TOPAZ HORIZON

As my regular readers know, I'm a Fendi fan. This is one of the dresses that caught my eye in the Spring 09 collection:This Fendi Halter Cutout Dress costs a whopping USD 2,432.40 (PHP 117,963.14) at Net-a-Porter. I should be happy with that actually because at the start of the season, it was at USD 4,880 (PHP 236,663.43)!!! It's a dress--why that absurdly insane price?

Anyway, though I can never afford it, I like to imagine how I can wear it. Polyvore has come up with enchanting ways:Fascinating. I've wanted this dress badly since I saw it early this year! I first saw the ads in the foreign fashion mags I browse through. I was first obsessed with the shoes and then I thought the dress was cute.
It reminds me of the pastillas de leche (milk candy) I indulged in as a kid and they came wrapped in these meticulously crafted Japanese paper. I think I liked the candy more because of the paper! I really love this Fendi dress!So imagine my surprise when I saw this ad in one of our magazines:This Kester dress from Plains & Prints costs a mere PHP 2,395 (USD 50). I don't know whether I should be ecstatic or outraged. Should I get this dress??? I totally love it! And it's not exactly the same. But I feel it will suffer the fate of my Zara ladybug dress. Oh, and when my hubby saw it in the shop, he said, "It's obviously a knock off." No approval from the hubby. I guess that means I shouldn't, right?

TopShop is on sale! Now, I dislike sales and avoid them like the plague but yesterday, I was one of the lucky few invited to the private sale and I do appreciate having the store all empty. It's much easier to navigate without having to fight with all these hysterical and rude women.

However, I didn't find a lot of nice things yesterday. So I just bought some basic tanks.

I also got this vintage-style tee. It's cool because I married a nerd and I'm a nerd myself.
Hmm. The problem with t-shirts is they kinda gather around my tummy fat. I'd ask you for diet pills that work but I really don't need to diet, ya know? I just need to lose that stubborn tummy fat! Good thing Aesthetic Science Clinic invited me to try out their Mesotherapy and Reshape treatments next week. Wish me luck!


We waited for 10 days for the order to be shipped from London. London is pretty far from Manila but even we were surprised it took just 10 days for our shirts to arrive.

These shirts are the ultimate in film nerd chic. At GBP 18 each (PHP 1,412... plus shipping!), they're pretty pricey, but hey, we totally love them and the way people don't get 'em. For example, can you guess what movie this is?It takes a real film buff to go, "Where on earth did ya find that cool shirt?!" And when we find people who get the shirts, then we know we've met a kindred spirit.

Wine Night is always a pleasant time for drinking, eating and catching up with my girlfriends. But it can get fattening, that's why we do it just once every month. If we did that more often, we'd be needing some strong doses of ephedra and we wouldn't want that! When we were done, we were all buffed till our skin was shining and we were just so soft and pretty. Love The Spa. Especially since my husband enjoyed touching my skin that evening. Yey! I'll do a thorough review of Vinotherapy and Red Wine Sparkler Scrub in my beauty blog this weekend. *Kat is in Turkey so she wasn't able to join us for Wine Date.

This photo from my wedding was supposed to be in the Father's Day post but, with all the photos I was putting up, I forgot to post this one.

I was admiring my bridal self in front of the mirror when Papa joined me. He looked at me appreciatively then said, "I look good!" I stuck out my tongue at him before I giggled.

It's one of my favorite photos.

P.S. If you're wondering why my blog title is in that weird color, it's because of the poll program I'm using for my Choose the Shoes post.

Next, I need to know how much money you normally part with when it comes to shoes. Oh, I never go beyond PHP 5,000, if you must know.


That's it! Thank you, girls. I hope to make this idea into a reality and shoes, they're easy for me. I love them and selling a few online will earn me a bit of money without me needing to put up a store, buy industrial equipment, hire sales people... at the start. If this does well, with your help, this just might be my ticket to riches!

*photos from Urbanog.com