[40.] ☆ Milk Tea Day UK ☆

Hello dear readers (^-^)

Today, I'd like to tell you about an event I attended earlier this month!

☆ Milk Tea Day UK ☆

The day actually started out quite hilarious when I got to the coach station.
There was a man wandering around in his underwear...
Yet still, I was getting all the looks when I turned up for my coach wearing Lolita!

At 'Milk Tea Day' Japanese band Die Milch (The Milk in German), had their UK debut.

It took place in The Nave; a beautiful and historic venue near Islington in London.

When I first got there, I thought I was lost as I had never been to Islington before,

and comparing it to other event locations, it just looked like I was in the wrong place!

BUT. I spotted a sign and noticed that it was indeed the right place.

An impression from inside the building

Once I arrived, I travelled alone, I was glad to see many friends straight away!

Some friends I hadn't seen for around 2 years, so it was lovely to catch up.

Entry to the event was free, until 5pm when the concert would start.

I walked around for a bit, took outfit shots with friends & had a tea in a Maid Café :3

There were lots of cute stalls selling Lolita accessories and some even sold clothing!

I tried to spend minimal money, so this is all I bought:

Metronom CD - a sweet from Coco - rose tea and a tea strainer

The ever so kind Florrie took Outfit pictures of Reina & I before it went dark.

These days the sun goes under at 4:30pm already...

My outfit picture, you can view here:

~•* Outfit Rundown *•~

Flower Crown - Primark

Blouse - Moi-même-Moitié

JSK - Angelic Pretty

Tights - TejaJamilla

Shoes - SecretShop

The ever so sweet Florrie

The ever smiling Reina

A stupid selfie with Jess

After the silliness with friends, we were called back into the venue.

The concert was about to start, yay!

I have to admit, I hadn't listened to their music before, but I decided to go anyway.

My main reason was seeing my friends, which meant a lot to me!

It turned out that I really enjoy Die Milch's music, so that was a nice bonus, haha!

I have 3 little Instagram video's from the concert.

I hope you enjoy them!

After the concert, I was very fortunate to have my CD signed by Coco & Yui.

I was also able to have my picture taken with them, before I had to rush off for my 

3 hour coach journey!

I'm so impressed, they are so nice and even speak a tiny bit of English.

Coco tried to make us sing "White Christmas" with them,

but I don't know the lyrics to any English songs....

Super embarrassing!

Yui & Coco in the middle of a mini dance routine

Coco, Yui & I <3

All in all, it was an amazing day and I'm so glad that I attended!

Hope to see all of my friends again soon <3

If you like what you're hearing, then I suggest you go see Die Milch when you have the chance!

As always, thanks for reading!

x Chrissii x

[39.] ❄ Merry Christmas ❄

❄ Merry Christmas ❄

I hope you were able to spend it with your loved ones!

I celebrated Christmas with my boyfriend and his family on the 24th.

We had a traditional Polish Christmas with 12 dishes of food on the table!

Needless to say, we were all pretty stuffed by the end of it :3

Before the meal started, we all had a piece of opłatek.

It's a Christmas wafer baked from pure wheat flour and water.

The opłatki wafers are embossed with Christmas related religious images, varying from the nativity scene, Virgin Mary with baby Jesus, to the Star of Bethlehem.

The eldest member holds a large wafer and breaks off a piece to begin the ritual.

The remaining wafer is passed on to another member while a prayer for loved ones is said. 

This continues until everyone at the table has a piece of the wafer. 

Finally, everyone eats their share.

This was the first time I did this and I thought it was a really nice idea.

Made Christmas a little bit different.

The Christmas meal consisted of the following 12 foods:

1. Herring & onion in sauce

2. Grilled Salmon with Herbs

3. Grilled Salmon with Lemon

4. Smoked Salmon

5. Greek Style fish

6. Pierogi with cheese filling

7. Pierogi with sauerkraut filling

8. Filled egg halves

9. Salad

10. Barszcz

11. Croquettes

12. Bread

As you can see, there is no meat involved.

Polish people will still be fasting from meat until Christmas Day.

