Quick highlights:
Tues -
Headed to Koreatown on 32nd Street for kimchi ramen at Woori Jip (def: our house, kor.) ahead of hitting the shops (no photo as was too hungry to pause)
First disappointing trip was to Victoria's Secret - very mediocre 'plasticky' bras with over-enthusiastic and 'cheong hei' (def: long-winded, canto.) sales assistants! Erm, leave me alone? Left instead with some cute undies and make-up and headed down the street to American Eagle and Old Navy
Wah - cheap, fast and furious purchasing pursued for the next couple of hours.. Stopped when arms literally could not carry any more bags!
Hmm, New York seems well prepared for St Patrick's Day - bought t-shirts, PJs, Flip-flops, boxers with an Irish theme - how fun and tacky!
G suggested that I should change the T-shirt wording to "I'm getting soME Irish 2Night" - bwah-haha
Wed -
Wandered about NoLita and bought For All Mankind jeans at Henry Lehr (good knowledgeable staff) and a cute ladybird box from Soho Baby (toy shop on Elizabeth St.)
Lazy day ended with dvd-shopping in Chinatown (where my skilled scouring located a very old Takuya samurai series), foot reflex and more pigging out at Joe's Shanghai with the girls.
Remembered to take a few shots this time round, but still not after we had already polished off a quick round of Xiao Long Baos. Had our second order of Winter Melon Soup - below average, more expensive than before and can only feed 2 peeps.. Boos!
Thurs -
Full day's dedication to Shopping! Left the flat at half 8 and returned 12 hours later after visting shop-till-you-drop Woodbury Common shopping outlet.
FYI - Top tips for survival:
bring a rolling bag to lug around purchases
get a map so you don't get lost
plan the shops and order in which you will proceed
get to bus station early as queues are long and station is BIG
top shops: Coach, Calvin Klein, Ferragamo, G-Star Raw (for men's jeans)
Best Buys - a pair of Nine West shoes at $20, a pair of G-Star jeans at $65, loads of Coach accessories at 30-50% off, a Puma Hat for $10
Ended exhausting day with tasty Katsu Don, sake and green tea ice-cream at Sapporro's just down the road (49th St.) from G's.
Fri -
Made an extra-special trip down to Princetown Ski to pick up a new snowboarding outfit for Bok (you owe me Big time!). What do you guys think? Bok is sporting the latest Jacket of the Gods and Pants of the Gods combi from Burton. Got a great deal as the Winter season is ending and all goodies are at 30% off.
BTW - Bok is holding the mirror to 'add light' and enhance his looks for the picture (little does he know I've captured his silliness on camera - haha!)
More shopping after a detour to drop off the super-heavy "God's clothing" at the flat - picked up more pressies at Coach, yet more jeans at Abercrombie & Fitch, a 3-pc work suit plus extra pencil skirt at Banana Republic and 3 more pairs of shoes from Nine West!
More shopping photos - shoes, jeans, 'birth-year'-themed tees, Ladybird (box) and Puma (Hat)
Also attached a photo below of the St Patrick's Cathedral to prove I did 'some' sight-seeing... Actually nah! the Cathedral was conveniently located across from the BR store!
Had Korean BBQ at 'NY 24 hours' for dins before heading on to drinks at Merc Bar (watch out, cowskin couches galore!) and clubbing at Element (special DJ sess in the Vault). Bedtime? 9am!
4 comments:
Serene! Your jeans shopping reminds me of our trip to the Mavi store in SoHo! Ah-Long looks great in the new ski gear, and i'm very envious of all the shopping you did.
Haha! The Bok mirror photo is very funny!
Yes I remember when we went to the Mavi store and Serene and I bought the same pair of jeans, but mine ended up a bit tight and Serene's was too loose.
Um Serene did you buy two pairs of the same shoes? The two pairs in the middle look the same.
Good spot, I bought a Black pair and a Brown pair, same design but different material. Am getting into peep-toe shoes under Son's influence.
But is it weird when you can't see much of my toes when I'm wearing them?? So sad!
Alina and I bought the same skirt from Mavi as well.
Damn! Didn't go to Woodbury when I was in NY cos I thought there wouldn't be any "branded" stuff I wanted. Forgot that Nine West was there, crap!
Anyway, I bought gorgeous black pointy toe heels from Nine West and patent red pointy toe heels from Aldo while I was in London so extremely pleased with myself now yay!
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