Liebster Award and "diet" progress

Hi sweeties <3 p="">
So I've been absent for a while again. I had a kinda stressful time at work so I didn't find any motivation to blog at all, but when I wanted to check my progress with the  summerbody routine I saw that I was nominated for the Liebster Award two times! This is the first time I've ever been nominated so I was kinda excited when I read the comments! Thank so much! Now before I go on and fulfill my duty I want to give a quick update on how I'm doing with my routine. By now I'm kinda back to eating normal again xD I do eat smaller portions though and try to leave out as many carbs as I can but since I'm on holiday this week I get to cook everyday and I just love my food hahaha (We had baked trout with vegetables in white wine sauce for lunch and Salmon with spinach, tomatos and feta in puff pastry for dinner yesterday). I do a bit more workout than I used to and got a dumbbell on monday so I can strengthen my arms further. Today I'll be going swimming with my sister additionally to my usual workout so I guess it's quite okay that I eat more. Finally a quick update on my measurements! Bust: 83 cm Waist: 69 cm Belly(measured right across the bellybutton): 74 cm (this really shocked me! I don't feel like it's that much) Hips: 92,5 cm Thigh(measured at the widest point): 51 cm (yay! that's already 7 cm less) Heigth: 171.5 Weight: 57,5kg So yeah that's where I'm currently standing. I still hope to improve this a bit! My weight didn't change much but that's exactly what I've been expecting and hoping for! That means I built up some muscles and lost fat so I'm really happy about that. So I've been absent for a while again. I had a kinda stressful time at work so I didn't find any motivation to blog at all, but when I wanted to check my progress with the  summerbody routine I saw that I was nominated for the Liebster Award two times! This is the first time I've ever been nominated so I was kinda excited when I read the comments! Thank so much! Now before I go on and fulfill my duty I want to give a quick update on how I'm doing with my routine. By now I'm kinda back to eating normal again xD I do eat smaller portions though and try to leave out as many carbs as I can but since I'm on holiday this week I get to cook everyday and I just love my food hahaha (We had baked trout with vegetables in white wine sauce for lunch and Salmon with spinach, tomatos and feta in puff pastry for dinner yesterday). I do a bit more workout than I used to and got a dumbbell on monday so I can strengthen my arms further. Today I'll be going swimming with my sister additionally to my usual workout so I guess it's quite okay that I eat more. Finally a quick update on my measurements! Bust: 83 cm Waist: 69 cm Belly(measured right across the bellybutton): 74 cm (this really shocked me! I don't feel like it's that much) Hips: 92,5 cm Thigh(measured at the widest point): 51 cm (yay! that's already 7 cm less) Heigth: 171.5 Weight: 57,5kg So yeah that's where I'm currently standing. I still hope to improve this a bit! My weight didn't change much but that's exactly what I've been expecting and hoping for! That means I built up some muscles and lost fat so I'm really happy about that.

Now on to the Award! 

It's an award that is given to new bloggers with less than 200 followers.
Here are the rules!
- Post 11 random facts about yourself.
- Answer the 11 questions that the nominating blogger asked you.
- Ask 11 questions to the bloggers that you nominate
- Make sure you tell the bloggers that they were nominated!

I've been nominated by Punkangel and Milky Rose.

11 random facts

1. Within the last two years I had eight different haircolors/styles.
2. I really want to set up an austrian gyaru-sa but I have no idea where to start.
3. I've been cutting my own hair for more than a year and now started to all of my families hair. (and they love it ;))
4. My lolita dreamdress is the wonderful BTSSB dress that Momoko falls for in the beginning of Shimotsuma Monogatari.
5. Even though I love Harry Potter and it's been helping me a lot when growing up I think my fandom for GoT goes way deeper.
6. If I could choose a time were I wanted to be reborn I'd definitely choose the renaissance.
7. I've been a girl scout for over 12 years and still miss those times camping and sitting by the fire at nights.
8. I love going to markets! I really enjoy the flair and all the different smells and most of the time end up buying stuff I definitely don't need.
9. My favourite sport is snooker and I love to spend loads of time on watching the masters tournament with my dad and analyzing the games.
10. I started to do "make up" when I was about 6 years old when I discovered my moms make up bag but I've never really put to much effort into it until I turned 16.
11. I really can't decide on one single style that could be perfect for me. I love to try new stuff once in a while and sometimes stick with it for a bit but I don't want to stay with anything too long because I tend to get bored easily. (For example: I gave Shiro-Nuri a try for the last convention in Vienna)

11 questions by Punkangel:

1. Do you have a favourite TV-series? As I might have mentioned a milllion times before I love Game of Thrones, so yes I do. 

