Ich bin blau

To start off the new semester the Finnish history organization at Helsinki University organized a party with the theme "blue" last Thursday. If dressed accordingly to the theme there was no entrance fee, so of course me and Tiia had to go all the way with it. Here are some picture. ♥

We have matching shoes from Monki!

Smurf!

Despite what the pictures show there were lots of people there. I took most pictures before it started getting more lively. It was a really fun night, sadly we had to leave quite early due to lectures the next morning.

A late christmas present

Got these in the mail last week! They're from my very dear friend Megan in Australia and I couldn't be happier. They're absolutely perfect, and better yet; They fit me perfectly! Loveat first sight is all I can say. Can't wait to get to wear them! ♥

Porvoo Borgå

Welcome to Porvoo/Borgå, my hometown. It's a small town a little to the east from Helsinki and it got official town's rights in 1346. This makes it the second oldest town in Finland. However, people have lived at this location for much longer than that.

Porvoo (Borgå in Swedish) has an old town that can't be compared to many things. It burned the last time inthe 18th century, which makes the tree houses among the oldest in Finland. The last time it burned the people had to hurry with rebuilding it, because the Swedish king was going to visit. The result is wonky houses, and since the king loved colours the houses were painted in different bright and pastel colours.






The church in Porvoo is also quite the attraction. Despite being built 1200-1400 it is also the location of the Diet of Porvoo in 1809, when Finland became a part of Russia (the Grand Duchy of Finland), leaving the long history as Sweden behind.
Me and Christel left some marks behind at the drawing table for children at the back of the church.

And last but not least, me and Christel outside of the Church gates.

Christel in Finland

My friend Christel in Stockholm came to visit me for a few days at the end of last week. We last saw each other when I visited Stockholm a little over a month ago. It's always just as fun to see her and I can't wait for the next time!
This picture was taken on the bus to Porvoo from Helsinki. We were going touristing over there. I'll show you some pictures in my next post!

Back to school

Spent last Wednesday with great friends from my old school and I had to dress up a little for the occassion. I've posted this same outfit earlier but I like it a lot, and this is a much better picture. Sadly I ended up with quite the showing petti, but oh well.

The JSK is from Bodyline and the cardigan is from H&M.

My dear friend Tiia and me.

We visited the school and had lots of fun there. Then we spent the whole afternoon in my apartment, eating mudcake and singing singstar. We were almost ten people in my tiny apartment. After that we headed to the schools sauna where we spent rest of the night partying. Such a nostalgic day!

Sukiyaki

Today I saw my good exhange friend Mirka again for the first time in way too long. We usually cook something Japanese when we see each other and talk about nostalgic memories from our time in Kansai in 2007. Because of new year's having just passed we thought a nabe would be the thing.

My 2010

The year is coming to its end again. It's almost unbelievable how fast the years go by nowadays. It feels like it was only a little whike ago I celebrated new years with my friends. Now it's gonna be 2011 in a few days. There is so much I'm looking forward to with next year, I'm sure it will be a good year!

Now I'm going to take you on a little trip through my 2010.

January

I saw my friend Kertu for the first time in Estonia.

February

I cosplayed Finland for the first time.

March

I went on a trip to Thailand with my family.

April
I visited Christel and Hedvig in Sweden.

May

I went to London and had the time of my life.

June

I celebrated midsummer with Betsi and Nenne.

July

I went to Japan again with the bestest of friends.

August

I spent time with likeminded friends.

September
I attended Animatsuri in Estonia.
This month also brought other surprises. ♥

October

I saw Lady Gaga live from the first row.

November

I had a wonderful weekend with Sofia and Adam Lambert.

December

I saw Christel in Stockholm.

So many more great things happened, and I wish I could've posted the all. But I decided to stick to one picture per month, and in the months with many alternatives the prettiest picture won.

Merry Christmas!

In the Nordic countries it's Christmas Eve that's celebrated, so today is the day for me! Merry Christmas everyone!

Sandra + Emmi

My friend Emmi (who's blog can be read here) stayed over for a few nights. I hadn't seen her for such a long while and it was so much fun! Me and Emmi have a lot of things in common, even outside of lolita and it feels nice to talk about all that together.

On Tuesday we went walking around downtown with my camera. It's funny how sometimes you get no comments when you wear lolita, and sometimes there's lots of them. Yesterday was defintely one of those days. Some santa-dressed woman even wanted us to participate in a parade. :'D

First some pictures from outside in the snow! There's so much snow already, and we're getting more and more all the time. the whole country will probably be a big snowpile before spring comes.


And then a couple of pictures of Emmi. She's so cute!



Then we moved our frilly butts into Kamppi shopping center and found somewhere to take pictures.

And then one of Emmi again!

Christmas is in two days! I'm not all that excited yet, but I'm sure it will reach me soon! I still have to work all day tomorrow, and that surely pulls down on my excitement a lot. But Merry Christmas everyone! :)