Apple picking at l'Île-aux-Coudres! ~

Hello my fluffy apple pies! ~

As you may already know since I mentioned it in my last blog post, I went apple picking with the Prince's family last weekend at l'Ile-aux-Coudres! ^w^ It was the first time I went there so I was super excited to discover the place. :3

I took quite a lot of pictures, but sadly my phone died in the middle of our trip. ;w; But I still wanted to share the ones I took! ^w^

The Prince and I were super excited! ^w^ I also brought my new Halloween Pusheens with me on our little trip. :3

The ride from Saguenay to Charlevoix is a little less than 2 hours long. I am happy I didn't had to drive this year, but since I am not used to be in a car without me driving, I was feeling a little dizzy and sick. ;w; I was glad to finally arrive in Baie-Saint-Paul! ^w^''

We first went to the mall. ~ The Prince and I got a pumpkin spice latté (because we wanted one for so long and it was very suiting to the activity XD) and we visited the littles boutiques in Baie-Saint-Paul's mall. It is a small mall and it looks like a factory from outside, but inside there's some little cute shops with so many treasures! *v*

After that we went at two little cheese-making farms and boutiques. ~ We decided to stock up there since it's way more cheap than to buy them from the store in Saguenay, so we got some fancy cheese and some cured meat for the Prince. ^w^

After our little shopping spree, we took the boat to l'Ile-aux-Coudres!

Me and the Prince took some selfies. XD; You can see the island from far away!

I am used to the boat in Tadoussac so it wasn't very impressive for me as it is pretty much the same thing. XD; I was hoping for a more spectacular boat ride to be quite honest. XD;

We finally arrived to l'Ile-aux-Coudres and we went straight to the orchard!

Of course I had to take some selfies with the apple trees! ^w^

It was surprisingly sunny and warm on that day! ~ I was comfortable with my short sleeved blouse with the warm autumn sun. :3 (But I regretted it later since I got sick this week. ;w;)

Also, we went apple picking earlier than usual in the year, so there was still some perfect and beautiful fruits in the bottom of the apple trees! When we go, we usually don't get some beautiful fruits unless we climb to reach them (which I am always afraid of ~w~). But it help that we went to a lesser known orchard, it was calm and even if it was on a Saturday, there wasn't that many people there compared to when we go to l'Ile D'Orléans!

The Prince picked waaay more apples than me, I was too busy trying to get the perfect pictures. XD;

After our bag was full, I wanted to do a little improvised photoshoot in the orchard. ~ The Prince was my photographer, as usual. ^w^ (Thanks for bearing with my picky self! XD)

I really liked my outfit on that day! ^w^ It seemed like the perfect outfit to go apple picking. ~ It's the first time that I go apple picking and I wear a plain main piece, I usually wear my gingham pieces. But I thought that my red dress paired with my blue blouse would match perfectly with the colour of the sky and the orchard. :3

I also took pictures with my new Halloween Pusheens! *v*

They were so happy to get on that trip with us and to get to help us pick apples! ^w^

I also decided to take more pictures with the Prince while we were waiting for everyone to finish to fill up their apple bags! ~

Haha, we had so much fun! ^w^

It was really nice to explore a new orchard and a new place! ~ The apples aren't as big as the other orchard we usually go to and the bags are a little more pricy, but the place is a lot more quaint and calm. :3 I really liked it! ^w^

The orchard have also a cider house affiliated with it, so we went there after that! We tasted so many types of cider. I don't know exactly how many, but they make probably over 20 different kinds of cider! We got some for us and some to give as gifts also. :3

We also stopped at the bakery in l'Ile-aux-Coudres to get some bread for the night's dinner. ~ And after that we were ready to come back. ;o; We had a nice dinner at the Prince's sister's house all together with the food we gathered from our little trip. :3 It was so yummy and I was very happy after this long day. ~

Overall I had a really nice day apple picking and discovering l'Ile-aux-Coudres! I liked the orchard a lot since it was less busy and the place is more beautiful to me. ~ I can't wait to go back again! ^w^

Until next time my cinnamon-filled apple buns! :3

Daily Outfits! ~ September 25th to September 30th!

