D&G Mickey X Minnie Mouse

Hey guys! Last week of internship this week!!! Woot~ I'm actually excited despite me having to go back on June and pay back the hours I missed... (-.-") I still feel really relieved that I'm done with at least one thing and just a few steps more before summer!!! I'm super super happy!!!

By the way~! I entered Electric Trash's competition!!! I hope you guys can vote for me!!! I am contestant number 67~!!! I just need to be in the top 10 so if you guys can please please please vote for me here on: www.electrictrash.com

Please & Thank you!!! m(_ _)m

Okay so recently I've been seeing the infamous mouse around the shops and magazines! Well not all shops but I saw him in Vivi as well! Now in all honesty before this Mickey boom has begun I've been wanting a shirt with him on since forever!!! (Last year probably...) But as usual luck was never really on my side...

Seriously though Mickey & Minnie are one of the most fashionable and fun Items must have!!! Well let's not forget the whole disney cast now shall we? (^A~)v

Lena X Mickey & Minnie!!!

Now for the D&G Spring 2010 line~ I know it took me a while to post it and spring is nearly over but... but! Since were talking about the infamous mouse let me show you guys anyway!

D&G Spring 2010 Southwest Inspired~

I seriously LOVE this ensemble!!! Seriously from the top to bottom!

I just remembered Lena wore the exact same outfit in Vivi~

Now I'm not a fan of this outfit but hey~ Mickey & Minnie are there! (-w-)

I went to Brown Thomas a few weeks ago and never really took notice of the ensemble that the D&G mannequin had on for show. But then after a few trips back I realized wow... I love that style... Yes I love all of what the mannequin had to offer!!! Sadly I didn't manage to take a pic but if I do visit Brown Thomas I'll make sure to take a pic but let me show you what "it"wore anyway from the D&G catalogue:

It wore this lovely denim blouse opened half way and underneath it was a Mickey&Minnie shirt~

Similarly to this both shirt and denim blouse are tucked in under this lovely mini ruffled skirt add on that lovely belt~!

On a closer inspection of the belt~ I seriously want this belt!!!! (♥3♥)

It's similar to this! Only difference is underneath there's a Minnie&Mickey shirt, the denim blouse had trimmed lace on the shoulders and instead of a long ruffled skirt it's a short mini ruffled one~ I'll take a pic next time no worries!

Lena X D&G she's wearing the same denim blouse as above!

Just for my amusement! (-w-) anyone notice from the last popteen issue. The similarity of the denim blouse with lace trimmings to the D&g denim blouse with lace trimmings?

It's from LizLisa~!!! Very similar aren't they? (-w-)

And lastly I leave you with one of the D&G Spring 2010 Line Ruffled denim dress!!! I absolutely adore (♥3♥)!!! There are similar ones in Zara I found~

Disclaimer: Images are a copyright of D&G and LizLisa~

Cotton Cloud Summer Debut + Busy Days~

Oh gawd~ I apologize for not blogging for almost a month now. Ugh things had been hectic during internship... And I got a bonus on my first day in ICU, my CPC (Clinical Placement Co-ordinator - they are the people who guide us and look after us in the hospital since there are no teachers there. So basically they're like "teachers" note the open/close quote) looked like as if she wanted to eat me for basically not knowing what was going on... Well hell, how would I?! It was my frickin first day! I didn't even get a chance to look at the patient properly... Jeez~ I hate her really, whenever I see her face a dark dark cloud just suddenly appears above my head... (=_=)

Moving on to a better topic! I've been wanting to announce since forever that Nozomi was going to open her own fashion line called "Cotton Cloud". I just never got to it, I kept on forgetting plus with my schedule I never had a chance. You know the way how Nozomi loves her Maron-chan and Luna-chan so much~ Cotton Cloud are clothes for ladies and clothes + accessories for your little baby doggies that are designed by Nozomi herself. At the moment it seems to be geared more so towards your pups, but she does have some for us (ladies) but there's not much choices compared to the pups.

