Last meeting appearance?

Hello everyone,

So life has been pretty ectic lately. I am overwhelmed with work and arriving home rather late. This means that i've been tired and a bit absent of anything online related (unless that means 5 seconds here and there and sending emails and research, doing a lot of that lately). I am also finally starting to feel rather beat up from being in my 37th week. That's all for sumarizing what's going on over here.

Anyway the only lolita-related things I can add to this post are the following.
On the 1st of September we had a small gathering. It was scheduled for an animation related event but it was in the fabulous Hard Club. The café / restaurant is located in the top floor and from there we have a view of the rest of the place. Seeing as me and some other people didn't want to pay 5 euros to basically get into a space where you had a tiny corridor with only animation related merchandise for sale, a small area for workshops etc and an auditorium where cosplay competitions and whatnot were being held we just stayed there for the entire time. During that time the girls who are more into that sort of thing could just hang at the event back and forth as they wanted. It ended up being a really nice afternoon and I must recommend that you go to the café/restaurant for snacks, to hang out with friends or even have a meal. It's a good place for that and the staff is very friendly.
I took my blythe dolls with me and some (well most) of their wardrobe so me, Vânia, my brother (yes!) and Annie spent some time discussing my doll hobby and getting them into thousands of new outfits. It was ridiculous, childish and very girly and fun i must say.
It was very hot there so we all had cold beverages and just chatted a lot about this and that.
As I am not very organized unless we're talking work and some other things, I forgot my camera so we only took photos when my husband decided to stop by and join us. That means i only got photos in a very dark area and without much sunlight. It feels nice to wear lolita while i'm in the end of my pregnancy but i always want to ditch the heels and go for comfort.

Inside the Hard Club café/restaurant. Don't you just love the atmosphere?

My outfit was mainly Moitié, except for the jewelry, the headdress which is meta and the shoes which were my second ever pair of loliable shoes!

Group photo. The lovely lady in the right end had already changed into her summer clothes (too hot for lolita) but that doesn't mean our community doesn't want her to be in the photo!<3

*as always let me know if you want this photo removed for some reason!* The next day was what I was excited about though. My friend lucythewhite was organizing a Baby Shower for me and since its not common at all to have those in Portugal I was looking forward to it. So basically I mhat we a list of things that we still have to buy for our daughter and whatnot and people decided to pick what they could afford and whatever they could do to help.

Lucy picked a place that offered a brunch service, it was my first time having brunch and I honestly saw no difference between brunch and lunch. It's not something ordinary people like me experience a lot in my country.
They served a wide variety of things and had an infinite service of natual juices, when i say infinite i mean infinite!

Brunch goodies! 

We chatted a lot and had fun even though it was super hot again.

Annie made a personalized package of course. 

Baby shower haul! Isn't it impressive?

This is what Carla sent us all the way from Ireland. It was so nice of her, i love everything, thank you!

I'd like to thank everyone who came and also everyone who sent gifts but was unable to come. It made me feel blessed and it was of course a huge help, especially since we are undergoing so many renovations at this time.

I also am attending classes to get ready and while there i realised that i do not own too many baby clothes (which the nurse said its what usually happens) but i actually needed to get more so i went to Primark just to shop for her. I found the most adorable things ever but gosh baby clothes are expensive!

Blanket, bath towel, under garments, kigurumi and pink coat.

In terms of lolita related stuff there's not much to report. I have been focusing on other things and might not be able to afford a lot in the future.
I did however make an effort to get the new bible (45) and midori's book. They arrived this week. I really loved the bible but am not very keen on the midori book. I find that it is lower quality (print wise) than Misako's and also there are some segments that just do not interest me much. I do love it though, i never find that getting books is a waste.

Gothic & Lolita Bible and Midori's Doll Classica.

I found that Primark was filled with interesting accessories and footwear but not really clothes (I never really fall for their clothes lately). I loved them but i don't find them very affordable for primark etc. I'll try them with some outfits and then if i regret getting them i'll just exchange them for some more baby clothes.

Primark black classic heels.

I also got them in red. These are not suede, they are mostly shiny pleather but the color is very striking! Might not match most of my clothes though.

Primark red classic heel shoes.

And that is it for now, not very exciting I know but that's life at the moment.
Love as always, Jo