hey everyone! this is just a post about how i WANTED to go to fanime but ended up not. it’s sort of a rant post to get me away from studying for finals, which i wasn’t really doing anyway…but thats besides the point.
basically i was waiting all year since AX 2010 to go to fanime. i missed out so much last year with all the lolita events and stuff! so in january when i got my dream item, the dreamy dollhouse salopette, i knew i would wear it for fanime.
this did not happen.
why?
i have a friend i’ve known since 4th grade that i’ve gone to fanime 2008, 2009, and AX 2010 with. shes a real sweetheart and is extremely kind. but she is smart too. she knows when to ignore someone when she doesn’t want to speak with them. in this sense i mean if i IM her on aim with something she doesn’t care about, she merely does not respond. which happened to be the case.
i thought i could find a friend that would tag alone with me to go to fanime. being only 15, i was terrified of going myself. a bright pink, OTT, 15 year old sweet lolita walking among noob cosplayers and creepy men who don’t belong there didn’t sound like a joyride to me. [lack of better words...joyride...fail] anyway, so the friends i went to the AP opening with couldn’t go because one had to study for finals and the other lived too far away to drive down :/ so i resorted to asking my friend that i mentioned before. she said it would be fine if i went with her but mentioned that she would be with her friends/fans from deviantART, since she is a popular artist there. that makes sense and i honestly had no problem with it!
so i asked her what time and when. no. response.
a day later. what time and when. no. response.
i figured okay, i can just text her when i get there! no reply. maybe i should call her…bam. i realized that she got a new phone since we had gone to AX 2010, and never updated it since i don’t see her anymore. i sat awkwardly in the car for TWENTY MINUTES. just sitting. a bright pink lolita next to an angry asian mom who was complaining about how bad i was at planning stuff.
i was deciding whether i should pay $25 to just go because i know the shopping is fun, but i noticed there were literally no lolitas and tons of weird weeaboo teens. i mean it’s fanime, so what did i expect…but i decided against it.
on our way back, my mom needed to stop by macy’s to buy a coffee maker, so away we went.
most funny moment of my life!!!
i somewhat strutted through the perfume/makeup department, and tons of (what looked like) single 25 year old girls with snooki makeup, in which their eyeshadow extended to their eyebrows and beyond, stared in awe at me. i just lifted my chin up and continued to the escalator. my mom and i scurried around the kitchen and appliances section until we found what we wanted. it was so funny seeing a lolita carrying a mini toaster, and that is all i have to say XD
that was my first time wearing lolita in a non-lolita environment though, and it was really interesting. on my way to the car, one of the makeup gurus who saw me earlier said ‘hi there, i love your outfit!’ as i passed by. i cutely said thanks, in a way that my voice sort of cracked LOL. and then on my way out, i didn’t dare turn around but it seemed like a mother and her 20 or so year old daughter were wondering if i was a doll, or a fairy, or a giant barbie. wrong. D. all of the above. HAHA!
so that’s my story of why i didn’t go to fanime. i’m really sad that i couldn’t do all the fun things and shop, but i PROMISE i will go next year. if i can’t, i think i will explode!! i’m aiming for saturday next year. saturday, and better planning! @__@
the outfit that could have been: [sorry for terrible lighting & click for larger]
outfit rundown:
beret, salopette, socks, shoes – angelic pretty
cutsew – baby the stars shine bright
wristcuffs – won from a contest, they’re handmade :]
pink star clip – 6%dokidoki
two necklaces – handmade
bag – rilakkuma/san-x
rilakkuma lunch box used as my bag! nice and spacey.
i know you love awkward angle time! it’s the best time of day!
and handmade wristcuffs that i won! they have a butterfly trim on them ;]
depth is deceiving.
anyway, i have more posts coming soon so stay tuned!
♫ sara
Oh I was there by myself also. I always get lazy to take pictures so I just enjoy the cosplayer that go by. Sometimes there are people who are really rude but just ignore them so they don’t ruin the fund. What day were you going? I’ve been (kind of) stalking you blog (as in reading but never replying ’cause for some reason I don’t have something to say I just love your blog!) but we should’ve met up. I would have love to spend the day with you. :) It was Saturday only for me.
Anyways, it’s sad that you didn’t go to Fanime but there’s always next year!
REALLY!!!!!!! i’m so happy that i actually have followers, i REALLY appreciate it!! :) we totally should have met up! rats, i was going to go on saturday but decieded on monday because i thought my friend was going to meet me that day :/
when fanime 2012 (ooOooOoOo) comes around, i’ll contact you and we can meet up, or maybe we’ll end up both going to the lolita meetups they have there annually :)
I forgot to mention you look adorable by the way :3 I don’t know if I’ll still be in the California for 2012 but we’ll see. I really wanted to go to the fashion show on Sunday but alas…
I haven’t worn lolita to the mall but plenty of times for school though. Maybe I’ll do that next time.
EDIT: Whoops wrong reply! Do you think you could delete the other one?
no worries, deleted haha! awwwwwww i hope you are! :) i wish they had the ‘fancy french name’ event for fanime this year…maybe next year :/ aaah the one year i dont go to fanime (last year) they happened to have it. d’oh!
really?! i’ve never worn lolita to school! i basically only wear it at conventions :D
sucks you didn’t get to go :[ but i’m glad you had such a great first experience wearing lolita out and about like that at the mall! <3 you look too cute
it really did suck :/ THANKS! it was really hilarious, and i was scared at first but i actually ended up purposely walking by people to see what they would do because i was bored :) LOL. and thanks! <3
Hello. I’m Kailee. I’ve actually been reading your blog too. But was a little afraid to comment. xD
I didn’t go in lolita because I was kind of scared. It was my second time at Fanime and the first time for my friend and I didn’t want her to feel left out. Instead we were cosplaying as characters from Hetalia.
I felt a little weird to because of all the weeaboo teens too. *shot*
I went on Saturday , Sunday and was going to go on Monday but I was to tired.
I hope you can go to Fanime 2012!!!!!
nice to meet you!! i’m glad you finally commented, i love meeting my readers…i didn’t know i had any! :)
awww. that’s okay, i’ve gone as a lolita with my friend who was cosplaying as ed from fma, and then the 2nd year i went i was in a pikachu kigurumi while she was that one schoolgirl that has a blue outfit and a yellow ribbon XD. and at AX, i was a lolita both days and actually she was a character from hetalia! i think she was china! :D
i regret not going for sure, but it was soooo awkward being seen by all *those* people in my bright pink outfit..no? >_<
i'm definitely going next year! see you there!! :D maybe you will be in lolita? <3