Nozomi has been advertising her Line in her blog since last month. To everyone who idolizes her like me~ her Cotton Cloud is now open! Cotton Cloud's summer debut started today via Internet Shopping! You can go here for the official website: www.cottoncloud.jp and here for the shop: www.cottoncloud.net

She modeled her own clothes for the advertisements in both Mina and Non-no this of June's Issue~

Cotton Cloud featured in Minna~

I've decided that she designed clothes better for dogs~ Maron chan and Luna chan!

A few more clothes from Cotton Cloud's Summer Debut~

In her blog she complained about how the spelling in Non-no "Cotton Clowd" was wrong it should've been spelt as "Cotton Cloud" (^A^)

笑っていいとも! Guest Nozomi~

Yesterday, Nozomi was featured in 笑っていいとも!(Waratte Iitomo!) wearing her designed dress and hat which are both up for sale now online! It's simple and lovely but really expensive though I have to say. I love her style and I did visit her online shop and looked at things that were available.

Here are a few pics of the dresses that I love from her shop~

Yep it's what she wore in 笑っていいとも!

It's costs 14,490円 when converted into euro it was around 100 euros (=.=)

The white dress that she modeled to debu cotton cloud in both magazines Non-no and Mina

This costs 16,590円 and when converted it's around 130 euros~

This costs 9,975円 and when converted it's around 80 euros...

The back is low cut~

So at the moment those are the three dresses that captivate me right away when I visited her shop. I love dresses, laces, and ribbons! She has all of those elements in most of her dresses and style there for I love it~

Now with regards to her design, it's simple and pretty casual, light and easy on the eyes. It's really really simple and casual which is good for people who don't want to stand out too much but want to remain in style. However, when it comes down to the price. I don't think I'll be spending 100 euros for a dress that simple... Really it's too ordinary for a 100 euro...

I know that she's famous and all that jazz but really you can buy something that simple half price in either zara or h&m. I LOVE HER DESIGNS and everything I applaud her for that but the price was really disappointing and shocking. It's just too much for those kinds of designs...

But then again everyone has their own opinions right? So tell me what you guys think!

If anyone wants to have a look around Nozomi's designs I'll leave the link below:

Official website of Cotton Cloud: www.cottoncloud.jp

Internet shop of Cotton Cloud: www.cottoncloud.net

Disclaimer: All photos are copyrighted from Cotton Cloud and from Nozomi's blog.

Happy Easter!!!~

Happy Easter to everyone!!! *"*~\(^o^)/~"**"

Easter Eggs that I bought for my mommy and daddy~ I was really irritated with the spelling of "Mom" but I guess I couldn't argue with them since it is how they spelt it here...

I saw a few kids knocking on stores to ask for easter eggs~ It was a very lively sight, it made me remember of my easter egg hunting days back home. I thought though at the start how come they started asking for eggs it was still saturday. But then I figured today since it's easter sunday. Shops and department stores are closed...

I used to love easter~ as a child I would go egg hunting with friends back home, the adults in my home town would always set up an event for us kids. Then whoever gets a red egg or a golden egg could bring home a free living bunny rabbit. At the thought of that, I would always get fired up and hunt for eggs and eventually get to bring home one bunny! I even remember at some point of my easter day life. I won a bunny as usual, but then on our way home I had to stop by the dentist and she wanted to pull one of my tooth out. But being the stubborn child I was (mind you I'm scared of dentists) I refused. But my dad made a deal with me; that was if I would let the dentist pull my teeth I could bring the bunny home but if not then I would have to leave and give the bunny away.

I remember looking at the hazel colored bunny with a teary eye only to agree in the end so I could bring him home~ of course not forgetting to thrash around while the dentist tried to pull my tooth that resulted to a few adults holding me down. (-.-") it wasn't one of the best memories but I did get to bring the bunny home...

Anyways~ I finally got to buy a few things I want the other day! SO I decided to cross a few things out from the list of things I needed to buy. I am generally and actually quite happy with what I bought. Plus they were all on sale~ (*o*) I just couldn't say no...

