T'is the season for: LBDs!

Hey everyone! So as y'all are surely aware, November is almost over. And you know what that means: DECEMBER!

December is one of my favourite months of the entire year, for a couple reasons. The first one is a given: Christmas. Secondly, winter break! And lastly, New Years! And what do all of these occasions call for? Parties! Yes, it is the season for holiday parties, New Years eve, and all sorts of seasonal events. And when it comes to party season, I know a lot of people will be reaching for their standby Little Black Dress (or LBD for short!).

I know everyone has at least one LBD in their closet. And if you don't, you should. It's a staple piece that can be worn all year for almost every occasion. So if you don't currently own a LBD, now is the perfect time to get one!

I've been holiday shopping online for the last couple weeks, and I've spotted tons of adorable, edgy, and classy LBDs! So I figured, why not share 'em? In this post I've compiled a list of all my favourite LBDs that I've seen online this year, from a variety of different stores!

So check them out!

Sister Jane Spike Chain Collar Dress, Urban Outfitters, $110

Transparent Cut-out High-Low Chiffon Dress, H&M, $17

Paneled Embellished Mesh Dress, Forever21, $29

French Connection Lace Slash Bodycon Dress, Asos, $137

Velvet Polka Dot Dress, MissKL, $96

Phantom Burnout Lace Maxi, Free People, $196

Midnight Dancer Sequin Dress, ModCloth, $54

Not into the LBD? Willing to go for a bolder hue this holiday season? Then check out these festive frocks too!

The Trust In Me Dress, MissKL, $146

Scalloped Peplum Dress, Urban Outfitters, $69

Embroidered Hi-Low, Urban Outfitters, $152

Bandeau Galaxy Dress, Romwe, $95

"Ode to a Grecian Sojourn" Dress, ModCloth, $49

This is probably one of the seasons that has the most events and parties to attend, so why not look smashing while attending all of them? Whether choosing a classic LBD, or a bright bold colour, rock your frock with pride and you can never go wrong!

What are some of your favourite holiday pieces? How would you accessorize? Let me know in the comments below!

ALSO!!!!

This year, since I'm revamping my YouTube channel, I decided I'm going to take part in Vlogmas this year! For those of you wondering, Vlogmas is a special time during December when vloggers will vlog every day of the month! Although, since I'm just getting into vlogging now, I might make it more of a every other day/three days a week type deal. I just don't think I'll be able to manage every single day! Or else, you'll get a lot of vlogs of me watching Netflix!

But I will be participating, and I'm looking for some video ideas! So if you've got any suggestions for me, let me know in the comments as well! I want to make videos that you guys actually want to watch. So definitely shout out to me! Leave a comment, send a tweet, ask on Tumblr. I want to hear from you!

Anyways, that's all for today! I hope you guys are as excited for the holiday season as I am! See you guys soon!

P.S. How do you guys like the new layout? I think it's a lot less cluttered now, and more relaxing of a reading environment! :D

Fall Haul!!

Hey guys! So last week, I uploaded my Fall Haul vlog to YouTube, and hopefully some of you guys have checked it out already! I'll link it here just in case, and if you enjoy watching my videos please feel free to subscribe to my channel! I'm going to try and vlog more often since it's quite fun and I've enjoyed it so far, so we'll see how it goes!

Anyways, as promised, I'm going to post some photos of some of the items I purchased/featured in my haul video. I don't have all the items I showed (mostly the makeup has been left out), because I'm probably going to make a review post on those products a little bit later on!

So firstly, if you haven't watched it, here's the vlog:

And now for the photos!

Radical T-shirt - Urban Outfitters

Cat Print Sheer/Lace Blouse - F21

Striped Blouse - F21

Gold-Tipped Collar Blouse - F21

High-waist Shorts - F21

Velvet Rose Pants - F21

Sheer Striped High-low Skirt - F21

Neon Leopard Print Skirt - F21

Geo Print Leggings - F21

Spike Earrings - F21

Gold x Pearl Bib Necklace - Aldo Accessories

Knit Headband - Aldo Accessories

Yen Snapback - H&M, OBEY Snapback - Urban Outfitters

Like I said, the makeup products I purchased aren't in this post because I'll be reviewing them soon enough, but I also did some more shopping today (BAD JILL ;^;), however today I went thrifting! I bought a ton of kick ass sweaters! I plan on going back and raiding the story soon for other cool items, so I'll hopefully be posting about that soon as well! For now, here's a preview shot of my sweaters :3

They are such funny awesome sweaters! And they were so cheap too *w* Thrifting is going to be my new addiction, I can feel it...

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the vlog and the photos! Hopefully I'll be able to make a post again soon. Until next time, stay tuned!

Bye guys, don't forget to subscribe to my channel! :D

Recent Gets + Style Inspiration!

Howdy y'all! So I'm officially into my third week of summer vacation, and I am thoroughly enjoying it :3 I know this is no excuse for my lack of postage, but I've just been a very laxy TV watching butt for the last couple of days while I recuperated from all the grad parties I've been attending :< hahaha. So far I've rewatched all of Avatar: The Last Airbender, finished off Legend of Korra and Game of Thrones, and just recently started watching Community! All very good, if you haven't watched Game of Thrones yet, I highly recommend it!! *w* It's excellent!

Anyways, onto the main point of this post: some recent summer-y gets! If you follow my Tumblr (which you all should, I blog much more frequently on there, although it's significantly more personal), you'll know I've been heavily influenced by the Pastel Goth style recently! A friend and I have actually started our own Pastel Goth blog, which you can follow here if you're interested!

