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In the heart of this city, right on the edge of the central business district is a vacant block. For most of the year its just sand and weeds, nothing special and barely noticed by the hundreds of cars that drive by it each day. However, for just a couple of weeks in early spring it is transformed in to a sea of pink and white flowers, everlastings, with tall green stems and petals dry as paper. Noone who drives past can help but gaze at this unusual sight, and some stop to pick flowers, or walk through the field. It is a brief but beautiful change and I go there every year to pick a bunch for the Queen’s Birthday.

This year, Sab and I went for a little photoshoot. It was quite early in the morning and we were the only ones there, although several cars stopped to watch and were consequently honked when they missed the lights. You can read more about the photoshoot over at Sab’s blog. I had a lot of fun doing this shoot, having my hair french braided and making a flower wreath. I’m really happy with how the photos came out! Sab managed to give them a light, airy, nostalgic feel that fits perfectly with my vintage dress.

I had a fantastic weekend, although it was very busy and I feel a little tired rather than refreshed for the new week. On Friday night I went out for Pancakes with some friends including Jill who just got back from Singapore! It was great to see everyone and the pancakes were delicious, especially the apple and cinnamon ones we had for dessert!

Saturday was a big day for me, I went shopping with Steph in the morning at the craft store and picked up some supplies for a little project and some embroidery thread. Steph wanted to head home for lunch so she kindly dropped me in the city where I had hot bubble tea and my favourite curry bread and met Doug for some present shopping. We were both going to a birthday dinner party and the hostess is an artist so we wanted to get her a nice set of Prismacolours but the art supplies stores closed at 1pm! We had a bit of an adventure tracking down other suppliers and eventually drove to another suburb to pick some up.

The dinner party itself was lovely, Sheena is such a sweet girl and it was nice to celebrate with her. She cooked us all a delicious three course meal with vegetarian lasagne, roast vegetables and lamb and a big rich chocolate cake. We were all so full afterwards we could hardly move! It was a small group of people which was nice because we could talk a lot and we ended up playing Singstar until late although I was tired and fell asleep on the couch.

Today I went with some friends to see the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. I’m not usually very interested in superhero films but I really enjoyed Batman Begins and so decided to see this one as well. We actually went to a double screening and watched Batman Begins before the Dark Knight so it was a long afternoon! I liked the new film, but not as much as the previous one, it seemed very long. When we finally got out of the cinemas we all had a yummy dinner.

I felt like wearing something a bit different today, since sweet lolita didn’t seem very appropriate for watching a Batman film I decided to drag out some of my old EGA (Elegant Gothic Aristocrat) pieces and put together this outfit. Its been a long time since I wore this much black but its always fun to play around with different styles, I love this skirt too.

I have a busy week ahead of me but I’m really looking forward to it. I hope you all enjoyed your weekends!

Last night I went to see Prince Caspian with a group of friends. A few of us decided it would be fun to dress up so I pulled out my best ‘Narnian’ gear. I had a vintage cotton dress that was vaguely medieval in style, some belts, a little leather bag and a cape that I made when I was thirteen. Jill came as the Lady of the Green Kirtle from the later book, The Silver Chair, and Christine was our Prince Caspian.

The movie, like its prequel, far exceeded my expectations. The Chronicles of Narnia are very dear to me, I have a rather battered set of the paperbacks that my grandmother sent me when I was very young and each page and line is a familiar friend to me so I was concerned when they started filming the series that they would not hold true. However I also recognize that turning a book in to a movie or play or such is not easy, and changes need to be made sometimes to present it as a whole. I think they did wonderfully with The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, and although they took more licence with Prince Caspian it also preserves that warm, magical charm which the books have always held for me and I am so grateful to them for capturing the spirit of the original, I also think the casting was perfect.

My favourite scene is between Lucy and Aslan in the grove of the birch trees, I remember reading this same scene in the book and it always brought tears to my eyes, although it was different in the film there was enough of that poignant, deep feeling that I was overwhelmed with nostalgia.

I’ll probably go back to see it again while it’s still in the cinema, and I really want to rewatch the first one too now. However, more than anything I’m looking forward to the release of The Voyage of the Dawntreader, as that is my favourite of the series.

