My Ongoing Struggle to Find Balance in Social Media and Consuming Content on the Internet

How do you find a balance between being able to post and consume stuff online especially without feeling the FOMO and then overspending? I feel like I continually struggle with this. The consumer culture of the United States is ever present. Compounding that with loving a niche fashion that is mostly about having and wearing clothes where much of the interaction between people who share the hobby happens on social media through pictures and heavily dependent on the algorithm to show you new things. It's getting better now that there are vaccines and meets are happening in person again but the feeling still remains that you somehow need a new outfit for every event or even every new picture you post online. 

I’m nowhere near an expert on these things and am not popular by any means but I have definitely felt the pressure of needing to buy more things to be more interesting online. Things like buying a whole new dress for a themed event, or just being attracted to the rush of excitement something new and shiny brought to me…even though it really wasn’t a good fit for my wardrobe; these have definitely been things I've done in the past and am trying to get better about! 

 

August Outfits

August is my birthday month! I also traveled back to Illinois for the first time since 2019 to visit my parents in their new place! Even though there was a bit of traveling I still got in some outfit wearing 💖

RinRin Birthday Tea by Harajuku Hearts

Harajuku Hearts announced that they would be having a birthday tea for RinRin at the end of July! I snatched a ticket since I felt like I hadn't been to a brand event or the Rotunda in forever! 

July Outfits

I had a busy month of outfits for July! I feel like I'm making a ton of progress with wearing everything in my wardrobe 💖

10 Items 7 Outfits

I love this challenge! It was originally in Kera Magazine and was posted to LiveJournal back in 2011 and I still like to do it from time to time. I thought it was a fitting theme post for this blog too as it's focused on using your items in different ways to get the maximum amount of wear out of them by switching things up! 

I like to pick things that can kind of go together especially with the blouses and outwear. You can see my last one on my Instagram Here which I accidentally did 9 items 9 outfits lol. I try to also pick at least different main pieces every time. I also did 10 items 9 outfits for this one- at least I got the number of items right this time!! 

1. Circus Print Ribbon JSK
2. Dolly Cat JSK
3. Candy-chan on a walk skirt
4. BtSSB Standing Collar Chiffon Blouse
5. Angelic Pretty Cotton Candy Shop Set Blouse
6. BtSSB Alice and Bambi Blouse
7. AP Dot Ribbon Through Cardigan
8. AP Pink Cardigan
9. BtSSB Antique ribbon Shoes 
10. BtSSB Little Angel Pumps

Outfit 1

Skirt: Candy-chan on a walk skirt

Blouse, Cardigan, Socks: Angelic Pretty

Beret: The Black Ribbon

Shoes: BtSSB

Outfit 2

Skirt: Candy-chan on a walk skirt

Hairbow, Cardigan, Socks: Angelic Pretty

Blouse, Shoes: BtSSB

Outfit 3

Skirt: Candy-chan on a walk skirt

Hairbow, Blouse, Cardigan, Socks: Angelic Pretty

Shoes: BtSSB

Outfit 4

JSK: Circus Print Ribbon JSK

Beret, Blouse, Socks, Shoes: BtSSB

Outfit 5

JSK: Circus Print Ribbon JSK

Blouse, Hairbows, Wristcuffs: Angelic Pretty

Socks: Alice and the Pirates

Shoes: BtSSB

Outfit 6

JSK: Circus Print Ribbon JSK

Blouse, Socks, Shoes, Headbow: BtSSB

Necklace: BB&B

Outfit 7

JSK: Dolly Cat JSK

Blouse, Shoes: BtSSB

Cardigan, Beret, Socks: Angelic Pretty

Outfit 8

JSK: Dolly Cat JSK

Blouse, Shoes: BtSSB

Headbow, Socks: Angelic Pretty

Outfit 9

JSK: Dolly Cat JSK

Blouse, Headbow, Socks, Bracelet: Angelic Pretty

Shoes: BtSSB

Thanks for checking out my 10 items 7 outfits challenge! Have you done a challenge like this? Maybe you'd like to try it in the future? Let me know in the comments!

6 Month Wishlist Check-in

How am I doing with this wear everything challenge? How am I feeling about it? How well have I done sticking to my wish list? 

June Outfits

This month was a lot of stuff! I didn't actually do too well with the wearing my items but I didn't do badly either! I went to Paradiso and two weeks later there was an online convention FujoCon which I attended entirely in my PJs from my couch and suddenly June was over! I had planned on doing a 10 items 7 outfits challenge this month but that's definitely going to be pushed back to next month 😅