My first order from Temu

I wanted custom jewelry in memory of my cats, and I was about to pay multiple times the price to middlemen. Just one piece of jewelry like that would have cost more than the entire contents of this Temu order, 8 products, if ordered from elsewhere.

Cotton shirt with my own print

The shirt is cotton as promised, but the quality of the print is such that I don't predict it will last very long. I ordered an Asian size XL, because I often wear size L in t-shirts available in Finland. I want a looser and longer shirt. Well, the shirt is indeed too big for me. That should correspond to a Euro size 38, but it is quite a lot bigger. A shirt with my own print cost 4.24 euros at Temu. The picture shows the shirt after the first wash.

 

 

Two custom cat necklaces

I was worried beforehand that there would be mistakes in the cats' names, but there aren't any. At first I thought the chains' locks weren't in the middle of the chain, but then I realized they had an extension piece. So you can choose how long the chain should be, which is convenient. The price of a cat-themed necklace with three cats at Temu is 3.15 euros. The pictures are of poor quality, sorry about that.

 

 

In an online store that looks Finnish (but isn't actually Finnish) with its name and website address, the price of a three-paw necklace would have been 39 euros (and that's supposedly a 50% discount), in an English-language store it would have been 27 euros, and in Temu it is 4.29 euros. But you have to pay ten times the price to middlemen, right?

 

 

 

Keychain in memory of cats

"I loved you your whole life, I'll miss you for the rest of mine." Unfortunately, the text on this keychain is dimmer than in the Temu product image.

 

 

Heat socks

How are the copycat socks compared to the real Heat Holders? The price at Temu is 4.38e, so you could get three of these for the price that Heat Holders cost in Finland. Let's see how long they last.

Two foldable travel ballerinas

One pair with cat theme, other similar to the ones that fell apart on the last cruise. I gave up ordering the Hello Kitty ones, there would have been more options for those too. Temu has a really wide selection of Hello Kitty products, it's rare to find them in Finland, especially clothes intended for adults.

It feels bad that I had to place an order without any discount code. All the codes I found were only valid in the app. I'm losing money because I don't have a smartphone.

I would never order electrical appliances or cosmetics from Temu. I also want cotton and not polyester in clothes. It's a different matter whether the clothes are actually cotton, even if they promise to be.

I should start a dropshipping business myself. I just need to come up with good products to order from Temu (affiliate link) and sell at a higher price.

Ps. I would have liked to order these Hello Kitty panties, but all the sellers only have one size available, which is not suitable for me. Are these definitely licensed and approved by Sanrio...?

 

 

 

Memorial jewelry in memory of cats

Facebook often advertises products that are right for me. Now I came across personalized jewelry in memory of pets. You can engrave names on these.

A cat-themed one would be a nice idea, of course, but I thought it would be somehow too big and clumsy for me, at least for everyday use. I appreciate lightness and elegance in jewelry.

 

 

There are many other options, such as paws and hearts.

 

 

I also started to wonder if those paws would be better on a bracelet.

I would also be interested in the eternity symbol and angel wings.

 

 

There would be some nice options in silver, but I'm into yellow gold, or its colors, against the fashion.

And so it happened that I found these same jewelry many times cheaper in Temu. Many businesses are based on buying cheaply from China and selling more expensively.

So I made my first order from Temu! (affiliate link)

 

A frighteningly depressing experience

I have been depressed. I don't know if it's because of perimenopause, when it's always said that depression and low mood are among the symptoms.

But when I wrote excitedly for weeks, and then I'm not interested in anything anymore, too bad. Finally, I forced myself to finish one short story last week. There's also a certain problem with this, that it's hard to choose which short story to work on next. When you can't choose, you don't do anything. And of course, I started writing a new short story again.

 

 

I miss my cats. I just can't accept the loss of them, nor stand it. I always cry when I stop to think about it.

And I miss Friday. It really hit me for the first time around Valentine's Day. I guess I'll have to dare to try the private server at some point, even though they say (of course) there are only assholes left in the players, and no perks. So, playing with assholes without perks?

 

 

Should I order from Temu?

I admit it. For the first time ever I checket out Temu's (affiliate link) selection. I was really disappointed when I noticed that in honor of buying more Heat Holders thermal socks, the older ones started to fall apart. So I don't have enough socks again, I guess I never will. I didn't bother buying more since they are so expensive, almost 15 euros a pair. Well, I found a Heat Holders copycat brand, Heat Control, from Temu. Yes, that would do.

Temu is pretty annoying because it always does everything it can to prevent you from buying anything. The page jumps everywhere and back to the beginning when you have scrolled down for a long time. It required registration all the time. And when the settings were changed to Finnish, the one I had used disappeared from the selection options. How could I just look for acrylic socks when apparently that kind of material is not known at all in Finland? I had to change back to English.

It's not realistic to order from Temu anyway, since there is a minimum order limit. I would only be interested in ordering if I could get those little things in the mail at home, I don't want to pick up a package from some far away place. And I wouldn't be interested in paying the postal processing fee. Do I have to pay that even if I order just one product from China that costs less than 1 euro?

 

 

Scary bout

In honor of the opening day of the skiing World Championships, I had a seizure. First, I noticed that I couldn't see the text properly. Then I started having pain in my eyes, head, and neck. Then my left arm went numb first, and then the left side of my face. It's not the first time I've had a seizure like this, but it's been a long time since the last one. I always suspect a TIA, but they claim that it's not accompanied by pain. A few hours later, I started to really feel my neck, so much so that I tried to cry and desperately took several painkillers. I didn't know that my neck was so bad. I thought that doing dumbbell exercises every other day would have kept it in shape. So, neck stiffness + eye strain, this is the end result.

 

 

Well, that's why I went on "sick leave". No reading, no writing. No schoolwork. Especially not finishing an essay, when my body felt like it had had enough of it already on the day before. Well, yeah, I've still read, way too much.