Giordano Denims Sale Finds

Happy Weekend! Before we're off to another quick trip up north, I couldn't resist posting my recent shopping finds from Giordano today. I know right, I have so many pending posts...giveaway post, Korea Cosmetics eBay loots, hotel reviews, etc. But I think this is a fun post to jumpstart writing about my usual retail therapies, and I don't really need a lot of words since pictures will hopefully speak for themselves (or not?). Here they go...

Denims Love ;-D

Giordano Denim Long Blouse Sale Price Php 550 (not bad!)...but with my height, it's okay to call it a dress! :-D ...I'm wearing this tomorrow to our trip to Baguio, and I know just the perfect shoes to wear (ahem! FitFlop Dash Boots! ;-D)

Giordano Denim Shorts with adjustable lengths Sale Price Php 500... Giordano's pricing baffles me, sometimes they have nice jeans for Php 999, but others are at Php 2000-3000. I bought a shorts from them before for Php 2000+ (ouch!), and I long since avoided checking their shorts because it's just over the top. So finding a Php 500 denim shorts with uber soft fabric, and a cute floral print hints is definitely a great find. ;-D

It seemed I'm gearing up for the summer, I just had to get this another denim shorts. Sale Price Php 500.  I am a bit happy too that my size is already below the 30ish, haha! ;-D

They will look nicely if matched with colorful, floral/butterfly printed scarves from Accessorize, methinks. Hmmm... butterflies or lacy floral prints? Please do let me know your thoughts too. ;-D 

Giordano is our go-to brand for casual polo shirts, and jeans (denims and khakis) too. We're proud holder of their discount/membership cards. It's just really been a while since I stopped by, I'm glad we did. Happy Weekend! ;-D I have more shopping finds to share, please stay tuned for more. Cheers! ;-D 

Tattoos, and Posh Orly Nails

Last February 15, we found ourselves extending our stay at the Robinson's Galleria Mall. We helped a cousin get his tattoos done. We were there 530pm, we left at 11pm. It was such an ordeal. Although, watching the tattoo artist at work made me appreciate the high level of skill and intricacy involve in tattooing, but hey, although my hubby's cousin was being brave and all, I feel the ouch! So yes, real tattoo is not for me, I'm happy to get seasonal henna tattoo just for now.  ;-D

Tattoo by Gene Testa at Robinson's Galleria Mall's Health and Beauty Section

We're with Chase since we stayed overnight in Manila, he wanted to stay behind and watched the whole tattooing extravaganza, but we decided to indulge in some pampering time while the neighboring health and beauty establishments were still open.

Posh Nails Hand and Foot Spa

I don't really have a lot of time, since we're booked for a 8:20pm massage at the Big Apple Express Spa, since they didn't have an available manicurist to do my nails at the same time, I just went for the pedicure,

So pretty, girly, and bright. ;-D

Foot Grooming (Php 215) is basic pedicure with polish, plus a foot soak/wash, and a massage. I love. ;-D 

Orly Nail Polishes Swatches. I like the way of choosing colors, it makes it easy. 

Orly It's up to Blue

Voila! My Posh Toe Nails! ;-D

Posh Nails is such a pretty place, although the lighting is a bit too bright for my liking. I wish there were draperies, or something else installed just for added coziness and privacy a la The Nail Loft with the curtains in between, and also warm lighting, and just peruse individual study/work lamp. But the price and visit were all worth it considering we had a long day, so yes, cheers to my happy and posh feet! ;-D

For more details, visit POSH NAIL Hand and Foot Spa on Facebook. ;-D

After I was done with my nails, tattooing was barely halfway done, it meant we had more free time. I treated Chase to his first ever trip to a spa at Big Apple Express Spa. Please stay tuned on my post. 

Valentine's Day Gift

It's Friday, I'm in love!... this is just me singing along to that tune. Anyhow, just want to rave about our greatest V-Day gift ever, a greeting card from our son, Chase. ;-D

My son is a 6-year old Prep Student. He goes to Preschoolville. I can't help but marvel at his feats and progresses on his artworks every time. For this one, he made use of oil pastels. ;-D

Awww...such sweet words! :-D 

So yes, our heart's are love-filled too! ^_^

For this V-Day, I got hubby to get me some real jewelries this time. Haha! ;-D I know, I'm happily addicted to Accessorize, Fashion Accessories and the likes, but I just wanted to start investing somehow. O-Oh! ;-D

V-Day 2012 at The Fort Bonifacio High Street

Hi! I owe everyone a belated Valentine's greeting, I hope you all had a love-filled V-Day. ;-D For us, it's twice as much, for we also celebrated my sis-in-law's birthday. They were visiting from abroad. Truth be told, hubby and I are usually avoiding the V-Day rush so we go on for a pre or post date. We have a strong aversion of getting caught in the traffic and parking mayhem. But since we're meeting up with them in Manila, we decided to stay overnight. My son loves hotel living, he calls it fancy living, but my, this is our fourth hotel stay for two weeks. It's suddenly no fun packing and unpacking every time...but I'm not yet complaining, I'm just saying. For the night we decided to try The Legend Villas (post to follow).

