Memorial Day Sales Haul

Oh boy, is this post late or what? Well, part of the wait was technically from having to wait for everything to be shipped, so just a tad late. Anyway, I ended up purchasing some stuff during Memorial Day weekend from H&M and Forever 21 since there were some really nice sales going on. Very happy about that. Anyway, onto my hauls!

H&M

So I was a bit disappointed because with this lot I actually purchased these pink canvas sneakers on the first day of the Memorial Day sale when they were going for $3.95. Sadly, it wasn't until the day after the sales ended that they decided to tell me that they were out of stock for those & then my items were shipped. Rather dumb, especially when it said that I would be getting by items the day they sent me the email, & I didn't get them until the week after （￣へ￣）. Alrighty then...

I'm kind of happy with my purchases at least. They do look a tad wrinkly but that was my fault, I had them on my bed and when I was going to sleep, I kind of just pushed them off the bed. Just have to be careful with them!

I ended up getting the fine-knit sweater in beige, the fine-knit cardigan in light blue, and black flats. The sweater is nice and light enough for me to wear in the summer but still cozy enough to rock during winter, and ok I just love cardigans. The flats are a bit large, but I should've figured when I got the next size up instead of going down, since I'm in between sizes. Still cute, not sure if wearable.

F21 (please excuse the quality!)

Actually, both packages arrived the same day, and the Forever 21 packaged arrived a day earlier than it was supposed to! I'm not complaining about that at all though（＾０＾）.

I bought the Favorite V-neck Tee in dark olive and neon coral, Favorite Bike Shorts in black, Pineapple Craze & Popsicle ankle socks, and a couple of nail polishes, rings, and a necklace that were on final sale.

Still haven't used the nail polishes, but the colors are gorgeous, so I'm hoping they turn out well on my nails when I finally get to use them. 

Life is going pretty well right now, I'm just slightly exhausted from working all the time, and I'm so busy that I end up just relaxing by going online shopping. Well, it's more like I save things into my cart and then look at the total and laugh as I close the window. Everything is just so cute though! Recently I've been going back to my fashion Tumblr that's more focused on Japanese and Korean fashion. Gah, I'm in love! So much cute stuff. I caved in and bought a bag, and it's supposed to be coming in about a month since it's from China. Super happy though!

Oh boy, but I really need to work on my makeup skills. Must look up makeup tutorials! Thank goodness for beauty blogs and Pinterest, honestly.

First convention!

Oh me oh my! I've been wanting to go to a convention for a long time now, & finally had a chance to go! Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures.

It wasn't a huge convention, just a small one that was across from the college. We weren't entirely sure where we were going at first but as soon as we turned and saw people out on the lawn in cosplays, we knew we came to the right place.

There were so many good cosplays that it was ridiculous. I was really excited that I could recognize most of them. Daft Punk was even there, it was incredible. Oh gosh I'm so mad at myself that I didn't take any pictures!! Well, there's always next time.

On the bright side, I got myself a little alpaca! It comes with one of those suction cups that you can attach to your window, but unfortunately the little guy kept on falling. Will I name him? Who knows.

Ignore everything in the background, I was too lazy set it all up haha. But isn't he adorable?

Honestly, seeing everyone in their cosplays made me want to cosplay. Thing is, I don't even know who I'd want to cosplay as. Partially because I haven't really been watching many anime/ reading many manga, and there's just so many characters that would just be absolutely lovely to cosplay as! I think I did have a small list going at one point. If I remember correctly, it consisted of Alice Lidell (no Kuni no Alice series), Ib (Ib RPG game), Seychelles (Hetalia), Maya Fey (Ace Attorney series) Minako Arisato (Persona 3 Portable), or Hajime Ichinose (Gatchaman Crowds).

Oh goodness, I think I'd have to do one of the last three. Oh dear, I need to get start cracking if I want to cosplay!

Maya Fey (Ace Attorney series)

Minako Arisato/ Female Protagonist (P3P)

Hajime Ichinose (Gatchaman Crowds)

Well. Looking at all the characters at the same time, I suppose Hajime's cosplay would be the easiest to put together. In fact, I already have  the skirt, the tights, and the boots/sneakers. I may have to get a wig since her hair is actually brown (don't know why it's showing up grey, though it might just be my monitor), but honestly? It doesn't look too difficult. Though I would love to do all of them, since I just absolutely love their characters.

Anyway, I'll wrap up this post by saying stay tuned for my Memorial Day haul possibly tomorrow!

One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go. 
- Sheila Murray Bethel.