Can you believe we're into September already?!
I wanted to show you the adorable things I got for my birthday, which was way back in mid July!
First up, my Canary OP from Angelic Pretty:
This was an impulse buy from money I was given from my birthday. At first I felt really guilty for buying it as its actually a damaged dress! There was a stain on the front top tier in the centre front, which the previous owner had redyed the dress from pink to try and cover, unfotunately for her with little success =(
Fortunately for me is that first of all, I love the new colour and the way the ribbon has absorbed the dye more and is darker, so the dress resembles the white version with black ribbon a little more, which is actually a dream item of mine!
And secondly, when the dress arrived it had a strange odour, which smelt like the dye (dye smells terrible), so I put it in the wash alone to try and get some of it out. The water in the machine was bright pink and actually stained the rubber seal at the front, but when I pulled the dress out and hung it to dry, I was astonished to find that the stain had completely disappeared! I didn't use any special stain remover or detergent or anything, just my normal powder, so I think I was just lucky!
I also got a couple of pairs of new shoes (I've only got two feet!)
The purple jelly sandals are from JuJu. I spied them on sale at Schuh and decided to spend the last of my birthday money on them. I've had a bad experience of wearing jelly sandals before, where I chose to try and save a bit of money by buying cheap fakes, unfortunately this didn't work out as they split my feet open after a very short walk and I had to walk home again with blood covered feet in clear sandals, I was ashamed! I'm hoping these shoes work out better, And they haven't let me down so far! I love them, the colour of them is so vibrant and beautiful!
The red heels are from my amazing fiancee, Jams! He surprised me with them while we were out, telling me to try them on and then buying them. The gorgeous red suede is to die for and the cut outs on the front are strangely seductive (I should write shoe porn XD). They also look fantastic with my new dress!
I've also been meaning to show you the small additions I've beem making to my wardrobe. Sometimes I browse Lolita sales groups on Facebook or Livejournal or search ebay, and before I know it, I have another amazing item heading my way!
I think I already mentioned in another post that I managed to find the Whipped Cake bangle and headband as a set on ebay for an incredible price, right after buying the bangle, typical! But the set was the same price as I paid for the bangle, so I'm not complaining!
I also got the shoes on ebay from a shop. I think they came from China, they arrived very quickly. Not sure about the fit though, I'll probably put insoles in them when I wear them.
The wristcuffs I found on the LJ community angelicpoodle. I've been wanting the Lyrical Bunny wristcuffs for a while now and this colourway will also go with my Happy Garden OP!
I made the mistake of checking back onto angelicpoodle a couple of weeks later and that's when I bought the socks! I've been looking for some legwear to go with my Girly Note jsk by Meta for ages and I thought these would be perfect!
I found the headbow whilst mooching Lolita sales groups on Facebook and having a soft spot for AP's Ichigo Chan collection could not pass on the opportunity to buy it! Its perfect for layering with bigger headbows and since I have quite a get strawberry themed dresses and headbows, I'd say it was a worthwhile purchase!
Frustrated with never managing to find the right tights to wear, I also decided to buy enough tights to keep an Octopus looking fabulous!
These are all from the same ebay store and came to around £20 including postage, though some of them were more expensive than others, like the lace pair which were over £4! So pleased that I no longer have to fret about my legwear so much!
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