Coming from the lips of an angel..
I am a pretty lucky girl, I must say. Ok, I guess we can rephrase that to, I'm a pretty spoilt child :P Hey, I'm not proud of it but I'm not going to deny it either.
Shopping today was a-amzing mainly because I scored some very nice buys. After driving to Chadstone in the rain and freaking out whilst merging onto the freeway, my mum and I spent the first half an hour hunting down all the trenchcoats. If any of you have ever gone shoe shopping with me (Natalie!) you'll know how insanely picky I am. Well I'm as picky with trenchcoats or other potentially large buys which, I think, drove my mum crazy. Not my fault, but all coats really have to pass the checklist:
- Long, but not too long, above the knees; because you should never wear anything in 'no man's land' SO unflattering *rolls eyes* keke
- Wool, not canvas or other polyester-type of waterproof materal because, a) canvas is cold, wool is warm, and b) ever tried to sit comfortably in a parka? Yeh, not possible, that stuff is too stiff
- MUST come with a belt. Swing jackets are cute, but swing trenchcoats? Slightly too unflattering.
- MUST MUST come with extra buttons. Nothing is worse than spending a whole lot of cash to find that you lose a button two months later
- Appropriate colour that has potential to last for many years to come. Think about it, do you really want to be wearing orange and green in two year's time?
So finally, finally we found the perfect coat at Seduce. It's crimson red and SO gorgeous, I'll wear it next time I go out ;) Not only is is beautiful but it was half price from $300 too! I'm a very happy girl.
And of course I just couldn't pass up the Nine West 50% of all shoes sale. I swear, I love that shop as much as I love Seduce..I need to acquire cheaper tastes..Anyhow, I'm so so so sorry Natalie, but I got the same pair! I was destined to own this pair, every other ones I wanted weren't in my size. Actually, to tell the truth I only looked at one other pair :P But that's only because crazy women were pulling out their claws, sheez, sales..I seriously thought you got the black and white ones, so I got the silver the gold ones too! Oh dear. Well if you want, we can wear them together and people will think, 'Oh, they are so chique' as we walk down the street. I squeel out loud everytime I look at them, they're just that cute.
I introduce the Emrick by Nine West. SO CUTE.
Oh, and when you think it couldn't get any better, I acquired something even better today. Now don't go all OMG YOU DIDN'T at me before you ever read my explanation, because I most definately have one. Today...I..bought something from Gasp. Yes, I know I know, Gasp is just down-right skanky and shouldn't even be considered unless you're going for a 'look I'm falling out of my dress' look. The thing is, they're having some sort of crazy sale where a lot of their stock is a mere $20. You know me, can't pass up a sale, so I just had to be a loser and rummage around in the pile.
Between lots of skanky 'nightgown' material, most of which I couldn't understand how on earth they could form a dress, I came across a long piece of ruffled material. And then I saw it. The attached belt. Thoughts rushed through my head and I began picturing cute volume skirts (quite like those in the Armani couture show) So I went through my 'Do not buy from Gasp unless' checklist:
- More than two metres of material. Check.
- Does not has the possibility of resembling a nightgown. Check.
- Is not light pink or blue. Check.
So, because for some reason the bitches (I have reason to call them that, as I will explain) wouldn't let us try on sale stock I took a gamble and bought this long piece of material. And my, oh my, was it worth it. I just scored the most gorgeous volume skirt ever.
Not bad for Gasp, huh? I am in utter awe at how something like this could have an original price of $400. Yes, it's nice, but not that nice. For that amount of money you might as well just get a new season Armani couture skirt.
I was not aware that Gasp only stood for their jeans when infact all their dresses are by Emanuella. I must say, they don't look that bad on the website, although insanely over-priced, I would consider wearing some. However this will probably never happen because I'm never ever going to own one because I'm never ever going to go into Gasp again. Why is that? Because they just down-right suck at customer service. Since we're in dot point mood today, let me explain:
1. Their 'sales assistants' are not assistants at all because all they do is stand around trying to look pretty and never even asked if there was anything they could help me with. I mean, for God's sake, if I'm standing by the cash register MAYBE I want to buy something.
2. After promptly taking my cash the 'sales assistant' half tears off the receipt, says to me (while not actually looking at me but instead looking at the mirror where I guess she's making sure she hasn't fallen out of her dress), 'Here.'
3. So if you go into Gasp, don't expect your receipt to be nicely placed in your bag and your purchases kindly handed to you. However, do expect to find your receipt hanging and the bag dumped on the table hence making it your cue to tear your own receipt off and get the hell out of there. Yeh, real nice customer service right there.
4. Just because I feel like bitching my heart out, I don't really like being served by blondes, with a cakeful of makeup on, in skanky dresses that reveal their entire bra.
Okay. I'm done bitching.
Time for me to play with my new skirt, get a hardcore black belt and I walk down the street, pretending I'm on the Giorgio Armani runway while totally channeling that BITCH PLEASE, I'M BETTER THAN YOU SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER vibe.