Flower Dress~ "\(*o*)/" Finally!

So I bought this flowery print dress from Arnotts the other day~ along with this flowery waist belt~ I was actually deciding on wether to get this dress or buy short one piece in Zara~ but I ended up buying this one for 20 euros.

On closer Inspection~

The one from Zara was 29 euros almost 30~ And knowing me I opted for the cheaper one! But it's good quality since it is from Arnotts; it used to be 35 euros but it was on sale! So I'm quite happy~

Flower Buckle Waist belt~ I bought it for one of my dresses!

The belt used to be 20 euros and it was on 50% sale so it's 10 euros when I bought it! It's lovely! I've been looking for this kind of belt. Back home I was tempted to buy and outfit that had the belt with it. The sales lady didn't want me to buy the belt separately claiming that the belt and the dress went together... But I thought if I did buy the dress just for the belt... What happens with the dress then~ it would be a waste... I was tempted though... Luckily I didn't!

One of Nozomi's love item! Jean Dress shirt!!!

Yes!~ I was finally pushed to my limit after thinking of either buying the Jean dress shirt or not... Lena was wearing it in Vivi with a white dress... And that also gave me a shove to buy it; plus the fact that I have a whole lot of white lacy dresses started to make cave into buying it... But Nozomi's style gave me the final blast into definitely buying it! I so could not resist when I saw this photo of hers~ Ugh I'm such a total looser (-.-")

Plus this Jean dress shirt (polo). Was originally 20 euros which was reduced to 5 euros!!! Seriously bargain much!? At least I got the prioritized ones that I wanted~so I'll be laying off spending for a while... Since I don't want to spend much this year ("-3-)

The belt wasn't supposed to be with this outfit BUT I decided to give it a go with a belt and I think it looks better with a belt~

In all fact I saw a belt that would suit this outfit~ but they didn't have it in brown color... SO I'm still thinking about it~

Oh and before I went home I decided to stop by the Asian Market to check if they had the tsubutsubu ichigo pocky that I loved. They rarely sold them and if they do their always out of stock right away~ Luckily when I went there they had 4 left and I could not resist to buy them! I LOVE THEM! ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM! You guys should try this flavor~ seriously it's addicting! I was tempted to buy the whole 4 left but I thought... It would make me gain weight...

Tsubutsubu Ichigo Pocky~!!!

So I left the shop with two boxes...

Window Shopping Rush Cooking for the Sick~

Ugh~ I'm so annoyed... My face is full of allergies!!! I can't believe I'm allergic to NUTELLA BREAD SPREAD!!! It was soo goood tooo~(T//T) My face is soo itchy and red...

Anyways~

Today I went out to look for H&M's Garden Collection! I was hoping to get a flowery sun dress that costs 10 euro! It's a good price for me since I'm really bankrupt at this stage. Today I went to the new H&M located near St. Stephen's Green. I have to say I never expected to see the shop full of people. It's not TOO full but it's not similar on a normal day basis. Everyone was looking around the Garden Collection and picking up dresses they like/size then run straight to the changing rooms. Leaving slow people like me with less choices to feast on~

I was hoping to get my hands on this one!

But I didn't find any of it, the one that was left was the black version which was this one~ I tried to roam around for a little bit but to no avail. None~ I guess it was already gone before I went in? Since there were a lot of people in there today.

I even went as far as to go to a different branch which was located in city centre near Jervis. It was quite a walk when you're actually short for time. And well guess what... THAT BRANCH DIDN'T HAVE ANY GARDEN COLLECTION AT ALL! That really drove me mad, WHY?! H&M right? I just don't get it... I thought all branches would have it... It makes me wonder if they released their collection in dundrum... Because the last week that I went there, there was no garden collection at all~ It just really annoyed the hell out of me...

I've been looking at their catalogue on the net so I kind of know which one to take and try. *(^o^)* it's like preparing for battle. I wish I was this enthusiastic during my Internship~

I've also spotted this pretty lovely dress way back, but I didn't see it today in store (I can't remember?). But I decided to settle with the 10 euro one since I'm in a pinch and I've been wanting a flower sundress since January... This one as you can see is LOVELY the price is a step up from my choice. It's below 20 euros I think? But I'm thinking of getting this one instead of the 10 euro one. I guess, but I'd probably try them on first to see which of these would suit me.

