Northern Illinois Jfashion Meet Up

I was invited to come out to Saturday's event that was hosted by Stellarkei from the Northern Illinois Jfashion Club at Mitsuwa and also Round 1 that recently opened up in Bloomingdale.

We chatted and conversed a bit more as we ate snacks and shared stories at our table. One of the ladies noticed I was knitting after I ate my lunch... something people who are into gyaru fashion aren't necessarily known for!

After eating, we got ready for photo ops to capture our outfits that we wore to the meet up.

Group Photo

Elegant mori kei

Get wild and be sexy

Kiana and Galaxxy looked way too cute! ;-;

Not gonna lie, This jacket was just too cute lol

I'll wear black until they make a darker colour.

Something's not quite right...

 Too kawaii to live, too sugoi to die!

Much better!

 Pastel Cuties

Dapperest fellas

After magazines were bought, lunch eaten, and pictures taken, we headed to the recently opened Round 1 in Bloomingdale to take purikura!
I was so excited to see these beautiful machines, I almost cried in excitement! Though it is not that close to Mitsuwa or Gameworks, or even Chinatown for that matter, these machines were a Godsend and have been long awaited for YEARS for Chicagoans!

Glorious!

"What is this contraption?"

They had matching Sailor Moon pendants!

When we had our fill of playing arcade games, trying to win cute plushies, and taking purikura, the rest of the group toured and shopped at various stores in the mall.

Despite the cold weather, it was an enjoyable day out meeting with other (Japanese fashion) and alternative fashion enthusiasts!

You can also check out a few more pix on my instagram here!

Happy New Year 2015

This New Year Eve was celebrated at Murasaki Lounge in Downtown Chicago. The ladies tried various mixed drinks and sweet sake. I of course had my usual Japanese beer, Sapporo! The atmosphere at Muraski was lovely and an awesome choice to ring in the New Year.

The most special thing was that Shidoni was proposed to! It brought tears to my eyes as she looked puzzled as a group of her boyfriend's friends came to the bar, and then as he got on one knee.

AWWW! NYE engaged

Bathroom selfiesss

We stayed til the lounge closed, talking with each other and also clownin with a group of people and gettin in that Japanese Language practice too! After the bar, we headed to complete our shenanigans at Sandra's, Allie's and Sidoni's hotel for our own New Year Hotel Party! We danced para para, sipped sweet wine, chatted, spilled flamin hots, listened to music, and had pizza gifted to us cuz we were just too damn cute and awesome. But, I do question the choice of pineapple and bacon pizza though....Just a little bit. ;p

"let it goooo" Saw Ari too! Her make was fab!

goofin off

Photo bombed!! moohahahah!

Para Para Snap

Cuties

Stylin.

There are more pix that I couldn't nab yet still, but I hope that everyone had a safe and happy new year! 

Will the Real Lisha Misha Please Stand Up?

Omg, so it feels good to be getting back to normal...or at least MY normal. haha
Makes me pretty happy to break free from this big ball of stress that I had become due to trying to finish up school and a lotta other things.

STRESS is a MOTHERFUCKER I tell you! (excuse my French, please!)

But, I try to meditate, breathe and other things to keep things flowing, plus I have been doing more yarn crafts lately and just eating whatever some days. Like, is it bad to order a slice of pie, 3 burgers, and a soda from a fast food joint? :x haha!

Even my best friend noticed I was more myself too when she came over! That made me really happy to hear! ;-; I've been feeling kinda like a zombie or... I don't even know.. a werewolf?! But, now I feel mostly human... I think. :p

Anyways, Christmas is almost here! OMG. >___<
It still hasn't truly snowed here in Chicago, and I have not been in the Christmas Spirit this year. It's also freakishly warm for a Chicago December. Makes me wonder what January-March is going to turn out like.

I did go to a Christmas party at a bar though! Drank a lil more than I normally would have, but tis the season, right?! hahaha. Drink responsibly kiddos!


I have a couple of plans for bringing in 2015, so I hope they come through. Too bad there will be so many parties I won't be able to attend though! Time to learn how to clone myself....

UPDATER

Lisha's Appreciation 

So my mini appreciation give away is drawing to a close for 2014! Still have to contact the others to finish that up! Thank you, you all. I know I can be a bitch, cranky, and a lil bossy or something... idk. haha, but thank you for stickin through! I know I haven't been on my updates like I used to, but you know I always come up with something fuckin awesome, right?! Right.This makes me excited to do this and show the people who have supported me for this long, tolerated me (heh), and what not throughout my geeked out, galtaku (otaku for gal stuff) journey. 

Mini Store!

Instead of having things up super lowkey like I did on facebook for dreadfall orders/nails/hats etc, I have two ministores now so you can defo hop on some of the things I make. I will tweet and Pinterest about updates about my items and maybe do a blog post or two about anything super exciting. 

Right now, you get a sneak peek of my Storenvy Items before they go up officially for 2015.

The presale will start on the 15th

I am excited to do this and hope you are too! 

NEW Projects!

I am helping Kamilah on her Artsy Maid Cafe project for the Summer of 2015! 

I hope to see you there when we open!

                I am also working again with Sugar Gamers as a guest writer and will also materialize every now and again on their Twitch days on Thursday and Sunday.

MISC.

I also have a VINE account you can check me out on for quicker clips in between Youtube and blog postings. 

Love you all, and happy holidays if I get a lil MIA before any Christmas postings!