2. How would you describe your clothing style? Usually I'm wearing a mix of casual and elegant stuff with a bit of an rokish influence but I also love flowery stuff for summer so it's really mixed. Right now I'm totally into blackxwhite stuff. 

3. What do you do to get rid of stress? I wish I could come up with something cool but most of the time I just work out or play games xD

4. Circle Lenses - Yay or Nay? Big YAY! I love circle lenses! If my eyes would allow me to I would wear them all year long!

5. What is your next travel destination? I haven't planned anything so far but I would love to go to Rome, Venice or London this year. 

6. What kind of make up would you never ever wear? That's a hard one because there's really little I haven't tried over the years but for now Manba make is still a thing I'm not sure I want to try. 

7. Digital or analogue watch? I've got only analogue ones but I prefer digital ones cause I'm too lazy to read the analogue ones :D

8. How was your day? So far it's been all fine! 

9. Who is your Idol? Well I guess I'd love to be something like a mixture of Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles some day ;D (another favourite show)

10. Who is your favourite actor? I've got no answer for that one... There are simply to many awesome and talented actors and actresses out there. I really love Rupert Grint and Liam Neeson right now but I also adore Christian Bale and Robert Downey Jr.. I'm not even starting with female ones hahaha

11. What do you think about the cross loosing it's position as a tradtitional symbol and becoming a part of fashion? Well I've loved using crosses as a fashion item for years so I'm pretty fine with it. Also I've never been a big believer and left the church when I turned 18 because I believe in souls, spirits and fortune rather than one single god.

11 questions by Milky Rose:

1. Who is the hero of your childhood? That's definitely Harry Potter! 

2. What's your typical habbit? I tend to stick my tongue out when I'm concentrating really hard.

3. What is your favourite movie? At the moment it would be Julia&Julie. I loved it and I'm totally going to get Julia Childs cookbook additionally to her biography which I've already downloaded to my Kindle :D

4. Do you have a favourite gothic novel? Which one is it? I guess were talking about stuff like Poe? In that case it's definitely The Mask of the Red Death. I couldn't sleep all night after reading it the first time but by now it's one of my alltime favourites!

5. What is your favurite accessory and why? That would be my lava/palladium bracelet. I made it myself and also one other for my best friend and that's why I love it so much and take it off very seldom.

6. What is a fashion style you admire but would never wear? Cult Party Kei. I adore it so much but I can't imagine it looking good at someone whose as tall as I am. 

7. What was your first make up item? A lovely red lipstick I got from my mom. 

8. If you could choose another lifestyle which would it be and why? I would want to be really creative and work as an artist. 

9. What is your favourite chocolate? It's called Aztekengold and sold at Confisserie Simon in Passau. It's a combination of delicious dark chocolat and intriguingly well chosen spices. A bar sells for 4€ and you can get them online as well.

10. What do you like better: Coffee or hot chocolate? Definitely Hot chocolate! I do like coffee but I would always prefer hot chocolate.

11. What's your favourite quote? Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.

My 11 questions for the nominees: 

1. Why did you start your blog?

2. Who is your biggest inspiration when it comes to make up?

3. What is your favourite food?

4. Do you eat raw meat or fish? Like in sushi or carpaccio?

5. What's your favourite nail polish?

6. Did you ever do a cosplay?

7. Halloween or carnival?

8. How about 50 shades of grey?

9. Do you like musicals? If so which is your favourite?

10. What was the worst haircut you ever had?

11. How did you come to follow the fashion style you currently prefer?

And finally! The Nominees: 

Bright Eyes 
Usai Kitty
Sugar Raindrops
Hannah
Miss Demian
Honey
Ragrunzel
Natsumi
ManaRuka
Royalfruitcake
Momoko

Cant wait to read all the answers! 

my summerbody routine

Hey sweeties <3

Some time ago I told you I wanted to loose some fat for the upcoming summer (yes I know that there's snow outside but if I don't start now I'll just be lazy until it's too late) so todays post will be about what I do at the moment!

