Finally, A Haul Post!

Before my birthday, I was able to go to a mall in Scottsdale and just splurge before I moved here. I’m only able to do it now because now I’m finally settled enough to take pictures, upload, and post pictures now. I was hanging out with my friends (those I’m hoping I can see again this weekend) when we both found Wet Seal!

It’s a store here in North America that has this cool sale: if you buy anything on clearance, you can get something else on clearance for a penny. Literally, a penny! I’ve taken advantage of this sale once before but that was way before I had this blog. So… let’s see what I got this time!:

Ehehehe…. I was feeling very 80s that day but I couldn’t resist! Usually I don’t have green clothes (like I can count two other green shirts in my wardrobe – one was a gift and another has Keroppi on it) so yeah. Out of all of them, the light green camisole was the only one that wasn’t on sale. :3

And as you can tell, I got a pair of flats! That was lucky, right? Here’s a closer look of them:

Those are so cute! And I actually had some footless tights I had lying around from a previous spree but I figured it’d be a cute addition to the outfit!

The bracelet really adds to the 80s look ehehe. :”D I couldn’t help it! Oh but my friend, Jenna, told me about another store next to Wet Seal – Charmin Charlie! It’s a place where they sell mostly accessories but jewelry mostly. They ahhh, had another sale on their clearance items: buy one necklace get another free!

And with minutes till the mall closed I just had to get this:

Obviously, you can see a trend here. Granted, I have no problem paying full price for something but if I’m going to get an extra gift with my dollar spent with clearance items, then so be it! :3

Anyway, that’s the cute strawberry and this second one here:

Originally, it’s a star key. Unfortunately, in the process of moving, it broke. D: I still have the other part but I have to get some hot glue to fix it. Ahh but it’s still cute even though it’s broke, huh?

Moments after we left the mall, we went back to Tempe to go to Zia Records and I actually managed to find a JPOP album. o_O; I mean, they had Dir en Grey but that’s kind of standard as far as an independent rock store goes but… JPOP? And more importantly, SMAP?

Even though I haven’t talked about Johnny’s much in the past few years or so, I still had to get it. o_o I mean, how could I not?

But anyway, sorry it’s short but ^^; haha, I don’t know what else to put in here. But yeah. That’s all I got anyway. Once I go away for the weekend, I’ll wear those and I’ll take pictures so expect to see it on Monday or Tuesday or when I’m able to. @_@;; Enjoy your Labor Day weekend!

Yet Another Collaboration with Sanrio

As you have noticed, I haven’t updated Rainbow Chiffon in over a week. My apologies. Right now, I’m going through a lot of financial and personal strain and now the job market sucks really bad. However, I’m going to have to keep trying as that’s all I can do.

Anyway, I was checking through my email and disappointed since Strapya had yet another short sale when I saw that Sanrio had decided to have yet another collaboration with the company called Vans.

Even though Hello Kitty has been around since the 1970s, it seems that she’s becoming more and more popular. Thanks to the Internet, it’s getting easier to find and buy Hello Kitty (& co) merchandise and to retrieve them. Naturally, other companies want a piece of that Hello Kitty pie.

Already, at least according to their official website, Sanrio has already collaborated with: Apple, Asics, Camomilla, friendswithyou, Hanky Panky, Loungefly, Mighty Fine Tees, Misha Lulu, Momiji, Nao Figurines, Neivz, Simmons Jewelry, and, of course, tokidoki. Vans is just another name on that growing list.

Instead of selling just shoes, this line is going to sell backpacks, belts, socks, and t-shirts. They even have little shows for the little kids who wants to be styling with Hello KittyxVans shoes as well.

It’s only $65 (plus shipping)! And I don’t even know if they have my size!

Right now, it’s on pre-order on the Sanrio website (which is literally http://sanrio.com/) and on the Vans website (which is also literally http://vans.com/). As much as I can tell, it looks like they don’t sell the same things on both sites. Like that shoe up there would be more likely on the Sanrio website than the Vans site. Either way, being cute and adorable definitely costs a lot.

So what do you think? Is it evil for these companies to collaborate with Sanrio just to get in on the hype? Or is it just plain awesome? Feel free to leave me your thoughts in the comments!

Edit: I was actually just told that Vans does, in fact, have all the shoes – they also offer more sizes as well!