Unexpected Visitors

Hello!

I have been prettty absent lately, the truth is that after LVER I had not worn lolita up till yesterday night. I am still in mad love with the clothes but the lack of a decent community here and the fact that I feel more and more unconfortable wearing it around my town for a bunch of different reasons (some known and some that not even I know) has made me grow a bit detached from the fashion this year.

Fortunately though I got the chance to meet one of the international lolitas that i consider my friends this week, another SFE member, Josine. She and her mom decided to visit my town, Porto and so we could at least see each other twice.
The first time we met the weather was absolutely terrible, the worst really, super strong abnormal winds, rain, cold but we still managed. My husband was kind enough to be our driver and we also took Mari. We met them at their rented apartment and then headed over to a local traditional cousine restaurant, Abadia. Josine's mom said she remembered having a codfish dish she loved years back so we ordered the closest thing possible. It was a really nice dinner, it was our pleasure to invite them. <3 After that we rode around town and i did a bit of the tourist guide talk thing.
Unfortunately I had to wake up super early as usual for work so we had to say goodbye after that. She was wearing a Juliette et Justine skirt i'd love to own myself (and the matching socks that I actually do own) and looked super feminine and cute. I wore pants and looked boring in comparison so I decided if we could meet again that i should try to go a bit more girly.

A couple of days went by and i was too busy so i didn't even try to meet up but finally yesterday night, and since my husband and daughter would arrive home quite late, i finally met with her again. I was lucky because she left in a flight this morning!
During the time we did not see each other the sun came back but, curiously, when we met it started raining again. I thought it was kinda amusing despite also being inconvenient. The weather sucked when we were together!
I wore casual classic and she was in the same style so we matched! I went to the place where she was staying which was about 10min walk distance from my place and we just looked for a place to sit and chat. We found a bar and just went it. We had sangria and talked for a long time, it was a lot of fun.
Unfortunately we did not manage to take any photos together other than a cellphone selfie that I posted on my facebook but when i got home I asked my husband to take a few shots of what I was wearing.

Beret: offbrand + bow from dress
Shirt: offbrand (Axes Femme)
Jsk/Cardigan: Innocent World
Socks: offbrand (calzedonia)
Boots: offbrand (c&a)
Corsage: SFE gift

 I wish Josine could come visit us more often, I have missed having someone who shares my love for lolita to talk to in person. It does remind me of how lonely it is to live here in that department. I wish I could go to another event this year but I do not think I can.

On another note I have gotten a few cases for my Iphone and I want more, i'm addicted to my phone for some reason. <3

Oh and my husband got me something yesterday too, i thought it was adorable. He said "I am sorry love but I had no time to get you a souvenir so I bought something on the plane instead. I hope you still like it!"He got me makeup! I loved it, and I actually do not own any eyebrow makeup kit so that's something new for me. 

Anyway that is all for now, I'm sure it sounds boring to some of you but it was a really happy event for me.

Love always,

Jo

Japan trip - Day 16

On the next day we were expecting a visitor. My older sister in law had a free day from work and came over from Osaka where she lives.
For this reason we decided we should spend time together and not go out.

We woke up and she wasn't even there. I had my usual breakfast and we watched a bit of tv.
After that we went back to our room and slept some more. After a while she has arrived but was very tired so she took a nap and we missed her.

Matcha Cappuccino, my favorite.

Living room wall clock.

Mom actually had gotten a new tea and wanted me to try it. I loved the packages, they are gorgeous and the tea was also pretty good.

The tea containers

Green tea. <3

After that, my sister in law came in and after the usual hug and affection parade she actually told us that she had brough us something. Because it was the 1st and sales are in everyone was out shopping that day.

My gift. what could it be??

I opened the package carefully and started taking out the items one by one. She had gotten me a fabric tissue, a small kimono fabric pouch and a zipper bag for my makeup. How pretty!

Aren't the colors amazing? I love these.

My mother in law then asked us if we could go to the supermarket to buy a couple of things she needed for dinner. Of course we said yes and off we went!

I first went to the toy section. I wanted to buy licca doll clothes for my girls but i didn't like them much and thought they were too expensive.

After that i just walked around a bit. I saw these school bags and kinda wanted one (although i have nowhere to use this sort of thing). Usually these are ridiculously expensive but these were some that only cost around 100 euros. Pretty cheap. dunno why.

These were my favorites though.

As we headed over to the section we wanted i also saw this: I suppose moms give them to kids because they are cute? Very Akb, very easily could pass by fetish wear in the right places hahaha.


School girl uniforms for sale at the local department store.

Finally we found the supermarket and started getting the things on our list.
The first thing i grabbed was a present for my father in law so it obviously was not on the list, but 10 euro lucky packs are my thing and he does love his snacks so...

While walking around I saw some cute things:

Big diversity of wound patches. haha so cute.

Food utensil section. Onigiri boxes, shaping objects etc, just adorable.

The next thing on our shopping list was beer. Beer in Japan isvery expensive when compared to beer in my country. A six pack here costs around 4 euros, a six pack in Japan costs 12 euros. o.o

Yebisu beer. They gave a carrying case at that time.

After that we headed over to the cashier and left.
Along the way we saw something we had not seen before in a vending machine:

Kamen rider cider & Go ranger something

We got back and found out that today we were going to eat that super expensive meat. Sukiyaki!

The return of the 100 euro a kg meat.

First you heat up the pot and then you add lod.

The pan being heated for the cooking process.

As you can see its incredibly tasty sashimi.

The beer we got from the supermaket.

Then you put the meat in and let it cook.

Oh sake, tasty sake!

After it starts being cooked you add sugar and soy sauce.

And then you just eat!

Absolutely heavenly.

After eating some, one adds other things to the pot: mushrooms, tofu, shirataki(the pasta looking thing) and shungiku (the vegs).
And then you just dive in. It is fantastic.

After dinner we just hanged out and chatted a bit. My father in law also took the oportunity to open his snack lucky pack. It was awesome, so much stuff for 10 euros. I am always amazed with lps.

Snack lucky pack.

Part of my father in law's snack lucky pack. Yay nuts :D

I also got a makeup lucky pack from canmake. I was feeling odd about being in Japan and not getting at least one for myself. It was about 7 euros and this is what was inside the bag:

Canmake brownish lip gloss

Canmake blue / silver eyeshadow palette

Canmake hot pink sparkly nail polish (this is so not me haha)

Fake eyelashes

Canmake brownish cream cheek blush

 And that was it, tjhe end of day 16, another calm but enjoyable day. <3
Love,
Jo