Hi lovelies! How’s everyone doing?
I’ve been moderately busy this week (mostly working on school work for next year). Camp is tomorrow! I am sosososo excited, this is basically my first sleepaway camp! I’ll be bringing my laptop and a camera, (not my Canon camera though), so I’ll be blogging and will fill you all in more when I get there!!
I thought I’d do a post on what I bring around in my pencil case. I’ve received requests for posts on what’s in my bag, makeup pouch, etc. but I wanted to share my pencil case first, because there’s one super special thing in it I wanted to share with everyone!
So as you can see, I have a kawaii ass pencil case that’s ©SAN-X (same brand that rilakkuma is from!) I think I bought this in Japan, if not, it might be from a japanese stationary store. It’s somewhere around $20. Inside, I have mostly Japanese brand pens because they’re my favorite to use and look at. ^^
Some of my favorite japanese pens are Uniball Style Fit, and Hi-Tec-C Coleto. These are the multi-barrel pens that you can customize with your desired ink colors. If you look closely at the picture, the light pink pen with the white polka dots and the white pen with the multicolor mickey mouse ears are the Uniball Style Fits. The Hi-Tec-C Coleto is the pink one at the very bottom of the heap.
I also keep a marker and highlighter in my pencil case. Under the Rilakkuma black and red pen are my two pencils. I also carry a ruler, whiteout tape, eraser, and an EOS lip balm.
Most of my pens are from Japan. I tend to stash up on stationary when I visit. You can also get these exact same pens at Japanese stationary stores such as Kinokuniya and Maido. It’s a bit pricier at these stores though, so if any of your friends go to Japan, I would recommend asking them to bring some back for you. A site that I’ve bought pens and refills from that I really like is http://www.jetpens.com/
Here is the inside of my pencil case. As you can see, it is really really PINK. Pink is my favorite color, so my pencil case always manages to make school a bit more bearable for me.
There’s something really special that I carry around in my pencil case that I wanted to share with everyone! If you look at the second picture, there’s a small black charm with a pink string and bell. My dad and his friend bought me this charm last summer when we visited Tokyo. This charm is from the Toshogu shrine, and is supposed to be good luck for school. Toshogu shrine itself carries a lot of meaning to me because the first time I went to Japan with my classmates and hosts, we visited the Toshogu shrine, and everytime I go to Japan, I like to revisit it and give a few prayers. Anyway, this charm has been really lucky for me and once high school is over, my dad and I are flying back to Japan to return this charm. (When you request a charm from that shrine, after it’s done it’s job, you have to hang it back in this certain area.) Having this charm with me at school and during the year really gives me a reminder to always try my hardest at school and feel like I’m being encouraged.
That’s my pencil case! It does get messy, but I clean it out as it does. Hope you guys liked this post.
-A
