SHOES: YVES SAINT LAURENT

>>> SHOE LADY IS BACK!!!>>>

Hello guys! Sorry for being quiet for a while... You must have been bored checking my blog without any exciting update. Well, dearies, what can I tell you? I've been so busy at work and I've not been very well this past 2 weeks. Monday last week, I came down with a horrible flu and I could never thank my boyfriend enough who has taken off work for 3 days to look after me and my son. Honey, loadsa thanks :) Your kindness will never be forgotten :)

Anyway, as Christmas season is fast appoaching and of course, we can let it slip away without celebrating it :). During the past 2 years, my boyfriend has been taking me to Freemason Christmas dinner, which of course we enjoy a lot :)... and of course for moi... it's a valid excuse to got out and find nice things to wear for the occasion. So, here I am, busy trying to put an outfit together for the night and as you probably know me... I start with the shoes... Well, I don't always start with the shoes but with anything that would grab my attention. It just happened that when I visited my favourite designer shop, they have just launched the new stuff for the season and these pair of Yves Saint Laurent shoes grabbed my atttention and decided that they were the ones I'd love to wear during the night.

So guys... browse away :)

They look bright red in this photo but they're not.


They were originally £350 but I used my £50 voucher to pay towards them so at the end, they only cost me £300... cool eh! Good thing about Flannels, is that for £1,000 you spend in the shop, you'll get rewarded a £50 voucher... How cool is that?

Actual colour

Certified killer heels indeed!

New pair of shoes means a visit to Vivienne Westwood boutique ;)

Closest match that I could find

There's my massive bag I bought (2 months ago?)

My Vivienne Westwood bags and purses collection (so far ;))

My Vivienne Westwood bags and purses collection alongside a few pairs of designer shoes (3 pairs Gucci, 2 pairs MiuMiu, 1 pair Prada, 1 pair Yves Saint Laurent. Where does it end? Well, I'd love a pair of Manolos and Louboutin... and another designer bag during our trip to London next week and that would wrap my 2008 up ;)) I'd post photos of my whole shoe and bag collection... promise... soon :)

My pretty little things before jumping back into their boxes ;)
Dust bags are sooo useful in taking care of nice things :)

You must be wondering... where's the dress? Well, I'd love a long black dress for the occasion but I'm struggling at the moment. I hit the shops and boutiques this afternoon and tried a few. One of them drowned me (it was extremely long... geez!), the other one didn't fit me... I found a lovely dress on the website but it wasn't out on the shops yet... and finally another one I've ordered online because they didn't have my size in the shop (the last one got snatched before I got there). At the moment, I'm still waiting to hear from them to find out whether they have it or not. Otherwise, I'll try my luck in London next week and I hope I'll find one eventually (well, before the party would be helpful). Gosh! I never thought finding the right dress would be this hard... Hmmm.... Wish me luck guys :)

TTFN!!!

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOPPING

>>SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOPPING: SERIOUSLY BREACHING MY NO-BUY-MODE>>

I cannot honestly find any excuse for what has happened last Sunday. I've been really really good in the past month until I visited Vivienne Westwood boutique and waaaaaaah.....!!!!!! I just couldn't help it. I've been such a bad bad girl! Buuu...huuuuuu!

Anyway, just incase you're wondering why I'm in whinning mood... please feel free to scroll down :(

Me and my lucky legs (lucky they don't break!)

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It was a miserable Sunday and I hate getting my feet wet so I've decided to dig out my winter boots... yes... flat ones... great for running after my bus specially when Sam is running late for school!

More of my lucky legs ;)

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This is the reason why I'm whinning. I was on no buy mode but I just couldn't resist walking out of the boutique without this precious thing . It really is huge! I took the photo of it sitting on my pillow to give you an idea on how big this bag is. I thought this would be great for travelling as a hand carry luggage as I could put all my flight essential in it.

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This bag honestly is screaming... DESIGNER!!! Again... scroll down to see what I mean ;)

So, what was the catch? A whooping £595 (US$1,045/48,936 PHP)...Arrgghhh!

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The zip



As if a Vivienne Westwood bag could never be any more designer, it's even got the orbit signatures as the bag's feet! Oh I love them! Okay... I feel better now...





I suppose, my bf and I needed to recover from that madness so we decided to have something to eat at Wagamama Japanese Restaurant and I fancied some noodles so I ordered this Seafood Ramen and it was just... YUM!