So here are a few pieces from my most recent shopping trip!

BDG Dip-dye high-waist shorts, Urban Outfitters

Polka dot collared shirt with cut-outs, F21

Sheer star pattern tank with Peter pan collar, F21

Happy CNY!

Gong xi fa cai! Today is Chinese New year! :D

It's the Year of the Dragon this year! The Dragon year is very auspicious, so anything could happen! Let's hope  we're all very lucky this year! :D I certainly hope I will be!

This year I've been paying particularly good attention to CNY customs and superstitions! A few of which I didn't know about until this year. Like you're not supposed to wash your hair or sweep your house on the day of, or else you'll wash/sweep your good luck away! Another good luck charm, so to speak, is to wear new clothes on CNY! So, I did a little CNY shopping a few days ago! Here are some of my gets!

Flowy floral top - H&M

Coral-pink-white printed cropped tee - F21

Bright coral cardigan - F21

Cowboy tie-front cropped tee - H&M

Bright coral burnout tee - Urban Planet

BlushxBlack Hello Kitty pattern cardigan - F21

The Hello Kitty cardigan I actually got for Christmas, but I really felt like sharing it because it's so cute! :D I tried to buy some brightly colours items, and some spring-y styles as well! Even though its still dead cold here in Canada, I'm hoping Spring weather will come sooner this year! ; O ; 

Also, I'm developing a ridiculous obsession with cropped tees, so you'll be seeing lots of those in my gets and outfits in the upcoming months!

I also bought one of F21's cute ecobags (only $1.50!), and this one features a super cute print of a Japanese robot family! I really love the dog :D

On a tech related note, I finally realized why I couldn't upload videos from my new camera! It's because it records in AVCHD, and I need a special video converter to use the files on my camera ; ^ ;. So there won't be any new videos on my channel until I can get some decent software to convert the video! Do any of you know of any good ones?!

Anyways, I have to go finish one of my FSEs now, so hopefully you'll be hearing from me again soon!

Until next time! 

Personal Panda: School is...

Absolutely ridiculous. Totally awesome, but just so busy! I'm into my second week of grade 12, and it's been really hectic! I've mostly been busy with dance, since the grade 12's are in charge of presenting the semester 1 show! And we've been doing our back to school dance boot camp, and I can honestly say that I've been too sore to blog. As lame as that sounds, it's true. But the last couple days I've been doing techie work, so I was feeling good today! Just really sleepy, since my classes start at 7:40 AM everyday ; ^ ;

Also, I've been meaning to take pictures of my outfits for school and what not, but I keep forgetting! I always want to use the DSLR, but I don't have my tripod, and my cell phone camera is just so... cell phone-y. How do you guys feel about me using my cell phone to take pictures? I really have been loving all my outfits recently, and I want to share them, so I might just do it anyways! So hopefully expect to see some OOTD shots soon ^^

On a fashion-y note, I will be doing a Fall gets post relatively soon, I just need to gather all my clothes! They are spread at two houses right now, so once I can get them all in one place, I will get on that! I've gotten lots of nice Fall colours in my wardrobe, which makes me really happy! And lots of cute dresses :3

And on a cosplay note, I have decided to cosplay as Luka Megurine, Just Be Friends version for my next upcoming convention (Youmacon)! I plan on starting work on it soon, so I will try and be a good cosplayer and upload lots of progress pictures. Its not a very difficult outfit to make, but I want to show my progress anyways! I'm really excited to make the flowered hairpiece <3 I might use that as part of my Halloween costume too? But haven't really decided yet xD

And big note to lovers of Murua and Forever 21! I caught this photo on Sara Mari's tumblr of the Murua stripe pencil skirt, by F21! Is that a replica or what?

I think though, if I see it in store, I will probably buy it, even though it is such an obvious replica. But keep your eyes peeled for it!

Anyways, I have to go start working on some choreography for my class piece! I'm planning a contemporary dance, and I will hopefully upload some progress videos from that too!

Until next time! Have a great day!!

Fall Inspiration & Wishlist (+ back to school!!)

Hey everyone! So I keep forgetting to put the rest of my Las Vegas photos on my computer, so that post will probably be on hold for a little bit. But it will be coming soon!

Anyways, I did my post about Fall Trends a few weeks back, but I didn't really specify what I would be buying and fawning over this Fall! A few other bloggers have been doing this (Mitsu of Universal Doll for one!), and I decided to jump on the bandwagon! First though, some of my inspirations this Fall.

Momoko Ogihara

Let's be honest here, who isn't inspired by Momoko? Leading force behind Murua, I love all of her coordinates! They are all so classy but fun at the same time. That Murua pencil skirt is to die for! Although her coordinates are always attention grabbing, they always looks fab. 

Dazzlin' shop staff.

I'm really inspired by all things Dazzlin', but their shop staff are really what inspires me! They really know the clothes and their coordinates are always perfect! I really love all of Dazzlin' A/W clothing, and the shop staff just pull it off so well! It all looks so classic and cute, and just so nice for Fall!

Bebe Zeva

My last inspiration for Fall is Bebe Zeva, from Fated To Be Hated. She has so many awesome and quirky coordinates (I found her on Lookbook, by the way), and they all are so unique! She has really inspired me to be more original in my style and make things more my own. And she is just absolutely GORGEOUS. I have a massive girl crush on her as of today, just FYI. Definitely check out her blog and her Lookbook for coordinates, because they are fawesome.