feelin' the holidays!

 

 

i cannot wait for christmas! even when i have to work on the eve of th 25th...bummer... at least it would still be spent with a lot of people. we work by mountain standard time so technically, it's still a business day in canada by the 24th (which is the night of the 24th here)...it's my 2nd year working on christmas and i can't say i'm really loving it. here in the philippines, we have what we call "noche buena"... we attend church at 9 or 10pm...finish preparing our food -- which in our family is one kind of pasta, bread, ham (my aunt's most delicious and awaited ham!), another kind of meat that we try to experiment from a recipe we just found, and cake! right after eating, we always open gifts together. there's just 5 of us -- my mom, dad and my 2 sisters! of course, christmas is not complete without dressing up. we always do!

in this post is another version of the chained watch that i feature yesterday. this one is silver with a small aztec-like design on the front. i regret to have only bought 2 from hong kong. i so wanted the other designs. good thing i have my sisters -- we always share accessories. the only thing we can't share is shoes. we have different sizes -- my little sister wears a size 5 and my big sister wears a 9...haha!

navy shirt dress - thrifted

black blazer - thrifted

sheer grey tights (underneath the polka) - sm dept store

polka tights - sm dept store

studded flats - mongkok ladies market

long chained necklace - elegant tang dynasty

square white stone ring - props

a little bit behind on the trend

 

 

alright, so i'm a little bit behind the trend of the "boyfriend jeans" but what the heck, most people at work hasn't even heard it anyway. i always wanted to try this style out but i didn't want to spend any money on a new pair of jeans. good thing i found my mom's levis and it actually is big enough to be sort of slouchy. i have to say, wearing this is really comfortable. however, it does make me look shorter than i am. i am only 5'2" after all. doesn't matter -- i'm wearing my favorite towering cut-out heels.

a gift from harry for my 25th birthday! 

so here's a close-up look on all the accessories i wore today. the embroidery on the peasant top i'm wearing is accessory enough. but i just love to pile them on! especially bangles. people ask me why i wear so much -- i say, "welp, i woke up and decided to wear all of them!" haha! i wish i can show you the back of my top. it has more embroidery than the front. the cross necklace i'm wearing is hand-made by my sister who has her own store -- called "props." if you notice, that's where some of my clothes and accessories come from. i'm deep in debt with her but it's a good thing we're sisters. *smirk*

green embroidered peasant top - thrifted

boyfriend jeans - my mom's levis

cut-out heels - le donne (a gift!)

brown leather boho bag - thrifted

cross necklace - hand-made

long chained watch - elegant tang dynasty, hk

bronze bangle - props

green wooden bangle - props

beaded gold bangles - a gift from my aunt

glasses - thrifted