Breathing Space

Surprise!

This is what kept me busy today.I love our new living room. It's also my mini office. Chos.

no make-up, no ligo look. Lol.

I'm also thinking of buying wall decals. Been obsessing over them for days now. Here are my picks!

price ranges from 500-1500

Oh, and I finally bought it!

got it on sale at Chicflick!

pre-ordered from Chickflick

Chickflick has I think the lowest prices for pre-ordered items. Super tempting. As in the prices differ by 200-400 bucks. Super savings.

Also, don't forget to mark your calendars! Archive's new collection will be out early next week. I got lots of trousers, high-waist shorts and cute tops/dresses. So, watch out for it!=D

What's for dinner? SHOES!

Hey hey hey, my new collection is now up!!! Visit my onlinestore Archive Clothing for lots of  vintage and one-of-a kind pieces. I also want to apologize for the sucky low-res photos. It's my fault. I re-sized all the photos then deleted the original files. When I cropped them--to my horror-- the size is just 300kb. Sucks. And I can't make it bigger anymore it gets pixelized. Oh well, story of my life. Anyway here are some of the photos from site...

buy the pants at archive:)

pants sold to Lloyda!:)

Buy this Uniqlo oversized sweater at Archive.

buy this top and skirt from Archive

In between taking photos, Mr. Mailman arrived with a package. 

Finally!!!

 

 The shoes I pre-ordered from an onine store on facebook...

This nude pumps is so comfy. I have to buy more shoes with chunky heels!

They are both surprisingly comfy and I just had to wear them immediately. Heee...

 

I might set this ensemble aside coz I decided to use it for the modern filipiniana shoot for saturday. Ya think?

That's it. Can't wait to roadtest my new babies soon. Toodles!:)

P.S. Got featured on Stylesample.com and got included in their current magazine issue! Yey.:) Thanks Tamia. 

View SS magazine's 10th issue HERE. :) page 2 and 22!:)

And their maxi skirt feature on Stylesamplemag.com

Annebeth and Folake of Style Pantry is also there. Check it out HERE! (if you have free time hehe). Mwah!

I'm bored, But I'm happy.

I'm talking about superficial happiness again which in my own term means--shopping! OR new shoes. Lol. Today, my Antalia clogs from Golddot arrived and I swear it's the prettiest thing everrrr!:)

just like a kid who just got her 1st bike! hehe

yey! it's so pretty:) the heels smell like a narra table! hehe

 i will start eating my shoes soon. Lol.

lovin it already!:)

I feel like cinderella. hehe.

I'm so shallow--I know. :P Can't wait to roadtest my new babies! :) And here's more shoes I'm expecting this week... and yes, I'm still on a shopping ban. Ordered these 2-3 weeks ago.

looks like the one from topshop:)

just because i don't have any nude colored pumps and i love the chunky heels.:)

It's official. I'll die of hunger, I'm eating shoes! At least I'll die happy and will go to shoe heaven. Insane. 

P.S. Please join my sissy Anagon's contest! Click HERE to join!:)

Errand Friday

I'm still waiting for our Sky cable connection to get fixed, for the meantime I just have to put up with my ultra slow smart bro plug-in connection. So I still can't post the photos from my uncle's wake/burial (I know I too am not a fan of sad endings but I just have to immortalize the event here just for future reference). If our connection picks up later I'll finish posting the rest of the photos and stories. But today, I'm just so proud of myself for not giving in to the call of indolence! Did a lot of things today.

My pending shipments for Archive are now done. Then, I texted Mich if I could order shoes online from Forever 21. She said No, but by the time I got her text I already received my order confirmation. Oops! These babies are just too pretty...

 

So Miu Miu-esque noh?

 

I wish I wish I wish this fits perfectly--unlike the other hats.

Since I still have a slight phobia of customs (my shoes from Chic Reward is still there, still unclaimed, haha), I decided to use Pobox instead. Go on, click on the link to learn more about it. All I know is that I can now buy items from the US without asking relatives and friends to include my item in their balikbayan box. I'll let you know if I encounter any problems with them as the order goes along.

So I left the house to go to the post office. My bowler hats finally arrived! But I got disappointed when I discovered that it got deformed. The shipper used a soft packaging box so it got dented. :( It's still wearable though. You must be taller than me to actually see the dent when I'm wearing them. Hehe! I'm still happy I finally have my own bowler hat. Does anyone know how to make them go back to their original state? Help?

Also paid my bills and settled some final changes for our upcoming Palawan trip! So excited. It's gonna be next weekend. My bday!:)

So while I'm settling my bills, I also met up with a friend from FIP who owns a shoe factory. And she gave me this! New brogues. And I love them!:)

So lovely and fits perfectly. :) Thanks Honey!

I'm also currently preparing for a shoot tomorrow. This is the peg:

..never realized how much black, grays and whites I have in my closet until now! Haha. Anyway, will blog about a part of our Bacolod trip later (still not the sad part). When we visited the historic "The Ruins". So breathtaking. So...laters! =)

Cohesive Randoms

I have not yet started with my "shoe cabinet" project. This is the closest I ever got--buying new shoeboxes for my homeless shoes.

These are the shoes inside my room. I still have more stacked outside in individual transparent shoe boxes (which I bought from Ebay last year). Gawd, I really need a new shoe cabinet. I just want them all in one place. I tend to neglect the others that are away from the majority. 

The shoeboxes with pink and beige lids I got from SM. Surprising! I didn't even know they're selling shoeboxes until a friend told me. And they're pretty cheap too. Got 'em for only P59/pc. They also have holes on each side so your little babies could breathe. And that's huge savings for me since the transparent ones I bought before are P80/pc. So in my excitement I bought 20. I should have bought more.

In other news...

I really want these clothes from my favorite ebay store American Archive. 

 Love this grungy pansuit!

Why can't I find anything like this in thrift shops. Argh.

Love the upper part of this dress. And the color! Reminds me of ice cream. Yum.

Classy.

Love the fit, print and the sequins!!!

I like the pattern and style of this dress.

Too bad their dresses are priced &50 and up. And knowing me, I wouldn't shell out that much for just a dress or a top. That's why I never buy Topshop dresses worth P3K. Or shop in Zara and buy a shirt for P2K. I didn't even buy clothes in Forever 21. I would rather spend my money in thrift shops. I get the same styles anyway. The only thing I would actually spend for-- are shoes. Nina Garcia would be proud. Been reading her book "Style Strategy".

It's definitely a good read. Thanks Lui for lending me the book!

Oh, and I got a notice from the post office today! It just means I have a package waiting for me. I'm still waiting for the other notice though. It's either my hat from Chictopia rewards that's already sitting there--lonely and waiting to be redeemed--or the printed tights I ordered. Yey! I'm also planning to finally ask the post office guys their international shipping rates so I could join Chictopia's Chic Swap and finally open my online store to international buyers. Will keep you posted. ;)

And oh, what's this?

It's a confirmation that we're really joining the Kapampangan food tour on the 24th! Mich is kinda excited for this 'coz it's gonna be all about food (her only vice) and some side trips to other famous spots and churches in Pampanga. And while we're there I might be able to check out Mango Outlet store. Yey! If you want to join (and I think you still can!) you can check out Travel Advocate's website. 

Archive Clothing might also be participating in the Port 88 bazaar on July 31. And I am going to the Rockwell bazaar this weekend! See you fellow bloggers and Chictopians!:)

Will post about my blazer collection next. :)