Lolita 52 Challenge - My First Meetup

To be honest, for as long as I have known about lolita, and started dressing more regularly, I had been a solo-lolita for most of those years. Of course I had friends into it, or not into it but liked to dress up too, and we hung out and did fun stuff~ But the city I've lived in most my life in Florida didn't have a lolita community until a few years ago, and I was in Hawaii when they started it apparently. So my first lolita meet up was actually in Hawaii, last year.

My Night Fairy Fantasia coord for the occasion~

It was a belated Christmas-themed meet up, and I had already met a lot of the local lolitas through mutual friends, but I got to meet even more of the community for the first time during this meet up. It was held at a tea room in Kailua called A Cup of Tea, which I had been to before with a friend, and it is super cute. Especially the bathroom which they dubbed the "Poodle Room" since all the decor was poodle themed. The meet up was really pleasant, and everyone was so nice to a newcomer like me. Afterwards, I made the effort to attend as many of the monthly meet ups as I could and met even more of the local lolitas at each one. I've made a lot of close friends because of them, and was really happy that the first lolita community I had joined, was such a great one~ After about a year and half in Hawaii though, I moved briefly to Germany. The plan was to live there for a few years, so I had made an effort to join the local community of the city I had moved to, but due to cancelled meets, and a change in mod for their group page, I wasn't added until about three weeks before I had to leave (no luck in finding a job, and my tourist Visa was running out). Luckily, I was able to meet at least two of the local lolitas who were both very nice and put up with my lack of German skills. Oh, I also happened to run into the Frankfurt lolitas while visiting Hanau for the Cinderella performance~ Everyone was so nice!

Frankfurt Lolita Group "Candy Days" at Hanau and myself~

After leaving Germany, I went back to my hometown in Florida once again. Thanks to a lolita I had met in Hawaii, I was now aware of the lolita community that had formed while I was off on my travels~ A week after I had returned, there was a meet up at a local con tea party, so of course I bought my ticket. I met a lot of new lolitas and made some new friends here too.

First Meet Up with my Hometown Community~

However, if it wasn't for my great experiences with the Hawaii lolita community, I might have continued to be a solo-lolita for the rest of my life, so I'm extremely grateful to them! And I miss them all > w<

Last major meetup with the Hawaii Lolis (and Misako XD) before I left the island~ I miss you guys!