the inside is covered so that you don't have to see the metal frame *___* It's almost too beautiful to use it XD

So here once again: A huuuge thank you to all those who gave me these presents and who congratulated me ^^

Oh, I almsot forgot: Sophie and Mia had to leave earlier than the rest of us, but just as they did, we also stopped at the photo box:

Nina, Vroni and I on the left, and Stefan and I on the right ^^

And today it was about time for me to buy some winter shoes, so I bought a pair (that I'd never thought I would, but they are so warm and comfy!) and another pair of pumps, because they were on sale :D

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 :(

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 ^^)

Taobao Review

Yieha, the first package of our taobao order arrived today!
So now here is the promised review of my items. I'm going to make a small review on Taobaospree at egl, maybe it's helpful for someone ^^
As a reminder, here you can see what I ordered.

This was the package:

Yeah I know, who cares, but I was excited, so I had to start taking pictures right away XD
It was packed nicely and had this sign with my name on it:

It looks like those oldschool signs that everyone had on his books in elementary school XD So cute <3

This is all of my stuff together:

Even the shoes were packed separately! And this was also in the package:

I didn't even know I ordered stuff from Gucci XD It's some kind of product care advice but I don't know to which item it belongs. It has to be something made from real leather but i don't know how to determine what is artificial and what is real XD

Okay, let's start with the necklace:

It came with a cute little note that I of course can't read and it's a bit shorter than I expected. The pendant is quite heavy and I really like the style of the necklace. I guess I can't really say much more about this ^^

Next, the bag:

You can already see it in the picture of the back: It wasn't wrapped as good as the other items, so now it has those imprints from Sophies bag, which was under it. In turn, hers has imprints from my bag, and not even in the back but in the front -.- I'm so sorry for that!
Here you can see a part of it a little better:

Hopefully this will be less visible after some time and use.
It's quite roomy. I think it can easily hold my purse, my mobile and all this stuff that a gril just likes to carry around XD Maybe even an umbrella... I'll try that later ^^

Next up, a pair of shoes. I ordered one pair in 38 and one in 39,hoping that at least one will fit. I'm happy to say that both fit, even though the 39 one is little more comfortable, but that's also due to the design.
First, the 38 pair:

Aren't they beautiful? I think they are gorgeous! They are a little tighter than the other pair but the only thing that's really bothering is that it's a little uncomfortable in the back of my ankle. But there were some pads in the package, maybe they'll help. Unfortunately the shoes are not flawless:

A white spot where the material comes off a little, some fine white glue lines and some dents but these are all barely visible when worn. Speaking of worn:

My legs look strange from this angle XD

Edit: Since many people seem curious about it, the shoes (both pairs) are from HERE ^^

And at last, the other pair of shoes:

They are so cute <3 But also elegant when you wear them without the bows and that's why I bought them. They are so versatile! As you can see here, they are also a little dented and have those glue lines, but again you can't see that when they are worn:

You close them with push buttons but apparently I have fat ankles because I had to make them as wide as possible XD
Finally, worn pictures once with, once without shoe clips ^^

So much stuff going on...

Why does life always have to be so erratic?
Some days everythings okay, you have all the time in the world, and suddenly everything happens at the same time. On Friday there's the Victorian Picnic and I still have to work on my outfit, but more on that later.
Additionally, Vroni and I have to do some research to prepare our term paper for university.
Next week are holidays and I'm going visit Vroni at her home in Bavaria and then we are going on a festival together and although I'm really looking forward to that I am a little sad. It's the first time in this whole semester that my boyfriend actually has some free time and I'm gone -.-
And then there's also our theatre performance after the holidays.

But enough whining, time for some joy. When I opened our letterbox today I found this:

Yay, our shirts from Teefury! Stefan and I both ordered the same t-shirt last month with this print:

Harry Potter + Zombies = Supermegafoxyawesomehot ^^