Rila RIla

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Rilakkuma Macaroon

My brother-in-law's girlfriend made rilakkuma macaroons for me because they know I love rilakkuma. They are too thoughtful ^_^ The macaroons are so tasty! The outside is crunchy and the inside is chewy. It was chocolate flavored and very sweet. I don't think I should've ate so many but I could not resist because I love chocolate and rilakkuma. Double the appeal! Yummy~


Sunday, February 10, 2013

Rilakkuma "Red" Envelopes for Chinese New Year

Traditionally, parents are suppose to give red envelopes with money inside to their kids for CNY. The amount inside is not important, it's the thought that counts. So I was preparing these red envelopes for my daughter last night. Even though they were not red, I used them anyway because they were rilakkuma!! They come with really cute stickers to seal the envelopes with.


Saturday, February 9, 2013

Happy CNY - Kiiroitori

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year! Last of the year of the snake series, but certainly not least, is the chubby and adorable kiiroitori! This time, tori is sporting a full light green snake suit. He is stuck in a brown and gold colored pot with the year 2013 stitched on in white. I think the pot and tori are separable if you cut tori out, but I wouldn't do that. He is so cute as a chubby snake. Also tori is holding a brown coin/medallion with a 10 on it. Not really sure what it means, but it could be because 2013 is the 10th year anniversary of rilakkuma!! There is actually a smaller snake hiding here next to tori... He is really small but still really cute! I don't think he's a polka dot snake though like the other two plushes, he is just a gold snake.

And there's the family picture ^_^ Happy Chinese New Year!!


Friday, February 8, 2013

Happy CNY - Korilakkuma

Countdown to CNY! Just 2 more days! Let's continue the celebration with more korilakkuma~

Similar to the rilakkuma design, kori is sporting the light green headpiece with the snake face on it. She is also holding a money pouch. The difference is that her pouch is pink (so girly!) and has the word "money" stitched in pink. The golden snake is placed in a different and stylish spot as a scarf!! I am sure the snake is keeping kori very warm... The snake has pink polka dots instead of yellow.

I like the pinkness in kori's design. Her tags are pink, her polka dots are pink, her money pouch is pink... Just the right amount of pink surrounding kori. O yeah, and her ears are pink too. I am pretty sure she is a girl!

Lastly, the paper tags and their little legs in the end picture. The paper
tags feature kori and rila playing with flutes and snakes in a pot? Well, they are just having fun! By the way, where's tori in the tag? He's missing :(

Don't worry, you will see him in the next post ^__^


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Happy Chinese New Year - Rilakkuma

Chinese New Year is just around the corner so the year of the snake will officially begin on Feb 10th! To celebrate, let's take a closer look at the year of the snake rilakkuma plush. ^__^

This rilakkuma is wearing a light green head piece that has the face of a snake with his tongue sticking out. There is also a gold snake with yellow polka dots hanging on his head, also with his tongue sticking out. It's like they are twins! Rilakkuma is holding a money pouch with both hands. The word "money" is stitched onto the pouch in white. The pouch is not openable but would be nice if it was a real pouch so I can store new year money in there!

The back of rilakkuma is also very detailed. The back of his head piece has the year 2013 stitched in gold. His signature zipper is stitched on instead of a real zipper. Finally the front of the gold tag has the Chinese character for counting the year of the snake in red. And the back has rilakkuma's face on there. By the way, korilakkuma's tag is in pink instead of red.

Next up: Year of the Snake Korilakkuma ^_^


Saturday, February 2, 2013

Bath Bomb Time

I love taking bubble baths and I have been loving these rilakkuma bath bombs! They are really fun. So you drop it into your bath and it will sink to the bottom. While you relax in the tub, the bath bomb will completely dissolve, and the little figure inside will float to the surface of the water and surprise you! In each series, there are six different figures featuring rilakkuma, korilakkuma, and of course kiiroitori. Usually there is only one kiiroitori in the series so I feel like it's the rare one and thus happier when I get a kiiroitori.

So this week, I used up 4 of these bath bomb and very satisfied with the figures I got, pictures below! ^_^

The chocolate and coffee themed one is strawberry scent. I got the one with rilakkuma holding onto a piece of chocolate. That is exactly the one I wanted ^_____^ it's really special, except when it floats, it's upside down because the bottom is heavier than the top.

The honey one is honey scent. I used two of these and got the korilakkuma with a honey bottle and kiiroitori as a bee. I was glad to get these two because previously I had pretty bad luck and got doubles of the korilakkuma holding the honey stick lol

And the Paris bonjour one is grapefruit scent. I got the one with rilakkuma in a stripped shirt and beret. It's one my favorite rilakkuma looks, so I was happy to get this one.

All the bath bombs smelled really nice after you drop it into the water.