Someone should cut up my credit card

Aiyah. I bought a Kenzo sweater online today!! I am so angry at myself yet happy at the same time lol. Why on earth is it so difficult for me to save $$$ right now!? Anyways, I love Kenzo sweaters and I've always wanted one. Today my boyfriend and I were walking around gastown and we walked by this high end men's clothing store (don't know the name). One of the mannequins was wearing a Kenzo sweater so I was the one who actually pulled my boyfriend into the store lol. I tried on the men's sweater in a size small and I LOVED IT! It was a bit baggy but I didn't mind. I remember looking at last season's Kenzo sweaters for women and they were sooooo tiny. So I was contemplating on buying the men's sweater today for $315 but I said I would think about it. 

So I got home today and searched for Kenzo sweaters online. The sweaters for women are actually not as tight this season! Plus, the prices were cheaper online!! I found ONE last Kenzo sweater in a size small at Forward by Elyse Walker (a sister site to revolve clothing) so... I bought it. I got 15% off for downloading their iPhone app too!

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IT!! 

I also stopped by a consignment store in Gastown today called Timeline Boutique. The owner is SO SO nice and polite. I ended up grabbing a terry cloth Juicy Couture summer dress for ONLY $15! And the store doesn't charge tax either!

My boyfriend won't stop making fun of me and my "shopping list" and how I haven't been able to stick to it at all. He thinks that it's just an excuse for me to shop and soon I'll be having a "Halloween shopping list", "Christmas shopping list", "Fall shopping list". WHATEVV!!!

Picked up my parcels today!

I want to start off this blog post by saying how much I despise the border guards at the Canada-US border. I've never had a problem with them before until last week, when my girlfriend and I had tried to go to the post office to get our parcels. The border guard asked me to pop open my trunk (which I did) and low and behold, he found my tiny size container of 6 raspberry ketone pills. So off me and my girlfriend go to get inspected inside. I told the border guards that you can literally, buy raspberry ketone pills ANYWHERE in Canada and the US, including Costco! But we still got hand patted down, sat there for an hour and a half, and listened to the border guard try to tell me that my raspberry ketone pills were narcotics (buddy, if they were narcotics there's no way these would be over the counter). By the time we were let go the stupid post office was closed. 

So one week later (today) we made attempt number 2 to pick up our parcels. Well, we got pulled into inspections. AGAIN! But, this time I was smart and made sure I had no diet/vitamin pills on me whatever. Because you know, having diet/vitamin pills apparently makes you get treated like a criminal. After an hour of waiting we finally got to leave and made it to the post office on time.

I ordered some hair supplies after watching some youtube videos on how to curl hair. I have NEVER had my hair curled before. Hopefully it's as easy as the girl in the youtube video makes it seem. By the way, you guys should definitely check her video out because she's super gorgeous!!!

Here's what I ordered:

1. Cricket amped up teasing brush $3.99

A teasing brush which Maven (the girl in the video) uses to volumnize her hair after the curls are set. 

2. Oscar Blandi dry styling heat spray $23.00

I chose this one because it protects against up to 450 degrees

3. Diane duck bill clips $2.49

I'll be using these to divide my hair into sections

4. Hot tools professional curling iron 1.5 inches $37.99

I researched what were the best curling irons and this one won consecutive years in a row with Beauty Insider. Plus, it was voted most affordable too!! Can't wait to try it out. 

Some of these items were on sale at http://www.folica.com so my total only came to $50.60 with free shipping. Folica is having another sale so if you would like to check them out

(CLICK HERE!)

I also ordered this Indah dress from Shopbop.com. It's originally $125 but I got it on sale for $90 including shipping and tax. Shopbop doesn't have any smalls left in stock so I've included two links. Unfortunately, the dress is not on sale on other websites. 

(BUY HERE) or (BUY HERE)

I bought the crop top and floral shorts on the left from Tobi.com (blogged about it HERE). The picture on the right is just me trying out the crop top with my high waisted harlem pants from Forever 21! Cute outfit, no??

I'm horrible at sticking to a shopping list

I bought another leather jacket today. It looked exactly like the jacket in this Nicole Richie outfit. It was also on sale with free shipping and returns!! ..... so I bought it :S 

Nicole Richie is wearing the Iro Anabela leather jacket in this picture. The jacket normally retails for about $2000 CDN and is very hard to find since it is an older style. I was only able to find the jacket in all black, but there is no way in hell I'm spending that much on a jacket.

My amazing internet searching skills found me this jacket!! An exclusive Michael by Michael Kors jacket for Nordstrom! Originally $450 USD but on sale for only $299. I compared the 2 jackets and they look almost identical. Now all I need is a beige Alexander Mcqueen scarf....

(BUY HERE)

Maybe I'll justify this purchase by not buying my Gucci fedora. I can just grab a cheaper hat from the Goorin & Bros store downtown. 

Bracelet Dilemma

I'm having a bracelet dilemma. I don't know which one I want more: the Alexander Mcqueen clasp bangle or the Tiffany & Co beaded bracelet?? The Tiffany bracelet is a lot cheaper and I would save an extra $50 by buying my girlfriend's gift card off of her. But the bangle would be a great layering piece. I can wear it with my gold watch and pair it with some fall colors like black and brown. Decisions decisions!!

OOTD (late post)

 This is a late post... excuse my horrendous nails!! They look much better now I swear! 

Here is an outfit I wore to a girlfriend's birthday dinner downtown.

Top - Zara 

Jeans - 7 for All Mankind (BUY HERE)

Shoes - Rock & Republic

Purse - Stam by Marc Jacobs (BUY HERE)

Ring - YSL Arty Ring (BUY SIMILIAR)

Gold bracelet - Given to me by my mom

Black bracelet - J Crew

ONE DOWN 4 TO GO!

I bought my first item off of my end of summer checklist today! It was totally unplanned. I agreed to go to the mall with my boyfriend and as we were walking around, he suggested that we go into this store called Plenty because they had sale signs outside. I don't usually shop at this store but I was looking around and noticed a brown leather jacket hanging. When I took a closer look, I saw that it was the Mackage Hidi jacket. I'm not sure what size I am in leather jackets anymore so I asked if I could try it on (so that I can order the Mackage Liat jacket online) and I was shocked to hear that the jacket was 50% off. 

I wasn't originally set on buying the Hidi style, especially in the dark brown color (called "Brick"), but it was really nice when I tried it on!! So... I ended up buying it lol. Not the Mackage jacket that is originally on my shopping list but I'm still super happy with it!

On the Mackage website, the jacket is on sale for $450 CDN before shipping and tax. It's original price is $750 CDN before shipping and tax. I got the jacket today for only $422 CDN :)

(BUY HERE)

 

I also bought this hair spray because it won best affordable hair spray by beauty insider so many years in a row! It was on sale at Shoppers Drug Mart for only $6.99 CDN. 

OOTD

Had movie night today with my boyfriend! Watched World War Z which is a horrible movie (I hate horror movies and will probably not be able to sleep for weeks now). Today was the perfect day though because it was kind of cloudy which made the temperature not too hot and just warm enough to wear a light sweater. My perfect kind of weather!

Top - Forever 21 (BUY HERE)

Shorts - Aritzia (BUY HERE)

Bag - Gucci (BUY HERE)

Shoes - Urban Outfitters

Watch - Michael Kors (BUY HERE)

Bracelet - Hermes Clic Clac

Ring - Forever 21 (BUY HERE)