USA Shopping Haul

I have taken over the corner of our room and renamed it the "Jasmine Corner".

Luckily the room we are staying now at Hyatt Regency San Francisco is huge!

We didn't managed to go to the factory outlet yesterday because of the massive jams on the highway. We are going to go tomorrow instead!

My initial plan was to cycle across Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito and explore a bit of the famous landmarks in San Francisco, but le hubby is damn lam nua and said he rather bring me to go shopping. 😒 Why so lazy one!!!!

We rented a car just to drive out to Livermore Outlet tomorrow. Pick up in the morning and return by 5pm.

We returned the car we got from Los Angeles yesterday cos the average parking fees is USD10 PER HOUR here in San Francisco.

Honestly.. This city is so expensive I can't stand it! I've only been here for 2 days and I don't like it already. Expensive things, horrible traffic and there's little sense of security cos there's a lot of dodgy people... I prefer LA!

One of my best buy is this Aveda brush for USD22. It's so good! After a few brushes, my hair became really smooth and soft! Amazing!!

Honestly I don't need so many lotions and scrubs.. And these are super heavy, but they smell so good!!!

Bath & Body Works are having a sale now. Buy 3 get 3 free.

6 is too little.. 12 is so excessive! 😱

To quote my best friend Tabby:

 Buy now, regret later! 

Other than the few pairs of shoes I bought.. I also bought this beautiful pair of Ugg boots and my sister @joannatpywants the same ones so I bought another pair. 

Now we have the same boots! Yay! Previously we had the same fake Uggs I bought in Perth for AUD10. 😂

These two are the biggest bulky items that I am having a headache over on how to bring them back.

Anyway Samsonite is having a Buy 1 Second 50% off sale right now.. So maybe I should get two new big luggage tomorrow. Heeheeheee!!!

I can't resist buying shoes when I am overseas cos they have my sizes! It's hard to find good quality size US10 shoes that are not overpriced or "Aunty-fashion".

I love this pair of Tom's Flamingo print shoes. Super cute and sweet! 😊

Bought these from Nordstrom at full price.. USD58 including taxes.

This pair of Ralph Lauren heels are just too cute!!! I bought these at Macy's with a 10% off for tourists. It's around USD67 including taxes. There's a weird red colour print that was on 30% discount but I passed on that.

UGGS in wedges! And really comfortable ones! These were bought from the outlet malls at Barstow for around USD30++. 

Clothes!

My favourite buys are the Jones New York dresses! It's retailing at USD109 in Macy's (i checked) and I bought them at USD39 with additional 25% discount at the outlet malls! That's almost like Buy 1 Get 3 Free!

The cutting is very good and the material is awesome. There's so many designs but I chose 4 because the cutting are similar, only different prints.

Made le hubby buy new clothes cos he's always wearing the same old stuff. He needs nicer clothes to meet his clients instead of the cartoon t-shirts. 

The Polo tees are really cheap! It's USD19 with 20% discount at the outlet malls. It's good quality, unlike the dodgy ones sold in Indonesia. 😒

And I was confused with US Polo vs Ralph Lauren cos the logo is similar. Turns out US Polo is like the Giodarno equivalent. Lol! No wonder the clothes are so much cheaper than Ralp Lauren!

Ralph Lauren shorts! 

I bought the biege one (leftmost) 2 years ago and wore it so often but it still retains the shape. The Forever 21 shorts I bought around the same time has already went out of shape and expanded so much after washing.

It's not cheap.. USD59 normal price. There was a 30% discount for Mother's Day.. Including the tax of 9.5%, it's still quite pricey for a pair of shorts. 

But it's worth it cos the quality is damn good and it's super comfortable!

Can't decide what colour..

So I bought 4!

There were around 12 different colours, so it was a tough decision. 

Spending almost SGD250 on 4 pairs of shorts seems a bit crazy to me.. Especially since they last so long and I'm not sure if I'll become fatter or hopefully skinnier.. But like Tabby who likes to remind me whenever I have a dilemma to buy something..

 Buy now, Regret later! 

I love my Bath and Body Works scrubs & lotions so much, I have to post it again. 

All in all, I bought 14 bottles! Mwahahahhahaa! Gonna give a few away and keep the rest for myself.

Wanted to buy the scented candles cos it's damn cheap but it's too heavy. 😔

It's 2 for USD24 and they smell heavenly lah! 😭 Why I don't have unlimited luggage space!!!

I was recommended to get this eyeshadow palette from Lorac.

Wah it's damn difficult to find! It's not sold in Sephora and I can only find it in Ulta. 

I've never even heard of Ulta before! It's similar to our Watsons Mostly selling women stuff. Beauty, hair, etc.

Hope it's good! I haven't tried it yet. I've been using the Naked Palette from Urban Decay for so long, I've moved house 2 times since I bought it! Lol!!! Time to retire it.

My Chanel blusher is damn cui until it fell off. I think it's cos I dropped it a few times... I'm lucky it didn't crack and disintegrate. It's also quite old! I bought it in May 2012! Lol! Just realized it's 3 years old! Omg. 

Time to change time to change!

I bought a Tarte blusher to replace it (right hand side). I haven't tried it yet, but I heard it's really good for Asian skin tones. The only thing I don't like is it doesn't come with a brush. So mafan.

Stole this pic from Google images.

This colour is damn hard to find! I went to 4 Sephora outlets and they don't have this particular shade. They only carry a limited range and this is a rare colour.

Thank God I found it in Ulta!

I also finally bought a new Urban Decay potion!

This stuff is magic and it allows your eyeshadow and eyeliner to stay on forever until you remove them.

Tested and proven!

I have the original and shimmery one which I bought in.... December 2011 and May 2012. Omg! My makeup are all damn old lah. 😅 Still have a lot left leh! How to throw away! So wasteful!!

My tube is so old, that they already changed the packaging and design. Kuakuakua. Now the new one has an applicator stick.

Benefits cosmetics!

I love their "They're real!" mascara so I decided to get a few of their other signature products to try them out too.

The names of the products are super funny and witty. Hahahaha!! "Fake up!".

Buy 2 full sized items and get a free pouch with 3 mini samples. I bought 5 full sized items leh... Only got 1 free gift. Should have separate receipts and asked le hubby to buy for me! #auntyalert

I nearly bought this cos I think it's so cute but le hubby damn pantang. He don't let me buy any Alcatraz merchandise cos they are for prisoners. Like the prisoner cup I was holding, and the prisoner Tshirt, etc.

Ok lor.. Just take picture.

I bought a super cute postcard for my sister but was too busy to send it out. Alcatraz Island don't sell stamps and I kept forgetting to go to my hotel concierge desk for stamps.... Bobian have to hand deliver already. 😞

Super cute post card I got for my sister! Heehee!

I finally bought a Duffy doll for myself! Got an extra one for my best friend's birthday. He loves Duffy and always bugs me to help himbuy one for him when I go to Disneyland but it's so hard to carry him back especially when I go to Japan and have to run for trains.

The costumes are so cute! I didn't see them in Tokyo so I think it's exclusive to Anaheim Disneyland. Saw it last year when I went with my sister and had lots of self restraint not to buy. This time just buy lah! Heh heh!