My closet still calls to me but I haven’t even thought about cleaning it out more in months. I haven’t been “adding to” (my Mom always says “Don’t add to; take away.” but I just cannot face all the stuff sitting in boxes in the closet and actually organizing it.

I gave up organizing my Re-ment (definitely a case where I “added to”) and still have 7 boxes of tiny little baggies of Re-ment that need to be put into the photo boxes I purchased at Amazon expressly for this purpose. I was so motivated then! Not so motivated now. That’s what being overwhelmed does to you.

Once I get a teeny, tiny break maybe I will indulge myself with some kawaii-ness. Meanwhile I hope your Valentine’s Day was plesant and super kawaii!

Love this totebag for grocery shopping. Now if only I could remember to actually USE it!

Sweet little mini-baguette purse in pink and green. Very PREPPY combination.

Adorable memo pad with hard to find Hello Kitty dressed as a geisha.

Sweet pink Hello Kitty geisha charm. I go crazy for these, I must have about twenty or more.

Hello Kitty chopsticks with towel wrap. Oh if only I had dishes to match!

Best wishes for 2010. I hope you had a terrific holiday season and have a wonderful New Year. I rang in the New Year the same way i have since I was about five years old – watching Dick Clark! Although I don’t know many of the performers these days (tonight it was Jennifer Lopez and Chris Daughtry in Times Square which I was thrilled to see since I actually KNEW them!)but I still enjoy the festivities. It amazes me how fast they clean up Times Square.

I love to see Dick Clark. It must be a great honor for Ryan Seacrest to co-host the show with him. I adore Ryan Seacrest. I think he is a gracious person. Dick Clark still looks great too and I love to see him kiss his wife at midnight as I have for the last 36 years.

Happy New Year to my family and my kitty Lucy!

Keep it kawaii!

Sigh. Re-ment is not what it used to be. I used to really enjoy all the series they came out with, nearly purchasing every series they made. However this year the series have been a bit naff, as the Brits would say. I do like the Hello Kitty stuff, so far there have been three series of minis but that is nothing compared to the 12 or so Disney minis and furniture that Re-ment has released in 2009.

This was my slowest Re-ment year of all time and since Megahouse is no longer making minis I’m a bit down about collecting right now. For certain if I collected Disney stuff (especially Mickey Mouse) I would be thrilled to no end how Re-ment has tackled that merchandising. How they keep coming up with new Disney series is mind-boggling.

This was a stocking stuffer for me, a great set of STILA mini lip glazes. These are so sweet and portable and have yummy flavors too. My faves are the pearly and sparkly colors.

This great beauty kit is from POPBeauty and is much more vibrant than it looks in this photo. This is a treasure trove of festive colors ready made for parties and the winter months. You get five eye shadow/liners, two shades of bronzer, two shades of face powder, a multi-hued shimmer palette and eight lip colors, all in a velvet covered box.  It is called Cabaret Bouquet and was on sale at ULTA.

Another great make-up kit this one is from Pixi Beauty. I mean it has a little twee fairy on the box! All the colors are shimmery and sweet. You can get this right in Target and it was on sale to boot. You can also get it online at pixibeauty.com.

My sister-in-law was kind enough to get me this adorable Bare Minerals Sweet Obsession mineral powder eye kit. The smaller size jars come in a little foil candy cups. Arrragghhh – cute overload! So yummy I want to eat them!

Since I get cold tootsies in the winter (yes, even in Florida, what can I say, I am a big baby!) I looked for a pair of faux fur lined boots online and came up with these which were sent overnight from endless.com and arrived on my doorstep on the 24th. I’ve barely taken them off since. Except to put on these:

These are called Chastity Sweater Slippers and were $18 at Target. They are completely faux fur lined and delicious on cold toesies.

Hope your Christmas was loaded with kawaii goodies and joyful happiness. Remember to hit all the After Christmas sales too!

I’ve been away from the kawaii a bit so I have lots to catch up on. You’ll be seeing me more regular-like from now on.

Happy Kawaii New Year!

My new time-waster is a game I found on Facebook called SuperPoke! Pets. I am not really sure what a super poke is or what it has to do with keeping a little animated pet but they are super kawaii and I was able to adopt a Dragon!

