To err is human, to arr is pirate!

Vietin pari edellistä viikonloppua Etelä-Pohjanmaalla mukavissa merkeissä. :) Sain kunnian osallistua serkkuni Heisin merirosvohenkisiin polttareihin, jotka kaasot oli hälle askarelleetpaskarrelleet. Perjantai-iltana istahdin siis junaan ja suuntasin Seinäjoelle. Oli kamala väsy, mutta silti piti hörsköttää äitin kanssa, hän kun taasen oli juuri edellisenä päivänä kotiutunut Kanadanreissultaan. :) Sain kaikkea kivaa pikkutuliaista, josta ehdoton lempparini oli tämä ihana My Little Pony -kesäpyjama. ♥ Edellisen samasta suunnasta tulleen, n. 17 vuotta vanhan Nalle Puh -aiheisen shortsipyjaman olenkin käyttänyt lähes puhki, nämä on vaan niin mukavia päällä. :)

My Little Pony ♥

Lauantaina oli sitten aikainen herätys, jotta ehtisin ajoissa valmiiksi ja osaa seuruetta vastaan. Noh, en nyt ihan ajoissa ollut, mutta melkein! Ehdittiin myös tehdä alkuvalmistelut ennen morsiamen saapumista, vaikka tapaamispaikalle ei ihan ajoissa päästykään. Morsio kuljetettiin kotoaan "merirosvopaatilla" merirosvomusan soidessa aarretta etsimään. Oli teemanmukainen kartta, vaatetus, vihjeet ja juomat. Koska kaikkea on vaikea pukea sanoiksi, annan kuvien puhua puolestaan. ♥

Searching for treasure!

Arr, pirate booty!

Rosmojengi kasassa: en muista miten kaikkien tittelit meni, mutta Kapteenin lisäksi meillä oli mm. Kansipoika, Kartturi (minä), sekä Kapteenin-apulainen-joka-hoitaa-ruoria-sillä-aikaa-kun-Kapteeni-on-hytissä-bylsimässä

 Viskijäätelöä ja appelsiinimarrrrgarrritaa! ♥

Piipun sytyttelyä

Oltiin myös buukattu panimokierros Mallaskosken panimolle, jossa tottakai maisteltiin tuotantoa. Valmistavat neljää olutta, kahta lonkeroa ja yhtä siideriä, toinen lonkeroista (salmiakki-sitruuna, vastenmielistä tavaraa!) puuttuu kuvasta.

Laiska miehistö odottaa, että Kapteeni saa runonsa valmiiksi

Barpuuri eli paattirafla, jossa vietettiin iltaa viimeistä vihjettä ratkoessa.

Uimataidottoman piraatin pelastaminen uppovasta laivasta!

Loppuillasta kameran akku alkoi olla niin finito, että kuvia ei enää saanut otettua. Illasta suuntasimme toisen kaason (myöskin serkkuni) luokse nauttimaan iltapalaa ja boolia, sekä hömpöttelemään yhdessä. Jatkoille ei kukaan enää jaksanut, itse olin puolen yön jälkeen jo vanhempien luona ja suuntaamassa nukkumaan.

Polttarit meni kokonaisuudessaan todella hienosti, kiitos kaasojen hyvän suunnittelutaidon ja etukäteisjärjestelyjen. Morsian oli varsin otettu ja kaikilla oli mukavaa, oletettavasti jopa kuskiksi nakitetulla poikaparalla Masalla, joka oli toisen kaason tuttuja. :P Itselleni nämä olivat ekat polttarit ikinä, vaikka tuttavapiirissä naituja naisia onkin, niin kukaan läheinen ei ollut vielä tähän mennessä kahlinnut itseään. ;P

~Misantrella

My cousin is getting married so her maids of honour arranged an awesome pirate themed bachelorette party and I was lucky enough to participate. :) Loads of fun, first bachelorette's for me, so it was nice to see what they had come up with. They'd written all these cool clues and had the whole day planned out so that each clue lead us to the next spot and next clue. In the end we ended up at one of the maid of honour's place for some drinks and giggles. Loads of fun! :)

