2 Days in a Row! Yay!

Japanese fashion is very defined and different.  At this point, I don't even try to dress the same way as everyone else, because I just can't.  I'm planning on acquiring more Japanese clothes over the year, and then hopefully I can fit in/learn, which I very much want to do.  But for now, I just dress the way I usually do and hope it looks "American" and not "bad".   

Occasionally though, things work out.  Successful things include: my pale purple sweater, my shirt with stars, my cabled leggings, and today, the biggest success of all came.  My strawberry hat.  

I just wore it because it was a cold morning and I have a 2 mile [maybe 1.5?  I don't really know] bike ride to school. Riding past the kids who walk to school was the funniest thing ever.  I'd hear them having conversations, and then I'd ride by, and the conversation would stop.  3 seconds later, once I got a little farther away, they would burst until little gasps and say "kawaiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!" which means cute, and is the MOST used word in Japanese high school girl language.  Strawberry hat was definitely a hit.  

Anyway, it was funny and a minor success amid a lot of uncertainty, so it made me happy.  

I feel like of all the things I could be writing about, hats are probably not the most meaningful, but I also feel like Japanese fashion is kind of one of those things that I have to address at one point.