New Layout ?

It's not my Artisteer layout (SO ANGRY ABOUT THAT), but I managed to just throw one together using the Blogger Template Creator. I guess it's okay for now .. I feel like it's a bit plain. D: '' But at least I got my header I made up, and the comments working which didn't work with my last layout.

So, a layout is better then no layout, I guess ! I might try to code everything from scratch when I get the free time. Who knows. ;o

If anyone knows how to get Artisteer working, let me know will you ?!

Month of September Buys

I thought I would share what I bought during the month of September ! Not really a lot, since I am jobless, but my Mom was nice enough to get me some of the things below ! Click pictures for a larger image !

DRESS: Urban Planet
TANK TOP: H&M
SKIRT: Stitches

You've already seen me in the skull tank and leopard skirt in my last post, but my Mom was nice enough to get me the skull tank to wear with the skirt since I had nothing to match it ! I actually got the skirt for $4 ! Such a good find ! The dress is a black lace dress my Mom bought me when we were out maternity clothing shopping with my sister, and while it looks quite short in the picture, it's actually pretty long when I have it on ! I love that dress so much !

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FALSE LASHES: Kawaee Bulk
FALSE NAIL TIPS: Dollarama
NECKLACE: The Strychnine Sisters
JEWEL PACK: DollaramaUSAMIMI: H&M
HAIR SCRUNCHY: Icing
HAIR BOWS: Cartino
HAIR CLIP: Cartino
TIGHTS: Urban Planet
GLITTER: Icing

I went to Chinatown to buy a new pack of bulk lashes I had almost used up and they didn't have the ones I was looking for in, so instead I picked up a new brand that has just been released. It's actually very nice and I plan on doing a review of these ones and the other ones I have soon !
Necklace I actually picked up from a vendor at FanExpo. I don't know exactly what I am going to wear with it yet, but it might look cute with a future Cocolulu outfit. It has Hello Kitty in a swimming tube on it !
Hair bows and clips I actually got for a dollar each at this cultural market I went too ! I got them from a China booth, and they had them in a couple different patterns. The hair bows came with two in a pack, and I really like them ! I regret not getting the leopard print ones and the purple star print ones. Ahh, oh well !
I got two other tights last month too, but I forgot to take pictures of them before I opened them. D: '' One pair was a black tight with hearts all over it and the other one was black leopard print. I haven't really found an outfit to wear the floral ones with yet .. Maybe an upcoming mode outfit ? Who knows. ;o

TOPPO: Japan Candyland
GREEN TEA WAFERS: Ling Ling Grocery Mart

My grandparents bought these for me when we went down to Chinatown for the day. The Toppo is apparently like a Pocky, only the inside is where all of the chocolate is instead of on the outside ! It's green tea flavored, as that is my favorite flavor of everything, and I actually haven't tried them yet. P: Waiting for a good tea occasion with friends, haha ! I gave one of the packs to my grandparents to take back to Newfoundland with them.
The green tea wafers came in a huge pack, and are covered with white chocolate on the outside and I don't know what the green tea is suppose to be on the inside .. Haha. They weren't very good. P: Like not at all good. No one in my house liked them ! My grandparents ended up taking back most of them with them, so we only have two left. I'll probably bring them to the next gathering and give them to some friends to have, although I bet they won't enjoy them either !

Korean BBQ

Hi everyone, so as some of you might've known, my grandparents from Newfoundland came to visit us and we did a ton of fun trips with them and experienced new things we have never done before ! One of them was Korean BBQ and I've been wanting to try it for a couple years now but there was never a restaurant in Nova Scotia where I lived that had this ! After much nagging, my family and boyfriend gave in and went with me to Miga ! :D

I've only ever had Korean food once before, and it was like a small mouthful so I didn't know what to expect. I went in there with an open mind and tried some stuff I usually wouldn't and I really liked most of it ! I forgot to take an outfit picture that day, but I hope you enjoy all of the food pictures !

Side starter that everyone got with their meal ! All three were cold dishes. From left to right is sweet potato in a sweet Korean sauce, some kind of pickled lettuce, and yellow bean sprouts that were also pickled. I only liked the sweet potato, haha.


Next they brought out five sharing dishes for everyone that I guess they serve to large parties of people. I didn't try any of this, as none of it really appealed to me, but from left to right are: Korean fish cake, chopped radish, pickled seaweed, spicy kimchi, and some kind of corn slaw. All of these dishes were cold as well.