I'll start with what I'm starting with xD So here are all my basic measurements and my weigth (Oh god I really hope I'll improve them >.<)
Bust: 83 cm
Waist: 72cm
Belly(measured right across the bellybutton): 84cm
Hips: 95cm
Thigh(measured at the widest point): 58cm (I really hate my thighs D:)
Heigth: 171.5cm
Weight: 58kg

So what do I do to loose weight and gain muscles at the same time? I cut down my intake considering carbs and calories in general. I do still eat a mars or snickers from time to time, but I rarely eat carbs at night and I'm eating like ten times more vegetables and fruit now. I try to cut down on red meat as well and tend to eat more fish.
When I'm not working and I don't have to get up at 5am (I'm rarely having breakfast at 5 am I rather take a package of breakfast cookies with me and eat them at work) I either have a bowl of cereals or some bread with spreads or sausages. I also like to eat some fruit as a morning snack.
For lunch I usually go with what my family eats for dinner xD I'm the one that is cooking the dinners most of the time so I prepare them (as far as this is possible) for lunch already and just warm them up in the evening. So for Lunch i have stuff like Schnitzel, potatoes and fresh vegetables or pasta with homemade sauces but also bowls of salad with cheese and light dressings.
For dinner I just leave out the carbs (well most of the time :DD I'm really addictet to dumplings) SO I'd just eat the meat/fish and vegetables.
As I'm usually staying up quite late I tend to have a small snack after dinner as well. Usually I go with fruits or a yoghurt.

On to the workout! So my dad got a supeduper awesome ergometer a few weeks ago. I love it because it doesn't feature that typical extrabroad seat but has a racingseat and in general looks more like a racing bike than a classic ergometer. So as often as I can (I try to do it daily but sometimes I'm just too tired and exhausted to do anything) I sit on it and spin for about half an hour. The intensity depends on how tired I already am ;)
Next thing I do is Situps. They have always been one of my favourite exercises. I do them with my legs up on the couch and I do between 80 and 140 reps a day.
I also really like squats! I didn't do them for years but they really help to shape your thighs and buttocks so I started to do them regularly and I can definitely see an effect! I do about 60 reps a day.
Next up is the eight count body builder! This is an exercise I found on a homepage about marine style workouts (click me!) In the beginning these were kinda hard but I think they are fun to do and you can easily feel the change in your body. I do between ten and twenty of these.
If I'm not too exhausted after the eight count body builder I do some regular push ups too.
And now some more random exercises I like to do: Side straddle hops (Jumping Jacks), flutterkicks and the mountainclimber. (You'll find descriptions of all these on the marine style fitness page!

So that's what I'll do for at least the next two months to loose my bit of fat! If you want to join me feel free to contact me either on Facebook or just leave a comment here! If you have any questions or recommendations for me again you can contact me on FB or just leave a comment <3

I hope you're all having a great time!
Love, M.

Make up favourites winter 2012/13

Hi sweeties <3

So I've been looking for an ispiration for a few days. Blogging is getting harder as time goes by if you can't find any inspiration. I asked my best friend what she would want to read and she suggested that I should do a list of my favourite products. I loved the idea so this is what today's post will be about!

But before we're getting started I wanted to show what I've been working on today!

I created a book that I will fill with all my inspirations, everything I want to write about, all the stuff that is influencing me, so that whenever I'm looking for something to write about I'll just open my book and there will hopefully be some good topic in there.

Now on to my favourite Make up products for this winter!
I'll be splitting it in categories and I'll just show you my highlight product for the category.
#1 Nails:
Essence Home Sweet Home TE Gel Shine Nail Polish (02 red-y to relax)
I bought this nail polish because I'm always looking for cheap polishes that have a good shine and don't chip too easily. Essence definitely did a great job with this polish! It's extremly shiny and doesn't wear off too fast. It's not a pure red though. It has a distinct hint of orange which makes it look very fresh. I love the colour and I've been wearing for like three weeks in a row.

