Carnation Revolution

Hello again,

Yesterday was the 25th of April, the date of the important date, the day when the portuguese got rid of Salazar's dictatorship. Usually one does something more relevant on this date but (maybe because of what the country is going through at the moment) and also because I felt a bit tired, we spent most of the day at home relaxing. After all the chores and working on some thing I felt like wearing lolita for a bit and taking some photos.
I opted for minimum makeup (just a bit of base and eyeshadow) because I was going out afterwards and I didn't feel like having to take it off. I went for a sweet version of elegant classic this time.

I am wearing:

- offbrand underdress (H&M)

- Innocent World cardigan

- Mary Magdalene dress

- offbrand socks (Calzedonia)

- offbrand shoes (Tuk)

- Suppurate system/ offbrand jewelry (primark, china, stradivarius)

- Victorian Maiden corsage / offbrand bows (parfois)

- offbrand bag (parfois)

After this I switched to my regular boring manly self, got my daughter ready to leave and eventually left myself.

We went to the shopping mall to get some new clothes for her, since her 3-6months clothes are getting too small (she's 6 months now) and ended up buying stuff for us too, damn that store, one cannot leave without buying something!

2 new bedsheets (on sale); blue tights; new basic socks; a set of rings; cleaning wipes

We also had dinner and then came home. It was almost midnight when we got home and I had to wake up at 6.30am for work so i ended up having a really tiresome day but we were together and that's always fun.

I have a birthday party this weekend so expect a new post soon.

Love always,

Jo

What are you wearing?

Hello everyone,

So basically this is a what have you been up to, post.

I guess we can start with what my wednesdays are like. I enrolled in this preparation course for mommies. We are basically trying to learn how to take care of a baby but more importantly how to prepare for the delivery. It's scary but interesting and sometimes really funny too.
Every week i go someone is leaving to have their baby so the class is always changing too. The speaker is a nurse so we also get to discuss our doubts etc. If you decide to have a child i highly recommend that you take these classes.

Last friday my brothers finally returned from their summer vacation. We've been wanting to take my older brother out for lunch at our local favorite japanese restaurant but because he works on week days we haven't been able to. So we took this chance and used his last free days to go.

This is my older brother, he is a very nice person and we love having him around.

The starter was a meat dish, it tasted great.

Part of the menu, sushi set.

And ebi tempura as an extra.

 We also had sashimi, ice cream and of course coffee. It was all fantastic as usual.

Saturday we had a small gathering scheduled. It was in Vânia's house and the theme was classic diy. That obviously means we were supposed to wear something in that line as well as make an acessory of some sort.
Vânia baked cookies, very delicious cookies and we had fun.

This is what I wore: Btssb & mmm headbows, mmm shirt, btssb dress and sandals, iw bag and Jane marple socks.

This is the accessory i made during the meetup. 

Sunday we had another meetup scheduled. It was our community's first online meeting inspired by Iiralina's idea of course. It ended up being a lot of fun and obviously people were required to try and wear lolita for the occasion so I did just that.

Handmade accessory, mmm shirt and jsk, iw socks and offbrand shoes.

Monday (today) I had some plans: do laundry, continue cleaning the first floor, going to the post office and taking shots of things i need to sell but i ended up playing dress up instead and then resting because i was feeling ery tired and kind of nauseous. None of these are too fancy, i just wanted to have fun. <3 It's been a while since i felt like doing that.

Mary magdalene corsage and dress, atelier pierrot bolero, offbrand socks and queen bee  shoes.

I wanted to take a shot with my Bjd one day and here it is, isn't she huge but fabulous? I love her.

I love queen bee so much, you have no idea!

The second outfit was a casual classic look, very pink, no wig.

I just love shoes!

Meta hat and jsk, iw bag, btssb shirt and mm corsage. 

Self timer is the bomb!

And that is it so far. I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing everything down.
A big kiss as usual,
Jo

The birthday month

Hello everyone,

This month was odd for me, there were a ton of birthday parties to attend.

I think the first was a work mate's birthday party. We went to a lovely restaurant that had portuguese food made with a modern twist and a very cool relaxed and elegant atmosphere. I don't usually go to that sort of restaurant with the girls because they are younger and usually nobody wants to spend more than 15 euros on a meal so I usually only go with my husband. It felt nice to go in a group for a change.

The last but most important one was my husband's. It started with us going to the doctor's office (but for a good cause), then i got him a new wrist watch and later I treated him for a dinner at his current favorite Japanese restaurant. It has a pretty pleasant evening actually and I'm sure he was very happy which is what matters.

The second birthday I attended was the one i'm mainly focusing on. [url=]Lucythewhite[/url]'s.
She didn't just have a birthday party, she had two birthday parties that went on throughout the entire weekend. o.o She had a diva birthday.~
The first party was a dinner with all of her friends which was a lot of fun. Then on saturday and sunday we had a lolita sleepover meeting at her place.
This is obviously the one i'm going to post about.

We were asked to go to her place somewhere in the afternoon. Of course i went a bit later since we were going to spend the whole weekend there anyway haha but eventually i got there. She was baking when that happened, making a cake she said so I actually arrived just on time.
Everyone else was already there and all the girls looked really cute!
We took outfit shots and chatted the whole time while checking out the lastest lolita collections and browsing Gothic & Lolita Bibles.

