My Last Order of '08

So I promised myself that I wouldn't buy anymore expensive cds from Japan but, as usual, I have a hard time keeping my word XD - This order actually arrived last week but I forgot to post about it but better late than never, eh?

I bought Morning Musume's COVER YOU, C-ute's FOREVER LOVE (reg edition) and Wakeshima Kanon's Suna no Oshiro (Limited).

Morning Musume's album came in a slipcase (the actual cover is much nicer than the brown one imo) - but I'm perplexed as to the so called 3-sided-spine thing that it was meant to have; I guess that idea was scrapped. The booklet is really nice, but I'm sure everyone has seen it all before. One thing that I really loved was the CD. It looks really pretty, don't ya think? It's very shiny and cool, I love the artwork on it. The cd itself is great and I waited until I got the album to give it a full listen - it was worth the wait! :D

C-ute's FOREVER LOVE was sort of an impulse buy. I don't usually buy C-ute singles (this is my first one) as I tend to stick to albums. I did really like the track but, and I thought what the heck. The packing is a regular cd single, nothing too special. The artwork seemed to be castle inspired, which I found odd - I really don't know where that connection comes from lol. Secret agents ... castles .... rightio. It's nice either way.

Finally, I bought the Limited edition of Wakeshima Kanon's latest single so it came with some yummy extras: A vampire knight sticker (top left) which was attached to the obi as the back cover of the single; A sticker of Kanon's artwork (top right) - she's such a talented little artist and it's great! - The cd also gives you access to an live performance which you can view at Kanon's website online. All in all a great purchase ^_^ I adore Kanon-chan!

So this is obviously my last purchase of 2008 ... and I'm thinking back now what I ended up buying. I didn't go TOTALLY crazy but I bought a little bit: C-ute's 3rd Love Escalation, Canaria Club's Nishiki Kazare, MM's Resonant Blue, Hamasaki Ayumi's ALL SINGLES COMPLETE, Sound Horizon's Moira, MM's Pepper Keibu, Wonder Girl's Nobody, Koda Kumi's TABOO, DBSK's Vol4 - Mirotic, C-ute's FOREVER LOVE, MM's COVER YOU & Wakeshima Kanon's Suna no Oshiro - I think that's all. I'd be inclined to suggest I'll buy more next year but with the current conversion rate, it prob won't be the case :(