Fashion Files: Mullet Dresses for Spring 2012

So it's Spring time here in Japan! Wondering what's fab to wear during this season?

My cousin and I have lately developed the love for mullet dresses. Through our weekly shopping activities, we've been seeing a lot of mullet dresses with floral prints, and we found them very ideal for spring. I took a photo of the mullet dresses we have. However, I didn't have much time to dress up and shoot so I just did it inside the house with the help of my grandma as my photographer haha! Please excuse the poor quality of the photos 'coz I'm just using my Sony Cybershot TX5.

SPRING MULLET DRESSES:

Dress from "Momo by Wonder Rocket" in Harajuku,Tokyo

(http://www.wonderrocket.com/ec/wr_momo.html)

2,980 Yen

 feather earrings from H&M in Harajuku

599 Yen

Dress from "Love Junkie" in Suwa City, Nagano

3,000 Yen

 accessories from "Shimamura" in Suwa City, Nagano

Dress from "Every" in Japan

(http://www.rakuten.co.jp/every777/)

3,180 Yen

 head piece from my cousin (I don't know where she got this)

Dress from "Avail" in Suwa CIty, Nagano

2,000 Yen

 feather necklace from "CHU XXX" in Aeon Mall, Yamanashi

1000 Yen

So there's our small collection of spring mullet dresses. Hope to find more.:)

You Gotta Love HARAJUKU!

Harajuku is my second most favorite shopping place in Japan; first of which is Shibuya. And since we're a family of shopaholics, just two weeks after our Shibuya trip, we went to Harajuku to go shopping again.

Outfit of the Day: Spring (Cryx Closet Jacket, Xo Xo Shades, Forever 21 Tank Top, Love Junkie shorts, Forever 21 belt, Avail wedges, D&G watch, Coach bag)

We stopped by the Service Area along the Express Way to have coffee/tea at Starbucks. Then we found Mochi! It's quite pricey though. It tasted like espasol in the Philippines. Yummy!:)

Along the way, we were listening to Japanese songs in the car. And since we couldn't  help but sing, we used our iPad and iPhones to download lyrics and sing along with the music. It's like karaoke-on-the-go!:)) So funny that my uncle who's driving us put a cigarette stick on each of his ears; but despite that, he still explained to us the meaning of every Japanese song we sang haha. And another way of killing boredom while in the car was taking lomo vanity shots! So cool that MoreLomo app randomly selects the colors. Some of my friends say I do not look like a Filipino anymore haha! Will actually change my hair color soon, I'm just doing some research on what color would suit me best.

Upon arriving at Harajuku, we had lunch at Wolfgang Puck Express. It's one of the best restaurants I've been to. It's right at the entrance of the Takeshita Street across the Harajuku train station.

what Wolfgang Puck said

  Teriyaki Burger

 Rib Eye Steak

Honey Mustard Chicken

 There's the crab and veggies pizza and some salad

 and he only ate the buns!:))

After lunch, we started our journey! There were a lot of items on sale! My favorite Japanese brands so far: Anap and Momo. I think Anap is more of casual clothes while Momo is like Forever 21. It has multiple shops along Takeshita street. There I was able to buy a high-low sheer skirt for 1000 yen only; and my cousin bought for herself a high-low floral dress which I regret I didn't buy. After an hour and a half, were done at Takeshita Street. We then walked along the main road lined with different international brands. My cousin and I shopped a lot from Forever 21 and H&M again. Haha they're actually the safest brands in terms of style and price.

 and my feet died after 5 hours of shopping haha

We left Harajuku and headed to Karasuyama to drop off my Uncle at his place. But before that, we had a Yakiniku dinner place at the nearest restaurant from his home. As usual, I overate again! Waaaah!

there's our car going out the electronic parking space

yakiniku

Then we left Tokyo and headed home. But just when I thought we can get home early, my aunt decided to go to Don Quixote in Yamanashi to buy some groceries. After an hour of shopping, we finally headed home. We got home by 12 midnight. We were all so tired!

Look at what I saw at Don Quixote! So funny!:))

 tired and bankrupt!

Got less than 3 weeks left in my stay here. I'm gonna miss Tokyo!

More Like "Singles' Awareness Day":)

Alright. Let's have a current blog insert first. So Valentine's Day was over...finally! haha! But let me share some stuff I did with my single friends on that day.

We met up at Eastwood City Mall on the night of February 14. People come in any of these groupings: 

• group of "singles" (either all girls, all boys, or mixed) 
• families
• co-workers (who I assume were also singles or have long distance partners)
• COUPLES (of all ages and of all genders lol)

Obviously, we belonged to the first bullet. So we had dinner at Momo. Beside our table was also a group of single girls. haha! We're happy, but some of our conversations actually sounded a bit bitter.:))

 while waiting for our seats at Momo

 time to order food:)

 complimentary bread

 Darlene and I

 vanity while waiting for our food LOL

 Four Cheese w/ Mushrooms Pizza

 Salmon, my fave!:)

 Lychee-Melon Shake

 Chocolate Shake

 Dianne and Step (yeah she refuses to add "h" LOL)

 with people taking photos w/ the LOVE thing at the background

 define LOVE...less???:))

 this kinda looked cool. haha

I was ready to go home at 10pm. But just when I though the night's over, my bestfriend insisted that we grab a few drinks before going home. Step and Darlene already left 'coz they got some other things to do. So Dianne and I proceeded to Distillery to have some white wine. Unfortunately, the wine that i wanted wasn't available. So we ordered Tequila Rose instead. Just the right drink for singles on a Vday night. haha!

The place was filled with groups of single people. I bumped into a high school batchmate there. Plus we also spotted Ms. Jean Garcia in the house. The place was perfect for singles. They played good music and the crowd was really fun. My friend Josh also came and joined us. His fiance was actually in Australia.

 this was posted on all the tables haha

 Like!:)

 and so we answered the question LOL

 bestfriends

But our Vday celebration didn't end there. On Feb.16, we satisfied our craving for chocolate in a place we've been wanting to try. We went to Chocolate Fire in Salcedo Village for some sinful dose of chocs.

 after this shot, the waiter told me that nobody's allowed to take photos haha

 Soup of the Day (tasted like Asparagus)

 Ham & Cheese sandwich

 Firedogs! (super hot & spicy)

 Fondue!!!

happy!:)

*sorry some photos kinda looked dark 'coz I avoided using flash and the auto-adjustment feature of my camera didn't work well and I didn't know why.*

Just a proof that Valentine's is not only for couples.:) Singles rock! LOL