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Welcome to a slightly late edition of Last Week's Taobao Delights! Let's get straight into the goods! --- 14/08/2019 Sweetwood - Secret Garden in Midsummer  Initial reaction - I want to hang out with them! This was the first to catch my eye and comes in three beautiful and subtle colourways - I love them all! I also love the photography (Taobao brands really knock it out of the park in this aspect!) and composition, it's all so aesthetic! And look how stunning the details are! Love, love, love! --- Xin Yue Ling Long - Gear Rose Initial reaction - Ooo I like the photos! Steampunk? Steampunk. It took me a while to decide if this was steampunk or not. The print does have gears and cogs amongst roses so you could definitely do low-key steampunk things with this dress and if kept subtle, I think it could be really aesthetically pleasing in both colourways!  What I like the most here is the photography, composition and colou

Welcome to my second afternoon tea from last week, this time for a beary cute meet!   So the venue for today's meet is Stonegate's Original Teddy Bear Shop! I have passed this shop many a time for absolutely years and somehow never realised that they did afternoon tea (maybe because it's usually mega touristy down the Shambles, I never noticed the board?) so I was V excited to try it! This is also Arthur's (thank you for the name suggestion Natalie, I think it suits him!) first outing since I got him at Ocean Park HK last November! I think he enjoyed the cute decor in the tearoom as much as we did! Natalie made us all goodie bags - how pawsitively cute! Look at the cute bear goodies! I love how on theme these goodie bags are, Natalie's put so much thought into them!  We later played a game where we had to describe the bear (the little picture) for everyone else to guess. I did not know who my bear was but we matched in our nautical looks!