outer wear shopping

Hey you,

I have been busy and somehow waiting for 2011 is taking ages.

I normally love it when times crawls or somehow comes to a standstill. But for now it is more for trying to appease myself for all the shopping I have done in 2010 and not add more to 2010 damage to my bank acct.

But a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do when you see what you have always wanted hanging on a hangar by the door of a shop or on a mannequin, somewhat like luring you to get it.


It was just a holiday outing on Christmas day that we as a family and MIL n SIL went out for lunch.
Decided to dress up a little, hence,

Went to this place famous for cheap Chinese food and lots of stand alone clothe shops, many opened by local young designers. I've always attributed that place for teenagers and clothes there are either small sized or too funky for old me.

After lunch and while waiting for other to finish, me who can't stay still decided to walk around. Bad move!
Ended in this little store, which attracted me coz it wasn't filled with flashy clothes but muted coloured ones. The pieces were all simple, well cut clothing.
Even though 2 of my kiddos were with me, I managed to try on a few pieces and got my hands on these 2 shift dresses.

i like the vintage like material

Well, It really looks good when it is ironed out properly. I liked it for it's simplicity. Pairing it with leggings and heels and it is perfect.


I was done with shopping, I thought, just when I saw the jacket on the hanger, waving to me, like as if under a spell, I walked into the shop, grabbed the jacket, put it on, and the rest is history.

It was the only one, wow so exclusive and I got my hands on another one.

I hate myself for giving in to temptation, but really I am so elated to finally get my hands on these, have been on my wanted list for sometime now.

Made up of cottony soft material and a satin like one in the centre.

Super soft chiffon like material, even though the sales girl said 'something like silk' coz it didn't cost over $150

I keep telling myself to STOP shopping, but I just did again yesterday. Addicted.

My new year resolution : Less shopping, more savings.To only shop once in 3 months a month and to cap each buy at no more than $200.

Well, I better keep this resolution as I had just announced to the world and it is rather realistic. SO bring on 2011, I am ready.

Happy New Year. Here's to good health, good company & good styling.

Hope it will be better than 2010 for all of us.

See you.

I'm back

Hey you,

Apologies for the hiatus.

It has been a crazy week since I got back. Running around to get kiddos ready for sch.

I sure had a stupendous time on the road trip and loads of bonding time with family.

We were all super excited about my drive to KL with a target of reaching latest by 1pm just nice for lunch. Trying to escape the jam, we ended with a more massive one and I practically sang for a whole hour to entertain kids.

Well, it's not that I have such sweet singing voice, but entertaining coz they were laughing at me. But I must say I can sing, really.

We reached KL only at 5pm and I was super worried that I would miss my head bands from Alaiin as we had made arrangements for delivery to the hotel concierge. But I was super releived to know that the delivery time has been changed to between 9 - 10 at night.

I kept calling the concierge from my room at 10pm, 10.15...10.30...finally at 11pm it was delivered.

I changed, from my PJs and ran out of the room, and to the concierge, got them and put them on straight away =).

Don't you just love the burst of colours and the bling.

KL was as always bustling, with holiday shoppers and traffic jams.

I wasn't much into shopping somehow, more of hoping for a restful holiday and just enjoying the food in KL.

Langkawi was peaceful and the country life was perfect, especially for kids who were amazed to see cows crossing the streets.

"oh look...the cows are free, where are the cages?" they excalimed.

"Watch out! they are crossing the road. Where are the cow crossings?" one sounding so worried for the cows.

 

 Ahhhh....I miss the tranquility already.

I got back home super tired.

So much for a holiday. I think I need a foot massage and spa treatment.

But I just came back from a resort, so much for rest. Well, I always treated holidaying with kids as a working trip.

But the fun you get with them is really priceless.

Anyhow, I got home nearly at 2am, and was super excited to see a package for me....

My clothes are finally here and another postal advice for the shoes.

After 2 days, I finally got them. I was praying super hard that the shoes fit.

It is the first time I am ordering shoes online you see.

Shoes from Zappos, they have LOADS of shoes

My son was super excited as he got exactly the same thing and yes it FITS, perfectly.

I wore it straight away with my chinos and white shirt. I must have looked the most well dressed...

at the market! Hah!

I will be posting on the clothes I got soon.

I am shag.

With hole in pocket...

But happy with my online buys.

Be careful ya, 

coz

it is so so addictive.

And I am on a high. Time for some cold turkey treatment.

Well...soon.

For now, I'll be on a high.

Running errands...as always

Hey you,

I have been rather silent these days, coz I have been super busy.

So much things have happened when I am just suppose to have a leisure week of running around and building up the excitement to my road trip cum OVER-sea holiday.

