What I wore today 3/4/14

Hat: Forever 21

Sweater: Forever 21

Skirt: Cotton On

Tights: Claire's

Shoes: Taobao

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Outfits from February to July!

My first Taobao review!

Bringing my blog back to life?

I've been browsing Taobao for a long, long, LONG time. I don't even remember when I first found out about it but I've been on the fence for a while. There was something about a shopping service that made me nervous! There were so many to choose from, so many different reviews... I decided to go with TaobaoTrends!

A little information as to what Taobao is; think of it as a Chinese Ebay or Amazon! There's no bidding, but it's a bunch of stores with many different items! Electronics, clothes, shoes, cosplay goods, you name it!
Now Taobao only ships to China. This is where the shopping service comes in. Let's say you have a few items picked out, great! Now you have to send the link and info to your SS, they'll check with the shop to make sure said item is in stock and then order it! You pay for your items and the domestic shipping to the SS. You wait for the item(s) to get to your SS, then they weigh all your items and send you an invoice for shipping. After that, you wait some more and then your items arrive!

Read on for pictures and reviews of what I ordered!! :)

Milkbbi + new shoes!

A few posts back I had mentioned buying some Milkbbi items, they finally arrived in the mail along with some shoes I bought off of ebay!

I'm so in love with the art book! Justin Wallis' art is so colorful and inspiring... He has his own "style" with influences from Japanese culture and also '90s video games. The book came with a little cactus bookmark and a thank you card! I also ordered some buttons from him, the bigger the better! I like the eyeball one the most!
I wanted to pre-order the shirt but I'm not sure if I would wear it and it would kind of set me back... here's to hoping for more!

I bought some new platform shoes off of ebay. I'm pretty addicted to ebay, I can't resist a good deal... I got these for only $20!! At first I didn't enjoy the shoe laces but they add a lil' bit of a "tokyo bopper" look to the shoes... I still want to get some new ones though.
The shoes are pretty plastic, they squeak when I walk. They didn't ship in a box to reduce the shipping price, there were a few dents in the shoes but nothing too extreme. The heel height is almost 2.5" and for some reason I find these a little bit more difficult to walk in compared to my rocking horse shoes?

On one of the shoes you can clearly see what I'm guessing was hot glue? You can also see where the shoe and platform are wanted to come undone.

I haven't worn the shoes out yet because of the fact that they squeak and I don't have laces that I like but I guess we'll see what happens!