Second-hand shoes and We Care Icon -glosses

Eilen lupauduin lähtemään Pupuhypyn kanssa töistä päin piipahtamaan Radiokirppiksellä. Omiin silmiin ei oikein napannut mikään, mutta Pupuhyppy löysi parit kivat jutut - mulle. Sovitin siis kahta paria kenkiä sekä hivenen hopeanhohtoisia shortseja, ja päädyin kotiuttamaan kaikki kolme. Kohtalaisen kannattava ja edullinen kirppisreissu siis, nuo kun maksoivat yhteensä vain 11 €! :)

Kirpparisaalis - kahdet kengät ja "tavoiteshortsit"

Ekat kengät ovat tämmöiset nätit solkihärpäkkeet, joissa useimpia noista soljista pystyy säätämään. Korkoa näissä on meikäläiselle melko paljon, mutta jahka saan tätä painoa putoamaan, niin ehkä tuo kävelykin alkaa helpottaa... :P Pupuhypyn suureksi harmiksi nämä oli tosiaan hälle liian pienet, itse en voinut 4 € hintaan vastustaa.

Toiset kengät ovat kivat kiilto"nahkaiset", hieman fiftarihenkiset korkkarit, jotka ovat koroltaan hieman inhimillisemmät omiin jalkoihin. Nämä näyttivät kaiken lisäksi olevan vielä ihan uudet, alkuperäinen hintalappu mollotteli toisen kengän pohjassa kirppishinnan alta. Ei paha vitosella!

Kirppikseltä suunnattiin ankkapuistoon istuskelemaan, ankka tosin oli puistosta kokonaan kadonnut. :( Pupuhyppy oli napannut Lidlistä mukaansa parit suklaamuffinit, joita sitten mutusteltiin ja juteltiin kaikenlaista. Innostipa hän miuta lähtemään tutustumiskäynnille salilleen Poltteeseen maanantaina, joten kidutus odottaa!

Kvaak kvaak, tältä kumiankka näytti kaksi vuotta sitten.

Aikamme istuskeltuamme Pupuhyppy suuntasi kotiin valmistautumaan treeneihin, kun taas itse jatkoin kohti Sokosta häälahjaa ja -korttia etsimään. (En ole mitenkään myöhässä, häät on [vasta?] lauantaina!) Löysinkin nopeasti etsimäni, kortti tosin tuotti vaikeuksia. Onnistuin myös bongaamaan itselleni uuden "koululais"kalenterin vanhan tilalle, nämä tämän malliset ovat ainoita, jotka täyttävät kaikki vaatimukseni, ja taitaakin olla jo viides lajissaan. Ne vaatimuksethan ovat: joka päivälle oma sivu; nimipäivät, pyhät ja liputuspäivät oltava merkittynä; laukunkestävä, koska pyörii mukana lähes aina; ja vähän ylimääräistä tilaa muistiinpanoille. Plussaa kansien "piilotaskuista", joissa pyörii useimmiten seteli jemmarahana, käyntikortteja ja tärkeitä numeroita/osoitteita. Tänä vuonna värivaihtoehdot oli keltainen ja vaalea lila, ei ollut vaikea valinta. Sama perhosteema jatkuu nähtävästi viime vuodelta, mikä miulle passaa vallan mainiosti. :)

New calendar, yay! :)

Lähtiessä huomasin vielä We Care Iconin aletuotteet, ja pikaisen testauksen jälkeen nappasin mukaan kaksi Magnetic Lips Perfect Shine -huulikiiltoa. Sävyjen nimet ovat Perfect Purple ja olisikohan vaaleampi ollut Magic Orchid, en pysty juuri nyt tarkistamaan. Molemmissa kiilloissa on mukana sinistä hienoa shimmeriä, vaaleammassa sävyssä selkeästi enemmän, mutta itse kiilto onkin siinä lähestulkoon väritöntä. Tummempaa sävyä en onnistunut vangitsemaan kamerallani totuudenmukaisena, vaikka miten yritin asetuksia säätää. Sävy on kuitenkin selkeästi punaiseen kuin siniseen taittava, melko magentainen ja kiva. Miulla on pari neutraalin sävyistä kiiltoa samasta sarjasta, niitä tulee käytettyä säännöllisen epäsäännöllisesti. Aika perinteisiä kiiltoja mielestäni, tahmaisia mutta antavat nätisti sävyä huulille. Nettisivulla näyttävät olevan tällä hetkellä 2,50 €/kpl, mutta alelaarista lähti jäljellä olevat sävyt hintaan 1,50 €/kpl, mii likey. :)

Indoor ligting vs. outdoor lighting

A) too blue B) a bit more like it C) look at the glitter!

