Not too sure if this is the best/right place to put this, but a section within the weekly summary for acquired items/girls would be pretty nice to have.
All the items acquired by girls are listed by the girl who collected the items.
A central list for the items collected could be added but it may take a little while.
Also, how are shield-type items handled within the game? Is that type of item in for shits-and-gigs/to appease us players or does it have a chance to block attacks during combat (I'd imagine that shield-type items would block attacks but just want to be certain)
Shields are just an item to modify stats, they currently do not affect combat in any other way.
In time they may, but it would probably only be text at first.
Unless you disable auto-equip combat items in config.xml, weapons, armor, shields, helmets and combat boots are removed when not in a combat job.