#2 Eyes:
Catrice Lashes to kill false lash fibres volume mascara
I got this during a promo sale at Müller. They are selling the 1+1 free with the Lashes to kill (either waterproof or ultra black). I really am no fan of mascara that feature fibres as they tend to look cheap and gross but! this one is really good. It enhances the volume of my lashes extremely, it's a beautiful intense black and lasts all day. The fibres are not really visible when applied but you can really make out the difference. I will use this one for ma more dramatic looks and stick with the original waterproof lashes to kill mascara for my daily work make up.

#3 Lips:
Essence Hugs&Kisses TE lip tint (01 Sugar Baby Love)
I'm in love with lip tints! I bought one from Catrice about a month ago and if I hadn't bought this one yesterday the catrice one would be in it's place. You can layer them, put a gloss on top or even use them as a blush. I like this one for it's bright pink colour. When you apply just a thin coat it gives that lovely fresh pink of a young girls lips and if you layer it it turns to a reaaaaally bright pink. I haven't really been a big fan of pink lips until last summer when I bought the matte lipstick fom IQ in star which is also a bright pink. I love how they work so well with my black hair and pale complexion.

#4 Body:
LOOK by Bipa Nailcare Oil
I started using this already years ago when my nailbeds were really dry and hurt all the time. I love using it during the winter, when the air is dry and my hands tend to dry out. Now that I have gel nails I'm using it regularly to make my nailbeds soft and just for random nailcare. This is my favourite for this season because I used it on my moms hands about a week ago because her nailbeds were in a really, really bad condition. I polished her nails and massaged a bit of the oil into her fingertips and you wouldn't believe how beautiful and young her hands immediately looked. She is now using it regularly and her nailbeds are getting better and better and I guess this will also have a great influence on her nails. (You might think that this would have belonged into the naisl category but as it is more about the skin than the nails themselves I decided to put it into the body category)

#5 Hair:
The Bodyshop Rainforest Radiance Hairbutter
I got this just a few days ago but after using it for the first time I already feel a real difference in my hair and you can see a subtle new shine. I will continue to use it and report to you whether the positive effect it is having on my hair will stay.

So this is it for today! I hope that I'll be able to post again this weekend otherwise I'll see you all next week!

Love, M.

Another Sunday

Hi sweeties <3

Long time no post again. I'm really sorry to keep you all waiting so long.

On friday my younger sister had her prom and we were really busy getting everything ready. Last minute we decided to get fake fur stoles which I sew myself and to wear finger waves instead of the braided hairstyles we had initially planned. I had to work on friday and when I finally came home I had to do her hair and my hair too und tidy up a bit as we made one hell of a mess out of our bath as we were getting ready. My best friend Christini (I know she's gonna hit me hard for writing this <3) came over to my place around half past six and we had a bit of a drink before going to the ball.
She looked so gorgeous!

We've been drinking and having fun together with my sister and one of our friends. My stepuncle and his fiancee also came and even my sister's elementary school teacher and her husband attended the ball!

All of the students from my sister's year had prepared a little dance show for the opening which was simply said amazing to watch. At least that's what I though until I saw the show they did when it turned midnight! Well not everyone did their choreography perfectly well but they all had fun and everyone was really delighted.

Me and my best friend went home around half past two as were getting old and need some sleep to look good xD
So in the morning I got up really early and fixed my sisters hair again so we could take some proper pics of her ballgown and stuff and here are the results!

Well and as we were outside anyways we also took some pics of me :D

Well that's it so far! I decided to get back on tumblr again so maybe you'll want to check that out too! banana-lolita.tumblr.com

Hoe to see you soon!

Love, M.

Update & search for workout partners

Hi sweeties <3

Christmas and the new year have come and gone and it was an amazing and overwhelming time for me! I got the most amazing presents and spent the time with my best friends.