Hello my sugary pear buns! ~

It's time for another outfit post today! ^w^ I've got 5 outfits to show you this week. ~ I like to do my outfit posts on Monday since it helps me reflect on last week's outfits and plan them better for the week ahead! :3 This time, my outfits were pretty regular, simple and everyday outfits, at least for me! ^w^''

~ Outfit from September 25h! ~

Headbow; Miko Lolita

Cutsew; Rose Melody

Skirt; Anna House

Socks; Anna House

Shoes; Bodyline

Bag; Loris

Accessories; Paradise Rose

I didn't want to wear something too complicated on that day since it was super hot outside! I've worn a simple outfit with my white cutsew and my sweet Anna House skirt which is light and comfy. :3

~ Outfit from September 26th! ~

Headbow; Oo Jia

Dress; Oo Jia

Socks; Secret Shop

Shoes; An*Tai*Na

Bag; Loris

Accessories; Chocomint, Rococo Soul & Offbrand

I had already planned to wear an OP on that day since I planned to throw almost all my blouses in the wash. XD; I went for something simple and comfy again with my Vanilla-chan coordinated with pink as I tend to have coordinated it more with white the last times I wore it! ^w^''

~ Outfit from September 27th! ~

Sorry for the horrible lighting, it was super dark outside and I had to turn on my lights so you actually see my outfit. ^w^''

Headbow; Miko Lolita

Blouse; Oo Jia

Skirt; Anna House

Socks; Bodyline

Shoes; An*Tai*Na

Bag; Loris

Wristcuffs; Chiichick on Livejournal

Accessories; Holley Tea Time

I pretty much had to wear my sailor blouse on that day since it's one of the only blouses that weren't in the wash the day before. XD; I coordinated it simply with my plain pink skirt, striped socks, wristcuffs and a cute heart ring. ~

~ Outfit from September 28th! ~

Headbow; Momo & Jia

Blouse; Anna House

Jumperskirt; Momo & Jia

Socks; Secret Shop

Shoes; An*Tai*Na

Bag; Loris

Accessories; Chocomint, Rococo Soul, Offbrand & Handmade

I looked at my Anna House pink blouse and I decided to wear it with something I used to like and wear a lot, my lilac Royal Poodle jumperskirt! I realised I haven't worn this dress with pink in a long time, I always tend to coordinate it more with white. I always liked how this dress with look with pink, so this was a little nostalgic outfit. ^w^

~ Outfit from September 30th! ~

I went apple picking with the Prince's family on that day! We had to wake up super duper early, this is why the lighting is soooo bad. ^w^'' I tried to fix is as much as I could, but you will get a proper view on this outfit in my next article about our little day! ^w^

Hat; Taobao

Blouse; Oo Jia

Jumperskirt; Anna House

Socks; Secret Shop

Shoes; Bodyline

Bag; Taobao

Accessories; Paradise Rose & Offbrand

I had to wear my red jumperskirt to go apple picking! ^w^ (My friend Claudia shortened it for me, so it doesn't look awkwardly long anymore, yay! :3) I decided to pair it with blue, since I thought it would match nicely with the autumn colours of the orchard. ~ Of couse, I wore my straw hat and straw bag to stay in the theme with the activity. :3

These were my outfits for the week! ~ I was hesitant to post them all since some of them are super simple and casual and some of them have really bag lighting. ;w; But I thought that I wanted to be more genuine on my blog and I need to share authentic content. ~

Until next time my steamy apple pies! :3

Anime Review! ~ Nichijou!

Hello my sweet lemon muffins! ~

I'm back on my blog today with another anime review! I started to have a little more time on my hands since summer is over and I started watching anime more often again. :3 This time, I'm going to review the anime Nichijou. ~

Nichijou

Nichijou is an anime of a single season of 26 episodes. ~ I decided to watch it since my anime club have watched it in the past and also it was strongly recommended by some of my friends, so I gave it a try! ^w^

Story

Nichijou is a slice of life/school life anime. Like most of slice of life anime, there isn't really any continuous story or plot which doesn't bother me at all, I usually enjoy slice of life animes! :3 We just follow the adventures of a group of school friends doing not so ordinary things. ^w^'' There is a slight storyline but it isn't very defined or strict. It is supposed to be a funny and silly anime, but I didn't understand what was funny in some of the sketches sometimes and it was hard for me to enjoy them all. I smiled and laughed a some parts, but for a anime that is more on the comedy side, I was expecting to laugh a little bit more. ^w^''

Art

I liked the art style and the animation, none of it would bother me which is always a plus for any anime considering I'm very picky. ^w^'' The characters, backgrounds and animations were made to be simple but also visually appealing too. The animations are sometimes in a different drawing style to add more emphasis of some parts of the story or to add humor sometimes.

