My new-found love:

Mr Steve Madden

(Sorry babe, but shoes are different...hee) For the last several weeks in Ohio I've spotted a colleague of mine wear fabulous platform wedge sandals and she glides seamlessly in them all day without flinching or switching to fitflops and I ask her: "How?" She replies with a smile "Steve Madden". So the next time I was in a mall, I headed straight for a store and had to try some on. True enough, Steve Madden's collection of platform wedge sandals were comfortable, sassy and on sale! :) So I picked up a pair of these:

They fit my skin tone perfect and they go with everything! And most importantly, as I age, comfortable shoes are a MUST especially with all the walking I do in Manhattan. Plus, they were on sale! So today I browsed Zappos and found some other fabulous Steve Madden sandals I'd love to own:

TRACKKS

TARIN

GLORYIA

I'm accepting early Christmas presents if anyone is feeling extra generous....

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Ohio grass is greener...?

BEADED CARDIGAN: ANN TAYLOR LOFT, TANK: BANANA REPUBLIC, TRIBAL SKIRT: FOREVER21, WEDGE SANDALS: SAM EDELMAN

The Sam Edelman zebra wedges were the highlight of my roommate & my week - We found these current season platform wedges at Marshalls on Clearance! Just 2 weeks ago, we were eyeing them in Nordstroms and lo & behold, Marshalls had them! I've worn them for a full day of work and they are incredibly comfy and perfect for the Manhattan pavement :) My room mate got them both in leopard and zebra! She couldn't resist! Now if only there were a Marshalls in Manhattan....and a Home Goods (also known as Winners & Home Sense for my fellow Canadians!). Don't knock your off-price retailers...you never know what you might find!

Hello there. I'm still here!

My apologies to my readers - whoever does really read this. I've been frequent flying back and forth between Ohio & NY and it left me exhausted and a little under the weather. The jammed packed activities our training has kept us very busy but now, there's room to breathe a little. The back & forth flying has ceased until I return back to NYC for good in August.

I have ventured to test my fashion blog concept (since testing is a good way to gauge the market!). Here are some of my initial photos:

WATCH: CARTIER, RING: FOREVER21, BANGLE: JUICY COUTURE, EARRINGS: FOREVER21

TUNIC: FOREVER21, JEGGINGS: UNIQLO, PUMPS: COLE HAAN

I've always been a fan of great pieces for less. Hence, you'll notice a lot of the pieces I own are from H&M and Forever21. Like this water color tunic, it looks great and costs about $20. Shopping at these retailers can be a hit or a miss though, so shop carefully and keep your eye out for gems. I did realise after taking these photos that the tunic looks much cuter belted :P I'm also wearing my favourite "jeggings" from Uniqlo. Don't be fooled by its elastic, mom-like waistband, this baby washes & wears well and is EXCELLENT for travelling! No ironing needed and looks cute cuffed or long.

So here's to my 1st fashion post! :P Cheers from Ohio!