Outfit: Dress (Mary Magdalene) Shirt (Primark), Bolero (Innocent World), Socks/Bag/accessories (offbrand) & Shoes (Queen Bee)

After that we had dinner and cake and played a ton of pictionary. It was a lot of fun and some ridiculous drawing skills were shown. haha
We also pretty much violated Lucy's closet and I got to try on Btssb Alice's portrait ribbon jsk + bow and the Innocent World Viennese Waltz as well. Aww i kinda look cute in her sweet style. Weird but cute.

The next day we all woke up a bit tired and late... and everyone was very lazy too. We had a 30min talk about who should take showers first haha and then everyone one by one started doing so.
I decided to do the dishes and Carla volunteered to make lunch so she went out to get ingredients.
We chatted the entire morning about this and that and it was really nice.
We ended up eating a wonderful curry dish and getting dressed after lunch. After that we got lazy and took photos indoors again and watched harry potter.

Outfit: Dress (Metamorphose); Shirt (primark); Socks/bag/accessories (offbrand); Shoes (queen Bee) & headbow (handmade - gift)

Some girls left and some others decided to go to a chinese restaurant and have dinner.
After that we all left and said our goodbyes.
It was very tiresome for me I must say but i had a blast. We should def. do something of the sort more often!


So yes, a ton of birthday parties, not something that happens to me very often but it was fun!
Speaking of which mine is coming up and I have no idea what I want this year. I usually would ask for a moitié dress but i must admit i'm not really dying for one at this time. I might ask for another blythe doll but also not sure which one to get. Speaking of purchases I also have not been making any recently. I only seem to buy things when they are very special or something I really want. I got this new bonnet from Triple Fortune. It's not THE triple fortune bonnet but its a very interesting piece. One of my biggest pet peeves with bonnets and complex hats is that they need to be tied in the front with a ribbon and that sometimes makes me look bloated so when i saw this I knew I had to get it. it's a mini half bonnet that works as an headband. How cool is that?
 

And that's all for now. I hope you liked reading!
Jo

Mary Magdalene

Hello everyone,

I'd like to thank everyone who comments on my blog, i have not advertised it very much so I am a bit surprised to see that there are people who actually follow it regularly so... thank you <3.

Anyway I never wrote this here I think but I got in touch with lolita via Malice Mizer (Mana) as a lot of people back then did but the picture that sealed the deal for me was actually a Mary Magdalene advertisement. So i guess one could say that I actually like elegant classic designs more than elegant gothic ones.
Thing is, every plus sized lolita knows or thinks that finding a dress from them that is not 100% shirred and still fits ok is impossible. I thought so too until i found this pink jsk the other day for sale on the sales community.

While I waited impatiently for that dress to arrive and finally see if it does fit or if it was a myth I actually grabbed some items to match it. I didn't plan to do so... it just happened. So suddently i found myself buying things in pink which is not very normal.

I fell in love with these in a second. I love the laces and the color and the little rhinestones too. Unfortunately it does not match the dress well but they're good to take to work too. I just think they are gorgeous. Local shoe store.

PARFOIS flower ring i got on sale. This one matches.

PARFOIS hairbows in the exact same tone as the dress, what eye I have! They are also pins so you can place them anywhere you want. I also got them on sale. Kids section.

And then of course there's the dress... the most gorgeous pink dress i have ever owned which doesn't mean much since i didn't own a lot of pink dresses in my lolita life. haha But this one is pretty.

LEITIA FRILL dress

Hello Lace info

This last week we had a lolita meetup and I just felt like wearing the dress for the first time. I like the result and I like the coordinate even though of course I recognize it would look a lot nicer on a slender girl. But not this time Mary Magdalene, OH not this time!

 

Hope you enjoyed yet another superficial lolita post haha. See you guys soon <3

[shopping] Winter coat

I am in bad need of a winter lolita coat in all black.
I own a black x white coat but it used to go well with my sweet lolita stuff or less elegant gothic stuff but now that I only own classic and egl its not enough anymore.

I might end up selling it but only if i can get a full black one before (otherwise i'll risk having no coat whatsoever).

I wanted one from Victorian Maiden but its sold out in all black.
The size is ideal, it fits me and the style is also perfect. The only bad thing about it is the price which is a bit out of the league of someone who's income is only enough to cover her rent (which is almost the price of the coat itself btw)
[Price: 58.800yen / 519EUR]
























The runner up is even more expensive but its got another problem, i actually like the model better in burgundy which i do not need. It's from Mary Magdalene which would mean i'd finally own something from one of my fav brands that actually might fit. It does seem to come with an extra which is this muffler that also works as a bag. That's alwats a positive thing. It's 4000yen more than the other one which means that in the end you are paying for the extra anyway. This one has the advantage of not being sold out in my desired colorway. No cute fur cuffs though ;_;






So when I'm able to i'll so buy one of these, i really need more cardigans and shirts, i am lacking in that department and I've always wanted more burgundy. I'm a bit thorn between this version and the one that has a touch of off white in the lace as well but this one would be more versatile. One day i'll own cardis in all shapes and colors, i love jackets, coats and cardis so much, one of the reasons why i like Lolita in Autumn / Winter a lot more than spring and summer.
This one is from Innocent World and goes for around 10000yen.

So what are your shopping wishes right now, anything you are in desperate need such as me? Please do share. <3