Pink Sunday

Bought some wedges from Parisian. It's becoming my favorite shoe brand. Affordable and pretty. This pair's 50% off, making it just 250 bucks! I got another with even higher heels but I doubt I can wear it. Wearing this pair already made me feel like a giant. No joke. 2.5 inches and I feel large and out of place. Not a nice feeling. It's just that higher shoes have better designs! At least they're affordable. Not to mention very very comfy. I wore it from morning til night and I didn't feel any discomfort. Who would have thunk?

jeans - Terranova; floral tank - Trunkshow; cardigan - Zara; 
wedges - Parisian (from SM dept store)

Quotidian

quo·tid·i·an - adj. (kw-td-n) - everyday; commonplace

I'm not sure how I learned that word today, but it certainly wasn't from listening to the lectures. I think it was from a website.

Quotidian is what I would describe my outfit above, one of the few that I brought to Barcelona. There's nothing too special about a grey tee and black shorts, but it's so comfortable and effortless. Plus, I love the owl print. I love owls in general, period :)

I think I'll do one last post on Barcelona (and my quintessential flipflops), and I'll move on...promise :)

tee - Mango; shorts - H&M;

flipflops - Havaianas; bag - Mango

Work wear

I love these jeans. Fits well, comfy, and reasonably priced too. I actually bought an exact same pair for back up purposes :) Once you find that perfect pants, don't let it go!

This pair is of course from Terranova, the heaven-sent answer to all those sad sad years of ill-fitting jeans. I used to buy from Greenhills' XTM and Giordano, but they're a hit or miss kind of thing, which made denim shopping so unenjoyable.

As for the shirt, I have the same one in blue. Heh, pure coincidence. I don't usually buy 2 things of the same kind. The shirt and jeans are exceptions. I mean you can't go wrong with basics right?

jeans - Terranova; button down shirt - Zara;

peep toe flats - Charles & Keith; belt - SM dept store

Mediterránea

With two more weeks left to our MBA classes, the school decided not to let us go that easily and gave us ridiculously amounts of exams and classes and assignments. Barcelona already feels such a long time ago :(

So, to relive the feeling whilst I'm currently cramming for our Monday exam in the campus library, here's a little snapsnot. It was taken in a coastal village where Saldavor Dali spent some years with his wife.

Oh, and I want to share this photo I took in the same village. There were so many girls on mopeds. Love the outfits, love the helmets, love the whole vibe. So carefree and sexy!

Okay, so it's back to Limited Rationality, Rabin's Anomaly, Expected Utility Theory and what not. Maybe if I apply these decision-making models on where to go on our next holiday, it might get more exciting :)

dress - H&M; belt - Powerplant tiangge ;

earrings - Bijou Brigette; flipflops - Havaianas

Night and day

I realized I have been wearing way to many florals. The last post even looked a bit grandma-ish florals, so I'm now imposing a ban on flowery prints. Mind you it's a short term ban. I'd probably go back to them in a week's time.

Anyway the upper picture is what I wore for our Sat morning classes (the last one!). For dinner at Chilis, I swapped the jacket with a vest, changed from flats to sandals, and put on some colorful earrings

And if you noticed, there's a sudden influx of furniture. The pup is currently residing in the mini veranda just beyond the sliding doors. She kept on scratching the furniture so they're all transferred inside the house for the meantime. I guess they're now my background props. heh

gray tank - Topshop; inner black tank - ? ; gray pants - Zara; 

studded sandals - People are People; cropped jacket - Iora; vest - Bayo

A yellow surprise

We celebrated pa's 60th bday at Katre. It's a nice place with clean interiors and good mediterranean fusion food. Somewhat fine dining yet cozy and unintimidating. It's one of the restos we frequent most in t morato whenever we want something fancy.

But we all have to agree that my aunt's gift stole the show for the rest of the night. My aunt handed a big red box to my dad. Pa picked it up, shook it around, and when he opened the lid, out came a 2 month old lab pup with a red ribbon tied around her neck! It's the cutest thing in the world! Of course everyone reacted with delight to the poor pup's expense. She got really frightened by our loud reaction and tried to scamper away. We patted and soothed her but she remained timid throughout the night. It wasn't until we brought her home that she began to wag her tail. And on the next morning she was really hyper, chewing up the newspaper to shreds, overturning her water bowl, and barking and howling like crazy to be let out of her makeshift cage. Yep, a new energetic pup to give pa some new problems and a lot joys. Best present ever.

PS. The pup's still nameless but the name in the certificate says Chi Chi of Suburbia. Ha!

floral top - DIY; skirt and cardigan - Zara; sandals and belt - SM dept store

Dreamy florals and the sleepy girl

At first I wasn't sure how to wear this tunic because it seems so short. But my shorts underneath is shorter so I guess that justifies wearing it sans tights.

On other news, a top I ordered online was delivered to me today! Receiving a parcel got me plenty excited. It's my first online purchase for anything too (plane tickets and iphone app excluded). Although I promise not to do this often. It's easy to spend money this way. But my size isn't the typical Filipina size anyway, so I only get limited choices online. Bad for me but good for my wallet. I can't wait to wear the new top!

tunic dress - Mango (gifted by ach); oxfords - Trunkshow;

bag - Iora (mom's); belt - mom's; bangles - tiangge