monogram thoughts

i am happy, very happy to be exact.

before telling you guys why, let me first brief you on the drama.

Realised that daddy was in Bangkok after I called him last Thurs, and he mentioned he'll be flying to perth next tues, which is great news because this implies that his credit card will be stock plentyful of funds for me to indulge in my retail therapy this wkend. boy was i wrong, very wrong actually as i find out today.

decided to go down to LV today to check out the Reporter bag which I have been craving since the horrible demise of my 50 cents bag from states. price tag on 50 cents bag from states: 50 cents (well, if you want to consider the air tix at S$1100, then its S$1100.50) ; price tag of Reporter: S$1500 (which means it actually costs more than me flying all the way to NYC and spent USD27 to Wassiac and spending another USD50 in cab to Millerton to get my 50 cents bag), and the Reporter does not comes in Taiga leather! DAMN! The reporter (bigger sized version) only comes in the LV monogram canvas, and I am not a big fan of monogram canvas, cos I've always thought it is a bit in-yer-face.

after 10min at the counter and looking through few other sling bags, still decided that i should settle for Reporter in monogram canvas. but here comes the drama, i picked up the last piece in store, and less than 5 sec after, this tai tai has that sparkle in her eyes on the same bag, but alas, moi took the LAST one, so she only have the sample piece to ogle at. Battle won and feeling satisfied, but! realised that daddy's card went over the limit! damn! what can you blow on in BKK? Perth, i understand, but BKK??!! Went throught this malu experiance of talking to the Amex lady over phone in front of the cashier who's by now despising me (despit me dressed gorgeously in my Felix tee from buenos aires, tokyo bought japanese levis, and Loewe sling from madrid, which i think these bunch of ignorant stupid Singaporeans have absolutely no idea that the Loewe costs me 1200 EUROS!).

Anyway, informed by Amex that dad only has 400+ left in his account. sad, very very sad, and stressed! tried my campus card, which i know is loaded with funds for my exchange studies later this yr, but who knows! those funds were in my checking account, and my campus card is linked NOT to my checking account, but rather, my savings account. Not enough funds in there = card rejscted (again!!) = another "you can't affors this bag, cheapo!" stare from cashier.

Here comes the rescue! Mummy whip out her stack of cash (!) , all in Brunei big notes nonetheless, and paid for the bag (this time, cashier lady has sparkle in her eyes as if she never touch $500 Brunei notes b4). Satisfied.

Mum was smart enough to know that Dad's card will most likely bounce cos it's end of month AND he's been overseas, so chances of having enuff $$ is like impossible. so, she actually came prepared with cash. she's so smart! haha...all thanks to her do i get to be my spoilt brat today. she is so gonna get LV from me from Vienna! haha...

so here's showing off time from gerald again! I present my LV Monograme Reporter after countless un-wrapping; like giving a birthday gift to myself! Oh, my mkting proff once said the reason for all these wrapping is to make concumer feel good about shopping, cos it's like un-wrapping own's bday pressie! So true!


that's not the reporter darling! it's the paperbag with the reporter inside...haha!


that's the paper bag inside the bigger paperbag above with the reporter inside. haha!


and you'd thought there'd be no more un-wrapping! haha, this is the soft cloth bag protecting the reporter. realised that it's a norm for all leather stuff to have suck protection. My Loewe has it, and even my Prada boots and Gucci shoes have it too...



there you go! my pride! my first LV Bag (the wallet and key pouch do not count as bags, i suppose! now i've gotta buy the monogram wallet which Adeline wants, and influence me to crave for one too, to match this...haha!) look at the gold locks on the bag, onw word: posh. nuff said


actually at S$1500, it's a steal for LV, cos of the simplicity design, the sling strap is cloth, not leather, and the interior is not very complicated; essentially what i like in this no fuss simple bag. just like my sadly demised 50 cents bag from the states! what a costly upgrade, pero me encanta, y muy contento despues salgo el tienda te llama Louis Vuitton.