Me too, had a friend who went, a lot cheaper then what I thought lol

I have a friend who just got stationed in Okinawa, so a bunch of family is going in December I believe. I won't have the money to go with them this time, though.

I feel ya, I have a couple of friends living there that I met from our school exchange program

Heh! We joked about him having to take shipping boxes and extra suitcases with him. My cousin, who is also a friend of his, is an otaku and had a huge list of things for him to get. It's a good thing he's in the military and the US can help get the stuff back here. I just want him to buy out a stationary store for me.

Lmao I'd want the proper stuff for ramen and a shit ton of Japanese only inventions. Plus like half an anime store >.> Not going till I can afford it Have you heard of the Japanese crane app for ipad? You play it and play money it is hooked to real crane games in japan and they give free shipping once a week so if you win the prize it's shipped from japan to you

Blegh!! My allergies are acting up again. My eyes are burning so bad right now!

Aww feel better!

I've been playing in my studio more lately. I got some jewelry made over the holiday and decorated my pocket calendar for this month. I need to work on the book I started a month or two ago. I'm also suddenly in the mood to do Halloween stuff.

I love Halloween My friends into special effects makeup

It's one of my favorite holidays, too! I'm not so much into dressing up, but I love to decorate for it!

it's the thrill of the scare for me, we dress up when we go out to the club but we tend to go overboard and I love it, already bought an actual straight jacket going to try to incorporate it

I went to bed early last night (it was only 30 minutes, but for me that's pretty darned amazing) and I feel so much better today. It's kind of surprising how much better you feel when you get adequate sleep. Unfortunately I rarely get enough sleep.

I want to go out for a walk this weekend and do some gathering. I wish I could get down to the woods, but there's a field of soybeans in the way right now.

Leave a crop circle in the soybean field , I know what you mean I hardly get any sleep

Still haven't found a way down to the woods. Although it was 90 some degrees here over the weekend. Yuck!! Not a good weekend to do fall stuff. It's supposed to cool off this week though, so maybe I can find some time to go gathering.

Have you ever tried needle felting? That's my crafting passion. I'm always looking for other needle felters, or at least try to get people to try it I love making cute things, it's the best therapy ever. I can't not smile when making something adorable!

@Kesstryl -I think needle felted stuff is adorable!! Unfortunately I am highly allergic to wool. So no needle felting for me. I love the colors you can get when dying wool, too. I've never been able to find similar colors in cotton sadly.

I'm back after nearly a year! Wow! Where has the time gone? Anyway, it's good to be back. Hope everyone's doing ok.

Welcome back, luv! Hope your break was amazing!

Don't know that I'd call it amazing or anything, I've just been so busy with rl that I didn't have time for much else. In fact, I think I met myself a couple of times!

Hi luv, good to see you! I've been gone about a year too, it's so good to be back!