[Vigo] The Lost Child Tea Party

Hello!  How is everyone?
It's been more than a month since I have last posted so I hope you will forgive me.

[8th November] Lolita event in Vigo, Spain 

I am going to post about something very special to me, the weekend me and my familly spent in the neighbor country Spain (Vigo).

The lolita community there invited the Portuguese community to attend an even they were planning and I made sure I organized my life in a way to be able to attend.
In the end only me and another girl, my friend Vania, bought the tickets and so I booked a room for us and we arranged all the details.

I packed the day before and just planned an outfit at the last minute as usual. We woke up very early because we wanted to be there on time. We put all our things in the car and we started our journey.

It was raining and we drove slowly for safety reasons but eventually i managed to get there more or less on time. I finally found the venue which was very central and got in. I was greeted by my dear friends and felt quite at home. I got instructions to get dressed in my own outfit first because I was looking dreadful in leggings and a top and no makeup. While getting dressed i found out that i had left all my makeup and my wallet with my husband so Maria saved me and helped me by doing my makeup for the day. <3

The table at the entrance with the gift bags and the photo corner.

The table with all the yummy prizes. Again I did not win anything, I am so unlucky... not even at such a small event *sigh*

Some of the guests

Indrolita and Fidel David stalls (can you see? Many things were sold, I was happy to hear that)

Maka's korean beauty products stall. She was super sweet and put up with my silly newbie questions quite graciously i must add.

When the time came, I was ready and i mingled and chatted with people as well as looked at the products the stalls had available. The stalls belonged to the special guests of the event:
Fidel David - facebook
Indrolita - facebook
Maka - Youtube
I couldn't buy anything which was annoying and i really liked some of the pieces there because of course Fidel is an amazing designer (his stuff was gone in minutes) and Indrolita makes some great things which are totally my style... and i was also very tempted to try Korean beauty products as well so Maka stall looked super interesting.

After this is was time for the munchies!

After eating I was still hoping that my friend Vânia would appear but soon lost hope. I later learned that her boyfriend had gotten really sick making it impossible for them to travel even though she had gotten the event ticket and hotel room for them both to take part in this. It was quite sad as I know i'd love to have spent the day with her.

I finally got called to go back stage where we'd change into our fashion show outfits. I did not get to practice like the other girls probably did because i arrived just in time for the event and it was my first time participating in a fashion show (ok there was another time but there were like 5 people watching and it was in the dark in a club a long long time ago) so I admit I was ridiculously nervous. 

I did not know how i had done until I watched myself on tape in Maka's vigo week report video (0:50). I was happy I didn't do too bad. It was actually a lot of fun and i'd do it again if i could!

We then sat for the panel and listened to the special guests intro as well as the Q&A session. 

Everyone got together and we took a group photo. I was a bit sad i didn't get to be in the group shot in my own outfit because now everything looks so black haha.

 After this everyone changed back into their regular outfits and returned the stunning pieces back to the designers! Nooo...

Anyway here's some photos of me and some of the really nice people that attended, some who are dear dear friends (hopefully forever).

I wore: triple fortune bonnet; mille fleurs shirt; MmM op; Btssb bag; Queen bee boots.

My dear friend Maria who looked absolutely beautiful in her handmade dress! and on the left is Míriam, she was picked by the guests as the best coordinate from the whole event. Her dress sparkled, it was so pretty! 

Me and one of the hosts and a dear friend, Cristina. She did such a great job organizing the event, I was really happy to be there to support her. <3

Fidel is so dapper, look at his shoes. Such a gentleman too. <3 The whole feeling of the event was very casual and friendly, just like I like it.

  

The next day we were supposed to have lunch in Vigo and walk around Vigo for a bit but ended up returning in the morning instead. We felt like something was missing and did not want to go home so we had lunch at our favorite restaurant (we go there way too often though haha), Ichiban. Definitely the best (by far) Japanese restaurant in my town. It's so authentic it feels as if we are on holiday (or home).  

We took a stroll around the area, it was nice out, i couldn't believe it had rained so much the previous day, the weather can really change dramatically in a night!

And this is my "haul" from the trip: 

1. Pack of cards and pins that everyone got from the event as a gift. 

2. A snail nutrition mask i got at Maka's stall. I already used it and its by far the best mask I have tried. I cannot vouch for the effect of it on my skin but I love the quality of the actual mask and how i felt when i used it. I've been wanting to order more and I think I will soon.

And here is Maka's video blog on her week in Vigo, I'm modeling at 0:50 and you can get a clearer sense on how the whole thing went by viewing it. <3

I really hope you liked reading about this special weekend, thank you for reading all the way till here. 

Love,

Jo