~•* Outfit Rundown *•~

Christmas Headband - Claire's Accessories

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

Cardigan - New Look

Dress - Primark

Tights - M&S

I didn't feel like dressing up in lolita for Christmas this year.

I feel like every year, I'm using the same dress for it so it gets a bit boring...

This dress does the job alright, I think. It's very simple, yet cute and I like that.

Thanks for reading!

❄ Season's Greetings ❄

x Chrissii x

[36.] Getting my Frock On!

Hello dear readers (^-^)!

(if there still are any)...

So uhm, it's been a while!

Sorry there were never any "Long Lost Travel Series"...

To be honest, I lost my motivation to write.

I've been having a hard time at work and when I come home,

I just don't feel like sitting in front of a computer again...

Anyhow...

Today, I finally feel like writing about some things I've been up to!

So, without further ado, let's start post [36.]

I went to London for a weekend!

My boyfriend & I left here on Friday after work.

It was our 1 year anniversary that day <3

I've never been so in love with anyone...

Beautiful flowers I received

We exchanged our cards when we got to the hotel in London.
We are soooooo lame XD

On Saturday we did our separate things and I ended up at:

Frock On! The Tea Party Club's 6th Anniversary event.

I didn't feel very well during the day, so I didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped.

I did, however, have some great chats with some old friends.

And! I also made some new friends from Holland <3

Here are a few of my photos (^-^)!

My Dutch friends <3

With Ziggy, she's craaazy!

The main shopping hall with loads of stalls!

With special guest Hitomi from Grimoire <3
She was so sweet & adorable!

With my favourite Portoguese, always cheering me up <3

On my way out I got a goodbye photo with Reina & Florrie, love you!

My main purchase, a beautiful OP by Millefleurs <3
So happy to finally own a piece by them!

I couldn't leave without these beauties!
Tights from Grimoire <3

I hope you enjoyed my photos!

I didn't stay for very long, because I wasn't well... 

but I had a great day!

~•*Outfit Rundown*•~

Bear Ear Hat - eBay

Hat Accessories - Now Voyager, H&M, Primark

Wig - Mermaid Beachy by Lockshop

Blouse - Moi-même-Moitié

JSK - Moi-même-Moitié

OTK Socks - eBay

Bracelets - Accessorize

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

I promise I won't be long with the next post,

because I already know what it will be about!

Thanks for reading

x Chrissii x

[35.] Long Lost Travel Tales, a new series!

Hello dear readers (^-^)!

I came up with a new series to write.

Similar to the "Foreign Lolita's" series,

but more about the past events that I have attended.

I shall names this series "Long Lost Travel Tales".

I'm writing about the past, because currently there's not much on my calendar!

Well, that's a lie because I have tons of plans for later this year...

But they will stay secret for now until everything is confirmed (^-^)!

I will start this new series hopefully this weekend!

I have a lot of exciting private things going on at the moment

and my work is taking up a lot of time recently...

I'll leave you with some pictures from this weekend!

I took the opportunity to dress up a little bit, but I didn't go anywhere special.

Saturday's Outfit - Welcome to my kitchen, haha :3

~•* Outfit *•~

Headbow - Primark

Leather Rose - H&M

Blouse - Moi-même-Moitié

Dress - H&M

Tights - Etsy

Shoes - Jeffrey Campbell

Sunday's Outfit - My bf & I had dinner at our friend's house :3

~•* Outfit *•~

Headband - Primark

Blouse - Moi-même-Moitié

JSK - Emily Temple cute

Tights - V&D

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

So that's a quick post from me ;)

Hope you're all looking forward to the

"Long Lost Travel Tales" series, as much as I am!

Stay tuned!

x Chrissii x

[34.] Uniqlo x Ladurée

Hello dear readers (^-^)!

A lot of good things have been happening,

so I'm finding it a little hard to blog!

I've just moved to a new house with my amazing boyfriend ♡

We finally have wifi since this week, so I have some catching up to do!

Today, I want to tell you about my recent purchases.

I recently heard that Uniqlo was doing a collaboration with Ladurée.

