..**..now this is a collaboration!..**..
my two favorite things in the whole world together!
how could you possibly go wrong?!?
i'll tell you how...this stuff is soooo hard to come by..it's sad! ='(
**WARNING**
this is a looong story, get ready!
(my necklace...not being distributed in the US until June.!.)tokidoki and hello kitty together! whoohoo! wait! there is a catch!
There are four separate collections (white, green, black & pink) all to be released in Japan. One collection (the white) is being released in the US! wait..in only FOUR stores (New York, San Francisco, LA and HONOLULU!). okay, so its coming here, i can't wait! I go to the sanrio store...the lady says, "there WAS a waiting list, it is now CLOSED!" mind you, this was two months before the release date..TWO months and already closed?! arrrrgh! So yes, i am upset, actually dumbfounded, i couldn't speak i just stared at the lady with a blank expression..my friend had to talk on my behalf, i just had no words. she says that there are some things that haven't been pre sold so there is still a chance that i can get something, MAYBE. SO...i call EVERYDAY near the release date.."did it come in yet? today? okay, how about today?" even went to the store to make sure they weren't lying to me! the San Francisco and New York stores got their shipments in and sold out of them and the Honolulu store still had no shipment! Almost two weeks late!
FINALLY! it is here! i called at 11, which is when they get their shipments in and wouldn't ya know it, i'm stuck at work! i am not missing this for anything..debate leaving but call granny instead. Persuaded her to go down for me! Guess what?! They weren't gonna sell it until the next day or the day after, i guess they had to check them in, or whatever. So i sent granny for nothing. sorry!
ANYWAY...the next day comes...i seriously debate whether to go to work or not. I don't know if they will start selling them today but WHAT IF. I end up going to work...telling myself that i can leave on my lunch break to go look. Grumpa and granny looooooove me and so they went for me. rewarding me for actually going to work...hehehe! grumpa was in the store when he overheard someone say they were going to start selling things at 11:30...SOON..so he stands in line! He calls granny and says hurry, i'm in line and i don't know what for! Wouldn't ya know that there is a TWO ITEM limit per person! i am at work dying cause i wanna be there..granny says don't bother by the time you get here everything will be gone. they had two of each thing left after the presale..only two to sell to the public?! do you understand the hysteria and why i needed to be there that second they decided to sell it?! They were only able to buy three things that day..due to some system to make things fair (which didn't make sense by the way) but oh wells...they took grumpas name down...and the next week we get a call that the last of the shipment came in! i guess only a partial came in the first time..so i got MORE things!
It was fate the way things worked out...granny n grumpa just went to check and they were there right before it was sold! grumpa got a call to say the other things came in, i was off of work and so i flew to ala moana and picked up the LAST wallet and LAST pouch! Sorry cubby...i had to buy them, they wouldn't have been there by the time you got off of work! =( So with a little bit of luck and sheer determination i got some of the coveted Hello Kitty/ tokidoki collaboration!
these are all the pieces i have so far.. =)
this is a pic of the four collections together..the three on the right are Japan exclusive items!Dez is in Japan...she loves me too...she is looking for me!
these things aren't cheap but they make me sooooooo HAPPY! =)