Dad and I ordered the two person Korean BBQ and with our meal came either the House Salad or a Ginger Salad. I never eat salad, as I just usually don't like it, but Dad ordered the House Salad and it looked interesting so I tried some of it and was really good ! The lettuce was really crunchy, and the dressing they used had kind of a salty taste, but in a good way. We ended up sharing this with everyone so I really only got to have a small taste of it.


We didn't know that we were going to get all of those free side dishes with our meal so we ended up ordering two tempura's and a side of ten beef gyoza ! My meal also came with a small bowl of sticky rice and a miso soup. I ended up drinking all of the miso soup before I could take a picture of it, haha. But on my plate is some pumpkin tempura, so good ! The beef gyoza were really tasty too !


Here you can see some of the appetizers we ordered: the tempura and the gyoza. The tempura came with three shrimp and a couple of weird vegetables I wasn't used to getting when ordering tempura (like cauliflower, pumpkin ..) but I liked it ! It didn't taste really deep fried like some of the places I've gone to and ordered from. C: You can also see dad cooking the meat on the grill ! I don't remember what meats are in the two dishes by the grill, I think it was the other beef and the spicy pork.


Close up of the beef cooking ! That was the boneless Korean BBQ short ribs, and I liked them the best out of the four meats we grilled !


Dad cooking the spicy pork and the strips of house Korean beef ! So much meat haha ! We ended up sharing some of it, but I was surprised I ate as much meat as I did ! I'm usually not a big eater.

So that's it ! Surprisingly enough, we ate almost all the food ! I think the only things we had left were some of the seaweed and radish ! Everyone ate their plates clean. I ended up ordering a scoop of Green Tea Ice Cream for dessert and it was delicious ! Green tea ice cream is my favorite ! I ended up eating it all before I realized I forgot to take a picture but oh well !
Miga's is a really great restaurant and I recommend it to everyone that likes Korean BBQ. It's on Erin Mills, which could be described as the borderline between Oakville and Mississauga, and is always really busy but despite that, they are very fast when it comes to cooking your food ! The waitress we had was very friendly, and always made sure our glasses were full with whatever we were drinking. Other people who worked there would come over and ask if everything was to our liking, too ! It was definitely great ! Next time we go with a large group, I want to see if we can get into one of their traditional Korean rooms they have for special occasions ! :D

Kariya Park Cosplay Picnic

Hey guys ! For some reason, the last post I made didn't end up going through, so it's been a major time since I updated. D: Sorry about that !
Anyway, I've taken lots of photos to make blog entries about but unfortunately, my parents somehow managed to lose my brand new phone cord to upload photos off my phone ! D: I'm so upset .. I had all my outfit pictures, events, and everything on there ! I'll have to buy a new one when I find the money.

Shirt: H&M
Skirt: Stitches
Necklace&Rings: Urban Behaviour
Earrings&Sunglasses: Ardenes
Bracelets: Gift
Shoes: Browns

So I ended up attending the 'Mississauga Cosplay Picnic', only in my casual clothing since my parents packed up all of my costume gear. I still had lots of fun despite being in normal clothing, but wish I had gone more gal-like. It was extremely gloomy that day - from bad wind to rain to extremely cold weather - so I didn't bother to even try to do my hair since it would get messed up anyway. I did actually do my makeup really doll like, with bottom lashes and everything, but because my eyes have been so dry lately, they ended up watering so badly that they fell off and all my makeup smeared. D: '' I was so upset ! My top lashes managed to stay on until I got some pictures taken, but you can't really see them in the photos. I went to glue on some deco nails I had made too for the picnic, but then realized I ran out of nail glue ! My day didn't go all that great, haha.

Cosplayers having some lunch ! Photo (c) Stephanie Uchiha

We were at Kariya Park, which is a very beautiful Japanese inspired park in Mississauga right by Square One Mall. During the picnic, there must have been four weddings or something during that time frame and the people who were getting married in the park weren't very nice .. They got very angry with the people who were cosplaying because they were having photoshoots where they wanted to take photos at. I can see where they are coming from, but at the same time, they didn't bother to get a permit so they couldn't exactly tell us where and where we couldn't be. Thankfully, only a couple spats happened and that's it; everyone for the most part was very well behaved considering it was mostly teenagers from the ages of 14 to 19, and it wasn't very loud either. Everyone managed to keep the squealing to a minimum this time ! P:
I was glad that I got to see some of my good friends, and we all had a great time despite being so cold. Lots of people had great costumes on and I give major props to Laura for being able to wear her Rikku costume out in the cold weather for a photoshoot ! I was freezing just in my outfit, so I couldn't imagine how cold she must've been ! It was too bad I couldn't say behind and have dinner with everyone .. Hopefully next time I can !