Shopping today was a-amzing mainly because I scored some very nice buys. After driving to Chadstone in the rain and freaking out whilst merging onto the freeway, my mum and I spent the first half an hour hunting down all the trenchcoats. If any of you have ever gone shoe shopping with me (Natalie!) you'll know how insanely picky I am. Well I'm as picky with trenchcoats or other potentially large buys which, I think, drove my mum crazy. Not my fault, but all coats really have to pass the checklist:
- Long, but not too long, above the knees; because you should never wear anything in 'no man's land' SO unflattering *rolls eyes* keke
- Wool, not canvas or other polyester-type of waterproof materal because, a) canvas is cold, wool is warm, and b) ever tried to sit comfortably in a parka? Yeh, not possible, that stuff is too stiff
- MUST come with a belt. Swing jackets are cute, but swing trenchcoats? Slightly too unflattering.
- MUST MUST come with extra buttons. Nothing is worse than spending a whole lot of cash to find that you lose a button two months later
- Appropriate colour that has potential to last for many years to come. Think about it, do you really want to be wearing orange and green in two year's time?
So finally, finally we found the perfect coat at Seduce. It's crimson red and SO gorgeous, I'll wear it next time I go out ;) Not only is is beautiful but it was half price from $300 too! I'm a very happy girl.
And of course I just couldn't pass up the Nine West 50% of all shoes sale. I swear, I love that shop as much as I love Seduce..I need to acquire cheaper tastes..Anyhow, I'm so so so sorry Natalie, but I got the same pair! I was destined to own this pair, every other ones I wanted weren't in my size. Actually, to tell the truth I only looked at one other pair :P But that's only because crazy women were pulling out their claws, sheez, sales..I seriously thought you got the black and white ones, so I got the silver the gold ones too! Oh dear. Well if you want, we can wear them together and people will think, 'Oh, they are so chique' as we walk down the street. I squeel out loud everytime I look at them, they're just that cute.
I introduce the Emrick by Nine West. SO CUTE.
Oh, and when you think it couldn't get any better, I acquired something even better today. Now don't go all OMG YOU DIDN'T at me before you ever read my explanation, because I most definately have one. Today...I..bought something from Gasp. Yes, I know I know, Gasp is just down-right skanky and shouldn't even be considered unless you're going for a 'look I'm falling out of my dress' look. The thing is, they're having some sort of crazy sale where a lot of their stock is a mere $20. You know me, can't pass up a sale, so I just had to be a loser and rummage around in the pile.
Between lots of skanky 'nightgown' material, most of which I couldn't understand how on earth they could form a dress, I came across a long piece of ruffled material. And then I saw it. The attached belt. Thoughts rushed through my head and I began picturing cute volume skirts (quite like those in the Armani couture show) So I went through my 'Do not buy from Gasp unless' checklist:
- More than two metres of material. Check.
- Does not has the possibility of resembling a nightgown. Check.
- Is not light pink or blue. Check.
So, because for some reason the bitches (I have reason to call them that, as I will explain) wouldn't let us try on sale stock I took a gamble and bought this long piece of material. And my, oh my, was it worth it. I just scored the most gorgeous volume skirt ever.
Not bad for Gasp, huh? I am in utter awe at how something like this could have an original price of $400. Yes, it's nice, but not that nice. For that amount of money you might as well just get a new season Armani couture skirt.
I was not aware that Gasp only stood for their jeans when infact all their dresses are by Emanuella. I must say, they don't look that bad on the website, although insanely over-priced, I would consider wearing some. However this will probably never happen because I'm never ever going to own one because I'm never ever going to go into Gasp again. Why is that? Because they just down-right suck at customer service. Since we're in dot point mood today, let me explain:
1. Their 'sales assistants' are not assistants at all because all they do is stand around trying to look pretty and never even asked if there was anything they could help me with. I mean, for God's sake, if I'm standing by the cash register MAYBE I want to buy something.
2. After promptly taking my cash the 'sales assistant' half tears off the receipt, says to me (while not actually looking at me but instead looking at the mirror where I guess she's making sure she hasn't fallen out of her dress), 'Here.'
3. So if you go into Gasp, don't expect your receipt to be nicely placed in your bag and your purchases kindly handed to you. However, do expect to find your receipt hanging and the bag dumped on the table hence making it your cue to tear your own receipt off and get the hell out of there. Yeh, real nice customer service right there.
4. Just because I feel like bitching my heart out, I don't really like being served by blondes, with a cakeful of makeup on, in skanky dresses that reveal their entire bra.
Okay. I'm done bitching.
Time for me to play with my new skirt, get a hardcore black belt and I walk down the street, pretending I'm on the Giorgio Armani runway while totally channeling that BITCH PLEASE, I'M BETTER THAN YOU SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER vibe.