#14

A picture of you last year - how have you changed?

Hi sweeties <3

I wanted to do a post like this before but somehow there was always something else to post about. So let's do this!

I'll try to find a pic for every month that passed since I started wearing gyaru last august.

August 2011:

Septmeber 2011:

October 2011:

November 2011:

December 2011:

January 2012:

February 2012:

March 2012:

April 2012:

May 2012:

Juni 2012:

July 2012:

August 2012:

September 2012:

Well there is no pic for October yet so I'll leave this out. I think 've come a long way and changed a lot in this last year and I do miss every haircolor I had really badly.

Love, M.

Day 10

Something you're afraid of

Hi sweeties <3

I'm sorry for being late but after work I went to vienna straight away and my boyfriend and me went shopping together. When we came home I was so exhausted that I just lay down and fell asleep.

So here's yesterdays post!

The one thing I'm most afraid of is failure. It doesn't really matter what it exactly is I just hate failing. Whether it's a test, work, or simple things like make up and hair. I just hate it. I want to do everything as good as I can. Be perfect.

This all has left me with a huge problem... Whenever I get really nervous before a test or something my stomach starts to go nuts. I get real bad cramps, can't eat anything I feel really miserable and in the worst case I even throw up for hours...
A few weeks before my A-levels I was diagnosed gastritis nervosa. I didn't eat much for over two weeks and when I finally felt strong enough to eat something I wasn't strong enough to keep it down. I lost about 6 kilogramms and felt really bad. I couldn't sleep and being awake was even worse. Since then it was never that bad again, but knowing that it could be like that again makes the whole situation even worse. Now I'm not only afraid of failing but also of my stomach going crazy again :/ The only thing I can really do is try to stay as calm as possible and of course take pills that help relax my stomach.

Is there anything you are really afraid of? Let me know!

Love, M.

Day 9

A favourite picture of your best friend

Hi sweeties <3

I'm in a bit of a hurry at the moment so I'll just post the pic and write a tiny bit.

This is my best friend!

Naaaaah just kidding. Me and my best friend have been working together last december and there we got to know Mr. BraveBanana

I've posted this pc before I know, but it has (except my boyfriend) all of my cloest friends and myself on it.

One last thing I want to mention today. Yesterday I watched another episode of the final season of Desperate Housewives. Mike Delfino was shot down D: I knew that this would happen but it shocked me anyways. But when Susan said her goodbye I couldn't hold the tears back anymore.


I love you once, I love you twice. I love you more than beans and rice.

Love, M.

Day 8

A place you've travelled to

Hi sweeties <3

So this time you're gonna be reading a bit about one of my favourtie places.
Canada
I've been there for two weeks in 2010. My uncle asked me whether I would like to join him an his wife on a little trip through the west of canada and of course I joined them!
We started of in Calgary and I have never in my life before seen any buildings that huge! (Well not until we came to vancouver later during that journey). I was simply amazed.
We went to Banff after one night and stayed there for almost a whole week. I really enjoyed the time there. It's a very charming little city amidst the rocky mountains. We visited Lake Louise and Lake Morraine. We've been to Vancouver for several days and that was my personal highlight. There's a book off, a lovely china town, loads of japanese shops/restuarants (there was a konbini right across the street from my hotel) and of course Vancouver Island! I haven't been there, but if I ever have the pleasure to go to Vancouver again I will stay there for several days for sure.

On our way back to Calgary we also stopped at Jasper. Another lovely small city with great surroundings.

Well all over I loved Canada and I can't wait to go there again!

What's your favourite place? Would you want to go to Canada too? Let me know!

Love, M.

Day 7

Favourite Movies

Hi sweeties<3

Another day another post! I'm really getting used to blogging every day and it is still a lot of fun.
I've been thinking a lot about how to do todays post. Should I give you short summaries or just a simple list, reasons why I loved the movies or just the trailers?
Well in the end I decided to make a short list of five movies and to provide the trailers.
So here we go!