I just don't like buying without trying them on, I learned my lesson in that past where I would be too lazy to try them on. So instead I just went to the cashier and pay, and when I got home it wasn't as good as I thought it was. The fitting didn't suit my image and it was bad. It looked good on my hanger though~

I've been pretty much in a daze about this whole spring fashion! I mean, from denims to flower to overalls! I want them all! It's actually a first for me to want more than one thing this month. Usually I would only want one item a month. But lately there are a whole lot of things coming out this month which really are my style!

Went to Zara as well the one just beside H&M near Stephen's Green. To my luck... I saw a pair of OVERALLS!!! I fell in love!!! But it was at the rack of nearly going. So I guess that branch had it all along without me knowing... Damn... There were two pairs left I think? One plain black (which I'm contemplating of getting) and the navy with starry prints. Personally I might try the navy with star prints when I go back... I just couldn't afford to waste time today so maybe next time hopefully it's still there.

So after that rushed window shopping. I went to Mari's place today since she was sick; she has the colds. Knowing Mari as per usual her place was a complete mess, bread crumbs and what nots on the floor, dirty laundry strewn at the side as well as covering the floor. Her bed not made, her dining table full of left over food, sink greasy, oven greasy with spills of old burnt food, dish wares cleaned but not dried, refrigerator dirty, snack boxes on the floor, her boyfriend's stuff on the floor, toothbrushes in the DIRTY sink, make up everywhere... Ugh it was hell! It was messy and dirty... I used to watch this TV "How clean is your house?" I think the title was where there were these 2 old ladies trying to clean a messy, outrageous house.

Whenever I watch the show I though, what a lie... I bet they just did that on purpose, I mean who could live in such a place like that?! It's impossible, the person would at least feel very uncomfortable and at some point fix things. That's what I thought; but when I saw Mari's place... I guess I was proved wrong, her situation was like that. Ugh and don't even start with me with her toilet... Let's just leave it at that...

We went to Tesco to buy ingredients for chicken soup, because I offered to cook for her. I thought it would be really lonely to be sick on your own without anyone tending to you. Since her boyfriend was practically useless and working. Her family is way back home in Japan, whereas I'm lucky since mine is here with me. So just imagine, you sick no food but take aways... It's really unhealthy her lifestyle is full of instant foods and take aways. So I decided to cook for her today and I'm glad that she liked my cooking. It wasn't hard cooking since I like to cook for people except my family? (^A^) It was hard moving around though, since her place was cramped and messy. You just never know what you would step on. So while I was cooking she went on yapping about stuff and despite that kind of bonding.

I had fun with her and enjoyed cooking for her, we talked for hours then she claimed that she wanted to marry me right then and there since she said I will be a good wife someday and all that jazz. She even showed me her photo book of Oguri Shun that she loves truly so much. And even found out that she used to like Gackt in the past, (^0^) I told her I did too; I guess it was a part of our growing stage? He really was good looking but now he just started to age so~

All in all despite the little dilemmas in my little fashion world, overall I enjoyed the whole day. It was different yet similar at the same time.

Before I sign off from blogging I thought of listing the things I want since I'm really confused of what my actual goal (what to buy) is?

1. Flower Sundress or Short overall from Zara
2. Denim Polo (Yeah, I know... I saw nozomi wearing it in the May issue I just can't help myself it looks lovely with dresses! I lost!)
3. Denim/Flower Overalls
4. Kan kan hat
5. Long length Dress! (A dress that reaches up to your ankles or toes)
6. Distressed shorts from Zara
7. Flowery Shirt? (Just a random one I was thinking of to pair with my Blue cardigan)
8. Waist belt for my dress
9. Lacy Dress
10. Socks?

Pictures COPYRIGHT by H&M [The Garden Collection]