The only thing that I really, really wanted to buy today was anything related to Helena, from Dead or Alive. In fact, I hate Kasumi now, because the only merchandise anyone ever stocks are figures of her. I was very, very lucky to find a book filled with pictures of a professional cosplay, who at some point cosplayed Helena. There are some pictures of her cosplay as Kasumi, too, but I'll just tare those pages out.

I had to opportunity to buy some SKU posters and fanart, but I really had to accept the fact that I don't care enough about Utena, Anthy, Juri, Touga, Saionji, or Miki to buy any of the $25 posters with them on it.

So for my birthday, I'm pooling all my money together to buy either this or this. Does anyone have a preference?

dollface wrote:

So for my birthday, I'm pooling all my money together to buy either this or this. Does anyone have a preference?

Those are both really cute.  I think I like the Gosrori Yukata a bit more, but that's just because I like yukata in general, whether modified or not.

Epi_lepsia wrote:

The first one!

I agree with Epi.

(If you promised to camwhore in it you could probably take up a collection.)

dollface wrote:

The modified yukuta is one of many! All of them extremely cute.

Yeah, there was a black and white one I saw that I thought would be even better, but I think it cost even more.

But it seems I'm in the minority for which I like most (although I did nearly suggest the first one as well.)

I bought... I bought Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney.

Too bad I don't own a DS.

I apparently lost my damn mind today and bought about $50 worth of stuff.

-- Magic Knights Rayearth, Season One box set from Half-Price Books. Tagged as $20, paid $14 after using my 30% off coupon.
-- 8 pack of Duracell batteries from Big Sluts--I mean, Big Lots. I needed them for my headphones, and they were $4. At any other store they'd be over $5. Oh, and I got conditioner for $1.
-- From TJMaxx I got a new bra. It's theLeMystere Carina Renaissance bra. Retails for $62, I paid $10.
--I also got a pair of Mary Jane wedges for $20. Hopefully these won't fall apart after two wearings like the pair of loafer wedges I got from Target.

SexingTouga24/7/365 wrote:

Congrats on the cute stuff...hope that the bra is non-hurty and what color did you get it in?

It's a damn comfy bra, I bought it in Pecan, kind of a medium-beige color. I also own the Dream Tisha model in Chocolate, and I've had it for almost a year without breaking the underwire. When you buy a $62 bra--even if you didn't pay $62 for it-- it better be damn near indestructible.

The thing I like about the LeMystere brand is that they cover up to a G cup in most of their bras, but the larger cups are available at all sizes, down to 32.

We bought a new lawn mower today, the old-fashioned motorless variety.  It's a bit harder to use, but think of all the gas we're saving, plus it's just greener in general.  We also bought a garden hose and a carrier for it.

...I don't do much exciting shopping, do I?

Oh, and last night I ordered Kannazuki no Miko and Battle Athletes (OAV) from Right Stuf.  I was going to get the singles for KnM, but volume 2 sold out over the weekend, so I went with the boxset instead.

On Thursday I got a pair of shoes for prom [Roslyn by Naturalizer in black], two shirts and a pair of jeans from Lane Bryant, and a pair of clip-on earrings and hair swirlies for prom from Claire's.

Yesterday, I bought a pair of brown-and-gold slingback pumps to go with a dress I'm bringing with me to RoseCon.  The colors are an almost uncanny match.  Needless to say, I will be traveling via taxi while wearing said shoes, but I only plan to wear them to the formal dinner on Thursday.

mercurynin wrote:

Yesterday, I bought a pair of brown-and-gold slingback pumps to go with a dress I'm bringing with me to RoseCon.  The colors are an almost uncanny match.  Needless to say, I will be traveling via taxi while wearing said shoes, but I only plan to wear them to the formal dinner on Thursday.

Now I won't be the only one in the 'Taxis only due to pumps on Thursday night' crowd.