sunday splurge

i am a firm believer that if you want to save, don't go to the mall.

i thought yesterday was just going to be a typical sunday for me and my mom--lunch, window shopping, mass, window shopping,then dinner. but nooooo... we had lunch at oliver's, headed straight to essenses because i needed foot petals. i swear, these are the greatest friends of shoe lovers! i got haute heelz (supposedly, these are heel cushions but they can also be used to protect toes/toenails especially if you like wearing closed, pointed shoes), then shoe stopperz (which are anti-skid stick-ons to ensure you won't slip when there's rain), strappy strips (for my slingbacks), and killer kushionz (to protect your heel all the way to the ball of your foot, preventing toe scrunch). aaaaahhhh...i love them! not to mention that these products come in a variety of colors: rose, buttercup, silver rose, and black iris. as the tag line of the product goes: your feet don't have to suffer to be beautiful. so true. but i also say, beauty doesn't come cheap. for the things that i bought, i had to spend a little over P1,800. for girls who want more info, log on to www.footpetals.com

on the way to greenbelt, i saw a very pretty red nike workout top. and since i've irregularly gone to the gym over these past few months, i thought a new wardrobe would be enough motivation. i bought without fitting it. i'm so psyched!

my mom and i then went to beauty bar. we bought conditioner and a gift set (for ourselves) all from burt's bees. i love burt's bees products (go check www.burtsbees.com)! the good thing about our trip to beauty bar was that we convinced the salesladies that since we bought a lot yesterday and two sundays before that when in fact, our suki was really beauty bar shangri-la, they should give us some big token (of appreciation for our switching loyalties). and they did! i cannot believe that they gave us the diary they had people spending 10k in beauty products last year just to get it! good thing i didn't finish my stamps last year, otherwise i'd be lugi. my problem now is that i have 3 diaries and a pda. and i don't even have anything to do. go figure.

a few meters away from beauty bar stood nine west in its we-are-on-sale-glory. the thing is, i just bought shoes 3 weeks ago because all my other shoes gave up on me. i wasn't really planning on buying a new pair, what with my ralph lauren splurge last week. but then! i was eyeing this pair for all of a year and a half already, and there it was! in my size! at 70% off! can you believe it? it was screaming buy-me-mecki-i'm-only-P1395!!! well, as my mom put it, it would be injustice not to buy it. and so i did.

well, that ends my impulse buying sunday streak. i will leave all my bpi cards at home the next time. haha. i wish.