Lola Maria Restaurant at The Legend Villas at Mandaluyong City

Anyhow, good thing we came in earlier at The Fort Bonifacio High Street, at 4pm, the parking was already something. All the walking made us hungry so we decided to grab snacks at Murray's New Orleans.

Pete's Famous Buffalo Wings Php 300+. We quickly finished these, so we helped ourselves for a second serving. Normally, Bleu Cheese dressing is not to our usual liking but when it comes to dipping buffalo wings, we just can't get enough of it! We find ourselves loving the resto-bleu cheese dressings that comes with the buffalo wings here at Murray's,/Clawdaddy's too, and Hooter's. Albeit, we're not too fond of the variant that is sold at the supermarkets.

Murray's New Orleans Pumpkin Soup. I shared this with Chase. Every so often, Chase and I love to start our meal to a serving of soup. This one doesn't disappoint too. 

Purple and Red Velvet Cake Slice...too bad I couldn't get a better photo, it actually comes with a strawberry syrup drawn heart, Chase was so curious about the silver metallic balls or dragées, which were edible so he went on hurriedly butchering it. ;-D I love the added purplish yam flavored. And I'm such a fan of cream cheese, so this one was to my liking as well.  

This was just my third visit to Murray's. The first and second were for a company event, which after  finding the food to our liking, we decided to hold a private function thereafter. So far, the Pete's Famous Wings remains to be a compelling reason for a visit. We're recharged before we set off for our dinner date. Se we went on walking, window shopping, and eventually shopping too. ;-D Chase's favorite stores are namely...Patchi, iStudio, JBL, Tempur, and ROX. I have almost the same, just add La Senza. ;-D

Patchi Philippines at Bonifacio High Street. We enjoyed Patchi so much the last time, that Chase has only the fondest memory of the brand, so he wanted to come inside the beautifully hearty adorned window store.

For dinner, we're not in the mood to be adventurous, so we're off to Italianni's Restaurant, our ever reliable and foremost choice #when-family-and-friends-are-visiting dining destination (other than T.G.I.Friday's). This was our 4th visit for the past weeks, so we mostly know what to order by heart. ;-D

Albeit my ravings and familiarity of the restaurant, I just realized that I never did an Italianni's post. So I'm   doing a V-Day/B-Day 2012 Dinner post separately. Please indulge me to another food post. I hope to be back on my regular programming soon... more of beauty/girly/I-love-everything-Korean/shopping related posts asap. ;-D Again...my Belated Happy Heart's Day greetings to everyone! ;-D

More Sale Finds at Accessorize

I finally made time to share my recent finds at Accessorize, I must have been very busy indeed to let my shopping bag from Accessorize to stay in a corner for a week. So here goes...This was my second not so major loot from the brand, after I made a quick trip prior to our Visayas escapade to get my accessories for the wedding. Being the smart shopper that I am, #bargainhunter even, I was able to get most of these at 70% off.

Accessorize wrap with Butterfly Prints now at Php 450. I fell in love with my butterfly charmed necklace and bracelet, I love to match it with this. ;-D

Accessorize studded Peacock Necklace 

Casual Bracelet for everyday, and great for layering too with other items.

I love this Accessorize long layered and charmed necklace . I used this for the wedding last time. 

...and this Accessorize Tassel Earrings too. 

More pretty items...so girly, bows and flower hair clips. ;-D

All dolled up with the Accessorize Flower Hair Clip with a Mantaray appliquéd Hibiscus cap from Debenhams...loving the The Face Shop Pastel Romance Spring 2012 collection (review on separate post). ;-D

Last week, I dropped by to three Accessorize Branches namely Trinoma, SM MOA, and Marquee. SM MOA still had most items on sale, while Marquee was okay. There were barely anything left on sale at Trinoma, so MOA is still the place to go, just in case. I'm seriously keeping myself from getting more, wish me luck! ^_^ 

Manila Bay Sun Cruises *Pix Heavy

Happy Monday! Love is in the air, isn't? ;-D... just want to join in the whole fanfare for tomorrow's Valentine's Day. So maybe, this could be of interest to some who haven't finalized their V-Date just yet. ^_^ Anyhow, we took this escapade a while back. Hubby remembered taking the cruise yearsss ago, and he'd been wanting to try it out with me for the longest time, but it's not really a priority until we had to scout for a one of a kind evening activity for our friends and relatives who visited last time. So we set of going for a Manila Bay Cruise just to have a feel. At least I know of two companies offering the Manila Bay Dinner Cruise, one from the Prestige and from the Sun Cruises'. We didn't know that last time. So we found ourselves taking the Sun Cruises. Read on for my thoughts and take. ;-D

Aboard M/V Spirit of Manila via Sun Cruises. We were treated with the spectacular sights of the SM Mall of Asia lights and the SM MOA Eye Ferris Wheel. 

