Frances sent me a link to these slippers FOREVER ago and I keep forgetting to post about them. They’re available at Target; I saw them at my local Target, but if you can’t find them at yours, no worries, you can get them online, too!

Also, they’re only $12.95!

Starting this week, I’m reducing posting to Monday through Friday. Unfortunately, my senior year is getting to be quite the burden and I’m preparing for grad school, too.  Of course, I’d love writing help, so if you love pandas, can write passionately about pandas, and can commit to writing two posts a week, I’d love to have you! Contact me at Julie@PerfectPandas.com.

See you Monday!

Beatrice sent me an email two weeks ago (sorry it took so long to post!) about Hotels Combined and their amazing promotion. They’re basically a search engine for booking hotels. I’m not one to recommend something I have no idea about, so I tested it out to see what they’d come up with for my city. I can tell you that I will not hesitate to use them the next time I’m searching for a hotel room – they are amazing. They had more hotels than I even knew existed here, user reviews and photos.

Anyway… on to the even better news! Just because I mentioned them they’ll donate $20.00 to the WWF! How great is that?! You can help raise more money for the WWF just by mentioning them in your blog (or $5.00 for Facebook).

So, I usually don’t do things like this, but I couldn’t let an opportunity to donate an extra $20.00 to WWF without any effort pass me buy.

Andi from PandaNews.org sent in these panda plates and assorted ceramics (look at that cute teapot!) that he saw on Babygadget.com. They were designed for Wedgewood (yes, the Wedgewood) by Will Broome and are available starting at £21.00 (~$31.00 USD)!

Order yours here.

If I wasn’t in the midst of finals and graduation during the time that this WWF trip is scheduled (May 4 – May 17, 2009), I would definitely be saving up for it – it looks so fun!

Not only do you get to tour all the best parts of China, you get to spend three days with the pandas! I think the $5,890 they’re booking this for is extremely reasonable – especially for a 2 week vacation, don’t you?

So jealous. Some day I will have enough money and time to go to China. *Sigh*

Check out  the trip brochure here.

Look at the amazing panda party ideas that Croqzine.com came up with for her son’s first birthday. She thought of EVERYTHING. Panda badges, pin the nose on the panda game, panda cupcakes, panda rice balls, and panda pizza!

I wish I could’ve attended!

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Kayli sent in these awesome panda shoe deodorizers and I can’t thank her enough. I am thoroughly amused at the ways people incorporate pandas into their product designs. If you happen to have stinky feet AND love pandas, there’s someone looking out for your best interest! You can buy a pair of your own deodorizing pandas for only  £8.99 ($13.60  USD) at amazinghealth.co.uk.

Andi from pandanews.org sent in this adorable panda puzzle he saw on Babygadget.com. I absolutely adore it – the little panda cub hanging upside fown in the corner just kills me. Too cute!

You can get yours at Amazon.com for only $13.99!

People just won’t leave poor Gu Gu alone! Yet another idiot person entered Gu Gu’s cage uninvited. This time it was a father going after a toy his child carelessly tossed into the enclosure. This makes the third person that has been intimately acquainted with Gu Gu’s canines.

When will people learn to respect animals, not only in the zoo, but in general? I don’t feel a bit of sympathy for the man, who I refuse to call the ‘victim’.

The real victim is Gu Gu.

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At only $7.75, this ADORABLE panda nightlight is a steal. You can buy your very own at Ibis & Orchid Design and be greeted each night by a panda mama and her cub!

Wow, I definitely needed that break! It’s been great having less on my plate for awhile but it’s time to get back into the swing of things! Let’s start 2009 out right with an adorable video of Xi Lan at the Atlanta Zoo! (Click the picture below to go to the video!)