I normally miss out on all the cool Uniqlo collaborations, because

either I don't have any money or I just don't know about them until it's too late!

NOT THIS TIME! CAN NOT MISS OUT ON LADURÉE!

So, I've sent my friend Wing shopping for me in London,

because there is sadly no Uniqlo store in my city...

Thank you Wing, you're the best!

I got 3 lovely T-Shirts.

The writing is in gold glittery letters <3

ALL THE MACARONS <3

ALL THE MACARONS AGAIN <3

Wheeee~ They are so cute and look much better in real life!

With that in mind, I wanted to wear one of them today.

I have been very ill over the last week so all I was wearing was sweatpants :/

Now that I'm starting to feel better, I wanted to look better as well :3

This is what I've created and how I look today!

Bit blurry? :/

~•* Outfit *•~

Headbow - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

T-Shirt - Uniqlo x Ladurée

Belt - New Look

Skirt - Emily Temple cute

Socks - Birthday gift from boyfriend's mum ♡

Shoes - Primark (£3!!!)

Ladurée draws it's inspiration from elegance and refinement,

nostalgia and modernity, the beautiful and the tasteful.

Ladurée speaks to our senses between pleasure and tenderness

and fullfills all our cravings.

Yes. You do, Ladurée ♡

ALL MY CRAVINGS.

Love,

 x Chrissii x

[33.] A Day in Utrecht with my Dutchies

Hello, my dears!

Hope you're well <3

I've completely forgotten that I went on holiday :3

It was a while ago, but as you can tell by my archive,

I didn't have much motivation to write anything!

28/01/2013

Utrecht, The Netherlands

(Shamefully late post, I know)

Utrecht - Such a beautiful city!

After a drive of an hour and a half, I eventually made it to Utrecht.

After getting lost a few times, trying to find a parking spot...

Damn roadworks everywhere...!

I met up with my lovely friends Marloes & Damiën for the day.

It was so much fun! We went to the Cathedral of Saint Martin, 

or as it is lovingly known by the locals: De Domtoren!

It's THE symbol of Utrecht.

The Cathedral tower is 112 meters high and 

it is the highest tower from the Middle Ages in The Netherlands.

It's also over 600 years old!

De Domtoren

After walking around the Cathedral & looking at the beautiful stained glass,

we got a bit peckish and decided to have some tea & cake (obviously)!

The Cathedral had a little tea room which was surprisingly nice.

It looked out into the gardens where we went later on.

Traditional "Domkoek" on the left + a biscuit & Cinnamon tea <3

After lunch, we ventured out into the cold to see the gardens!

We couldn't help taking pictures as it's such a lovely place :3

It looks like Marloes is floating haha, no legs!

The 3 of us managed to squeeze into one picture :3

Damiën & I

We didn't take any single pictures because we were freezing to death,

so I'm going to write my Outfit Rundown below!

~•* Outfit *•~

Hat - Gift from a lady who bought it in 1943

Rose Clip - H&M

Faux-fur Stole - H&M

Blouse - Primark

JSK - Emily Temple cute

Tights - Primark

Shoes - Primark

Bag - muchacha achachumu

After visiting the Cathedral, it was nearly time to go home already. 

However, we couldn't resist getting some Bubble Tea first!

Damiën is a total addict, it was his second one that day already!

Bubble Tea - Mine had a cute monkey on it!

Managed to get my tea fix as well, haha!

I always get my tea in a shop called Xenos.

One packet of 10 tea bags only cost about €0,50!

I do love a good bargain, haha :3

My tea tower - Melon, Oriental, Apple & Cinnamon, Vanilla, Raspberry, Cherry & Cranberry!

 Then it was sadly time to hit the road again!

I had a really great day and I'd like to 

thank Damiën & Marloes for making time for me.

Thanks guys, I love you <3

I'll leave you with a picture of me in the car, lol!

Bye bye, back to the freezing north of The Netherlands!
(the hat is from Juicy Couture)

Thanks for reading <3

See you soon!

x Chrissii x

[32.] Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone (^-^)

Hope you all had a lovely time!

I've spent Easter with my boyfriend's family,

as all of my family lives abroad.

I had a great time!

