Loco for Rocco

I'm still alive!  It's been a busy month which explains the lack of updates, and it looks like my schedule will be just as bad this December.   I'll still try to update as much as I can.  Let me start with  my newest obsession (thisclose to becoming my Christmas gift to myself):

It's the Alexander Wang Rocco Duffel Bag!  This bag is not new, actually.  It's been around since 2009, but I've been loving the studs and leather trend (on bags, shoes and belts) lately and I've been looking for perfect bag with that vibe. 

The  Rocco is almost perfect.  The leather is oh-so-yummy:

Kate's Look for Less

As I have said many times over, I am obsessed with Kate Middleton and her sense of style.  She always manages to look elegant and classy, never boring (which is a feat considering all the minimalstic clothing that she wears).  She had me with this blue Issa engagement dress:

Truth be told, I did not know who Issa was before I saw this dress.  A little Googling revealed that she is a young up-and-coming Brazilian designer who is one of Kate's favorites.  While her clothes are not as expensive as those from the established designers, they are still quite pricey for us ordinary folk.  That dress costs 427 pounds (over P20,000)!  Yikes.

Need vs. Want

I need another pair of shoes to wear for an upcoming wedding. It has to be neutral or gold-toned.  

I have this bad habit of buying formal shoes to match a particular dress that I'll be wearing, and then never wearing those shoes again!  This time, I vowed to find something that I can wear for multiple events or parties.

So I narrowed down my choices to this pair (the Almond one):

Or this pair (also the Almond one):

Panic Buying (My Missoni for Target Haul)

Last September 13, while everyone was glued to the TV watching Shamcey compete in Miss Universe,  I was glued to my laptop/iPad/iPhone hitting refresh like a mad woman, waiting for Target to finally upload the Missoni collection online.  I've been eagerly anticipating this launch for months, and even had a partial shopping list for it!

After more than one month of waiting , I finally received the items I ordered:

Actually, these are not the only items I ordered, but they were the only ones I received. Because of the unprecedented demand for this collection, Target.com crashed.  Repeatedly.  A few days after I placed my orders on Target.com, I received several e-mail notifications for cancelled orders.  I'm guessing they unintentionally oversold some items and didn't have enough stock to meet everyone's demands.

Most of the items that were cancelled from my order were houseware stuff (throw blankets, mugs and shower curtains, to name a few).  I guess those were the most coveted pieces in this collection.  The blanket is going for about $120-150 on eBay, and its retail price was just $49.99!

Pining for Palazzo

I don't usually jump on fashion trends right away.  Most of the time, I appreciate trends when they're no longer uso!  But I just can't seem to get these type of pants out of my head:

Photo taken from Forever21.com

They're called palazzo pants.  I'm not really sure from where the name originates, but Chicify.com gives a good retrospective of this style in this blog entry:  Words That Shaped The Week:  Palazzo Pants.

No Return, No Exchange

Despite my initial excitement upon learning that Payless Shoesource will be opening stores in the Philippines, I only bought my first Payless pair(s) of shoes locally last week....more than a year since the stores opened!

I honestly have no idea who Isabel Toledo is, but her collaboration with Payless is just adorable.  Especially this style:



Ghillie Flats in Black



I am ultra conservative and boring when it comes to picking shoes for the office, but for casual wear...it's anything goes for me.  The quirkier, the weirder, the better!  And that's why these Ghillie flats with the ballerina-like criss-cross lace thing caught my eye immediately.  They look fugly in the pictures, but they became 1000x more interesting when I wore them.  I wish I took an action shot!

A Slightly Crazy and Possibly Stupid Review

I meant to write a decent review of Crazy Stupid Love, but when I started Googling for pictures to accompany my review, I found this:

Maybe an indecent review is more appropriate?  Hee hee!

Anyway, I'll still try to write something coherent...

If ogling Ryan Gosling isn't your thing, then you'd be happy to hear that Crazy Stupid Love is actually a really good movie.  It's sweet and touching without going overboard (except maybe for the penultimate scene), it's funny without trying too hard, and it catches you completely off-guard with that suprising twist which I did not expect (I don't know if I was just dense, but I really was surprised!)  All the actors have their moments, but I should give special props to the kid who played Steve Carrell's son.  He is just adorable and funny.