My Saturday Shopping Spree: Daiso & Summerwear Haul

I honestly didn't know what got onto me on Saturday but I took myself on a crazy shopping spree that last approximately ~6 hours (including the time it took me to go to and fro) and to me, that's completely insane considering I've never been one to shop a lot. I guess I was feeling super excited about Summer vacation in SoCal so I took myself shopping solely just Summer wear (which I absolutely adore). I was supposed to drop myself off by the office where I'm starting my internship but since my supervisor told me to come in another day, I took myself to a super Asian mall here and dove straight into Daiso.

For those who don't know Daiso is, it's basically a super diverse Japanese Dollar Store where most items are usually $2 unless specified otherwise. Most items have a very Japanese feel to them (if you can relate); everything is generally super adorable. I completely lost myself and blew ~$50 within a matter of running through the two levels in 15 minutes.

Adorable Dress Finds: Korean and Japanese Styles

So, I recently came across this super adorable Asian online store called Syndrome, and I can honestly say I want to buy out the whole store! To be honest, I don't know if I can even pull off the cutesy kawaii look because lets face it, these girls were made to wear outfits like these but on the other hand, they're just too adorable to not have. Everything from their, tops, bottoms, dresses, to their super sugoi accessories (wow, I'm really busting out all my weaboo knowledge aren't I?) If you guys are into that kind of stuff, I suggest you give it a visit if you haven't already. Anyway, I took the time to pick out some of my favourite picks that I most likely will get around (especially the more simple and casual ones) to buying since Summer is headed my way fast.

In order from to top feft to bottom right:

Lace Polka Dot Dress | $35.90

Grey Suspender Skirt | $31.90

Floral Flouncy Dress | $50.90

Pastel Lace Strap Dress | $50.50

Christmas gift ideas for him ($100-$500)

Bellroy Slim Sleeve | $85

Trunk Club | Starting at $200

Corter Leather Standard Belt | $55

Winston Komono Watch | $90

Timberland Stormbuck Boots | $200

Les Essentiels de La Vie Groom & Wash Bag | $225

Handcrafted Leather Briefcase | $100

Lately addicted to purchasing small Ebay items. [I also met Nigri!]

Well, I guess it really started in the Summer where I purchased my first item off Ebay for a local Anime Convention, called "Anime Revolution" (AniRevo) where I.. embarrassingly purchased and dressed up as a maid. It was actually a pretty adorable maid outfit and was pretty cheap, even if it went hand-in-hand with its quality. I think I'll make another post sometime talking about my experience at AniRevo as I have quite a few photos to dump somewhere (hehe).  Meanwhile, here's a quick photo of myself in the maid dress along side with miss Star Fox Jessica Nigri (Fangirl Squeal).

Starfox Nigri and I

At the convention's vendor hall, I bought a lot of random little things such as the usual key chains, posters, button pins and jewelry all related to my favourite animes or video games.  Eventually, I bought some local artists' League of Legends posters, pins and whatnot. Here's my favourite purchase! Being the die hard Final Fantasy fan girl I am, I impulse bought Squall Lionheart's Griever pendant. Really, it couldn't be helped..

Squall Lionheart's Griever Pendant

After the convention, I guess I was interested in where some of the vendors got their merchandise from so I decided to Ebay stuff to satisfy my curiosity. To my surprise I managed to find a lot of things on Ebay that were at the vendor hall and luckily for me, I didn't get ripped off on anything I purchased. Although, it really provoked me to Ebay some other little rinky dinks for the first time and I suppose you can say that was the start of my addiction.

I can't seem to control myself when it's either a piece of jewelry or keychain relevant to my favourite games or anime so as a result, I've been hauling and hoarding these gems! Here are some auctions I've won off of Ebay (Notice how they're all tiny little things).

Card Captor Sakura's Star Clow Key Necklace

Final Fantasy X Necklace

Left: Ahri and Teemo LED Crystal Key Chains
Right: Nami Trident Key Chain

I'd say I'm probably at the earlier stages of my addictions, I hope I don't find myself buying gigantic figurines in the future or anything (although it's starting to sound like a better and better idea with each thought...) but the whole process is so fun as well! Having to go look for my ideal item on Ebay, getting to have bid wars, winning the bid, the anticipation of waiting for the parcel to arrive and finally actually getting to rip apart the package is totally satisfying. 

Most of these came from Hong Kong along with other places in China and I found that they often times did mix up addresses which was pretty frustrating at first but they're all usually really quick with responding to their emails so issues were resolved relatively quick and a lot of sellers offer compensation as well if anything ever happens to your parcel.

I can definitely see myself hauling more miscellaneous items off of Ebay in the future so expect some more posts like these if you enjoyed what I've shared here!