Archive for April, 2008
April 30th, 2008 -- Posted in Boyfriend, I Love Anuschka, Travelling |
I went on a weekend getaway with Mr. Boyfriend last weekend.
However,
Before we left, he insisted on putting all our stuff together in his enormous bag *sigh*. What is it with men and their fascination of gym bags? Mr. B said it’s a ‘travel bag’, but I insisted that it was indeed just a bigger version of that thing he brings to the gym everyday.
“It’s a traveling bag, baby”
“I still think it looks like a gym bag. Whatever happens to traveling with style?”
“This IS stylish!”
“It’s not. It doesn’t match my new Capri pants.”
“See, honey, that’s why I’m the one carrying it. You just go ahead with your tattooed bags”
“Tattooed? They are handpainted luxurious leather bags!”
“Well they look like tattoo to me.”
I marched down my side of the walk-in closet and pulled out my work bag.
“Baby, this is a PAINTING. A work of art on a leather bag. Not a tattoo”
“Okay.”
My man knew I would defend my bags. As he continued packing our stuff into the now overstuffed large gym bag, I ran my fingers on the delicate leather. Tattoo or painting, I love it.
“Phew. Anything you want to add before I try to zip this bag up?” he asked me.
I remembered something, ran out of the room and quickly grabbed something from the top armoire in the study.
“Put this there.”
“Oh babe…”
“So they’ll know this gym bag belongs to the both of us.”
“It’s a traveling bag”
“Whatever.”
And he attached this on the zipper.
Oh and um… the weekend was excellent!
April 25th, 2008 -- Posted in Boyfriend, Fashion, I Love Anuschka, Travelling |
My friend once said to me:
“Go easy on the black.”
I can’t help it. It’s the safest bet to hide that teeny tiny bulge around the waist after downing a plateful of cheesecake. It’s the color you wear when you have nothing to wear to the office. It’s what you have to wear to flaunt that new blonde streaks fresh out of the salon. It’s the color you wear to be taken seriously, sometimes.
Mr. Boyfriend once said that I have one too many little black dresses. “You spend too much money on the same dresses, baby,” he would say. And I would just give him my widest smile and plant a huge kiss on his lips to shut him up.
What do men know about LBDs and why women love black anyway? It’s a woman thing. Besides, we don’t wear black only to formal occasions. I’m going out of town for business and I’m going to wear black for three days straight because hey, who knows whether I’m going to be invited to cocktail hours after the grueling days of surveying sites for a national conference?
To me, black doesn’t only define my eyes it also defines the colorful accessories I own. Just see this hot black hoodie:
Right. So that’s what I’m going to wear tomorrow to the airport. Too plain? Not to worry, I might be tired of scarves and necklaces… but I’m never tired of bags. And behold the Anuschka travel tote I’ll be toting:
Isn’t it divine? This is what I love about the bag: it has every color you want to liven up the black top (or any plain tops, for that matter). And it’s clearly has a lot of suggestions on what other accessories that could enrich MY style!
Um, this got me thinking: maybe I should slip in my gold bangles in there, just in case that cocktail thing really happens. Afterall, my Anuschka travel tote has room for everything. Even for my three cell phones. I mean adding one bangle would not hurt. Okay, maybe two. Hey, what about that turquoise-gold earrings? That should match the bag. And of course, the black top!
Oh heck, now I remember that I really should start packing.
Until then, bloggies!
April 22nd, 2008 -- Posted in Fashion, Favorite Handbags, I Love Anuschka |
I’m a freak. That’s what they call me.
But that’s ok, because I’m not THAT kind of freak. I’m just passionate about one thing in my fashion life: exquisitely painted leather bags. Now, I’ve just finished doing my winter-cleanup (uh huh, I know it’s way behind schedule), but as I cleaned up my wardrobe… I realized that I’ve exceeded my yearly quota of leather bags. And so I have decided to start a blog about this ongoing addiction.
And in this first post, I’m gonna show off the first item I bought from Anuschka in 2008. Yeah. It’s the Anuscka Tall Tote Bag.
Isn’t it gorgeous? This bag is among my modest Anuschka bags, with less intricate patterns and drawing. The thing I love most about it is its comfy handle as it’s quite sturdy for those days where I can’t live without packs of Kleenex, tons of mints and my three cellular phones –like today as I am having a major case of flu. Can you believe I have three cell phones? Me neither. But the best thing is, the bag goes with my favorite dress.
Now I know it’s probably too ‘sunny’ for the spring, but hey, I’m a tropic girl at heart (and don’t forget slightly bohemian too). Isn’t this O’Neill dress gorgeous? The colors go really well with my new Anuschka Tote!
Wait, that is kinda weird. People buy bags to go with their clothes. As for me, it’s almost always the other way around. Ah whatever, I don’t really care. Now I’m gonna look around for sandals (is it still a bit too cold to wear sandals now?) and probably a new knitted scarf. The doc said I have to keep myself warm to get this flu bug away.
Until later, bloggies 
