ElectroCat

 On Saturday I had a day to myself so I seized an opportunity and went shopping at DFO (Direct Factory Outlets) near Brisbane Airport. I've been trying to plan my shop trips to avoid unnecessary purchases. So my goal for this trip was to get some new work appropriate tops and gym gear as I have just started new 12 week challenge. Plus my old gym clothes are super worn, faded and stretched and I would like to still look presentable after my workouts as I will be catching a bus home after the gym. Overall I had a very successful trip.  For work I picked up two tops, one from Country Road ($10, reduced from $79.95) and the striped one from Witchery ($30, reduced from $69.95). Both of them were from the faulty rack but both faults were easily fixed. CR top had a pen mark which was removed with some rubbing alcohol and pre-wash stain remover and the stripe top had tiny hole at the back from security tag.   Lorna Jane shop was my next stop. I must admi...

My most needed and anticipated purchase of post-holidays sales was a new laptop. I was shopping around for few months until I found Acer Aspire E1. It cost me $745 from MSY but it has very good specs - i7 processor, 8 GB RAM and 1 TB storage. It has windows 8 which I am still getting used to. The bathroom storage issues been solved with this Freedom Furniture Ashton drawers set ($87), now my lotions, potions and hair tools are neatly stored in these drawers. I tend to pick something up from Lorna Jane around this time of the year, this time I got these comfortable and versatile Chloe tights that feature high waist and give very good core support. I prefer full length tights over all other types as they tend to be the most comfortable and can be worn all year round. They have 20% off already reduces prices so they set me back $64 I have to rely on public transport to get me to and from work so  I am always on a lookout for light work clothes. I love th...

 I haven't been to DFO for quite sometime. I've de-cluttered my shoe and clothes collection recently so I needed few replacements. 1. NINE WEST.. picked up these blue jelly thongs for $27.50 to replace... my orange ones from last year.  I loved my bee thongs but they deteriorated quickly. One of the stones fell out and they discoloured. So in the bin they went during de-clutter. I only had one other pair of things/sandals from Witchery so I needed another one badly for the beach and rainy weather. 2. COUNTRY ROAD I occasionally  find very good clothes at Country Road Outlet for the fraction of the original price (which I refuse to pay). On this shopping trip I found three items I fell in love with a) White Shift Dress...RRP $199.95, paid $34.50 (faulty - had make-up on it...but a good soak in Napisan should fix it) This dress looks better on me that it does on this picture. I imagine it being worn with turquoise necklace or nude...

Yay for Boxing Day! I love having a whole day off that I can delegate to shopping. Last year I went to my local shopping centre and it was a nightmare so this year I went to the city. I found free parking straight away however Queen Street Mall was very busy and Myer was shocking (long lines of people everywhere). I had my heart set of few things but I wanted to wait till sales to get them and I got what I wanted (mostly). So here is what I came back home with :)     1. DKNY Pure a Drop of Verbena set (50 ml scent spray and 100 ml body butter) Got it for $41.30 at Priceline reduced from $65 I am a big fan of L'Occitane's Verbena line so I naturally wanted to test this perfume when I saw it. Very simple minimalistic bottle was also very appealing. It was a love at first sniff! Very soft, clean and fresh scent with citrus and herbal notes. It is described on fragrantica as : "Pure DKNY Verbena is opening with notes of verbena and basil, which are gra...