Tällä hetkellä olen vanhempieni luona Seinäjoella, ja kellokin on vierähtänyt jo reilusti yli puolen yön tätä tekstiä rustaillessani, kiitos nettitikun tarjoaman hitaan yhteyden (Thanks, Obama!). Palailen astialle taas viimeistään ensi viikolla! :)

~Misantrella

So I met up with Pupuhyppy after work yesterday (aka Thursday) and we went to a flea market/second hand shop to have a looksee. I thought I couldn't find anything, but she did - two pairs of shoes and shorts, for me! I ended up buying all three, since they cost only 11 €. Not bad! :)

First pair has high heels - probably too high for my poor feet, but I promise I'll practice more once I start to get rid of some of this excess weight I'm carrying around... I really like the buckles, they make these shoes  so much cooler.

Second pair is sort of a fifties' styled high heel, luckily for me not as high as the first pair. I thought these were cute and they look brand new, they even have the original price tag underneath the second-hand tag!

The shorts were only 2 €, and even though I could squeeze myself into them, they are a REALLY tight fit, so they're more of a target pair at the moment. Pupuhyppy convinced me to join her at the gym on Monday, since I can get a three-day free trial even though I'm already signed up at a different gym. Mine's super cheap but hers provides actual classes, where people don't just show you different moves but make sure you do them correctly as well. 

After the flea market/second hand shop we headed out to sit at a "duck park" and had chocolate cupcakes. The big black rubber duck had been removed from the park though, there was just an empty spot right where it used to sit (apparently since 2010). 

We stayed there for quite a while, until Pupuhyppy realized she needed to head home to get ready if she was to head out to the gym later, and I continued on to go find a wedding present and a card. I found what I was looking for, but the card gave me lots of grief. I don't like the usual über-cheesy wedding cards, where everything is all sunshine and roses, champagne and happiness. Yeah, it _can_ be like that, but that sure as hell isn't how life will treat you every day! I finally resorted to a couple of postcards to choose from, and started thinking about the text I'd write...

While looking for the cards I stumbled upon a new calendar. I hadn't had time yet to go look for one, and past experience has taught me that when a calendar ends in July, you will most likely be able to get a new one mid-August. This applies to the only type of calendar I accept, which has looked pretty much the same for the past five years. I'm very picky about my calendars, which I guess is kinda dumb, since I hardly end up using half of the pages... But no, mine needs to have a full page per day; has to have all holidays, flag days and name days marked down clearly; has to survive being carried in my bag most of the time; and has to have some extra pages for notes. Plus side in this version is the covers, that can be used to hide a little safety money as well store business cards and other important papers. The previous one was sort of a teal/turquoise version, and this year the options were lilac and yellow. They seem to be continuing with the butterfly theme which is fine by me! :)

As I was leaving I spotted a sale on the We Care Icon -makeup products. When I saw the magenta-purple lip glosses I knew I had to get them! They're very pretty, even though purple seems to be an impossible colour for my camera to get even remotely close to the truth. I own a couple more neutral glosses of the same brand and use them every now and then. They're very traditional glosses IMO, since they are quite sticky, very glossy and give a nice hue of colour on your lips. :)

Anywho, I'm at my parents' at the moment, and I really should be going to bed, seeing as it's well past midnight now...thanks to the slow internet I have via mobile connection. (Thanks Obama!)

I'll continue with more stuff next week! ^__^

Lumous encore

Unohdin postata parit kännykkäfotot Lumoukseen liittyen, joten tässäpä vielä encore. :)
A couple more pics related to Lumous, I forgot these from the original. :)

Outfit on Friday, still at work.

I've taken a snapshot of my tickets every year so far, this time I forgot and only snapped this one pic of Friday's ticket while walking towards the entrance.

Food porn: delicious hazelnut-chocolate waffle from Saturday, yum!

~Misantrella

Could hardly wait for the evening!

Lumous 2013

I finally have some energy to write about the highlight of my summer, Lumous Gothic Festival. I couldn't attend all the festivities this year because I couldn't get time off of work, so I made the most of the time I had. I had to skip Thursday Opening club altogether due to sleep deprivation and Friday being a regular working day.