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Out of all of the HP movies (And I love them all dearly except the 7.2 which I think ruined it all.... How could you make Tom die like this? I guess everone was disappointed by his end) this is my absolute favourite!

2.Sleepy Hollow

This was one of the first horror movies I've ever seen and I think it's amazing. It allows you to feel like you're in it too. Even though it's "old" and the effects were not that amazing back then I think it's perfect!

3.Green Lantern

Well what should I say... Green Lantern is simply my favourite hero and I loved the movie so much. I'm exited to see the next part!

4.Kamikaze Girls

In terms of learning truths about friendship I think this is the best movie I've ever seen! I love the setting and the characters and simply everything about this movie!

5.Red Riding Hood

Not only has this been my favourite fairytale when I was little but this was the movie me and my beloved watched on our first date! I think it's an amazing movie!

There are a bunch of movies that I love over the top but it would take me hours to list them up and you years to watch all of the trailers in case you didn't know the movies yet.
Maybe I'll extend the list after this challenge!

Love, M.

Day 6

A picture of something that makes you happy

Hi sweeties<3

It's Day 6 already! Yay!
Today I'll share a pic of the one thing that never fails to make me smile!

I've been searching over an hour now... These are the only pictures I haven't posted yet that show that one special thing. My boyfriends lovely smile. I'm so sorry for the crappy pics! They were taken last december when we met with my best friend and her boyfriend in vienna. We ate at a great indian restaurant but their lighting is kinda bad so all of the pics taken in there turned out kinda red.

Come back tomorrow for another challengeday!

Love, M.

Day 4

Your Parents

Hi sweeties<3

Here we are again! Today's topic are my parents!
Well I never planned talking about my family but well let'S get started!

My Mom and Dad are both in their fourties and work at Leiner and Kika. My dad is planning and selling kitchens and dinningrooms and my mom does pretty much the same with lightingsystems. They got to know each other at a dancingcourse. Me and my younger sister are their only children. Thanks to god!
My mom tends to get a bit loud when she wants to make something clear and we quarrel a lot. Like a big huge lot. But anyways she's still my mom and I love her.
I've always got along better with my dad. He's very into antique stuff. Whether it's roman or egyptian doesn't really matter. We do quarrel too but not that often.

One thing we all got in common is our love for medieval fashion and festivals.
Me and my Dad love to cook and experiment a lot and we also grow our own vegetables. Well he grows them and I eat them :DD

When I got into this whole J-Fashion thing my parents were just wondering if I was going crazy but over the time (it took me several years!) they accepted it and now my mom at least also helps me with deciding on outfit when I'm not sure if a special accessoire goes with the rest and stuff.

Well I guess there's not much more to say. I sometimes really hate them, but in the end you know... parents are parents and most of us just have that one pair so you love them anyways just as they love you anways cause you are their children!

Love, M.

Day 3

Your first love

Hi sweeties<3

Honestly I just forgot to blog yesterday. In the morning I made some homemade pizzasauce because we had like 1,5 kg of tomatoes from our balcony/garden and nobody would eat them. I also made some mango-pear jam and a nectarinepie. I also had to get our flat in proper shape again as my parents were coming home from berlin. Anyways around 15 o'clock I had my second driving lesson! It was really fun again but I prefer my first teacher. He's just way more fun.

So now on to "todays" main part.
I'm not quite sure about this. For me love is something more serious and past loves are things I prefer not talking about. So I'll just stick with the childish way of love.

So my very first love was Mamoru-kun from Sailor Moon. Back then I wasn't intersted in boys at all but Mamoru immediately catched my eye xD I didn't like Tuxedomask though.
I always dreamt about how wonderful life would be with a man like him. Well I was like 7 or 8 back then.
But thinking about it now... my boyfriend is quite like Mamoru... always teasing me, but still caring. And he's always there for me when I need him dearest.