We arrived at 10 o'clock on Easter Sunday for breakfast.

This wasn't just any breakfast, but a traditional Polish Easter breakfast!

~•* Here is some foodporn for your enjoyment *•~

ALL THE FOOD

Barszcz Biały - traditional Easter soup

A selection of ham

Fresh herring

Sałatka - a vegetable salad

Filled eggs with mayonnaise

Kabanas - a type of Polish sausage

Galaretka - chicken & vegetables jelly stuff

Well it's needless to say, after all that, I was pretty stuffed!

I absolutely love Polish cuisine, it's very similar to the food I grew up with.

Plus it helps that my boyfriend's parents are amazing chefs <3

You'd think this would be all the food you can eat for breakfast...

WRONG! Not in a Polish house. Eating kind of never stops.

But hey! You don't hear me complaining ;)

A selection of delicious cakes

MOAR CAKE - this cheesecake was amazing!

Of course, because I hadn't worn lolita properly since January,

I took this opportunity to wear something nice...

Here's my Easter outfit & greetings!

Happy Easter to all my Dutch readers <3

I'm a bunny...

~•* Outfit *•~

Bunny Ears - Supermarket

Rose Wreath - Primark

Blouse - New Look

JSK - Angelic Pretty

Tights - Accessorize

Shoes - Vivienne Westwood x Melissa

For the first time in ages, I've used my natural hair...

I still think it doesn't go very well with lolita,

and I should just keep wearing a wig!

I've only just noticed how horribly short this dress is on me D:

Does anyone know where to get an underskirt?

Maybe I should just sell it (;_____;)

Opinions?

Hope you all had a lovely Easter!

Thanks for reading (^-^)..

x Chrissii x

[29.] Tea Time with the Bristolian ladies

Good evening, dear readers (^-^)!

On Saturday the 3rd of November, I went to have afternoon tea

with the local ladies of the Bristolian lands!

My housemate Hayley and I walked to the venue together.

It's so funny how English people always try not to look at you,

even though it's quite obvious that they can't help themselves XD

 Oh well, Hayley & I love shocking the locals and the tourists so it's fiiiine :3

We met up at Boston Tea Party, not far from our house.

They had reserved a table for us especially.

Naturally I ordered an 'Afternoon Tea' and shared it with Hayley,

and I chose Yunnan Rose tea as my actual drinking tea!

Hmmm 'Afternoon Tea'

Caaaake :3

Super delicious scone with clotted cream & jam <3

Yunnan Rose tea with real rosebuds in it!

Soooo tasty! It was a bit too much, though!

I wrapped up the brownies in my napkin and took them home, haha ;)

Just remembered there was a slight dilemma with the tea spoons.

Hayley is portraying this wonderfully in the following photos:

Hayley: "Where are the spoons?!" Me: "There are no spoons!" Hayley: *sulk*

Jenny also took some photos (much better than my phone can),

so here is a delightful picture of me scoffing cake... 

Oh well, I'm always eating :3

"OMG DELICIOUS SAMMICH"

Sometimes slightly less elegant, but at least I'm having fun?!

After the delicious meal, some of us decided to go for a walk.

We found this beautiful park that I didn't even know existed!

So beautiful, argh! I wish I took some more photos (>_<)"!

We managed to take a little incomplete, blurry group photo with the self-timer :3

I'm wearing my Angelic Pretty 'Dreaming Macaron' JSK,

which I received in the post on that actual morning!

Katherine, Gina, Jenny, Hannah & I ^-^! I'm not actually that small!

Here's an outfit shot of the day that the beautiful Jenny took!

Meeeeeee :3 - I really love this picture <3 Thanks, Jenny!

~•* Outfit *•~

Headbow - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright

Wig - Lockshop

Blouse - Bodyline

Halterneck JSK - Angelic Pretty

Bag - SWIMMER

Tights - Primark

Sandals - Accessorize

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Thank you all for reading,

I will get back to your comments ASAP, I promise!

If you'd like to get in touch, please leave a comment or an email (^-^)!

How has your weekend been?

I'm back at work again now, boo!

x Chrissii x