When I got home from work on Friday, I spend an hour or two napping so I'd have the energy to party all night! I was originally supposed to head to Klubi by nine, but ended up being ready around 9:15, when Tinde and TomVi picked me up on their way. The only pictures I have from Friday were taken by other people, and are ...well, not that publishable. ;) Shame, since I don't have a decent picture of my outfit, I was really loving the Lip Service skirt, got to wear it for the first time!

Candid snapshot by Tinde

Chatting with Ravenoaris

Friday ended up being really great, I met two lovely ladies who confessed being readers of my blog, met several familiar faces, had a few drinks, ignored the pouring rain outside the club, danced my butt off during Cryo's gig, talked to a person from a year ago, ignored another from a couple years back, ended up walking home with big blisters on the balls of my feet, had a random stranger try to chat me up on the way home and laughed at a police car driving reeeeaaaaallly slow past me. A good evening with lots of fun! ^__^

Pic courtesy of Goottimies, taken a little before I decided to head home.
I have a pink glitter bat on my hair, I seem to have misplaced it so I couldn't take a better picture

Saturday's plan was to head out to Dark Market at Vapriikki by 12:00. I hitched a ride with TomVi and Tinde again as it began to rain and I was running late. We met up with Pupuhyppy, Sipulimies and Disa, checked out what the sellers had to offer (which wasn't that much this year, IMHO), and waited for one more person who chose not to show up in the end. I bought a pair of spiderweb stockings and a Lumous-key chain for my work badge.

Our traditional Lumous photos for the year, always in the same spot! :P
I'm wearing my awesome Lip Service maxi dress, super comfy! ♥

 

 

Pupuhyppy, pretty as ever ♥

My hair sucks, I still had it up in my sleepy bun -__-

The things I bought from Lumous, not much, but enough. :)

From the market we headed out for some food. We were planning on going to Napoli for some pizza but didn't have the patience to wait for a table so we chose to get some Kotipizza instead. We also drove the guys nuts by wanting to go look at some shoes and clothes, but made it up with waffles. :) Then we parted ways to prepare for another night of partying.

Pupuhyppy came over to my place and we got ready together. I was having a wardrobe malfunction because I knew which skirt I wanted to wear but couldn't get any top to work with it. She was very helpful with the options and it was nice having her company, it's been too long since the two of us hang out together! ♥

I had ordered some hair chalk from ebay, but they didn't arrive in time. I ended up mixing Fudge purple and pink together with some conditioning treatment, and dyed the ends of my hair. I love it!
I tried something new with my hair and gathered it all onto the right side of my head. It looked really nice on this side, but I'm not too sure about the left side...

It may not look like it, but I was quite sloshed around the time of this picture (already, hah!) and it looked like I was groping Pupuhyppy, hence the cropping! (also to hide my ice cream baby)

With Vivian

Someone had left a really important message for some dude - in the ladies bathroom, on every freaking stall wall

I had a lot of fun on Saturday, despite the fact that Deviant UK had to cancel due to perfecly understandable and unfortunate reasons. We got to the club quite late, and spent most of the night on the terrace. I just love all these people and the feel of it all. And yeah, some of these gothy people are really hard to warm up to and tend to stick to their own familiar groups and it sucks, but I love the fact that there are so many clubs and happenings like this in Finland. I feel like I belong.

Disa & Pupuhyppy

Meemu & Pinklady

TomVi & Tinde ♥

Anywho, I had a bit too much to drink, but man, I had so much fun! I slept really late on Sunday morning, so I missed the goth bloggers meet on Gothnic, but managed to drag my ass to the park eventually to meet up with Pupuhyppy and Sipulimies. I stayed for a while before heading home for a shower and a nap, and eventually decided it would be best to skip the End club altogether. I didn't really want to, but I was exhausted (I had been working overtime the past week, 12 days straight at the office had left me half-dead) and had to wake up early for work on Monday morning - with the lovely addition of a dentist's appointment in the morning. I'd like to think that I was missed, at least by one person, but one can never tell.
I'm quite bummed that it's all over now, but seeing how I was immediately back to my old tricks, maybe it's just a good thing... ;)

...aaaand no surprises about the face.

And in other news - Boyfriend and I broke up on Monday. Didn't come up as a surprise to anyone close to me seeing as I'd been unhappy for a while. It was a mutual decision in the end, no drama, no fuss. A bit awkward in the end, but a relief to both of us, I think. :) Onwards to new adventures! ♥

~Misantrella