Intro To Rui Glamourous!

Happy Valentine's Day a.k.a. Singles' Awareness Day to you all!  I hope it is/was a great one for you, whether you celebrated with a significant other or your friends.  ^  ^  I didn't do much, but I have plans to make it up with my best girls later on!

I came across a great find while reading this post on Kirin's blog, and I thought I'd share it here for any of you ladies out there who might be in this situation.

What situation, you ask?  Why, I mean the life-long struggle to find bras that fit, especially when we're travelling or living away from home and your-go to stores for lingerie needs aren't as easily accessible.  If you're like me, then you know that it can be challenging enough to find bras in sizes outside of the average 34-38 A-DD.  Add in the quest to find cute, flattering cuts and styles, and it gets pretty close to impossible in many cases.  Then try to fill that order overseas, say in Japan, and you might find it tough.  I have yet to find a lingerie store there that would fit my "girls", and those of very well-endowed foreign ladies looking to live, work, and/or study in Japan.

That is, until I found out about Rui Glamourous! 

Rui Glamourous is a Japanese lingerie brand that carries larger sizes.  How much larger are we talking? Their sizing goes up to 90J (Japan sizing) or a 40 H (U.S. sizing).  Even though I know that ceiling still may not cover everyone, it does give a lot more room to fit larger 'girls' for sure!  Rui Glamourous offers plenty of colors, styles, and cuts for even the most frilly tastes, plus the matching underpants for that perfect matching set.  This is some of what Rui has to offer:

The "Premiere" bra. Info can be found here.

The "Bonheur" bra.  Info here.

The "Flora" bra. Info here.

Aren't they all so cute?  And there are plenty more styles available to fit everything from girly to classic to unique tastes, all with matching underwear in low-rise, T-back (thong, I think), and "standard shorts", which look a lot like your basic hiphugger/bikini cut.

However, keep in mind that, judging from browsing the website, some of the larger sizes seem to sell out quickly. But hopefully anyone looking to shop with Rui Glamourous will find at least a few options of getting that piece of cute Japanese lingerie that will finally fit after a long search.

And if you need help determining your bra size in Japanese measurements, use this handy Bra Size Converter tool that has a variety of measurement systems for your convenience.

So if you're a busty lady heading to Japan for long-term, I'd say it looks like Rui Glamourous is definitely worth looking into!  I think everyone deserves cute undies, and Rui Glamourous is one option that makes that possible for all sizes during your stay in Japan.  I'm definitely looking forward to the chance to shop with them in the future~

Also!  If any ladies reading this have had or get a chance to check out the service and selection first-hand, I'd love to hear about it, so I can link back with even more information for anyone who comes looking for it!

Until next time~

December & Early January Photos

Hello and a VERY belated Happy New Year!  I hope everyone has had a lovely January thus far, and that the transition back to work after holidays wasn't too bad.  I was actually SUPER-busy this past month, with work and going around, so I never did find or make time to blog again since my last entry.  >_<  Until now, that is.  ^  ^

Anyway, I have some photos to share from early December until now, and I thought it would be a fun idea to share them to get myself back towards a blogging mindset!  Enjoy~

This is the old drink menu from the restaurant inside my local Gameworks.  I went there with a couple of friends towards the middle of last month, and we were bummed to find that they'd changed the menu, and our favorite ice cream drinks were no longer on the menu. :(  But our server assured us that the bar could make the drinks as long as they had the ingredients, so my friends got their drinks, and then I discovered that the old menu was hiding behind the inserts of the new one.  Good thing I'm so curious. XD  I took the picture so we'd remember exactly what was in the drinks~

My sister's Christmas gift~ She doesn't usually ask for much, if anything, so when she said she'd be thrilled to get this, of course I obliged!  She's done SOOOOO much for me, and I was happy to gift her with something she likes and wouldn't normally get for herself.  ^  ^

Then about a week and a half before Christmas, my bestie AJ's parents dropped by our house to drop off this lovely jar of holiday chocolates and hot chocolate mix for me!  I was so surprised and touched to get this; and being the big lover of sweets that I am, I and my siblings have since made short work of this offering.  XD  The pretty jar is now going to house my spare change.  ^  ^

Giveaway @ Graphic Noise

Hello all!  I know, I know; am I really back so soon???  I am!  But this time, it's to spread the word of a great giveaway that's going on right now!

