Fairy-Kei Day 30 ~ Future

☆ Day thirty!: Do you see yourself wearing Fairy Kei in 5 years time?

I don't really know. Probably not, as my life will be a lot different then. I'll have to wear sensible clothes whatever job I end up with, and I know from experience that working makes me really grumpy so I'd probably just wear bummy clothes when not working!

Well that's the end of the challenge! That took a really long time xP

Fairy-Kei Day 29 ~ Colour Combo

☆ Day twenty-nine: Your favourite colour-combo.

At the moment I'd say it has to be lilacXblack!

Awesome outfit by Herajika!

batssandboness/Nocturne Pastels is the queen on this colour combo! She recently dyed her hair to match too!

And I guess I should include some actual fairy-kei in here. Pastelbat is the other queen of this colourway xP

Fairy-Kei Day 28 ~ Places

☆ Day twenty-eight: 5 of your favourite places.

Favourite places seems such a weird thing...I like lots of places! And I never know how specific I'm meant to be...my favourite place to be is probably snuggled up in bed with a fluffy hot water bottle! But I'm guessing I'm supposed to do outdoor places =P

Here are a few places I like to go to. They probably aren't my ultimate favourites, but I'm too lazy to think right now, had a stressful few days what with work and missing out on the house I wanted for next year (doomed to be homeless, fml).

• The Isle of Wight - I go there on holiday once a year usually, sometimes more often! I'd love to live there some day, it's so small and there are lots of nice places to go for walks! The shopping is really bad, but you can just hop on a boat and go to Southampton or Portsmouth. Here's a photo I took in Yarmouth.
  
  


• Chew Valley Lake - It's the lake closest to my house and it's nice to go for a walk there. We usually take a picnic and feed the ducks...and have ice cream, of course! It's not the best lake, but still nice.
  
  


• My garden - On a warm Summer's day, sitting out in the garden with a book is heaven! Our blossom trees are beautiful in Spring too, and we get a lot of birds. We're currently having a path put in and a pergola, I can't wait until it's finished!
  
  


• Disneyland!! - I've only been a few times and I'm a total wimp when it comes to big rides, but I love all the shops and lights. I wish I could go again, but children annoy me...they should have days when it's adults only!
  
  


• Weston-Super-Mare - It's the closest beach to where I live. It's pretty naff and the sea is usually so far out you can barely see it, but I love going there! Sitting on the sand, blowing lots of money on the grabber machines on the pier, eating chips and mushy peas and fresh dohnuts and ice cream, watching the sun go down!
  
  

I actually went there Friday afternoon with Rob, I took some derpy Instagram photos!




Looking forward to Summer weather so we can go again and just spend all day on the beach.

So it seems that this meme is almost over...must start thinking of blog ideas! I have a few already, but whether I'll implement them is yet to be seen.

Pastels

So this Spring it seems that pastels are in!

Gorgeous pastels from Meadham Kirchhoff.

I have rather mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, yay lots of things I actually want in regular stores, meaning I get to buy things at reasonable prices instead of having to buy expensive Japanese brands! On the other hand, eek too much temptation, fiercer competition on eBay, and all the jerks who made fun of me for wearing pastels are now also wearing pastels because they're mindless fools who'll gobble up any old crap they're told is cool. The same goes for the bright jeans that seem to be everywhere now...how many people told me my jeans were a crime against fashion in secondary school?!!

I'm finding it mainly a good thing though, as I can stock up on cute clothes that I'll continue to wear after pastels are no longer cool! This is great as it means I can branch out more into fairy-kei-esque styles. I don't think I'll ever go the whole way to fairy-kei, but I'm happy with where I am style-wise at the moment.


Now I'll share some of my recent pastel buys!!

New Look in particular has been a gold mine. It's one of the more reasonably priced stores on the high street and they do a 10% student discount (with occasional 20% off events for students!), though this does mean that EVERYONE has New Look clothes! I already shared my pastel cardigans, but here are my other New Look buys:

Baggy mint tie-up tee, lilac panda-print top, pastel stripe denim vest.

Pastel leggings in mint and lilac (not normal legging material, but thicker and...odd!), lilac tube skirt, mint shorts (almost didn't buy as they're hotpants, but bought a size up so they aren't as figure-hugging!).

I'm also tempted to get these jeans since they're so cool!


Trying to make do with the leggings and shorts for now though. The Glitterhell Caim top is also new, I ordered it in the Valentine's promotion!

I have also been stocking up on vintage jumpers from eBay. They're very hit and miss, some being massively oversized (the first one is down to my knees) and others having short sleeves!



My recent Bodyline order (stupidly ordered the seifuku too small):




Some nail varnishes (some other make-up too, but it's now well integrated into my make-up drawer):


And my pastel platforms!


And kind of related...pastel pony keyrings that Rob gave me!


How about you guys? Have you been taking advantage of the pastel boom, or has the sudden popularity put you off somewhat?

Fairy-Kei Day 27 ~ Dream Job

☆ Day twenty-seven: Your dream job?

That's quite a tough one. I want to be a detective, or at least in the police force...but I know that in reality I'd hate it. Being a detective means long hours, lots and lots of work, and so much stress! You also have to be reasonably fit and strong, and I'm neither. So while it's my goal, I guess it isn't really a dream job because I know I'm really lazy and shy away from hard work.


If only being a detective was actually like in Deka Wanko! Soooo unrealistic, but I love that drama =P

I used to want to be a writer of some kind, but I lost my imagination years ago and journalism wouldn't suit me - you have to be a pushy bitch to get any information for your stories. My family has been on the other end of that business, the bitch ended up making up stuff that we didn't even say just to her front page story when we didn't want our personal business splashed on the local rag anyway (but there was naff all we could do about it!).

Fairy-Kei Day 26 ~ Love Hearts

☆ Day twenty-six: If you could put any phrase on a conversation-heart sweet, what would it be?

I didn't realise I was supposed to have a preference? I dunno, 'eat me' or something *le shrug*

Fairy-Kei Day 25 ~ Reactions

☆ Day twenty-five: How do people in school/work react to how you’re dressed?

I don't really wear fairy-kei to work since I need to be comfortable when stuck in our tiny little lab. As for when I was at uni, people don't really react. I got the occasional stare, but nothing much beyond that.