Gyaru Shoot... Kinda...

So here are the highlights from my recent GAL/gyrau adventures! Need more info on what it is! Check out this link!

http://gyaru.startje.com/

This site has the Japanese and Foreign model and GAL blogs as well as pictures and tutorials galore! So just explore!

I'm waiting on my hair cut until after my trip to see my grandparents, but its mostly just getting layers so I can backcomb!!!

PICTURES!

I'm still far from being true gyaru but this is a start!!!!

Anchors Aweigh!

Okay... so that's technically Navy... but long story short. Reagan's ship left today... well last night to be precise... so they are now somewhere in the Atlantic... and my main hope... that the stupid man stays warm enough!

I did hear news that there are plans to make this trip as short as possible so he maybe back by the end of January!!! I'm so excited! But as everyone knows... nothing ever really goes the way you want it to in the military... but still less of a damper on my holidays!

It's Christmas Eve and its gonna be a little sad tomorrow but I'm thankful that my family and friends will be around to distract me to some extent... I'm sad though cause Reagan forgot to take the little Christmas tree I sent him along with him... humph. Oh well he remembered the important part his gift... which I really hope he likes and can enjoy while he is on the ship... well that's about it.

Tomorrow also look forward to an outfit post, I've been working on my gyaru style and I'm getting better, slowly... but better!

Tidings of Comfort And Joy

WHEW! There is five days till Christmas... and my shopping is done, my stuffing, wrapping, tying, packing, bubble-wrapping, boxing, taping and post office waiting is... DONE! I'm offically set for Christmas... but I just can't get in the mood.

We set up our Christmas Tree today, it is lovely as ever and I was happy to put my latest Gone With The Wind Series ornament up (I've collected like all of them... I just need the green dress Scarlett in porcelian!) and the tree looks great! All the presents are yet to be under it but they will be arriving shortly I'm sure. And yet I still am wincing when Christmas songs come on the radio.

I think the main reason for this is Reagan's impending "trip", it isn't REALLY a full deployment but it sure feels like it. He's left Camp LeJeune as of Friday and has said that the "boat" leaves for "somewhere East" sometime this upcoming week... my guess based on something he let slip... Christmas Eve... now if that doesn't blow bricks of fruitcake then I don't know what does....
Granted OPSEC won't let me say anymore! SSSHHH!!

But basically he will be gone until February maybe March... which means these are the holiday firsts we will be missing, Christmas, New Years, his 25th Birthday, and Valentine's Day... and I will tell you now my hot coccoa is gonna need a lot of peppermint schnapps to get me through.... I know I signed up for this and I shouldn't complain because he will be back with me sooner than many of the women in my situation, I will only go without seeing him for now four-ish months... they haven't seen their Marines in a year... my hopes are always with them! SEMPER FI!

But at the same time... those women get to live with their men, I will be honest, that living in hotel rooms is just getting exhausting, I do it enough when I travel with my parents... I don't need it with my boyfriend if I can help it...

However on the plus side, if he comes back in March we started talking about my Spring Break and maybe planning a week get-a-way for our one year anniversary, somewhere, where neither of our families or friends is.... wouldn't that be nice?

Anyway back to the holidays... I think I'm going to now make some hot chocolate and park my butt in front of A Christmas Story and Love Actually... until I'm literally exhaling Christmas.... I do love this season, it is just a very tightrope love.... conditions have to be right....

PS: But thankfully Reagan will have a tree, I sent him a tiny one (he loved it) with his Christmas gift and special Christmas Cookies... so he can sorta have a Christmas... cause his family probably won't get around to sending gifts since they thought they were going to see him.... okay I'm not going there... *toodles away*

Embroider My World!

So instead of doing my homework... as usually I've gotten distracted and the product of today's distraction Reagan's gift for WHEN (Not IF) he gets promoted to full Corporal!! It won't be for sure of course... he still has to make the board but he's been working so hard and his superiors want him to get it so keep your fingers crossed... anyway... the gift. He is always asking me "So where's that pinup you promised me?" I had at one time told him I would like to to a vintage pinup style photoshoot with and I foolishly told him he could have a few of the shots... but until I can locate a willing photographer... he will have to settle for this. Besides the bunk in his barracks is so drab it could use a little feminine touch!

THE PATTERN! I'm pretty sure the detail stitching on the face and logo will kill me!

30 Soles: Special Travel Edition!

So last week I returned from the Carribbean. Grand Cayman in the British West Indies as a matter of fact! It was a most wonderful family trip and was absolutely beautiful! So in honor of that. A selection of the footwear from that trip!

UP FROM UNDER! I was barefoot bound on Monday! As my sister and I floated 450 ft. above the crystel blue ocean. I wish I could have taken a camera up in the parasail... but alas water and electronics do not mix well I'm afraid. It was such a wonderful experience to be up high with a bird's eye view and the boat pulling us fit just under my little toe!!

UNDER THE SEA! Tuesday came with a suprise! Another barefoot day and I spent the morning with stingrays, swimming feeding holding and occasionally stumbling upon one. Imagine slipping your foot over very fine sandpaper and then bumbling like a toddler into the water as a ray the size of a bed pillow swims up from under the sand where you were just standing. It is quite the experience. I love the extra contact with nature through my toes!

WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? OH FINS! Wednesday and Thursday were days of snorkeling and exploring more of Carribbean under water. So quiet and so beautiful! And I armed with my little flippers had the time of my life in the water but it's always odd to step back onto the sand awkwardly. I now know how penguins and ducks feel!

TOES IN THE SAND... COLD DRINK IN MY RIGHT HAND! When these day's adventures ended I was thankful for a warm sandy beach... and I'm proud to say that I think my toes are into a very deep love affair with the sand and sun!

So next time you hit the beach don't wear shoes!! It's much more intimate that way!