my extended boxing day

i was supposed to blog this awhile ago, but when i got home today, i went immediately to forever 21's site and looked around. and well, yeah.. i ended up buying something. oopps! i also contacted my lovely friends online and asked if they wanted to get something in there. so basically for hours, we were shopping online and ended up getting a bunch of stuff. hahaha!!! we were discussing how materialistic we've become this holiday season. tsk tsk.

outfit: dynamite tunic, AA leggings & scarf, sirens boots, winter jacket
(i literally had 5 mins to get ready to hit the mall.)

anyway, let's go on with the post.. here's my lovely goodies for today!!!

1. Aldo wedge oxfords. oh goodness, i've been eye-ing this for a week already and i thought they were going to have a discount on boxing day but alas i had to pay for the full price for them, but i'm not really disappointed. i love them so much! i can just stare at them. hahaha!

2. Carmex lip balm. since my lip balm was running low already, i searched for a new one. i had a wide range of choices from MAC, Sephora and The Body Shop, but i ended up with this cheapo drug store brand since there were good reviews on it, plus i needed something practical and not really 'flashy'. also, since i spent quite a bit on my shoes, i opted to spend less on this. teehee!

3. Forever21 wool blend coat. a little bit of an impulse buy, but then, i think i need another coat so that i won't overuse the black one that i have. hopefully, i got the right size and this will be thick enough. i can't wait to get it though since it's something blue (and i don't have many blues in my closet).

my friends got other jackets too, some scarves and accessories. i'll post them up once i get them in the mail. aaahh... going online and in the mall is just pure temptation. but i told myself that i think i deserve them. it's christmas time, i just finished my degree, i haven't bought anything from my paycheck and my bday's coming up next month. those are pretty good reasons, right? hahaha! oh my justifications..

the madness that is boxing day

being the bargain shopper that i am, i have been so accustomed to bazaars and bargain centres back in the philippines. and it's quite hectic back there. today, here in canada, we had our annual boxing day (for people in the US, it's like your black friday). major big box stores slash down prices of their merchandise and malls open earlier than usual. i bet you the crowds are not as crazy as in the philippines or in the states, but today was rather an experience for myself and my boyfriend.

bundled up and ready to go!

woke up at around 5am and the boyfriend told me that we might not push thru. it snowed so heavily last night that the roads haven't been cleared and it was going to be too hard for his car to go around the city. after some rationalization(since we were up already and he really wanted to get the deal with the PS3 in future shop), we decided to venture out and brave the piles of snow. we got in the store 15 minutes before opening and the line up was pretty long already. those 15 minutes seemed like forever when you're just outside with -20 degree celsius wind chill. waaah!
finally we were able to get in the store and people went all over the place. since i wasn't eye-ing for anything electronic or gadgety, i just went straight to where all the ps3 systems were and got one for the boyfriend.

lining up for check out was a long long long wait. but i guess, it was worth it for him. look at that happy face. hahahaha! mind you, i also got him a 2GB RAM this christmas. oh goodness, boys and their gadgets (i have to agree with hautepursuit & luvjess)...
so, after that we went home to get breakfast and we ended up going back to sleep. we woke up at around noon and headed straight to the mall. i wanted to look into a couple of things: shoes, lipbalm, leather gloves and undergarments. i was able to get the gloves and bras on sale. as for the shoes & lipbalm, they weren't really on sale so i told myself to just get them at a more convenient and 'peaceful' time. the line ups in the stores were insane and since those two things didn't have discounts on them, i'd rather go back to get them at another time.

let's not put undergarment pictures, hahaha!

all in all, i would say today was a success. i wasn't able to buy much, but then again i received so many clothes this christmas, plus im still waiting for a couple of things in the mail (online stores) so i think i pretty much got what i wanted in my wishlist. :)