A Couple of My New Shoes.....:D

Hi gals!

I promised to post pictures of a couple of my "newly bought" shoes. Some were bought in Paris when I was there in September, a couple in Hong Kong and Manila. I didn't have time to take pictures of my little shoes loot since I was moving home and lots have happened.

So, here they are now...

1. Guiseppe Zanotti Black Booties with Zipper Details
(I have loved this pair of boots since I tried them on locally at Lane Crawford. I saw them in Guiseppe Zanotti boutique at Rue St. Honore in Paris, and I must have them!! LOL!!)







2. Guiseppe Zanotti Purplish-Electric Blue Peeptoe Booties
(I really love the special cutting of this booties. Reminds me of Tulips..hehe! And the color is just to die for!! The color in real life is much more purplish than you see from these pix. :D)






3. Miu Miu Bow Platform Peeptoes in Washed/Brushed Nude-Pinkish Taupe Lambskin Leather
(It was love at first sight when I saw these in Hong Kong before I left for Paris! I love bows and peeptoes very much! I own so many different pairs of shoes with all sorts of bows...hehe! I esp. love the special color of this pair, since it feels so vintage. So hard to find this color where you can see different color patches around the shoes. So "brushed-effect"! And I was extremely happy to get it when it was the only one around town in my size. I'm lucky! Hehe! And surprisingly, it's comfy to walk on even though it's almost 5" in height coz the platform is thick enough. :D)









4. Stella Luna electric/cobalt blue Satin Peeptoes with Jewel Details
(I have loved this pair of Stella Luna the first time I saw the pictures from my tPF friend Charm. So, she hunted it down for me in Manila and helped me buy it! I finally got them when I met with Charm and they are just so perfect! :D)




The heels are in darker metallic patent navy color for contrast against the satin material....




Love the jewel details!!


5. Stella Luna black Gladiator platform Sandals
(When I found out that I don't really have a pair of black gladiator sandals (well, I've got all sorts of colors but not black...how weird is that! LOL!), I remember seeing this from Rachel and she said it's comfortable. So, I asked my friend Charm to help me look for them in Manila and this was the last pair in my size! I'm lucky again! I tried them on when Charm gave them to me in Manila and they are really comfortable. Thanks Charm!!! :D)











So, that's it for my previous shoe purchases. Well, I still have 2 pairs of Louboutin coming from Paris...so I'll reveal them when I get them. :D

And I want to share some belated Halloween pictures of my Mason. It's his first Halloween celebration at school (he goes to 2 schools hence 2 outfits), so it's really special to us. Thanks to Charm for lending one of her son's Carl's outfits! Hehehehe! Hope you enjoy the pix!

(*** PLEASE CLICK ON THE PICTURES BELOW TO VIEW THE LARGER ORIGINAL SIZE OF THE IMAGES***)

TO THE INFINITY AND BEYOND!! BUZZ LIGHT YEAR (borrowed from Carl)








Mason riding his bike back home.....




VAMPIRE OUTFIT...




Mason and his cute little classmate in her adorable witch outfit...


Mason's mischievous smile....(after doing something naughty...LOL!)


Love the fingers and the pumpkin paint on Mason's hand...


So that's all folks for now. I'll post pictures during the weekend for my ensembles. I hope I will be able to wear heels soon as my knees haven't completely recovered yet, but I really want to incorporate some of my new shoes above with my ensembles. :D

Have a nice day!

Cheers,
Mia

A Series of Unfortunate Events......and An Inspiration!

Hi Gals!!

Still remember me???!! How is everyone? You must be wondering why I am missing!!

Well, right after our Manila trip, I broke my left knee and my right ankle since I was too concentrated in looking at my son riding his bike that I didn't see a huge "dent" in front of me when I was walking. So, voila!! I fell really hard and I couldn't walk since then. I had to go to the Chinese doctor every day to heal my feet. I am better now but my knees are still swollen. Anyway, good that I can walk now.

And then, after my "fall", 2 days ago, I had my "tooth accident". I had a root canal done on one of my molar teeth before I left for Paris last month. I was suppose to go back to the dentist to have it "crowned". However, 2 days ago, my tooth broke into half when I was brushing my teeth!!! Literally half where the tooth part near my cheek is ok, but the other half near my tongue was moving and you can really see the crack in the middle and it was soooooo painful!!

So, I went to the dentist immediately and I am so pissed that she had no choice but to pull out the tooth completely. :( After spending a fortune on my root canal, I still loose my tooth!! If I've known that this would happen, I would have saved that money to buy something else!! LOL!!! But it was not an easy tooth extraction as the dentist had to do a small operation with lots of anesthesia and cut out my gums to pull out the tooth. So now, my left cheek is swollen like my left knees and the wound is still so painful. I have to take 1 week of antibiotics and also pain killers. And I can't eat anything solid. Now I share my son's congee!!!

So that's what I'm up to now. But tell you what. Since I can't carry my son now and I wasn't able to accompany my son to school when I broke my legs, I have cleaned up so many things at home, and I realized something.......that I REALLY REALLY HAVE TOO MANY CLOTHES THAT I CAN ACTUALLY OPEN 1 or 2 ZARA STORES!!!

Now, that inspired me to SHOP IN MY OWN CLOSET!! As my DH and my mom always say, even by the time I'm old and dying, I still won't be able to wear all of my clothes even if I change 2 or 3 outfits every day!! So, that explains how many clothes I have!!! LOL!!! I have so many clothes that I still haven't worn yet!! Maybe I should do a GIVEAWAY to you gals for the clothes I haven't worn and won't wear anymore. What do you think?