My boyfriend got me the mint swatch I've been craving for for more than a year and my sister got me assassins creed II which I was allowed to play before christmas already <3 It's so awesome!
Oh and of course I got a lot of money so I'm going to buy some new stuff. Mainly stuff I need anyways and a new Lolita dress from Infanta. I've been thinking about getting a derss from Innocent World but somehow I couldn't get myself into spending all my christmas money on the Elisabeth Rose Dress. (I'm so in love with this dress <3)

Now on to the next point!
Even though I'm pretty lean I want to loose my last bit of belly fat and get back to my old body from back when I was still working out regularly.
My biggest problem is that I just can't motivate myself enough to do my workout every day so I'm looking for someone (another blogger would be nice) or also a group of people that would want to start a workout program with me. Also including a more healthy diet (ermagherd I definitely need to cut out a bit of the sugar in my diet) and writing about the progress on a regular basis (which should get me into blogging more often too :D)

Ipersonally am not trying to loose weight I just want to reduce my little bit of fat and build up my muscles but I would welcome anyone who's trying to loose weight!

If you are in any way (blog, facebook, tumblr, youtube, twitter) intersted in joining in with me please let me know in the comments!

Hope to talk to you soon again!

Love, M.

Finally back online

Hi sweeties <3

I'm finally back online :D my internal W-lan adapter broke and I had to use a cable all of the time which frustrated me so much that I didn't feel like using my netbook at all.

So here's a short updated what happened in the last weeks!

It's already my third month at my new working place and I really enjoy the work there even though I have to get up at 5 am every day. I have a lot of responsibility there and it feels really great to know that I'm living up to everybody's expectations.

On november 25th there was a Lolita Meet up in Vienna which I've joined. Loads of cute girls where there anbd everyone looked so amazing. I didn't wear Lolita at all for several months because I just had no time to dress up and when I did I wore Gyaru. When I put on my dress and everything it felt so special again. I love that feeling! We met at the MQ in Vienna and then took some pics as always. The main part of the group then went to see an exhibition about naked men in art and Jasmin and me went to starbucks for some coffee and a bit of small talk. It was really great to get to know her better! Afterwards we all met again to have dinner together at a great vietnamese restaurant (Saigon). The food was really delicious and it's always so much fun to go out with so many lolitas!
Except from Daga all of my favourite Lolitas joined too.
So now on to the pictures!

I wore my new ETC dress and my lovely fluffy fawn fake fur jacket from F21.

Here's a close up! I still love my wig so much <3 I think it looked lovely with the jacket and the dress :D

Now on to my biggest inspirations!

Sylvia from royalFruitcake

Dani from royalpinkgoth

Jasmin with whom I've had coffee

Patto from dreamyxlullaby

Next big thing that happened was the medical test at the police academy! We had to do a drug test and a psychological test, an ergometry and a basic check on my eyes, ears and general body wellness. Everything went well and I'm one step closer to my goal! YAY! So now the last obstacle I have to take is the sports test :D I will get my invitation around christmas and I'm so excited already. During my last day at the casern I've been talking to a girl that is in the training right now and everything sounds so exciting and awesome. I really can't wait to start the training myself :D

So that's pretty much all that's worth mentioning. I will do my first giveaway around christmas so don't miss it! I'll be including some handmade jewelry, cosmetics and other stuff.

See you soon!
Love, M.

DIY ombre cross earrings

Hi sweeties<3

I've been feeling like I need to blog for weeks already but my netbook somehow can't build up a wireless connection anymore so I wasn't really able to come online except with my phone.
Well finally I'm back again but my w-lan still doesn't work (had to go back to using cables D:)
On saturday I went to Vienna to meet a good old friend ogf mine. I haven't seen her in ages so I was really excited to meet her, but before that I went for a bit of shopping. I got a new shirt with bronze crosses all over the front at Forever 21 and lovely zebrastriped cross earrings at Six. When I finally made it to Claire's I thought I wouldn't buy anything but then those big simple black cross earrings catched my eye and I just had to buy them. There were thousands of ideas flashing up in front of my inner eye. I could put stud on them, or a bit of pink polish and create some kind of gloopy texture, put some gold leaf flakes on them and so on.

They cost about 5€ and you can find them at the section with the more "gothic" looking stuff.

