Jacobs & Choo

I went to an outlet mall yesterday with my sister. I needed a dress and shoes for graduation (and hopefully wearable for the rest of my life). I think the best part about this mall is that they have department store outlets. I found my dress at the Bloomingdales outlet, and everything there was already discounted plus buy one item, get another half off. So for my second item, I got this Marc by Marc Jacobs striped t-shirt dress. Its super comfortable, I think its adorable (Trang and David don’t like it though ;x), and was really reasonably priced after the discount. I didn’t take a picture of my dress because I’ll be wearing it tomorrow in graduation pictures :]

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Rawr~ Imma eat chuuu!

Originally for shoes, I had been lusting over these “Gucci Ankle Strap Peep Toe Pump” for over a month. But as lovely and classic the style was, I couldn’t bring myself to spend $600 on one pair of shoes and I couldn’t even try it on since it was only sold online. Though I’ll admit I still regret not getting it and plummeting into severe credit card debt since I could see myself wearing them for the rest of my life (kidding~). Anyway~ I knew I wanted something open-toed, suede, and with ankle straps. So when I saw these Jimmy Choo pumps at Nordstrom Rack fitting the description perfectly, I was extremely happy! Not to mention, the sale price was much cheaper than the Gucci pair and was 1/4th of the original price.

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The shoes are a little too big for me (I’m a 37, not a 38) but nothing that shoe padding can’t fix! They’re a little scuffed in some places and looks a tiny bit worn out, but the sole shoes no signs of wear. Maybe it was a last pair at some Nordstrom and they sent it to the outlet store? Either way, I don’t mind since the imperfections aren’t extremely noticeable unless you’re staring at it. But yay! My first pair of designer shoes! They’re really comfortable but I’m hoping that I won’t break my ankle walking across the stage since I don’t normally wear high heels, ever.

One for one

I recently got my first pair of Toms after trying to avoid them for so long. The shoes are for a good cause, but I’m more of a Vans person and couldn’t see the aesthetic appeal of Toms (aka, I think they look weird). But my sister (who has at least six pairs) swore they were super comfortable and would be great for my trip to Asia. So I relented and bought a pair in black.

I think they kind of look like Chinese kung-fu slippers. Not in a bad way though, because maybe I want to look like I can kick butt. Not to mention they are extremely comfortable. I’m already considering getting another pair when I get back from vacation, maybe in red? Although, my sister is trying to get me to buy Rainbows now too and I kind of hate the way flip flops look, but I’ll probably relent because of it’s comfort level.

New York!

For some reason, I just realized that I never posted photos from my time in New York when I was there in March. So while I’m in the final frenzy state of mind, I guess I’ll go ahead and post them, yay!

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Obligatory おたふく visit!

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Kevin’s dolla, dolla pizza

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Rice pudding from Rice to Riches

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We also ate at Nom Wah Tea Parlor, which had the feel of an old American diner and the food was almost as good as the dim sum that I had in Hong Kong two years ago.

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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory

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They didn’t have any mochi that day, boo.