We made it in time for the 6:15 pm trip. It's docked at the back of CCP, beside the now-closed Jumbo Floating Palace Restaurant,  just after the Folk Arts Theater. 

The vessel of the Prestige Cruises is bigger, but it seemed doesn't have an A/C dining area unlike the Sun Cruises'. 

Since we didn't have a reservation, we were ushered inside the airconditioned dining area. It was a Wednesday, but the place was full.

There was a big group of French Tourists, with a Filipino Interpreter/Guide....oh how I envy him for his fluency in French. I took 6 modules for 2 years back in college, but I barely remember anything. 

The empty A/C dining area of Sun Cruises. Dinner will be served momentarily, before the ship sails off. So in the end, I guess it's better that we were seated here, since the docking area is not as clean. 

It's a sit-down dinner, with a single serving of clear soup to start off, and then the main course, then a dessert. Soda is not included. It's tasty, but it's so modest...not for those with a hearty appetite, like yours truly!  So yes, to our surprise! 

We finished our meal pronto, and we all went up to the higher deck for the view.

The higher deck/al fresco dining area. 

And then we started cruising... Sofitel at night. 

The cruise will circle most the Manila Bay offering the sights of the Makati, SM Moa, and Manila lights and skyline. The SM MOA especially the spectacular changing lights of The Eye of SM MOA are sights to behold.

Ms. Friendship with a nice French Madam. :-D

More sights. Aboard M/V Spirit of Manila.

Overall, this is not for those with hearty appetites. The cruise doesn't come with a gastronomic adventure. The Php 550/rate is for the whole cruising by the bay al fresco and several photo opportunities. The tour takes about an hour, it offers plenty of time of getting-to-know-each-other type of engagements. The lights of course offer a romantic back draft. ;-D For the usual always-on-the-go like my hubby, it offers a great unwinding respite. More so, as happy travelers, this is a great way to appreciate and relieve that maybe cruising can be #morefuninthePhilippines.

Since our guests didn't have the luxury of time, we skipped this, we treated them to a Korean Feast instead. They would rather spend their last few hours in Manila shopping at Greenhills and SM MOA anyhow. ;-D

Sun Cruises Schedule and Contact Details

Feeling Pretty in Yellow, Laneige, and Accessorize

Hi! Please indulge me, I just can't really get enough of my turn out (hair, makeup, and dress) on my sister in law's wedding, I'm truly marveling at the results...so this post is mostly about, me, myself & I. ;-D Plus the fact, that it was dream come true for me... curls and uber lengthy eyelashes! ;-D Anyhow, I just really want to dwell on the details.

At the reception... a bit dewy after the church ceremonies, but still looking fab enough, methinks. ^_^

Fresh out of hair and makeup...Hair and Makeup was done by a pro,  but I made him/her used some of my favorite makeups: SkinFood Black Egg Pore Foundation/ Skin Food Gold Caviar Moist Fitting Cake/ Majolica Majorca Lash Enamel Glamour On/ For my lips, he combined/layered (or what have you's) my two Laneige Lipsticks, which I had with me that time... Laneige LR 06 Fresh Pink and the R214 Shine Red. I'm truly loving these, so I'm hoping to get more of them. Plus, I'll do a the full review asap. 

Just look at those lashes...call me trivial, but I'm now a fan of the false eyelashes. You just really have to get the right pair. I think these look so natural, and just rightly accentuates the eyes. By the way, I had my brows done too..threaded, tweezed, and even colored. ;-D

For my gown, I chose to accent it with a studded black makeshift belt, instead of going for an all yellow gown, just to complement the black suits the guys were wearing. On a more practical note, it also allowed me to use the same pair of Nine West shoes too from the rehearsal dinner, so I didn't have to pack for two pairs of shoes. 

I just can't help admiring these necklaces, which the couple wore on their traditional wedding money dance, which is said for good fortune. These necklaces were made of paper dollar bills. ;-D 

My accessories, which I'll do a separate post, were mostly with butterfly charms accented fashion jewelries from Accessorize, and SM Department Store.

Oh wow, this sure is some major cam whoring post. I guess this is just about right, since I might take a while to be back on shape, so I'm veering away from taking photos of myself for now since the food feasting still continues, and it's really taking a toll on my weight. :-( So I'm mostly lingering in the past. Haha! ;-D

Anyhow, I need recommendations on great false eyelashes just to get me started on d.i.y. applications. Please do share. ;-D Have a fab day! Happy Weekend! ;-D