Basically what I did was using a nail art method on the earrings.
Here's what I used:
-a makeup sponge
-nail polishes from catrice (genius in a bottle) and gosh (Purple Heart)
-tweezers
These are optional:
-UV-curing lamp
-a brush for applying the UV-gel
-clear and glittering UV-gel (instead of glittering gel you could also use a nail polish and a top coat to seal it in)

I started with ripping of a small bit of the sponge and dipping it into the gosh nail polish and stippling it onto the crosses approximately at the half height of the vertical bar of the cross and everywhere below. For the second layer I mixed the gold and the shimmering black polishes (1:1) and again stippled it onto the cross but stopped a bit farther below. I repeated this with pure gold until I had a nice gradient look and the bottom of the cross was really intense gold.
I let it dry for about ten minutes and then applied a very thin coat of the glitter gel (got this from ebay for approximately 4$) cured the gel and then applied a coat of clear UV-gel so that the surface is really smooth again. Again I cured it and cleaned the crosses and here's the final result!

I'm so happy with how they turned out!

As I've been absent for quite some time here are some more pics of me :D

Another pic of the earrings. (I'm wearing my new Lockshop wig! It's a lovely caramel to burgundy fade and feels absolutely amazing)

By the way I'm wearing my new knit I got at Primark about a week ago. It's the first fitted knit I got in years and I'm so in love with it.

Here's one of my recent nail designs. I wore this for the last Nerd Alert! at Club Pi in Vienna.

And lastly a pic of the base of my halloween costume. I dressed up as a dragon but as we were like partying all night (well actually eating sweet stuff) we took like no pictures at all D:
Love, M.

2nd Annual International Gyaru Day

Hi sweeties <3

This is just a short post to show you what I prepared for tomorrow!



I'm gonna dress up tomorrow and go out for a little bit of window shopping since it's my week off!

I hopw you'll all have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

Love, M.

#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.

Update time

Hi sweeties <3

I guess I should be talking about how sorry I am for not blogging recently, but honestly I just didn't feel like it. I wanted to do this whole challenge thing so badly that I somehow lost my will to blog. I just started at a new job and it is way more exhausting than I thought in the first place. I love working there and all of my coworkers are really nice but when I come home I just want to take a nap and have lunch. I get up reaaaaaally early and I have never been one of those to get up easily.
Right now I spend most of my afternoons working on a cosplay, exercising or sleeping. I didn't feel like dressing up at all for the first two weeks and then sudddenly I just felt like it and I purchased some new stuff online and dressed up, put on some make up, met up with friends. I restarted my life kinda.
As blogging is a part of my life I wanted to write a new post too, but I just couldn't find no inspiration.
I figured out it would be best just to start writing anything. I would find my flow again and in the end there would be a nice entry... well we'll see.
Recently I finished reading all of the so far released books of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin and started re-reading Harry Potter. The books seem so incredibly short compared to what I read before xD
It's october already and this time last year I started my last year at the university. Everything feels kinda strange now that I realise that I'm not going back there. I really miss everything but in the end I know it's better this way. I have to follow my dreams and stop sticking with stuff I'm used to. (See how the post is evolving?)

At this point I feel like I'm finally starting to live my life the way I want it. It's not at all perfect yet but I'll just keep on taking one step at a time and I'm sure I'll reach all my goals.

So for now I'm trying to getting back to my online life the way it was before I started working. Rejoining forums and stuff.
I want to dress up gal more often and improve my style.

So for now I guess I will continue with the challenge but not on a daily basis. I will show some of my current outfits and talk about my life as always.

For a start here are some recent pics of me:

First I gave Hime Gyaru another try. I'm wearing my GLW wig with the matching falls and a prisila halfwig. I liked it quite well but it still feels kinda strange.

Well as I said I purchased some new stuff online! This is the first thing I received <3 my first d.i.a. belt! I'm so in love with it. Words can't explain... there's a small revolver on it and handcuffs too.

This is what I do while I'm not working on my cosplay... sewing new skirts for winter xD it's made of a really thick woolfabric and sooo warm and cozy! I think it would work perfect for a everday hime-inspired look.

And last but not least one of my recent nailarts!

I will post the next entry of the challenge today so stay tuned!

Love, M.

Day 13

Goals

Hi sweeties <3

So here are my current goals!