My dragon’s name is Myridion and here is a snapshot of him in his new Spooky Bedroom Habitat.

Isn’t he the cutest?

You can adopt a bunch of different pets from a panda to sheep to little piggie. Then you spend time decorating your “habitat” and caring for your pet in a Tamagotchi-type fashion. You feed your pet, clean it, tickle it and arrange playdates with friends on Facebook who also have pets. I’m pretty sure there isn’t much else to do except spend more and more silver points on cooler stuff for your habitats and do some gardening. At least that’s what I’ve discovered so far. There may be more to it – they have a very active forum but I haven’t checked it out yet.

If you are interested in meeting my little dragon you can do so by clicking here.

This is the set for December, a small cakes series with 12 sets.

For Januaury, a Valentine’s Day series. When I get a larger picture so you can see the detail I will post it!

Also for Re-ment fans I discovered a great new blog on re-ment called Re-ment Fan Club Blog. This has lots of great updates and links. Check it out!

I’ve slowed down a great deal on my Re-Ment collecting for now. I haven’t been so thrilled with the new series I’ve gotten and I have a huge backlog of Re-Ment waiting to be cataloged and put into my special Re-ment collection boxes. I had really done well with this about a year ago but time just got away from me. I need to catch myself up again because I was able to get many of the sets I had wanted to complete a number of the series collections. Now I am just overwhelmed. My Mom calls my Re-ment spot in the office, “The Leaning Tower of Re-ment” which is actually is.

I need to do better organizing. I’ve barely even done a third of the Re-ment I have. I think I need a support group.

Someone send me a hug.

In essence the dark gothic Lolita feel to everything Twilight seems somewhat kawaii to me (there it is again my very broad interpretation of kawaii) so imagine my excitement to find a very classy new cosmetics line debut called Twlight Beauty.

Twilight Beauty has two options – Luna and Volturi. Kind of the light and the dark side if you will. The products are high quality, innovative and unique as well as packaged beautifully.

Take a gander:

These gorgeous palettes contain 2 eyeshadows, 2 lip colors and a blush and are named for the female characters in Twilight (from top to bottom: Rosalie, Bella, Alice and Victoria). These are portable in a classic black imprinted case, reasonably priced ($28) and really do ring true with the characters they are named after. At least in what has been shown in the films thus far that is. The Alice kit is my fave and the most kawaii in my opinion.

The Luna  Moonshadow eyeshadow compact comes in a variety of pairings each with a cream shadow and a glimmery powder. I love double duty cosmetics!

My favorite product that I purchased is the Mortal Glow blushing creme. This is a new product for me in that I have never used a creme blush that has such an unusual texture. It is a creme but also a mousse and dries to a powder finish. Absolutely gorgeous on but takes a little getting used to. Make sure you glaze your fingers over the product and don’t dig into it (oops!) because you’ll get too much product on your fingers. A foundation brush might be a good way to work with this but I love the tactile feel of it.

These two Volturi lipglosses are bolder than they go on. They are perfectly sheer so you will not end up with black lips. The pink shade is raspberry flavored and the black is licorice. They are yummy and non-sticky and give an interesting tint to lips.

This is a tie-in with DuWop’s Lip Venom, they’ve made a Just Bitten shade that looks like drops of blood in a vial. Very cool looking. This is a blood red lipstain, so be careful when applying. Once it sinks in the color stays for quite a while. You need to shake the venom up to get the best color for your lips. It is spicy and gives you a bit of a bee-stung pout but it’s not a painful tingling. And really it is a conversation starter too when you take it out to re-apply!

The Volturi Reign Body Mist comes in four great scents and has a gorgeous shimmer suspended in the gel like spray. I got the Bella scent – a pure, yummy vanilla. It comes in three other scents too: Forbidden Fruit– woodsy fresh and fruity, Wicked – Spicy cinnamon delight and Romance – Fresh flowers.

There are a few other products that I haven’t tried yet that you can discover for yourself on the website. Considering there are two more films to go I believe the line will be around for a while. The products aren’t cheap but they are of superb quality. They are quite different from other cosmetics I have and I love the direction the line is going in. I am excited to see the evolution.