wednesday_10_00 | Non-Shopping Bonanza 2005

Pop quiz: Of

spacealien_vamp and myself, who lives ONE HOUR away from Tokyo and can buy this stuff anytime?

The pile of stuff:

The pile of stuff, more spread out (technically some of the Ghibli stuff is for my brother, but it looks more fun all together):

Cutest pencil board EVER:

And, because I know Some People will wonder what manga are in the giant piles:

(The observant among you may notice that Kirepapa 2 is there twice...that's because after I bought the first copy I discovered there was a special first pressing edition with a drama CD, which stars Midorikawa Hikaru and Sakurai Takahiro. Also, I'm too lazy to retake the picture, but I forgot to put Steady Study in the pile because I'm in the middle of reading it.)

I don't even want to THINK about how much money I spent. And just a few weeks before Christmas?? Ugggh. I really need to learn self-control when it comes to shopping. I place all blame on

mangaroo, since she said she's not really happy unless I'm shopping. I made myself feel less guilty about buying so much by shoving as much manga and doujinshi as I could into her shopping basket.

Anyway, I think we all had a good time. (I know I did, anyway.) Aside from shopping, we also ate lots (Indian food, Italian food, potato feast), went to ~~(and slashed random things at)~~ the zoo, Chiba Port Tower (lit up just like the JDG building!), Disneyland, and the Ghibli Museum. I may or may not have shirked some work responsibilities to do some of this. *cough* (I'm afraid everything but the shopping is nothing but a blur now. But hurray for

spacealien_vamp who actually wrote up a proper report of our weekend.) I muchly look forward to next May when

mangaroo,

sara_tanquil, and

wrenwyn will all come and visit. (Because it's never too early to plan: Are we going to go to Disneyland? Or DisneySea? ~~Or both?~~)

Special bonus: ~~Cripple~~ Gingerbread Man Love!

Anyway, back to my life (or lack thereof) as normal now. For two weeks. >.>