Well I guess there's not much more to say about that so that's it for now and I'll post Day 4 in a few minutes!

See you later <3

Love, M.

Day 2 + a quick update

Meaning behind your blog name

Hi sweeties<3

So I guess today is the hardest of all thirty days. The meaning of my blogname... well honestly there is no real meaning behind it. When I started using tumblr a few years ago I had to find a unique name and as I was madly into lolita at that time and me and one of my best friends where always making senseless japes about fairtrade bananas I just chose bananalolita. I got used to the name and really learned to love it. I think it fits my personality quite well. It's a bit weird but still cute. As I got into Gyaru more and more I thought about changing the name into something more suitable, but honestly I hate it when I follow a blog and they suddenly change their name, so I stuck with it and I'm happy about it.
What do you think about my blogname?

Tuesday I went to vienna again and my boyfriend and me met a friend at ikea. We bought a larger bed for his room, a large mirror and an awesome led-lamp (called dioder). It took us like four hours to shorten the cupboard in my boyfriends room so the bed would fint into the room and to build the bed and everything else. We installed the lamp at the lower side of the window bench so it can be used as reading light in the bed. I really love it because it features a remote with which you can change the color of the light. It's my favourite toy at the moment. The mirror is still just leaning against a wall as we're not sure where to put it.

Well that's it for today! Stay tuned for Day 3!

Love, M.

Day 1

Introduce, recent picture of yourself, 15 interesting fact

Hi sweeties <3

Today is Day 1 of my 30 day blogging challenge, so let's get started!

My first name is Stephanie but I prefer being called Steffi. Most of my friends call me Miko. This is not a randomly chosen nickname, but the name of the first character I ever cosplayed.
I've been to school until the summer of '08 when I did my A-levels. I started to study chemistry right afterwards and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately it seems like I'm not really made for chemistry and it was harder to get motivation to go the courses every day. In the end I really hated it so I stopped. Right now I'm working at a local store to get some money and training for my application as a policewoman. Initially I wanted to study chemistry and afterwards work as a policewoman with my BSc but sometimes things just don't work the way you wished for.
I'm really into fashion, no matter if it's lolita, gyaru or just simple streetfashion I love looking for things that are special.
I love reading and currently my favourite books are the A song of ice and fire books by George R. R. Martin.

This is like the most recent picture of me which has been taken last sunday at the Aninite.

Now on to the 15 interesting facts... well I hope there are enough :DD
1) I've been dying my hair since I've been 11, so I'm not quite sure what my natural haircolor actually would look like on me.
2) The first Manga I've ever read was Inuyasha and it's still one of my favourites.
3) I hate buying brand clothing.
4) I currently own 4 wigs and plan on stocking up.
5) I bought human-hair extensions in spring and dyed them black so now I cant wear them anymore :/
6) In all of my lolita closet there are only two real brand things that I got cheap as they had minor flaws that I could repair myself.
7) I'm officially an atheist, but actually closer to shintobuddhism, which is not an official religion in Austria.
8) I love cooking and baking. I love to try new recipes but my favourites are the simple things that I just throw together when I'm at home alone. Currently it's gnocchi with arrabiata sugo gratined with cheese.
9) My current favourite TV series are: HIMYM, The Big Bang Theory, Eureka and Supernatural.
10) I used to be a huge fan of J-Rock. Somehow all of my favourite artists just started making shitty music or splitted up.
11) I've been a lolita for several years but my first meetup was only two years ago.
12) My left foot is half a size larger than my right one (I guess that's not really intersteing butI found it quite amuseing when I found out.)
13) I'm currently 22 years old and still have to share a room with my younger sister.
14) I've been a girlscout for about 12 years and still miss the time.
15) If I could choose any place in the world where I could live I'd definitely choose Vancouver.

So this was Day 1! See you tomorrow for Day 2 <3

Love, M.