I was rather pissed with the eventful week (a negative one), which was not expected and trying to get things in order. Hence, in such lousy mood, I haven't been shopping (which is good), but....


I wasn't home when my long awaited order for my savior, a face cream came and it has been lying in a post office, awaiting my arrival. I AM gonna get it now...after this for sure.
I was also rather irritated to know that there are 2 more deliveries which I will miss next week as I will be away.

My shoes!

Anyhow, I can't wait to arrive in KL tom to know that my head bands from Alaain will be waiting for me. Since I will be in KL, why not order stuff online and have it sent to the hotel, hence saving on postage!
Smart eh?
I ordered 3, 2 of which are custom made. Yay!

Of course, I will visit Mimpikita to get some nice chiffon kaftan. I am already excited.

After 2 days of shopping spree we will be spending some relaxing time in Langkawi.

I will upload as many photos as I can, ya.

As for now....

I need to get my face cream, get monies changed and get some travel toiletries.

What to wear?

My tailored yellow linen shirt, belted scarf, Monsoon tweed bermudas and Coach leather tote.

                                                                                OR

Same top but with navy blue cardi from Mango, Promod necklace and red satchel.

                                                                                OR

Stripy short dress from Sportsgirl, black cotton blazer with flower brooch from Dorothy Perkins, grey jeans from Zara & mustard colour tote from Nine West.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ooo.....it's so exciting to dress up even to run errands.


See you later.

guilt HAUL

Hey you,

I have fulfilled all my kiddos promises past 2 months, but I have broken all promises I made.

Especially those on shopping online and real shopping!

I am really guilty . But what can I do. Perhaps I need to go to some SA (shopaholic anonymous)!

And it doesn't really help when you have kiddos who are happy when their mama looks good, hence they always chorus,

"Wow, you look sooo nice in that and this, you should get it all!"
when i am trying out clothes.

To date, in the past 2 weeks I have made 2 more online purchases and a few more offline.

To counter the guilt, I have showered kiddos with loads of toys and books too.

My bank account is really injured, near death!

Well, It's no use weeping after money spent,  I guess I just have to enjoy my haul to make my money spent well worth it.

So here it is..

I've always wanted a red bag, but I guess a red dress would be cheaper, hence, got this instead.

Block colours. Red dress from BYSI. With black stockings and nude clogs it will be PERFECT!

Leopard print or rather it looked more of Cheetah top from BYSI.

I wore this top the very next day I bought it. In the rain I was standing outside a shop with huge window glass display. Every passer by, was giving me a double take, I was wondering why, till.....














I turned and saw the mannequin at the window display donning the same get-up. I must be lookin like a real life walking mannequin!
How embarrasing!


I could have gotten some revenue for a walking advert!



I also got these....

Now you know why I am guilty, these are on top of my online ones, more clothing, shoes and head band too.

Oh well, all these still better than a single luxury bag I guess.

Happy shopping you all.

See you later.

Reasons to dress UP

Hey you,

My life has been uneventful these days,

well uneventful in the area of fashion that is. Definitely bubbling in the mommy-hood department. Cooking, cooking & cooking.

Somehow these days, cooking is taking a larger percentage of my waking hours. So much so that I think of 'What to cook, what to cook, what to cook?!' the moment I wake up.

As much as I always thought cooking is a form of ART, really cooking real food for four kiddos is nothing very artistic I must say. Always making sure there are the greens (my kiddos unlike many live off veges), there is an animal from land (eg. mutton - goat, lamb - lamb or chicken - chicken) and an animal from water (eg fish, squid or prawns).

So today, I kinda cheated, and promised them last night that we will be going off early with lunch out before the show.

Hence, today, I woke up thinking about...











what to wear! Yay for fashion.

I couldn't wait to wear the new tops, and was very inspired by something I saw in thesartorialist.blogspot. So I decided to be dressy, even though it was not required for this 'show' I was going for.

I left looking like this:

My new nude pink Topshop top, black smart pants, my black MAB from Rebecca Minkoff, string of freshwater pearls & House of Harlow bangles.

My nude Álainn head band.

My nude clog.

I finally had the opportunity to put on my dressier head band, which I thought was more suited for weddings or formal functions.

I came into the car and my girl was like 'Your head band, your shirt and shoe all matches! Wow'. You know what?....
even the face of my watch has the same pinkish shade!

Yup, and wearing it against a solid black pants with a shiny sheen kinda highlight the colour even more, rather than looking pale-ish.

Anyhow, my dress sense was definitely really much appreciated by the main star of today's show.....















Barney and friends!

Don't laugh you all. I know it may seem rather pathetic, dressing up for all these kids show, but it was worth it, coz I felt good the whole day and ended the day with Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Now, back home, reality has set in.

Time to think of 'What to Cook?'

Wish me luck!

See you later