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Let's start the year with lots of pretty pictures!

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chillin' on a Sunday

Spent the afternoon with my fab friend Seppi. Went to a bazaar near her place then we spent the rest of the afternoon at a coffee shop just talking about random stuff. Yeap, we are getting old haha! By 5:30, I wanted to sleep already. Ergs. So sad, Seppi's leaving for Singapore in less than a month for work. Seriously, she's one of the funniest people I know EVER. Anyhoo, this is another outfit post so yay :) I'm wearing gray again, haha! The dress I'm wearing is one of my go-to dresses, like if I can't decide on what to wear and I just want to feel comfortable I'd automatically go for this dress or either of the two other go-to dresses I have. The Ichigo sandals I wore it with is just so cool--haven't worn it in a while so I decided to take it out today. I think it made the outfit cooler. The shoes plus my Hardy Amies bag I bought from Dy at the Ukay Buffet= ♥.

dress: thrifted

bag: Hardy Amies from The Ukay Buffet

sandals: Ichigo Shoes

ring: H&M

shades: Forever 21

lots of gray with a pop of color ;)

Haven't done any outfit posts in a while, so here's one from this past week. Been extremely busy with work so I've been too tired to post anything, thus more backlog entries haha! Anyway, here's what I wore last Tuesday. Felt like being just a bit boyish that day so I wore tapered pants, folded twice just to make the look a bit more casual. My top was loose enough for that evening's pig-out session with my good friends Annick and Sidelle at Ninyo (which deserves another post). Wore two huge ass rings and a vintage-y necklace to add a bit of color to the outfit. And yes, I had my hair cut last week :) Loving my new do! It's been a while since I've had my hair this short, like almost 2 years. Might maintain this look for a while because I missed it. Note to self: must either fix the camera settings or get a better camera for better shots. Haha!

loose gray top: thrifted find

tapered pants: topshop

rings: Forever 21 (on my right), H&M (on my left)

necklace: bought from an online seller in facebook, hehe

shoes: melissa jelly flats from an online seller

should I?

I've been thinking about going on another thrift shopping trip tomorrow morning before I slave away in the kitchen for dinner with my friends. After I emptied about a fourth or a third of my closet, it seems that I only have dresses and no decent blouse for the office. So...should I go to my favorite thrift store tomorrow and shop? Hmmm....yes, I think I will go shopping tomorrow.

Bakumatsu!

Found a cool program online that makes your picture look like this...

...to this!

Check out Bakumatsu here :)

for the love of vintage

I don't think I was ever able to post my Bangkal adventure here. It happened about two years ago with my dear friend Mishi. We decided to go check out the Bangkal area in Makati where the streets are lined up with stores selling antiques and a lot of vintage items. I really enjoyed that trip. We commuted to Bangkal--taking the MRT and then a pedicab. Twas quite risky what we did, commuting with a huge dslr displayed for all greedy eyes to lust on. Good thing no one attempted to take it. I think they were warded off by the huge umbrella I had. Not really, haha! That time, having a dslr was the 'in' thing so everyone wanted to have one.

Anyway, let me share with you a few shots of our trip to antique heaven...

Lunch at Fat Michael's (this deserves a separate post...)

Back to walking around Evangelista...

Going home...

Read up about Bangkal on Carlos Celdran's blog.

black (but not 'and blue') day

I'm wearing black again! I felt a bit sluggish and was having a "I feel bloated" day so I opted to wear black today. To add a bit of color, I wore my animal print ballet flats (thanks Tita Oyie! I ♥ them).

dress: Plains & Prints d-i-y leggings: err...stockings that I made into leggings by cutting of the tips (haha!) out of desperation animal print ballet flats: Gap (gift from my aunt)

I ♥ my animal print ballet flats.

Even my slippers are animal print! Hehehe

I was supposed to wear these today...but decided to have mercy on my feet :)

I have a thing for chunky heels (picture's a bit dark...sorry 'bout that).



A pair of vintage earrings...these were my grandmother's...until I discovered them. Haha!

See? They're really nice :) I ♥ vintage jewelry.

Segue...I should get a better camera.