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!

Keep calm

For a month, J's spanking new phone was naked with no protection.



Today, he finally used the iPhone case I bought in Sheffield.

*beam*

June

Too cute! Pink Hello Kitty cup lid which matches my pink kate spade cup!

Loreal eyeshadow. Pink, green or silver?

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

My first Nakamichi!

This is all I can afford for now! :)

Since our dating days, J and I have been taken by Nakamichi speakers. We promised each other that one day, just one day, we will give our home a set of fantastic Nakamichi speakers and sound system!


But for now, I shall be contented with my iPod Nano and Nakamichi mini speaker! Hahaha! :)

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!

Happy New Year?

It's taken me a while to blog about the arrival of 2012 because I can't think of what's possibly happy about this new year. Yes, I'm all dreary, bleak and pessimistic this 2012. Boo hoo.

But I guess there's always a silver lining no matter how dark the days ahead look. I got myself a moleskine diary for half the price. :) Well, considering it was already the 6th day of January 2012 when I chanced upon it and the store had piles of planners in stock, 50% discount is no surprise.



I told J that these days, going to work in the morning feels like booking in to the army camp by 2359.

Ever the optimist, he tells me that the worst will be over in 3 months then. Because it's the initial 3-month BMT that sucks, life just gets better after that. Wow! I'm so encouraged. :P

So hang in there I will. Meanwhile, let's pray I'd find some bureaucratic blood in me so I can survive my 'BMT'. :)

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. :)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas shopping was done in HK this year.





Blessed Christmas to one and all!

Love and peace be with you. :)

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. :)

Beware the vanity bug!

J's spanking new Ray-ban makes me envious. If only I look good in sunnies!

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...

On my list

So I almost bought the Bixby Bag when it went on sale recently.
I love the aqua version and how retro it looks. But Kitty who agrees that it's a pretty bag told me to save some money for the next season. She is right of course, there will always be another bag. And I'm glad I listened! Because now, I want this!


Gold Coast Charlize
Love at first sight! This is a must! I love the colour! Just hope it looks this good in real when I see it in the local stores. Fingers crossed.


Graffiti Spade iPhone Case
I like this clean look! If it's available, I might just buy it. Not that I need another iPhone cover. I already have 6! Maybe I should sell my brand new Matchbox case to make way for this. Hmm... worth a thought.


Live Colorfully Coin Purse
This is just cute. Hehe. I'm not a coin purse person really. But look at the spade zip pull!

All photos from katespade.com