“…they felt as glad as anyone can who feels afraid, and as afraid as anyone can who feels glad.” - C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian

:winter: Pearl headband with blue ribbon
:winter: White Angelic Pretty Cutsew
:winter: Blue Angelic Pretty Swan Lake skirt
:winter: White lace knee socks
:winter: BABY heart buckle shoes

Just a quick picture of my outfit for today, Miss Charlotte is in the picture because we’re heading off to a doll meet up. This is a really beautiful skirt, although I don’t wear it often. The Print has little sparkles of glitter through it. I spent a long time on my hair this morning, I really like this curled half up-do and I think I’ll wear my hair this way more often.

:flower: Blue ribbon tied in my hair
:flower: White BABY knit camisole
:flower: White lace short sleeve bolero
:flower: BABY Sleeping Beauty skirt
:flower: Rose Chocolat classic Mary Jane’s
:flower: Blue polkadon pochette bag

A similar outfit to my last post, but this time in blue! I’m getting the most out of my BABY camisole before the weather turns cooler. I like wearing ribbons tied in my hair sometimes instead of headbands because its much more comfortable. I did not know when I picked out this skirt that I would be seeing some of the ballet later today!

:flower: BABY double bow plastic kachusha
:flower: BABY white knit camisole
:flower: BABY pink flowercart embroidery skirt
:flower: SWIMMER embroidered kitten heels
:flower: Metamorphose Swan Emblem bag
:flower: Mikako Kouda Pearl bracelet
:flower: Pearl biscuit necklace by Skwerlie

Although winter :winter: is just around the corner, it was still very warm and sunny today so I wore my new BABY camisole and one of my simpler skirts. I love this camisole because its so versatile, when it starts getting colder I can wear a cardigan over it! :bow: Please note, I’m comitting about three of the Lolita Cardinal Sins here - no blouse, no socks, no petticoat! Oh my!

:autumn: Straw boater by VM
:autumn: White knit dress by BABY
:autumn: White Stockings
:autumn: Heart Buckle Shoes
:autumn: BABY parasol
:autumn: Straw basket-bag

The theme of today’s meet up was adventures, and I didn’t really have much that fitted in (despite my best efforts to locate some binoculars and a butterfly net) so instead I wore something that I would go adventuring in! This dress is so soft and comfortable, it was a real pleasure to wear all day and I love any chance to wear my boater, I think full size hats with lolita is one of my favourite looks. Clara told me to look like I was hitch-hiking for this photo, I think I look a little bit lost though!

This is cheating a little because technically this is my daily style for tomorrow when Clara and I are going to a Cyndi Lauper concert! We decided to dress up 80’s style, and I had a lot of fun putting this outfit together. Everything I’m wearing was $10 or under, from thrift stores and discount stores and a gorgeous little boutique called Chic & Chic :bow: which is one of the cutest shops in town, they even have rhinestones on their eftpos machines!

We were really amazed to find these tutu skirts actually for sale brand new, I got the white and Clara got the black so we match. My favourite parts of this outfit are the scrunchies (I couldn’t decide on blue or pink so I wore both!) and the jelly shoes :shoe: I forgot how comfortable they are.

I feel like a little kid again in this style! I had a shirt very much like this polka dot one when I was younger. I think this is a really fun style to wear for a night, but I don’t know if I could adjust to legwarmers every day. :music: Can’t wait for the concert tomorrow!

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:apple: Patent red hair bow
:apple: Off brand puff sleeve top
:apple: Innocent world tartan skirt
:apple: Red heart bag
:apple: Victorian style boots
:apple: Enamel red fruit necklace

I bought this headband today and it reminded me of Snow White so that was the original inspiration for this outfit, though its very casual because it was so hot today and we were going out to Clara’s party I usually prefer to wear more toned down lolita at night, I think pink is very much a day time colour for me. Mirai took this photo and we were joking about my bag, so I’m trying to look like a heart thief! :heartsmall: I wore BPAL Poison Apple perfume.

:fish: Mary Magdalene Sailor OP
:fish: Mary Magdalene bow clip
:fish: White off-brand tights
:fish: BABY heart buckle shoes
:fish: BABY heart purse

Unfortunately I don’t have a clear full length picture of my outfit today, but I thought I would make a post because I love this dress and it was so nice to wear it to a nautical themed event! I had fun doing this photo too, and you can see boat masts in the background.

Today was really lovely, and everyone at the meetup looked beautiful! We even had two pretty Dandies. I still have a lot of photos to edit and upload.