1) Become a better Gyaru
I know it may sound queer. On the one hand I want to be taken serious as a working adult and on the other hand I want to be a good gal. Well I see so many gals having great jobs and being awesome gyaru too and I think those girls are a real inspiration. I want to be one of them. I want to show everyone that you can look awesome and still have a job with big responsibility.

2) Move to Vienna
I was born and raised in a rather small town in Austria. I mean it could definitely be worse but I realised that I'm more of a big city girl. I love the anonymity of big cities. I love sky scrapers and here in Austria Vienna is the closest thing to a real big city that you can get. My favourite place is Kaisermühlen. Beneath those huge buildings and right next to the Danube Park.

3) Become a good archer
When I was small I was a huge fan of Robin Hood. So I wanted to be an archer too. I built my own bow and made my own arrows but you can guess they never worked too well. So I kinda gave up on that dream until my birthday this august when my dad, my boyfriend and myself got a professional longbow for me. Now I just have to find a proper trainingplace where I can loose some arrows without having to worry about people or animals that I could harm.

4) Be a better cosplayer
I did my first cosplay about six years ago and after that I did only like two proper cosplays but I planned so many. I love cosplaying but most of the time I just can't get myself to making the costumes. Once I get started I tend to lose myself in the details. I want to get more efficient and finish some of my cosplays that I've already started or planned. First up will be my Lady Loki cosplay.

I hope that I'll be able to post tomorrow evening!
Wish me luck for tomorrows test! See you soon <3

Love, M.

Day 12

Something you don't leave the house without

Hi sweeties <3

I'm late again! I'm just so busy at the moment. Getting used to my new work, having less free time and organising everything is really overwhelming at the moment. I have to get up around 5 am everyday which is like three hours earlier than I was used to. I go to work by bike and guess what happened today? Someone stole my seat! Like really? Who the fuck would steal a seat when he could take the whole bike... anyways thanks to a very nice guy that watched the whole scene and told me that those ..... put my seat into a wastebin my sister was able to recover it and I don't have to buy a new one yet! I was so pissed! I was working for six hours and I've been in a big hurry as I had to catch my train to vienna and then that happened... I'm just really disappointed by the teens in my hometown.

Anyways today's theme is things I don't leave the house without!
In terms of keeping this post short (due to a lack of time)I'll stick with my 5 points.

1) My Keys:
When I was younger I often (more like frequently) forgot to take my keys with me and ended up sitting in front of our door for hours. Most of the time it was either winter or raining xD Well I found out how to get into our flat without keys at some point of time, but when my mom found out, she told me to never do that again and that I better never forget my keys again... or learn how to get onto our balcony and wait there. :D

2) A bit of make up:
You never know what's gonna happen and maybe you'll be in dear need of some concealer or eyeliner. You never know so I try to always have the most important things with me.

3) Water or something else to drink:
I'm one of those persons that easily dehydrate. I get really dry skin and feel dizzy when I don't drink enough so I like to keep a small bottle of water or juice in my bag at all times.

4) My Kindle:
I love reading! I don't know how some people can actually be proud about not reading any books... I love it! I think reading is very relaxing and also entertaining. So whenever I go by train or bus or anything I take my kindle out of my bag and start reading :D Currently I'm reading the fifth book out of George R. R. Martins series "A Song of Ice and Fire".

5) My Phone:
I just like to stay in contact with everyone so my phone has always got to be at my side.

Love, M.

Day 11

Your favourite TV shows

Hi sweeties <3
Today I'll be showing you five of my favourits TV shows! I'm a huge fan of fantasy and crime fiction unfortunately there are not so many good tv shows that include fantasy or crime fiction.

1) Game of Thrones

You just have to watch this! There's nothing more to say. Just watch it!

2) Rizzoli and Isles

One of my favourite crime series. It's based on the books of Tess Gerritsen and has an amazing plot.

3) Supernatural

I really disliked this series in the beginning but as I grew older I learned to love it and now it's one of my favourites!

4) Eureka

This is like the only thing close to scifi I really like when it comes to TV shows. It's funny, but at the same time really serious and never fails to amuse me.

5) The Big Bang Theory



Well this is it for today. As with the movies I might be extending the list when The challenge is over.

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.