New place, slow internet

School has started and I am now living on my own for the first time in my life. This room I'm living in doesn't really feel like home yet. It's so strange to have to take the key with me every time I need to use the bathroom or to just get a glass of milk. The hardest thing to get used to is that dinner is at the school canteen so I can't just go to my room and study (or surf the internet) for hours after the last lesson and then eat something late in the evening because the dinner is always served at 5pm and you have to be out of the canteen by 5.30pm.

Strict eating schedule, of course, is not the reason I haven't been blogging in a while.  I've had enough time to write I just haven't been able to actually get the text out there because the free wi-fi at the campus is really bad. On top of that, last weekend my new laptop stopped connecting to the internet completely because Norton's free trial ended. Do not use it! Luckily I was able to remove the program with my brother's help and my laptop is working fine again.

This post would look really plain with just text in it, so here is a picture from my new room which still needs to be organized.

It took me 20 minutes just to upload this one picture, so don't expect me to post every other week like I believe to have promised. I will get a USB modem for my laptop as soon as I can afford it.

-S

New layout

I got tired of the darkness of my blog so I decided to change it.

This is what the blog looked like before I made the changes.

I created the banner and the background using Paint.NET.

 The font is called "AR Berkley" and these are the pictures I used to make the banner.

The layout is very simple but the banner itself took me 5 hours to make so I hope you like it.

-S

Outfit Post #17

I've been really busy packing, shopping for cooking utensils, visiting my future campus and other necessary things I need to do before I can start my life as an independent student.

Naturally I haven't worn much lolita or fairy kei but since I have taken snapshots of some of my "normal" outfits I thought I could show them to you.

Shirt: H&M

White top under it: H&M

Jeans: Seppälä

My mother says that the shirt is too fancy for daily wear but as a lolita I beg to differ.

Shirt: H&M

Jeans: Seppälä

Shoes: H&M

This outfit I wore when I went out to play badminton.

 Top: H&M

Shorts: H&M

Most of my lolita clothes are already packed but I hadn't worn lolita in 5 weeks so I wanted to wear at least something casual yesterday.

Skirt: F+F

Socks: Bodyline 

-S

Welcome to my room

Like I have mentioned before my room has gone through small changes so there are going to be some before and after photos. The new photos are brighter so they should be easy to recognize.

 This is the first thing you can see when you step into the room.

        

My smaller hair accessories  I keep in my desk's drawers on the left whereas necklaces, bracelets and rings I have placed in the keyboard drawer.

I have recently moved my dressform to the other side of the desk and put a beanbag on it's place.

This is where I usually studied for the matriculation exams.

 I have taken down a couple posters and put word lists next to the beanbag.

 My boleros and hoodies I've hung up on my door.

 I got rid of the taller closet/bookshelf and bought that small cabinet for my t-shirts.

I store my headbows in the drawer of the closet I kept.

 I keep all of my skirts, dresses, blouses and vests on this clothing rack.

I don't have much on my bed.

The "other side" of the desk.

I used to have a real nightstand opposite the bed but now there is only the drawer.

As you may have seen in one of the previous photos the nightstand is now here.

 Now that the room post is finally done I can start packing for moving to a tiny furnished student apartment.
I am going to miss my beautiful room but I should be able to rent an apartment of my own in two years.

-S

Outfit Post #16

The room post will be up next Tuesday.
Here's a few outfits from last week.

Headbow: BtSSB

Dress: Hell Bunny

Socks: Bodyline (socks373)

Shoes: BtSSB

Dress: Bodyline (L257)

Shoes: Bodyline

 Headbow: from the skirt
Skirt: Bodyline (L404)
Petticoat: Bodyline (acc029)
Shoes: Bodyline

-S

Future plans, Outfit Post #15 & more...

Ironically I got a letter from one of the schools the day after I wrote about having applied to them and a day after that I got a letter from another school. The second school I got a letter from gives education on visual marketing which basically means decorating shops, photo shoot settings, magazines etc. Although, I am very interested in that kind of things I decided to choose the first school. In that school I will be studying English linguistics. Linguistics isn't really a subject through which I could easily get the kind of job I would like to have (not that I really know what I want to do in the future) but I figured that the contacts I would get at the other school wouldn't really help me that much because I am planning to move abroad next year. Also, the tuition fee of the school I decided to go to includes a trip to a country which is right next to the country I wish to move to. I have been thinking about starting to write a separate blog about moving and living abroad so I might give you a link to that in a future post.

While I'm still living in Finland I need a new night lamp so I went shopping in this classic lolita outfit last week.

Big rose on my head: Bodyline

Small roses around it: H&M

Skirt: Innocent World

Socks: QutieLand /Antaina?

Shoes: H&M

I found this adorable table lamp but I couldn't decide whether to get it in black or white.

The white one would camouflage better on my nightstand/drawer and it also looks cuter but the black one could work as a piece of decoration. Here is an older picture of my room if you would like to share your opinion in the comments. The drawer can't be seen that well in the photo but it's on the right next to the table.

 I have moved some of my furniture after taking the picture. The drawers are now facing towards the wall so the wooden parts aren't as visible anymore and the camera stand and the black billboard are no longer on it. The Hello Kitty balloon has also found a new location on the other side of the room.

I bought the black one.

Speaking of furniture, I should make a room tour post before I start packing for moving out.

I am going to be busy this week so I won't be able to make a long room post for next Tuesday but I'll see if I can make it by the 2nd of July.

-S

I'm a high school graduate!

...or "upper secondary school" like our teachers called it.

I was going to make this post last week since the graduation party was already on the 1st of June but I decided to wait and see if I would get a letter from one of the schools I've applied to. They chose the first students on the 7th of June and I haven't got a letter yet so I guess I'll have to wait until they choose the next ones on the 20th of June and write about my future plans after that.

I didn't get to take many photos at my graduation party because I had to spend time with the guests and my parents aren't good at using my camera so these are the best photos of my outfit I could find.

Originally I wanted to wear a green dress in order to look like a fairy but I ended up picking a yellow one for it looks more summery and fresh. I had trouble finding matching yellow shoes so I decided to buy those black and white wedges. I think they match quite well with the student cap.

Since I am now officially on a holiday I will start posting and writing reviews more frequently again.
I have changed all of the review pages' layouts so they should work better now.

-S