Aside from clothes, I have too many bags (mostly Chanel), shoes, costume jeweleries, scarves, socks, tights, bras/panties and cosmetics/make-up items too!! LOL!! I am really a "collector" of anything a woman needs. Bad bad bad!! With so many varieties of clothes and accessories that I have which can compare to Zara store, I'm really inspired to shop in my own closet and see how long I can survive. I think it forces me to wear EVERYTHING in my collection. I will post outfits I wore from my closet every week. I'll start next weekend when my cheek is not swollen. :P

Hope you're with me on this. I'm ready for the challenge on myself, and I think my DH will be more than happy about this as I won't take up more and more of his closet space! LOL! Good luck to me! :D

Anyway, just to share with you some pictures I've taken when I was in Manila (before all the unfortunate events that happened to me). I met with my tPF friend Charmaine in Manila and both our families had lunch at Edsa Shangri-La Hotel. Her son is so handsome and her daughter is soooo cute!!

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Here's me with my "soon-to-be-2-yr.old" Mason..

(I'm wearing a red tiered ruffle top in jersey, indigo wide-leg flared bottom jeans, Chanel "Golden Vine" pearl earrings, Chanel "Russian Pearls" long pearl necklace (worn with double strands), Chanel "Moujik" beige/gold flap and also Marni platform sandals. Mason is wearing Comme Ca (a Japanese brand) navy/white striped collared shirt with H&M white pants. :D)

Charm and Carl (her son) and me! Charm is a true Filipina beauty!!


Charm and cutie-pie Cadee (her 10-month old daughter); me and Mason


Mason strolling around the pool area and doing his various "poses"...LOL! He loves wearing his sunnies so suddenly!!






And this is me and my cousin's daughter.....she's soooo chubby and I want to bite her cheeks!! LOL!


Mason again...so happy running around my grandpa's home..


It was Mason's first airplane trip so I was super nervous to take him on the plane!! He's basically OK on the plane, except that he will cry when he's forced to wear the seat belt. He detests anything which will prevent him from moving around (so he doesn't use car seats at all!!). The most difficult times to control him are during take off and landing as these are the "must-wear-seat-belts" moments. But overall, I'm really proud of my son.
I'll be posting some of my new purchases (before my "Shop-in-my-Own-Closet Resolution") as well during the weekend.

Have a nice week ahead!

Cheers,
Mia

Mason and his swimsuit parade....

I was looking at some of the recent and old pics of Mason, and I find these cute pictures where he's wearing his "swim suit". From a baby to a toddler....time flies!

This was taken when he's 7 months old.....preparing for his first swimming class. It's so much easier to take his pictures when he's younger. He was really chubby when he's a baby. We bring him to a nutritionist to "control" his diet because from his monthly check-ups, he's already way up exceeding the 100% line. LOL! Good that he's not that chubby now.










Now that Mason can run around, he just won't stand/sit still to let you take pictures. I had a hard time taking these pics.....phew!!

Fun at the Beach!

We went to the South Bay Beach with the whole family a couple of weeks ago, including my younger brother's son (Ethan) who is 2 months younger than my son Mason. Mason is now 19 months, very talkative and hyper-active!!

South Bay Beach is a nice small beach at Repulse Bay. Since this beach is not directly accessible by public transport, it tends to be quieter and less crowded than Repulse Bay Beach.

So, here's me and Mason:


Mason very busy doing his "sand-work"....I'm amazed at his concentration and seriousness. The funny thing is his sitting positions!


Look at how his left foot is holding the red bucket....hahahaha!


And sitting with 1 foot up....


I love to take pictures of his chubby hands and feet.....so cute!




And here's Ethan (my nephew, Mason's cousin). Do they look like my 2 sons / twins? People always ask me if they are twins....hahaha! How I wish!


Ethan looking cool with his sunglasses. (Mason doesn't like sunglasses and takes them off instantly when we try to make him wear them.)


I enjoy going out with our entire family very much, including my mother and my in-laws. (Too bad my in-laws were out of town so they didn't join us). My father-in-law is from Nanjing China, and has been living in Hong Kong since my husband was 9 years old. He is a professional photographer and is an extremely nice guy. So, Mason and Ethan have lots of nice pictures taken by him. My mother-in-law, on the other hand, is a Chinese from Indonesia. She is a very wise home maker, and likes to make all sorts of food for the whole family. So, when she's around, we always have good food!

What about my parents? My mother is a business woman and loves to shop. (Haha...I think I know where I got my love for shopping.) My father is a great musician and looks like Elvis Presley when he was young. He was a famous organist in the Philippines in his early twenties and had a couple of records released then. He had so many fans back then. Haha! Well, my father is living in the Philippines now since he had a mild stroke a couple of years ago and his heart doctor is over there. So, he lives there now so that he doesn't need to always fly over there from HK for his regular check-ups.

My brother is 3 years younger than I am, and works for United Airlines. So, we have cheap companion tickets every year to go to different places.

Haha! Of course, not forgetting my beloved husband, he's a banker and works for a French-Swiss bank. He's born in Nanjing China, grew up in Hong Kong, studied in the US for university and worked there for a couple of years. Then had his Masters in Switzerland.

So, that's my family. One big happy family. :D