furisode and weekend plans

Ok so a while back i got a furisode, a nice long and pretty one... the sleeves are around 110 cm long! So here is a pic of my most expensive kimono! 

well I plan on wearing this baby to Easter so i will practice, get better, and try again! :D

In other news, there are two events this Saturday! The first is something yearly, it is called the hairy man festival. this festival has food, local shop sellers, games and even a few rides. The reason for this festival is mainly due to a legend.

here is the legend,  i got it from: http://www.texastripper.com/round-rock/hairy-man.html

The legend of Round Rock's Hairy Man dates to pioneer days. Various versions of the local legend say a young boy either fell off a wagon as pioneers headed west or was separated from them by flood waters. However it happened, the boy then either lived on his own in the woods or was raised by local animals. Eventually the boy grew into a man and became a hermit and, well, very hairy.

The story says the hairy man frequently tried to chase away strangers and would hide in the trees to scare passers by, sometimes sitting up in the tree canopy which grew over the road, dragging his feet on the top of passing stagecoaches. One day, he supposedly fell in front of a stagecoach and was trampled to death, doomed to haunt the shady road to this day.

Well that is the legend...  and so almost every year we celebrate. there is even a hairy man contest!

The second event  is the Austin Teen book festival. I will leave the house at 9:00 am and head over to a friends house so we can go and have fun! And of course... i will be going in kimono. I think i will go in my bunny yukata (the true last yukata wearing of the year for me) and i hope to have a lot of fun (when else can i wear a kimono?). 

well that's all folks!

I can't seem to stop!

I'm beginning to feel as if i have a bit of a kimono problem... so i have decided that i will only buy two more kimono this year... one of which i just purchased... tee hee? (pic of my new baby at the bottom)

Otherwise i really feel i need to focus on obi... i have already gotten a nice amount of obijime and i now have 7 obiage (3 pink, 1 purple, 1 red, 1 green, 1 yellow) which is a pretty decent amount... but i feel i am very much lacking in obi!

So over the next few months i plan to begin operation obi! i currently have 12 kimono in my hands, 2 more are on the way... but i only have 9 obi... kind of sad right? I mean the respected ratio is supposed to be 2 obi for every 1 kimono... i don't even have a 1 to 1 ratio... and so my goals:

- to buy 5-7 obi

 i need some fun colors too... i have too much in the pink and red department... i also have a good number of cream obi... so i am aiming for 

1 yellow obi

1 green obi

1 purple obi (deeper purple)

1 orange obi

1 fukuro obi

Ok now that my rant is out of the way here are the pics of my new baby! (i wanted 1 more hitoe kimono and so that's what i got! isn't it pretty! it has a very nice dreamy quality... sigh...)

Just had to share

Ok so as i may or may not have mentioned, i plan on attending my senior prom in kimono. Now why bring this up you may ask... well i found my "prom kimono" and i just had to share. 

In truth it kills two birds with one stone. I have wanted a Ko furisode for a while now and unless i am mistaken this is a Ko furisode.

Its synthetic too so as long as i don't spill Coke or some such thing on it I should be fine with a dry cleaning.

well that's it.

School

Ah Summer is over for me now. School has begun once more and as such i won't have nearly as much time to run around in kimono, but soon hopefully it will cool down and i can begin to wear Awase kimono once more. Well untill then guys i'll be seeing you.

IG Prize!

My super awesom kimono prize from IG!

Orange Cherry Komon

well i desided to practice my kitsuke today and try out one of my new obiage. Overall i feel it whent well!

here are the pics!

Obiage

Well i finally got in my 4 new obiage. Overall they are in good condition and only have a few stais or stains where it cannot be seen. The only disapointment i have is that the obiage i thought would be white or cream turned out to be a super light pink... otherwise all was its expected color... the gold fan i got with teh purple obiage is super cute and tiny though! XD

here's the pic of my whole obiage collection.

its not much but i'm still young and can collect more as the years go by. I have less then a month left before high school starts up again... its my last year and man am i getting nervouse! Well thats all for now. Every one thank you for looking at my blog!