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After my madness at the Vivienne Westwood boutique, we went to my favourite designer shop to see what I could find using my £50 worth voucher towards something I fancy and saw a lovely pair of YSL stilettos. I love them and asked the shop assistant to hang on to them. However, she can only put them on hold for 1 week so if I don't get them on time, they're going back on the shelf. If ever, I just hope that no one grabs them. Never mind, we're going to London on the end of November so I might find something even better.

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I've to save some dosh for that London trip as well... Bugger! I meant burger!

Party Diva!

Who doesn't want to party?



Last Saturday, my boyfriend and I went to the Freemason ladies' festival and had a great time! It was lovely to see another network of friends. I don't see them very often infact, I only see them during Freemason gatherings because of our jobs. Anyhow, that's probably best to give ourselves the chance to miss each other. It's always exciting everytime.

A quick pose before heading to the party

I love this outfit... a little black dress from MacQueen boutique, Gucci shoes, pearl choker and handbag both from Vivienne Westwood collection. Make up by moi! (DIY)... and hair by Jane of Haircraft hair salon (I'm not very good with hairstyling that I have to leave it to the professionals... before you raise your eyebrows on me... I'm not suggesting that I'm good with make up either but what I know will do :))

My boyfriend said that I look like pregnant in this photo... cheeky sod!

Rachel. moi and Sue! They were the first 2 ladies I met within the Freemason

My boyfriend and I

Jill and I

My Sue!

Moi with Jill and Tony (such a lovely couple!)

Kevin (Sue's husband) and I... (Kevin reminds me of father Christmas ha ha ha!)

My boyfriend and Rachel (They must've been arranging the delivery of my own Ferrari... I wish!)

Rachel and I (She's the marketing manager of Ferrari and I've been telling her I want one but she seem to keep pretending she didn't hear me ;))

My gorgeous boyfriend! ;)

Rachel, moi and Cully

Dancing the night away

Trust my boyfriend to take photo of me with eye shut! Hmp!

I know I look funny in this photo but I can explain. I didn't even notice my boyfriend took this. ...There was a fund raising game where you have to throw a pound coin towards a bag of toiletries as the price... and whoever throw the coin closest to the bag wins. As you can see... they guys looked pretty impressed as I nearly won it! I didn't... darn!

Party stuff

Half bottle of sparkling wine with chocolates I won on the raffle

Every couple went home with this 5x7 silver picture frame

The invites/tickets

The menu/programme

Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer Evening Shopping Event

At last! The most awaited Vivienne Westwood Sale! Wooo hoo! I've been thinking about this event for over a week and have always had that pink hand bag in my mind to match my new pink Miu Miu shoes! I thought, if it was the only thing I could afford that day, it'll be worth it. I had a great time during the sale and it was surprisingly busy! They offered 30% discount during the week sale plus another 10% for regular customers like moi! There was a lovely dress that I really liked but unfortunately it wasn't available in my size (darn!). Anyway, I had fabulos time! Not sure about my boyfriend but to be fair, he's been patient and we did enjoy a few giggles on the items in the boutique ;). We didn't manage to have sips of Champagne as the manager and his asistants were very very busy... might give it a dig when the sale is over ;)

To look the part, (well, sort of :P)... I wore my basque from MACQueen boutique, trouser suit from Next and my black Miu Miu shoes and of course... my Vivienne Westwood pearl choker and black handbag (VW as well)

Ignore the bruise on my arm... I've been scratching it whilst I was asleep



My Vivienne Westwood haul!

Although I only came out with 4 items... I had a big grin on my face :)... I love them... a lot!

Black long sleeve ladies shirt from £100 (around 197 USD/8,800 PHP) reduced to £60 (around 118USD/5,278 PHP)

Black cotton ladies shirt from £60 (around 118USD/5,278 PHP) reduced to £36 (around 71USD/3,167 PHP)

Pink Slashed Satin hand bag from £135 (around 266 USD/11,878 PHP) reduced to £84 around ( 165 USD/7,389 PHP)

Black Helter Skelter (coin purse) from £70 (around 138 USD/6,159 PHP) reduced to £42 (around 82 USD/ 3,695 PHP)


After VW shopping my boyfriend took me to a seafood restaurant where we enjoyed oysters for starters, I had lobster for my main course and bf had salmon steak with prawns. It was a great meal and will definitely be going back soon.

What about you? Have you been enjoying the spring summer sale in your area? Let's hear about it :)

TTFN!