Fall for a Prince ♚: My Anime Matsuri Weekend! [Long/Pic Heavy Post Ahead!]

I'm really terrible with making blog posts, but I have to make one to sum up this weekend!

The group of us drove down to Houston last Thursday and I'm really glad we did! That way we were able to get settled in, get badges and get some good sleep before activities started the following day.

But that evening I met my BOKUTACHI brother and the other half of my otp, Kyo! Ah, he's such a cool dude and in person he was 1000 times cooler! It was Aften [one of my roommates and fellow ouji] and I's job to dress Kyo up for the Tea Party on Saturday as well and we worried because since I've barely been in ouji for 3 months I didn't have much to spare from my wardrobe, and since Aften is smaller her stuff fit Kyo a little snug! But we figured we'd sort it out on Saturday.

Friday morning while Aften and I were getting ready Kyo came over to our room and helped out with getting ready and kind of hurried us along because we're both slow bros in the morning. We all headed to the Dealer's Room and when we finally got in [an hour late but no big deal!] I went straight for the Baby the Stars Shine Bright booth! There were so many amazing dresses but I didn't really look at them because I had my eyes on the ouji rack! Friday there wasn't much there, just a few vests and a pair of pants or two, but I was lucky enough to snatch up the men's Alice and the Pirate's Azure vest!

After we left the Dealer's Room [where I also bought AKIRA and Midori's Siesta photobook] Aften and I went back to the room and changed before heading out to go get in line to wait for the JFashion Show. The show was spectacular [though 2hrs late] and the story that was portrayed was amazing! Reika and AKIRA both look amazing dressed up as regal princes, and Midori and Misako were as beautiful as ever. The models in the show all looked so well made up and I really wish I could have been a part of it all, but it was still a lot of fun just getting to see the finished product.

Since the show was so late we were worried we wouldn't find the Siesta book signing in time because we had to run back to the room first, but when we finally found it we were some of the last ones to go in. Because of this Aften and I were able to get selfie style pics with AKIRA and Midori!

Went to bed super late and had to be up early on Saturday to get ready for the BtSSB Tea Party! Kyo was over again that morning to help out and we dressed him up all fancy!

The Tea Party was definitely a big highlight of the weekend! I got to see so many of the lolitas I already knew dressed to perfection and there were so many fancy oujis there too! To be honest, I felt very under dressed!

The designers were all there, as well as Misako, Midori and AKIRA, however, REIKA was late! Turns out she had been out playing DDR, and when she arrived she was still decked out in her Levi cosplay! We had Survey Corp royalty in attendance!

At my table at the party I knew everyone except for a few girls, and when one girl sat down we both had a 'I know you from somewhere!' moment... turns out we went to kindergarten together! And then the same school every year after that but we never kept in contact. It was weird how fate decided to reintroduce us like that.

The rest of the party was a lot of fun too, and in the end AKIRA called over all of the oujis for a group picture! I thought that was so exciting since out of the 110 people attending the party [if I remember correctly!] only 15 of us were oujis! Afterwards I caught AKIRA and got another picture with her before she was gone for the rest of the day.

We hit the Dealer's Room again [where I bought a Mint Neko shirt from the h.Naoto booth] and then we all went back to the room to undress, unwind and relax for a while before the Nightmare concert! Well except for me! I went with a friend to go wander around the Dealer's Room for a while again and I ended up buying an AaTP black Romeo blouse! I never thought I'd buy that much over the weekend [especially since it was all pretty pricey ^_^;] While we were down there I literally bumped into a new friend I had made thanks to Kyo, and after we talked for a little while I made my way over to a friend's booth. We were talking and suddenly there was another person beside me! It was a friend I had met online, Edkinko! We talked for a little while, exchanged numbers, and then I left so we could go wake up Aften and get ready for the concert!

It's was all pretty much a long 12 hour blur after that! The Nightmare concert was really awesome! I even got Sakito's pick! And then I came back for the rave that TeddyLoid was DJing! During the rave some girl was cowd surfing and I saw she was going to fall and I literally caught her princess style. Coolest thing I did all weekend.

After the rave Kyo and I waited in line to get TeddyLoid's autograph and that pretty much ended my night. Though the next morning while waiting to check out I caught him in the lobby and got a selfie with him!

Sunday morning I just about rolled out of bed, threw on some clothes, covered up my dark circles and went to go get another AKIRA autograph and another picture. I wish I would have looked better but I was exhausted! And I also got a picture with the lovely Misako Aoki, I even ended up kissing her hand >w< And after that it was time to pack everything up and head to the bus station!

I know this is super long [this isn't even ALL that happened] but I felt I needed to get all of this out because it was such a fun and exciting weekend. I know a lot of people are complaining about the lack of organization and such within the con, but for a person who rarely attends cons, like myself, it was still a lot of fun! I can only hope I have as much fun next year if I go~ Especially if I get to meet as many new amazing people and see the old ones again!