Shopping Madness!!

Sigh.... Most of my mishaps are with shopping.... With Arts & Crafts.... Now shoes!

Well, it's stale news but it happened sometime this mth. As usual I was waiting for hubby in the Gardens while he's receiving his hair treatment and as usual I browse around Isetan (since it's the "cheapest" shop in Gardens & I do like their fashion).

To cut a long story short, following are my shopping damage :
1. Snowfly heeled sandals (50% off) - I really need this
2. Steve Madden 4-inch heels x 2 pairs (50% off) - honestly this is a luxury... not something I need... but I love it so so much! It's just too pretty!
3. a bolero short sleeved jacket (70% off) - imagine RM130 original down to RM39! dirt cheap
4. South China Sea slacks x 2 pairs (Khakis & Blue @ 70% off) - original RM100/pc. Now RM30
5. beaded sleeveless top (20% off) - in all honesty, this is a splurge... I know I'll never pay tht on normal times, but I guess I was on a roll tht day & it was really-really beautiful!

I know I won't be able to make such shopping damage (esp. 1 & 2) if not for the "mantra" I kept repeating the whole time I was browsing / contemplating purchase... The "mantra" goes like this : "What is RMxxx when someone can buy RM4k for a purse!!!" / "This is not even 10% of RM4k & it's for xyz! Not just a purse..."

Fortunately I know how to pull the brakes for 1 occasion... because I managed to "convince" myself tht I'll just splurge this once to buy a nice Coach bag that I really liked but dare not even step foot into the boutique to check out the price. There's a clearance sale going on anyway, so I thought it'll reduce my shopping guilt if I know it was on sale... Lo & behold, the price tags says - RM3,988 / RM6,798 / RM4,555 on 50% off. :-O OMG... I wasn't even prepared to give 10% of the original value! What good is a 50% discount!!! So at least I had the sense to stop there & walked out without any further damage to my bank account. phew!

Bed of Roses - My New "Treasure" Trove

After an out of office meeting in Glenmarie sometime back, I got my colleague to drop me off at Subang Parade. So I was window shopping while waiting for hubby to fetch me from there.

I found this lingerie shop on the Ground floor of Subang Parade tht sells plus size lingerie. The designs looks beautiful & they are not as expensive as Marks & Spencers & the few other places where u can get comfy XXL knickers. They have many materials including soft, comfy laces tht doesn't scratch / lycra tht just stretches & stretches / plain cotton but extra soft. Most importantly, most of them are no VPL (visible panty line) types.

Of course it's not as cheap as Jusco where you can get huge cotton knickers (tht by d way, makes u look like a grandma) at RM10/5pairs, but we're talking abt quality & making a woman feel sexy (despite her size) baybeh.....

Ohh.... & I must tell abt their bras too.... They make your 2 "treasures" look firm & well lifted. They are mostly off-season stuff from Dorothy Perkins & some other brands I can't remember. However as usual - they had to snip off the labels - which is fine by me... No one is going to sneak under my clothes to find out wht brand of knickers / knackers (I mean... bras...) I'm wearing underneath. I'll just declare it in my blog, right here! :-)

So if any of you are on the edge of Plus Size (i.e. size 9/10 & above), this is a good place. They have small sizes right up to XS too, but they also have sizes way up to 16/18 if I remember correctly (& bras up to cup E!). Spent a bomb there, but after wearing them... well worth every cent.