Accessories

Shoes - most women go crazy over these dainty footwear items. You see them swarming shops like Charles and Keith or Pretty Fit as they ooh and aah over the latest shoe designs before preening their feet in front of the mirrors to see how the shoes fit on their perfectly pedicured feet. To think that back in ancient China, women had wrapped their feet in binding cloths before squeezing them into porcelain shoes that reduced their foot size for good, as compared to women nowadays who are spoilt for choices in the shoes department that cater to their foot size!

I've always been one who is attracted by open-toed footwear, especially strappy slippers and kitten heels in earth colours. They allow the feet to 'breathe' better. However, I've now expanded my tastes to more feminine designs like floral and pink-coloured types, though I balance them with muted tones. I would like to share some of my favourite pairs of shoes here.

I had a pair of earth-coloured slippers with flowers of the same colour on the straps and now this simple pair of muted pink slippers. I just bought two more pairs of slippers and one of them is absolutely gorgeous. The lavender slippers are adorned with small purple roses on the straps. It cost only $16.90 from DMK at Seiyu Bishan. I've not gotten down to wearing them though.

I had a pair of brown kitten heels with a floral pattern of brown and white on the fabric strap, and now another ivory pair with little ribbons at the side of the strap. I also have a pair of low wedges in white and yellowish-green with a bow in front. I just bought another pair of muted pink wedges with sequinned flowers and the open-toed cut is unique. It cost $20 from Bata Thomson Plaza. I've not gotten down to wearing them as well.

I fell in love with 2 pairs of heels adorned with purple roses on the straps but had to forgo them because of the price and the height of the heels. Oh well, I already have the slippers and that's better than not having any at all!

I've a different purpose for each type of footwear. I wear slippers for weekdays except when I go for mass or concerts, and wear heels or wedges for weekends when I go for mass. Still, I am proud to proclaim that all in all, I've only 6 pairs of footwear in total unlike so many other women. Hehe. I do have a pair of black high heels but that's only worn during my choir performances as part of the dress code.

Handphones - technological gadgets that initially guys hanker after but now even women cannot seem to do without them. There are sweet colours to catch the eye of the females. There are also pictures and patterns on the cases for those who indulge in buying them.

I own one of these at a time and I'm not one who changes handphones with the latest trends. What I've had so far are old models. Just the basic features of ringtones, call register, contacts, messages and an alarm clock will do. However, my current one is a camera phone and I'm ecstatic with the phone as a whole. I've taken 2 photographs so far.

Digital Times published an article on 5 creative uses for the cellphone and 4 are using the camera. This suits me just fine since I've a camera phone now! To adapt from it, I can send a photograph of the product to my mum if I'm not sure what brand of groceries she wants when running errands for her. I'm not very street- savvy so I can take photographs of landmarks when I'm in a foreign place so as to get my directions right. I can even take spontaneous shots of whatever catches my fancy while out!

I never fail to wear a new outfit every Christmas and scout around for one closer to the date. Sometimes, I've difficulty choosing among a few, since I shop on my own. I can take shots of each one and show them to my girlfriends for their opinions before actually buying one! Owning a camera phone is really awesome! I'm so grateful for it! :D