Where I've Been! (+recent purchases & a lil more!) ♥

The past five months have been busy, stressful, but a much needed semester off from school (and unintentionally this blog haha)! This fall I'm going back to university to work on my Bachelor's degree in English and while I'm excited, I'm also very nervous. During the time I was gone though, I got my dream job working part-time in one of my city's public libraries and I plan on continuing work while going to school~! 

As always I'm very active on my Twitter account and if you've kept up with me there, then you know how things have been going or at least some semblance of it :> This break from blogging and school gave me a lot to think about my future, to further enjoy my hobbies (sewing/working on cosplay, reading, eating...), etc. But enough about me, I hope you all have been doing well in my absence! 

I'm planning on adding book reviews to my blog since I'm a serious bookworm, so if you're an avid reader or you want to read more and don't know where to start please look forward to them! I'm very excited to get it started and my book goal before the end of the year is to read 35-40 books and since March I've knocked out 14, so I hope that goal is reached as well!~

Due to financial reasons, I wasn't able to go to a convention like I had planned but I don't regret my decision at all except for all the friends I didn't get to see and meet of course :>. Next year I plan on going to Fanime 2017 with a few friends and I hope to see some people I know from online there also! Anime Expo 2015 was a bit overwhelming to me so I'm not really planning on going next year unless plans change.

Sorry this post is kind of all over the place, but I believe I got the majority of what I wanted to say out of the way so here are my recent purchases (I'm thinking of it as a belated birthday gift to myself because I turned 22 last week!) and a few cute finds!

♥ 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 ♥

♥ Korilakkuma Biscuit iPhone 6/6S/6 Plus (other colors/versions) ♥

♥ eBay False Lashes ♥

I'm super excited for the new makeup and lashes, because I haven't bought myself anything in a while! I might even do a review on my Colourpop order (it's not my first time ordering from them, they're definitely one of my favorite brands!) but I'll definitely put up a poll on my Twitter when the order arrives to see how many people would want it! Finally, here are a few cute things I came across while browsing the internet as I always do! 

Bee & Puppycat Cookbook 

Sparkle Patches 

Hustle Enamel Pin 

Mr. Universe Shirt 

Thanks for reading my blog post! I'm gonna try to figure out which book to start my reviews with, but I think I have something in mind so stay tuned! If you want to keep up me on the daily be sure to follow my Twitter if you'd like! 

March Favorites ♡

I haven't written a monthly favorites blog post in almost a year and it really makes me sad, so I'll start doing them again! Here we go!

Here's a picture of everything I really liked this month! 

The first thing I liked a lot this month was Lush's Tea Tree Water! I've heard lots of good things about this and finally ordered it early this month! I like to take it with me and spray my face every few hours if it's feeling dry or too oily! I think it works pretty well because after use I feel a lot more refreshed and awake! I'm hoping that it's Tea Tree benefits will help even out my skin tone as well!

 

My Filofax has been super helpful for me also! I'm really glad I bought this to replace my old planner c: I'm still waiting for things to arrive for me to decorate it further, but there's a sneak peek when you open it and how my monthly pages look!~ I got them (and my weekly pages and expenses pages) custom-made! 

I got this 3DSXL case in the middle of February, but I've used it the most this past month! It's really spacious and has 3 slots for games and pouches that I put my other games in. It's really, really cute and easy to just toss in my bag on the go so I really am happy I got it! (From Amazon)

Two manga that I really liked (and got about a week ago) were these two! "what did you eat yesterday?" and "My Neighbor Seki/Tonari no Seki-kun"! They're both published under Vertical, Inc. and they're really good! 

"what did you eat yesterday?" is a manga about 2 gay men who are in a relationship and live together! Shiro, is a lawyer who cooks REALLY well from scratch (there are recipes in the manga too!) and his boyfriend Kenji is a hairstylist. It's sort of a slice of life manga and the pace is really easygoing c: I love the characters and I laughed out loud a few times while reading it mainly because of Shiro. 

"My Neighbor Seki" is a manga about a girl named Yokoi who sits by a boy named Seki who always plays around in class when the teacher isn't looking! Seki literally does the craziest things in his seat and gets Yokoi interested, but he never gets caught and Yokoi gets in trouble for not paying attention. I really like this manga haha, it's adorable and I pity Yokoi so much! This manga also has a completed anime so I'm planning on watching that!

One of the anime series that I LOVED this past month was Death Parade! It's a psychological 12-episode anime that has a lot of twists and turns! I wanna say lots about it, but that would lead to spoilers so all I'll say is that every episode is tied to a different story, the main characters are so precious, and the stories that you delve into can be mind-boggling! I'd really give it a chance, I was hooked after the first episode! (Also, try to watch the OVA Death Billiards beforehand to get an idea of how the series will be c: it's pretty good too!!!) I cried at the end of this anime, no going to lie. 

The next anime that I loved was Gintama! If you haven't heard of it, that's kind of surprising because it's been around for YEARS. I'm glad I finally picked it up though because it's super hilarious and all the characters are big dorks and some have the weirdest quirks about them. It's a shounen and it sometimes talks or parodies other shounen series (JUMP! magazine is in this anime all the time since it's one of Gintoki's, the main character, favorite magazines lol). It always brings a smile to my face to watch an episode and I can't wait to get further into the series~! 

Also, Steven Universe is a huge favorite show of mine and I've been a fan for a while, but I'll give it a shoutout to the people who haven't watched it yet or are thinking about it c: It's cute, the music is great, and the stories and characters are so charming! I rewatch old episodes whenever I get the chance and I always have a warm feeling in my chest! (My favorite character is Pearl~)

Thanks so much for reading and please leave a comment, question or any feedback if you have any about this post c: I hope you liked it!