*yum*

Remember Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift? Well they're playing re-runs of it on TNT in HD tonight and this is guy appears for like 5 secs in the movie...

Meet Satoshi Tsumabuki.

YUMMEEEE...

I really need to stop

shopping...Perhaps after Woodbury Common, I've gotten a little carried away with my recent purchases.

Fab coral wedges from 80%20 on sale and today, half off a Foley + Corinna Mid City Tote...What's a girl to do??? It seems Summer in the City is ridden with unbelievable sales. ARGH. Time to put away the credit card.

Fallen Princesses

In recent events with Iran, I came across Dina Goldstein's photography from A Cup of Jo and this marvelous set of photographs, here's a preview:

Woodbury Common Run #1

Two fifth's of the Lee clan are staying with me and we decide to hop into a zipcar and drive to Central Valley, NY - home of the famed Woodbury Common - designer factory outlet mecca! We clearly did not estimate our time correctly and ended up forgoing several stores but that always means we'll be back again. Nevertheless, we did quite well for ourselves.

Woodbury Common is quite overwhelming - with hundreds of stores both high-end designer like Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga etc to Chelsea Premium Outlet regulars like Banana Republic, GAP, Nine West etc. We planned a strategy of attack and at the end of the day, we did pretty very well for ourselves and scored awesome deals.

The highlight? A fabulous pair of DVF peep-toe patent pumps from Saks Off Fifth (with additional 30% off thanks to the VIP coupon book! SCORE!) - and they make me smile when I wear them & actually are quite comfortable.

I'm looking forward to my next trip there already! Thanksgiving sale perhaps?? *wink*

The Graduate

He did it! The Sloanie is offcially a grad. And this photo says it all.

Well done babe!

Spent our last weekend in Boston together with the Lee Clan and did the sights & sounds of New England. Namely, Essex, Gloucester & Rockport. Fried clams, sun, sand and sea and tons of jumping shots.

Congratulations J! I'm so proud of you. xxx.

my boyfriend's back

hey-yah hey-yah! my boyfriend's back!

e-shopping.com

So ever since I started working full-time, my hours aren't quite 9-5. I spend alot of time at work and realise I have very little time left for myself. As a result, laundry gets piled up, the apartment gets messy and cluttered, my legs remain fuzzy and my hair overgrown. Which leaves no room for frivolous shopping of course. No room whatsoever. In fact, I actually have to make time to go shopping. Even grocery/supplies shopping.

Thankfully, stores open late in Manhattan, even on weekdays and there's always the internet. Recently, I made several big purchases online because I simply didn't have the time to buy it in-store. Having moved into a bigger, better space - I needed a 2nd air conditioner and, much to my father's insistence - a bigger tv. So I bought them online via Amazon.com and Bestbuy.com respectively and am awaiting their deliveries this week. Whilst perusing Amazon.com, I also invested in a small safe and found some great photo frames for cheap! Click add to cart and I was ready to checkout :D How easy!

I am still in need of a sofa and unfortunately, IKEA doesn't let you buy sofas online. However, upon looking at my fairly empty apartment, I feel inspired to make sure this cosy abode will make my mother proud. Hence, I spent a great deal of last night in bed browsing www.apartmenttherapy.com and getting plenty of good ideas for small spaces and decluttering tactics. Clutter seems to be my biggest problem as my dad pointed out to me this weekend. I must somehow overcome it.

So, off to IKEA I go this weekend, as well as other cool websites and thrift stores with eclectic housewares. I intend to do all of this on a decent budget and come out with a fabulously decorated apartment. And then, photos will follow to document my interior decorating work-in-progress project :)