My Top Picks from Homeworld

I was leisurely strolling at SM Homeworld earlier today. I love dropping by furniture stores because I am a frustrated interior decorator! I've long been dreaming of designing my non-existent home. Haha! Here are my top picks today:

Interesting frames/canvas featuring New York Times Square, Yellow Cabs in New York, and the Big Ben in London. I also love this bright orange wall! 

Foldable Four-Seater Dining Set. It's such a space-saver!

I love these vintage pillows!

Stars and Stripes Sofa.  

Kate Spade

I have the awesome-est sister ever! She bought me a Kate Spade Tudor City Lacey Wallet as her belated birthday gift and advance Christmas gift to me. She was kinda forced to buy me this from Takashimaya Department Store because I have a free 50 SGD gift certificate (freebie from my Canon S100 camera). Everything in Takashimaya is branded. Hence, the Kate Spade wallet. She volunteered to shoulder the balance!

Excited to open my first Kate Spade.

This zip around continental wallet has a 14-karat light gold plated hardware with 12 credit card slots, 2 billfolds, zipper change pocket and exterior slide pocket. I am soooo excited to use this!

A Day in the Mall

I love window shopping for my non-existent home. Haha! Earlier today, I was at SM Megamall's Homeworld and National Bookstore to de-stress!!!

SHADES OF BROWN: This 4-seater dining set is really a space-saver! Perfect for those living in condos! I also love the brown color palette of the two-seater sofa and rattan chair!

SHADES OF WHITE: I love collecting trinkets from various parts of the world. These shelves would be perfect for my vast collection! The minimalist glass-top table on the lower-right side would also be perfect for my future home office!

HAVE A SEAT: My favorite is the unique red chair on the lower left and the striped chair on the upper right. 

TAKE ME BACK TO PARIS: I love these vintage pillows as well as these red and black chairs!

STUDY TIME: I wish I had a study table as big as this way back when I was still in college.

MIX AND MATCH: The colors red, black and white look so good together! I love the classic and modern twist of the items below!

WANDERLUST: If I'll have lots of extra money, I would buy all of Frommer's books!

MORE TRAVEL BOOKS: I should add these to my Christmas wishlist!

OC-NESS: If I'll have my own home office someday, I would buy these colorful steel cabinets from National Bookstore for my filing system! I would also buy these eye-catching vintage boxes from Exciting Gifts and Goodies (EGG)! So pretty! 

Before I headed home, I dropped by SM Department Store and found these vintage Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn canvasses! The colorful picture frames and wall clocks also caught my attention!

Unlisted

Say hello to my newest baby!

Unlisted is a shoe brand that I have known for quite some time here in the Philippines. I chanced upon this eye-catching blue-and-red pair of wedge sandals while strolling in SM CDO this afternoon. I super love the color combination and heel height (around 2 inches). I am pretty sure I can walk on these the entire day. Plus, they offered me a 10% discount! All the more reason to buy it! Haha!

Mall Hopping in Dubai

Since Dubai is famous for its ginormous malls, my sister and I vowed to visit one shopping mall a day during our weeklong stay in Dubai. Our trip was also very timely because we were able to take part in the annual Dubai Shopping Festival. Nearly all the shops were on SALE! On our first night, we went to the Mall of the Emirates, which is the second largest mall in the Middle East with a total area of 6,500,000 square feet. 

On our second day, we visited the Mercato Shopping Mall, the first themed mall in the Middle East with influence from the Renaissance era. Such an impressive mall! 

After our side trip to Abu Dhabi on the third day, we asked our driver to drop us off Ibn Battuta Mall, the largest themed mall in world. 

Ibn Battuta Mall is divided into six main courts. This is the Andalusia Court.

Meanwhile this is the Tunisia Court.

On the other hand, this is the Egypt Court.

My favorite is the Persia Court.

This is the exotic India Court.

And finally, this is the very oriental China Court.

Check out this very Pinoy ad at Bath & Body Works.

After our side trip to Al Ain on the fourth day, we asked our driver to drop us off Dubai Festival City, a waterfront community designed to emulate the 21st century spirit of Dubai.

The unique Al Fanar Restaurant & Cafe caught our attention.

Piece of Cake, the cutest cafe in the whole wide world.

The Canal Walk at Dubai Festival City.

After our side trip to Fujairah on the fifth day, we went to visit Wafi City, a mixed-use development complex modeled after Ancient Egypt.

The interiors were equally impressive!

The glass ceiling inside the mall is very eye-catching!

Small pyramids, elaborate columns and images of pharaohs surround the complex.

On our sixth day, we went to Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping mall with over 1200 shops. The Dubai Aquarium can also be found in the same mall. 

This is the Gold Souk in the Dubai Mall.

Dubai Mall's amazing ceiling!

Straw Weaved Wedge

To buy or not to buy?   That is the question. 

These days, Facebook is one of the fastest growing online shopping sites. I saw this ultra cute straw-weaved wedge sandal from an online seller's Facebook account and I couldn't take my eyes off it. I super love the peep-toe design with matching shoe laces. This pair comes in two colors, grey and pink, but I prefer this grey one. 

Birthday Shopping

As an advance birthday present to myself, I went on a little shopping spree today. I discovered the shop, Gate, while I was in Prague last February. Luckily, I found the same shop here in Ostrava. I love how everything is so cheap in Gate that's why I was also able to buy some stuff for my family back home too.

Indiana Jones

A couple of days ago, I was in Prague with my cousin for the Easter holidays. Every time I am in town, I always visit F&F in Palladium Mall because I am a big fan of their reasonably priced fast fashion collection. I discovered this brand while grocery shopping in Tesco many months ago where F&F has various racks of clothes, shoes, bags and accessories. I was really thrilled to find out last November that they have opened their first boutique in Prague.

I bought something unusual in F&F last Easter. It is a pair of ala-Indiana Jones mid-cut booties! While I do admit that this edgy design is not really my usual style, this pair caught my eye because of two reasons: I love its camel brown color and it was on sale (only 300 CZK or about Php 750). Plus, there were only three pairs left and one was surprisingly my size! 

             

Smart Casual Outfit

While I was in Ljubljana more than a week ago, I bought two pairs of trousers from Zara for only 9.99 euros or about Php 600 each. In the Philippines, I don't usually buy from Zara because the prices are way beyond my budget. I rarely find anything below Php 1000. So I was really surprised to snag such a sweet deal on trousers at one of Zara's outlets in Slovenia. I would love to wear more high-waist trousers like in this photo. This is the perfect smart casual workwear outfit.

Boat-Neckline Dress

Last weekend, I had a great time strolling around Ljubljana in Slovenia. My only itinerary was to check out the important sights and monuments in the city, but I chanced upon a Zara outlet that was having a big big sale, so I ended up shopping as well!

I found a very elegant black dress with a unique boat-neckline on sale for only 9.99 euros. The original price was 69.95 euros! Could you believe that? 

I loved it the moment I saw it but sadly, they didn't have my size because all sale items on display were already broken sizes. So I ended up buying it for my petite elder sister.