Sorry dear imaginary readers. Work has been demanding. But I’d like to share an evil we are all subjected to every June and July: Mid-year sales.
Ah, who can resist ALDO shoes on sale?
Baisley in black (Original price: P4,250; On sale: P2,200)
And another:
Janilyn stilettos (Original price:P2,995 On sale:P999)
Therefore I conclude mid-year sales are necessary evils. Just like chocolate. And maybe even in few decades, Botox.
Everytime I’m in HK or Bangkok my wallet gets a spring cleaning. And spring cleaning is a must, just like detoxing don’t you think?
There are a great many things about the past four days I want to share with you my dear imaginary readers. My memories are hazy, but I only remember being in Hong Kong and emptying my wallet over and over again. Then I woke up and I had a suitcase full of new clothes, a new genuine leather wallet, the odd little tiny tiny sparks of regret here and there, and the delightful memory of finding a Cotton On branch in HK.
I’ve only shopped twice in Cotton On. Once in Singapore, and in HK recently. I love it for its simplicity and subtle edginess. Plus it’s cheap AND I had the luck to stumble on a branch that had a sale.
COTTON ON Accessories
Got these great bracelets for a great price. I’m not sure why the accessories are tagged as Rubi, but I guess that’s what they call their accessory line.
Rubi bracelets. From the top, Silver bangles (originally HK$35, on sale HK$10), silver and gold cuff bracelets (originally HK$69, on sale at HK$25 each)
AND
Belt originally HK$69, on sale for HK$15
AND
Sonny Pannel Dress originally HK$149, on sale at HK$75
The picture of the dress doesn’t do it any justice.
Anyway, my brother the Gremlin is stamping his hairy leathery foot because he wants to use the PC and pretend he’s studying. Will continue this post on my next entry.
Me loves Cotton On. This is a short, stupid but sweet entry. I don’t care, you’re imaginary anyway.
I’m sad over a tshirt it’s ridiculous.
For the longest time I wanted a National Geographic “Live Curious”, “Ignorance is Boring” tshirt. And for a while it was sold in Regatta for around P400.
I didn’t know.
In my defense I was exhausted from work last November and December, and those months were particularly taxing, depressing, mind-boggling, hair-raising, scalp-hurting, skin-scalding, incredibly annoying that it hurt me physically, headache inducing, brought-out-the-possible-murderous-instincts-out-of-me, stressful, sad months for me.
So yeah, you get the picture.
I wasn’t able to buy THE shirt. I didn’t know. And I woke up and suddenly it was January 2011 and Regatta phased out the Tshirt.
Live Curious National Geographic Tshirt (photo taken from spot.ph)
Now, my boss told me that National Geographic has a store in Singapore. And turns out we have some business-related matters in Singapore and he needed to go (I wasn’t able to go because somebody had to hold down the fort). I told him to purchase me three of the shirts, one for me, one for the boyfriend and one for the Gremlin brother.
So imagine my horror when he texted from Singapore “It’s SG$65 (roughly P2,200), you want me to still buy it for you?”.
In the negative of course. Under no circumstances will I spend that much on a shirt. So I have to content myself with living the slogans instead of living AND wearing it. But yeah, I’m still stupidly depressed over a shirt.
Anyway, a friend gave me a L’Oreal eye pallet and I’m excited to use it tomorrow. Will tell you all bout it in my next entry.
You know you’ve reached a milestone in your life when a fashion statement in your childhood is cool again. Hence the clogs:
Well, in fairness to the clogs of 2010, it never went into full swing. I’ve been wanting to buy a pair since December last year but the ones I liked were too expensive. The boyfriend then came into the picture and bought it for me since he’s tired of seeing me in my ballet Crocs which I love because it’s so comfy. I have tons of work-related shoes, from spiky heels to just plain for fashion’s sake, but I lack casual footwear like wedges and sandals.
It’s not that I don’t want to, but I’m at work from Monday to Saturday and come to think of it, my everyday footwear are actually corporate ones. Anyhoo, the coffee-colored clogs pictured above are from a SO! Fab sale at the Shangri-La Mall. It was on sale at P999. I’m becoming dependent on these shoes because it’s comfortable despite it having heels, and when you’re rushing from one event to a meeting, comfort matters.
These clogs are great to pair with mini-dresses and skirts. When I know that I’m going to have a relatively quiet day at the office I just slip on these with a loose white polo and khakis.
Anyway dear imaginary readers, I’m off to Hong Kong next week for a much-needed vacation.The first time I went to HK consisted mostly of tours, and tourist traps and I wasn’t able to shop that much. Then the last time I was there I came from a LOOOONG flight and spent most of my stay sleeping the jetlag off so yeah, not so much shopping either. NOW my point being my dear imaginary readers, could you suggest a couple of places in HK where I could shop on a budget? Many thanks in advance.
