A marvelous shopping trip!

For women, at least for me, finding a great bargain makes a shopping trip just so worth it!  Don't need to buy a lot.  Just a few lovely items will make my day.

Saturday, Jay and I drove down to the states just to chill, and since people were coming up for the Olympics rather than going down, there were no line-ups at the border (yay!) .  After watching the vlog of MissChievous (youtube her! She's fab!)  I went to the Cosmetic Company Store in Seattle Premium Outlets and picked up these:

The Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick in Platinum Pink.  This is great to giving you that healthy glow, especially nice on people with fair skin.  Normally $40, I picked it up for $25.  I wanted the Shimmer Brick in Copper Diamond as well but it was $3 more so I cheaped out.  The colours are beautiful and can be worn over your favourite blush because it's so sheer.

 

 MAC pigments.  I was jumping-out-of-my-jacket excited when I saw this at the store!  I really wanted to get this set during the holidays (it's one of three of the holiday gift collections of 2009) but it was around $38, which was a bit pricey for me.  I wanted it so badly, particularly because of the glitter that I placed right in front.  It's so amazingly shimmery, it looks like the night sky.  My friend bought it at The Bay MAC counters because they were sold out in the MAC stores.  Unfortunately, make-up artist discounts don't work at The Bay locations, so I couldn't make myself pull out the bills.  I am on a budget after all.  I had to step back and have a wee bit of will power.  Well, that sure paid off!  I found this gem for $22.75!  It was such a great deal, I purchased the pink/purple set as well for Paula's birthday since they're her favourite colours.  So excited I practically skipped out of the store back to my car.

The Forever21 store in Metro is great but they should have a For Love 21 here as well.  It's a great accessory store, branched from Forever 21.  It's way cheaper and the stuff is much nicer than Claire's/Icing/Ardene.  I bought these lace stockings for $5.80 each.  Love them!  I actually love stockings or leggings in general because I don't like showing bare legs unless I'm dying of heat, and they really dress up a mundane outfit.  I already have multi-coloured ones and polka-dots!

On top of these, I purchased a couple of shirts, but not really worth showing.

Dinner was at Outback Steakhouse.  I gotta say this is my favourite place for steak - EVER!  I'm definitely a steak person.  The sheer pleasure of eating a perfectly cooked filet tenderloin is indescribable.  It's probably the second time in my life that I've ever had steak that melts in your mouth (first time was in Las Vegas - Paris Hotel - Le Cafe).  It's so delicious!  And they sure know how to cook their steaks.  Usually when I order medium-rare, it comes out as medium.  Never as juicy as I'd like it to be.  We ordered a 20 oz Porterhouse steak with two sides (garlic mashed potatoes and sweet potato), which was plenty for the both of us to share.  Here's the kicker - $26.95!  You can probably get a 6oz steak at Milestones for that price.  We ordered the same steak at Shore Club for $50 and I think this one tastes even better.  Not to mention the service is great, and I don't have to dress up and yet still feel inferior while I make a mess cutting and eating my free loaf of bread =D  Ah, my tongue is still dancing.

All in all, a marvelous trip!