Sound

I liked the background music and the voices of the characters, none of them seemed annoying to me. But I think they weren't different enough from characters to characters, they didn't seem to have the same voice actors for most of the characters so that bothered me that they would sound so similar. I also really hated the openings and the endings, the openings songs were too loud/crazy to me, and the ending songs were way too calm compared to the openings. ~w~''

Characters

This is where this anime have lost the most points and interest with me. I found that, even after several episodes, it was hard to differentiate the characters from each other, especially the girls. I could understand they were different and have different personalities, but with the exception of very obvious ones that are either a robot or very younger I couldn't differentiate them at all. It was hard for me to have a grasp of their personalities and quirks. It made some parts of the anime difficult to enjoy for me. ;w;

Enjoyment

Nichijou gets a kind of mixed review from me. As much as I enjoyed the art and the slight storyline through the anime, it was hard to enjoy it to it's true potential because of the characters which ended up seeming all the same to me. ;w; I would get bored sometimes because I didn't enjoy every sketch through the anime. I found that they probably could have kept this anime under 13 episodes, after the 16 or 17th episode I stated to get bored and done with it. ^w^'' But the ending episodes were kind of worth it after all. ~

Overall I give Nichijou a rating of 6 out of 10!

Until next time my blue raspberry lollipops! :3

How do I get out of a wardrobe slump?

Hello my fluffy puppies! ~

Today I wanted to share another part of my Lolita life with a subject picked up from the 52 Lolita Challenge! :3 The subject for today is...

How do I get out of a wardrobe slump?

A wardrobe slump is something that definitely happened to me in the past years. As most of you know, I do wear the fashion everyday and sometimes it may be hard to find inspirations for outfits everyday and still feel creative. ~w~

When I first started the fashion, I always felt like my outfits were always accessorized the same way since I had only a handful of accessories. I got out of this by adding more creative accessories to my more everyday and casual coordinates, espacially those busy and colourful accessories from Kawaii Goods, Chocomint, Holley Tea Time and Cute Can Kill! ^w^ I found out that even the smaller details would help to spice up my coordinates a little bit. ~ (And that's lowkey how I felt in love with OTT Sweet Lolita back in the days. XD)

The first bigger wardrobe slump I remember experiencing was 3 or 4 years ago. I would say that my closet is quite similar to what it was back then, but I didn't had that much of colour choices for my blouse and socks. I was feeling like my outfits would all look the same; Either a white or a pink blouse along with either white or pink socks and whatever jumperskirt or skirt I chose to wear that day. I did had a lot of different blouses and sleeves cuts, but my outfits would end up looking very similar to me and I didn't felt creative at all... So I decided I would add more colours to my closet for my blouses, socks and accessories. After a lot of thoughts, I added a new colour to my closet: Red! It was one of the colours that had the most outfit possibilities and wasn't in my closet except for some details on the prints of some of my pieces. So I got a red blouse, red shoes, a red bag and some red accessories to spice up my closet a little bit! ^w^ I was pretty happy with my choice, even if to me it was super bold and I wasn't comfortable to wear such a "darker" colour with my pastel pieces at first. I didn't felt the need to add something more to my closet for another year and a half.

Last year, I had the same observation as I had a couple years ago. I still felt like my outfits were always the same, every single day. I had this new colour in my closet, but I had no more new coordinates to wear with my new red blouse and I would felt bored. It didn't feel right anymore. So I decided to get two other colours for my blouses, but these colours were already in my closet! I got a few blue blouses and a lilac blouse too. :3 From this time, it really changed the way I do my coordinates now. I have a lot more creative possibilities for my outfits and I really like it! I didn't get bored with my closet since then so I guess it's a good thing! ^w^

Overall, the way I get out or a wardrobe slump is simply by getting more creative accessories to add to my outfits, add another new colour to my closet or get more "secondary" pieces and accessories from colours I already have in my closet. That was I can have more possibilities for my coordinates and I don't get bored of my outfits anymore. :3

I hope you enjoyed reading this little article and you learned something new from me or even tips for how to spice up your own closet. ~

Until next time my peachy gummy candies! ^w^