/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>tfw no lifts to next three meetups so gotta spend ages on public transport
>meetup 1: walk to bus stop, bus ride into town centre, another walk to train station, half-hour train ride, walk to tram stop, half-hour tram ride with changes, 20-minute walk to meetup location, entirely alone, in OTT gothic, during a weekday evening rush hour
>meetup 2: staying at someone else's house, walk to suburban bus stop and hour-long bus ride alone early Sunday morning in full lolita, then walk over to train station to meet comm
>meetup 3: lift to train station, then 2 hours of train journeys with changes alone, meeting comm on other end
>it's the middle of summer so I can't cover my outfit with a coat or anything, and I'm wearing OTT gothic to one so it's going to be very goths in hot weather
>only just found out that I wouldn't be getting a lift to the first meetup, it's a themed meetup I'd already planned my outfit for with goddamn platform heels despite all the walking
>to get new shoes that will be more comfortable but still fit the coordinate would cost $70

And the fourth meetup I at least get a lift and then only a short train ride, but
>return from holidays 2am the night before the meet
>got to be at the train station by 7:30 the next morning
>don't even really want to go but the con is my only opportunity to see a friend that lives far away
>alone until I get to the city because friend's from same town got early bird tickets and I didn't
>same eternal convention dilemma of not wanting to look like I only own Bodyline, but being super paranoid about all the damage that could occur to my brand at a crowded con