It's an Alpaca!  And with some love for the hands and sparkle for the lips, how can you resist? :D

Nicola of Graphic Noise has opened her "Christmas Season" giveaway!  You can enter to snag some fabulous Majolica Majorca products and a big, adorable, hug-sized alpaca plush!

Interested?  Enter by clicking here, or on the picture above.  And even if you don't enter, I highly recommend checking out Nicola's blog for some really helpful product and salon reviews, great style inspiration and just general fun posts about life in Japan! 

I have a gets post coming up, as I have picked up quite a few items in the last couple of months and want to share them with you.  Plus, I'll be keeping my "12 By 2012" list updated, so don't forget to do your best with yours! 

And I've been very inspired to really explore style, so perhaps a post about that will be coming up in the future, we'll see.   ^  ^

Until next time~

[EDIT: This giveaway is closed, but I'll be on the look out for more great giveaways to share with you!]

Holiday Wishlist & A New Project

Hello again!  Happy December~  Have you got any Christmas shopping done?  I've been super busy these past few weeks with work, studying/worrying about the JLPT I took on Sunday, and with getting some very important paperwork in the mail that I really haven't found time to blog.

But now that I have the major stuff done, I'm happy to get back to posting!  And what better thing to post about than holiday wishes?  ^  ^  But first, random outfit shot from the end of October:

Navy cardigan from H&M, black skirt from Target, dragon pendant from Black Mineral Market; dark brown mouton boots, black belt, and black top are no brand.  Previously posted wig from eBay on my head.  ^  ^

Now, I've been seeing wishlist posts popping up on my Twitter and Blogger Dashboards, so I thought it would be fun to put one together for myself!  I'm always wanting (or needing) something, and it was a fun challenge to just focus on the things I really want to see under my tree this year.

Anyway, here it is:

Clockwise from bottom left: Patterned tote by Smoothie (YesStyle), Jeffrey Campbell Lita boots in black leather, Riley Tall Slouch boots by Lower East Side (Payless Shoe Source), Black Toggle Jacket (Torrid).

Nice and small, right? :D  Except for the Litas, all of these are reasonably affordable items that would be wonderfully useful and stylish to boot! Hopefully my Santas will be kind this year~

And there's something else I'm up to for the month:

I was inspired by Sara Mari and Mika-chan to do this project, since I thought it was a great and useful idea.  I always have a lot of things I need to do or want to do, so I'm hoping to use this as a way to get on track with some of those things and end this year on a productive note.  ^  ^  My list is as follows:

1) Recycle my old laptop

2) Clean out my Internet Explorer favorites

3) Donate uneeded/unwanted clothes, shoes, and toys to charity

4) Save money!

5) Start and finish "Project Calendar"

6) Finish at least 3 drawings from my Drawing To-Do list

7) Do my makeup Gal-styled more often

8) De-fuzz cardigans

9) Do embroidery for PSP case

10) Make more time to study Japanese regularly

11) Put together a Christmas wishlist collage

12) Get rid of unecessary paperwork/receipts/trash/clutter

I think I'll borrow Mika's idea and stick this in my sidebar, just so I can be reminded of it as much as possible.  And if you like the idea, you can head over to the original post at Hello, Friend, read about how the project was started, and learn how to get started yourself!

Also, please feel free to follow me on my Twitter!  I'm looking into starting a Formspring account next year, but in the mean time, you can leave me a comment with your questions, if you have any.  XD  Hopefully I'll be posting again soon, maybe with a fashion post; we'll see.  But in the meantime, stay warm and cheerful!

Until next time~