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I turned another year older a month back and wondered if my body clock is running out of time. There was a heightened sense of urgency and many a pensive thought.

J's present to me did cheer me up though. I'm carrying this tote on my trips to London and Lancaster this month. :) Love the words!

Happy 9th!

My wedding anniversary presents came early this year. :)



This pouch fits my iPad. I love the two women smokers. Please don't ask why. ;)






Can you guess what this is?



It's the Abstract Signature Bow Velvet Marga. The color, design and material - I LOVE it to bits!

Pretty eh?

Of bags

I bought this kate spade stevie for travelling and it turned out great. Roomy, light and secure with a zip top closure. It went on its first trip to England recently. I hope there will be more trips with this bag. :)

J received many compliments for this Coach bag I got him. You won't believe how difficult it is to buy something for him. For one, he has better taste than I. I'm almost sure that anything I choose is not good enough. Turns out he likes this enough and didn't chide me for the money I parted with in exchange for it. Thank God! :P

London May 2012

We did not manage to catch Wicked in Singapore and decided to do so in London.

Musicals are really not my thing. I fell asleep every time someone started to sing!

kate spade in London, Sloane Square

Paddington stall at Paddington Station

And we brought home not one but two Paddington Bears!

buy buy buy...

This 'Eat cake for breakfast' iPad folio makes me laugh. :)

Back in the uni, 2 colleagues and I were talking about China and poverty over lunch one day. While on the topic of people being so poor and living in such cold climate that they bathe only once or twice a year, I carelessly said maybe there'd be a market there for wet wipes. I mean just imagine the convenience! My colleagues looked at me in total disbelief and burst out laughing. Marie Antoinette, they said I reminded them of her. Rumour has it that the French queen said 'let them eat cake' when her subjects told her that some peasants were so poor they had no bread.

SH and XF, I miss you, my dear friends. :)



This is for travel. Black and white, quite inconspicuous, shoulder carry and roomy, the perfect travel bag. Now all I need is to get my leave approved so I can actually use it!

pin buttons

kate spade pin button, FOC


TMD pin button, $2 from Books Actually

A third store

Hello? I am still waiting for you to open!

For keys, thumbdrives, and everything else

On her recent holiday, Ondine helped me get this from the USA. Very useful when I'm carrying a bigger work bag. Everything small gets dumped inside!

Hong Kong #4

Here I am at Kowloon Station, wondering if I should make a trip to the speciality store in Sogo at Causeway Bay after visiting the boutique at Elements!



In the end, I got ...



A mug for the new work place. :)



A bon shopper which can only be bought in HK! So worth the money! Actually J's money. Hee hee...

Hong Kong #3

I have always known that the HK kate spade outlet does not sell its stuff cheap but still I cannot resist making a trip there each time.

For over an hour, I debated over a pair of shoes which fit but felt a little snug. In the end, I left with these items.





Journal flat pouch. This is from the earlier batch which means it's an old stock. But I like the red zip pull over the new one which is a short black ribbon of sort.



Bet you can't tell what this is.



Unzip it and you'll find a grocery bag! 环保袋!



Now I feel so glam doing grocery shopping! Plus no more plastic bags so I'm doing my part saving Planet Earth. :)

Taiwan #4

No trip is complete without a visit to kate spade. Lo and behold! The only store in Taipei was a short 10-minute walk from my hotel.





Service was marvellous. One of the saleswomen came up to explain which items were on sale and which were new arrivals. I asked her if I could use my membership card and found out it wasn't valid in Taiwan. Quick as a flash, she immediately offered me a 10% discount.

How could I resist?!

So in the end??



Hee... J bought me this lovely bangle. :)

All I want for Xmas?

I found these on the Internet but unfortunately they are not sold here. :(


Call Me Chase - I saw this on a fellow kate spader's blog. It's so cute! I so want to get one but I heard they flew off the shelves during the Black Friday sales.


Support Japan iPhone Case - No, I really don't need another iPhone cover but this one is unique to Japan and the more impossible it is, the more attractive it becomes.


Support Japan Medium Flat Pouch - Another pretty item unique to kate spade Japan. This will definitely match my Support Japan Tote!

Note to self: STOP coveting material goods, especially ks related!

(All photos were taken from the Internet.)

Limited Edition City Spade Tote

Looks like the bon shopper to me but on the ks Korean website, they call this the City Spade Tote Small Coal. One side says New York, the other shows the name of the country/city that it is sold in. I was terribly tempted to get it till I saw the price tag. SGD350 before discount. Nope.

Photo from katespade.kr

Selling my kate spade wallet with great reluctance

I have decided to sell the Mercer Street Shannon which I bought for myself. :( For a while I tried to convince myself that I will eventually use it. But seriously, it's too big for me.

I posted a thread online here. If you are keen to get it as a present or know someone who may like it, please email me. Wallet is brand new with tag, care card and comes with a box.

I really don't want to waste a good leather wallet like that. It still smells heavenly of leather!

More pictures here.






Last photo from katespade.com

Sniff... :(

As if it were my birthday!

Saturday was J's birthday and I left home with the sole purpose of getting him a birthday present. But of course I got a little distracted and had to walk into a kate spade store.

And walked out with this giant orange bag.



















Essex Scout, Tudor City Lacey, Buckle Up Stretch Bracelet and a kate spade membership. I hope the last is for a lifetime!

And clearly whatever self-control I thought I had was all my imagination. :P

By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY J! :)
I'm sure you love the pen I bought you. Hee...