You Can't Take it With You

You Can't Take it With You

--Enjoy what you have and not what you don't have, since when you die you cannot take things (such as money) with you.

I wore this outfit exactly a week ago and it was unfortunately appropriate that it was exactly the same day that I knew that my sick grandfather has died. The only thing I have ever thought of the past few days prior to this was how difficult to be of age when your grandparents are starting to die on you. I was actually regressing then.

Last year, Gramp's health started to deteriorate and we attributed it to his old age. We found out later that he had cancer as a by-effect of his continuous smoking through the years. I have friends who smoke and I might have tried a stick or two but if you can quit NOW, then try your best to do so. The path spiraling downwards death by too much smoking is painful, not easy and very uncomfortable

My grandfather's life revolved around building houses for his family and relatives. He loved animals and we never saw him without one. Looking back, I also realized that each of our household has pets of different kind. I'm very sure we got it from our Lolo. He's already reunited with Lola and that gives us much comfort. He might not be able to take all his pets in heaven as I'm sure he prefers but he left a legacy that all of us will never forget

On to a lighter topic, fashion blogging can be very narcissistic but I can't really talk about myself all the time since majority of what happens to me every day is work and quality time with the husband; the latter is something too personal to discuss. 

Around 90% of my clothes are bought at ukay-ukay. I get a kick out of people complimenting my almost reckless abandon for office dressing and me telling them that I bought this for less than Php100 only.

I love the ribbon details at the front of this top. I bought this one for Php7.00 only. Yep, seven pesos only at the Talisay ukay-ukay under the Tabunok bridge. The skirt I bought for Php100. It's a stretchable bandage skirt which, honestly, would've been preferable NOT to be paired with the top I wore. 

Black Top: Amy|Bandage Skirt: Cotton On|Flats: Cotton On|Watch: Esprit

..and the cat is out of the bag! SM BAGS' Affair

It's a BAGS AFFAIR from November 8-10 at the Northwing Atrium in SM City Cebu.

Get amazing discounts up to 50% off on selected local and international brands.

Tired of waiting for a few weeks to get hold of your favorite bag purchased online?

Wait no more as SM brings you a celebration of the holiday's most coveted bags

Don't miss this event happening now as they display high-end AND exclusive brands like Coach, Proenza Schouler, Salvatorre Ferragamo, Cole Haan, See by Chloẻ, Kipling and many more.

These perfect carry-alls is up for grabs but for a limited time only; Tomorrow is their last day to be exact, and a reliable source told me that Proenza Schouler is almost sold-out

  

 I switched from being a shoe person to a bag one because, in my line of work, I can easily get sent from one city to the other and wearing killer heels will not only kill me, it will also kill my wallet. 

Friends from Cebu Bloggers Society L-R: Keene Albert Tan, Naomi Bersales, Babie Ladeza and yours truly 

Dress: Bought from a friend|Bag: Coach Vintage Leatherware|Shoes: Yosi Samra|Watch: Swiss Military

Your Guess Is As Good As Mine

Your Guess Is As Good As Mine:

I have no idea.

S/O to my grandma for giving me some of her dresses. I'm the kind who tries to pull off some outfits just so I can say I've tried wearing it but this one's probably one of those that I might wear again..when I'm in my 40s.

This is what I wore to work today. It's been a company practice that we can NOT wear uniform on Fridays so it's basically a day when I can have a free hand and boy do I ever exercise that privilege

 I am still at this point where I feel uncomfortable every time some one takes my ootd and it's been a few years now. 

 Will I ever surpass this stage?

This cloth is made of satin and is pleated from waist down. It took  me some time to accept the fact that I have a short torso so some dresses might not look as flattering to me.

Despite that fact, I still choose to wear clothes that makes me look awkward looking. As you can see, the length of this dress falls midway between my knee and ankle but below my shin. I know it would've been preferable to to wear closed shoes with heels but we are not in the 1950's era anymore

Gretchen, how many times do I have to play with my hair before you get it right?

Sandals: Cotton On|Watch: Casio|Dress: Your guess is as good as mine

Raincheck

Raincheck: 

An offer or deal that is declined right now but willing to accept later.

But in this case, it's meant to be taken as something literal. Probably one of the safest topic a fashion blogger talks about is how she dresses up in accordance with the weather.

 But d*mn Cebu's weather has been acting like a woman having a PMS. It's not like you can pair up a good sweater with a skimpiest short and NOT be treated as someone promoting teen p*rn in the streets

If you work in a not-so corporate office as I do and don't want to earn the ire of your HR Department (and over observant office mates) You have to dress-up as low-key as possible with considerations to the North Pole-ish temperature of your office and the early morning weather, hence this outfit.

  

That's me instructing the OJT to take as many stolen pictures as possible

Just me believing that the more shots the OJT takes, the bigger chances of me finding an OOTD worthy picture 

 Having your OOTD pictures taken makes you wanna do poses that you are not inclined to do, like me trying to pretend that I know how to carry a guitar when I can't even play any musical instruments. 

I find it very hard to do the "contemplating life" pose because well, I have no life.. and I don't really think too much when asked to do so. 

Maroon Sweater: Hang Ten|Green Skirt: Forever 21|Nude Flats: Cotton On|Eyeglasses: Rayban|Guitar: Not mine|Brown Envelope: Office Stuff