As I’m sure you’ll notice here eventually, there’s a shopping trend that I unintentionally follow – buying in categorical phases.  Actually it goes for pretty much everything I get into, hence the name of this blog, because whenever I get into something I seriously get hooked on and obsess over it.  Although the interests revolve around a core group of likes, the obsessions come in segmented periods - if you check my archive of blog posts you’ll see several of one topic clustered together, followed by a brief lag, then another cluster of entries on a different topic. So anywho. Still along the lines of feeling fashion, but now moving on from shoes to accessories.  Two super fun places to shop for cheap and unique (ish) trinkets:

Irene’s Closet, A-Venue.

I used to ignore its little cutesy boutique outlet in Rockwell because although the items were cute, they were too expensive.  When I saw a small set-up selling similar items in A-Venue (Makati Avenue, in between Kalayaan and JP Rizal) I was surprised to find out it was the same shop because the pricing was so much lower – under a P1,000 bucks for all of the items in the picture. I guess Rockwell’s tenant rent rates were just too high, and the shop owners had to adjust accordingly. The Eiffel Tower necklace would’ve probably been P650 in Rockwell but I only got it for upwards of P200. Fun, yay

 By the by, I got the earrings separately from a bazaar. Just thought of including the pair in the shot. Wala lang. :p

2nd Floor, Robinsons Cebu.

You gotta love the locals for tips like this.   Mia brought us to this hole in the wall place in Ayala when we visited 2 years ago and pointed to this other hole in the wall place in Robinsons when I visited with my mom last weekend. You won’t find shell and wooden accessories cheaper than the ones in Cebu. Got earrings at less than P80 each. Insane no? Haha.