Long time no see

7 months has passed by and I have just been ignoring this blog. Since then, I graduated from compulsory school, had a nice summer holiday and went to Gotland and a convention, started upper secondary school, got new friends and the best boyfriend I could imagine, went to another convention and now I'm on christmas holiday.

Also I've gained some new lolita pieces!

Angelic Pretty engineer boots (second hand, first release, missing pearl chain), Tokimeki dot heart bag and 2013 Summer Collection catalogue.

As usual, Angelic Pretty's great quality and definitly worth the money imo. I do not regret getting these things. But now onto my recent outfits. I've only worn lolita at conventions lately. First two co-ords are from Närcon in July and the last two from Confusion in October! Using pretty much the same items in new co-ords, haha.

Dress Angelic Pretty, bag Swimmer, shoes Dr Martens, blouse Monki, accessories Chocomint, CCK & offbrand.

Skirt Angelic Pretty, blouse Bodyline, bolero BTSSB, wrist cuffs My Dearest Victoria, the rest is offbrand & handmade.

Dress, headbow, shoes, bag Angelic Pretty, blouse bodyline, rest is offbrand

Skirt, shoes, bag Angelic Pretty, blouse Monki, rest offbrand & handmade

And that's it for now. Only 2 days until christmas now! Happy holidays~

New in and other announcements

Hello! So uhm, I guess I kind of put the lolita 52 challenge on ice. Instead, I'll just blog whenever I feel like! Also, I started to blog on my old photography blog, tomikos.blogg.se! Go check it out, it's only in swedish but that's where I'm going to post my photos from Paris. (Which I also uploaded on my flickr, here).

And now onto the exciting stuff! Packages!! My very first brand new brand piece, which I will wear at my graduation for 9th grade.

 Sadly, pretty bad (but pretty) packaging

The content! Eternal Rose Bouquet skirt in pink. Released at the perfect timing, when I had my Powder Rose obsession.

The back~

I also got a Freshly Picked Strawberries bowl! I did not expect that but it was a nice suprise!

Did I fall asleep?

Hello! I'm that I haven't posted anything in weeks now... I thought that the lolita 52 challenge would keep me blogging, but apparantly not. However, nothing has really happened in my life. I've actually had a lot to do with school (awesome while we have national tests too -_-'), and then I have a social life too. 

I will probably make a video for all the weekly challenge posts I missed, so keep an eye out for that.

I have still been able to browse tumblr so here's what inspires me the most right now, so you atleast get something:

Click the picture for source~

March 8

It's March 8 which means that it's international womansday! Though having a special day for women is a bit odd, does it mean we're not dedicated the other days as men? I know we're far away from equality, even in a country as Sweden, but I know it will be better. And it have been worse. So today I say, kudos to every woman in the history who has fought for our rights, and kudos to you who are still fighting. I know our sisterhood can be stronger than the patriarchy.

Picture found on tumblr

Sweet Candy

Hello! Such a long time since I wore lolita now. So this is what I wore today. Finally it's warm enough to wear my new jacket, and our family were going out for lunch, so I took the opportunity and dressed up a bit. 

Jacket and dress Angelic Pretty, shoes Dr Martens, bolero BTSSB, blouse Bodyline and the rest H&M.

And something more casual, a couple of days ago when I went out with my friends for lunch. I think I have a thing for mintgreen.

Dress Monki, accessories Cute Can Kill, tights H&M.

I'm home

I've had such a good time in Denmark! It was an youth exchange called Mojn 2013 for an EU project called Youth in Action. We were 10 youths from each country: Sweden, Denmark/Germany, Romania and Cyprus.
For the first three days we had chosed a workshop, breakdance, global dance, music or circus. I chosed global dance, which was pretty much like showdance. Since this was not only for experienced dancers, but beginners too, it wasn't very complicated but I enjoyed it anyway as we had a great workshop leader and a wonderful group.

Our group on a performance. Not very flattering for me. Pic by Elina.

I've never been that kind of person who just an walk up to a person and be like "Hey what's up, can I join?", but this time I tried to get to know some people, and I succeed! Not only the swedish groups. I'm really happy that I took the chance, the ones I became friends with are so nice people.

In Aabenraa where we had a perfomance

One point of this youth exchange was to share our own culture. All countries had a presentation one of the days, and we all had to bring some traditional food. We swedes brought meatballs, pick 'n' mix candy, cinnamonbuns, kaviar and some more. I really liked Cyprus' halloumi *__*

And as I've already mentioned we had a couple of performances at schools and one at the place where we stayed (Knivsberg). It was a really good show with dancing and singing. I will put up a movie if I get the opportunity.

The breakdancers

Beside the dancing I've been socializing in general, playing billiard, table football, cards, dancing, we actually had a disco two nights too. Another thing worth to mention is the breakfast. Several kinds of bread, ham (which I don't eat haha), cheese, nutella, yoghurt, cereals, fruit, chocolate milk and so on. Wonderful.

Alicia playing billiard

Okay, I probably should stop here. I could go on forever, it have happened so much! So, to finish this post I want to thank everyone who participated. You made that week one of the best weeks in my life, and I really wish to met you all again. ♡ If you ever get the opportunity to go on a youth exchange, do it!! The day before we went I thought "Oh god what have I done, I'll just be awkward and silent the whole week" but as said, this turned out to be one of the best weeks in my life and I've learned so much, it's an experience you really want!
So to end this, if anyone is intrested in seeing more pictures, I've uploaded everything at my Flickr. See you~

Valentine's day

Aka the day you feel more alone than usual... haha. But I baked 4 plates of pink heartshaped cookies, and eating them to celebrate is not too bad, haha. However, lots of valentines-hugs to everyone reading this! ♡