Hanging Out In Hawaii

On Boxing Day, Josiah and I spent the whole day shopping at the Waikele Premium Outlet Stores. They are stores with big brands like Levi’s, BCBG Maxazria, Calvin Klein, Tumi, Armani Exchange and so much more with major discounts on them for around 50% and another additional 25% after that.

Boxing Day sales are not that popular in America as it is in Australia, they call it After-Christmas Sales and their bigger sales usually happens the day after Thanksgiving.

This is an example of how busy even the toilets get at the outlet stores. I didn’t take any photos at the stores as I was too busy rummaging through items that were reasonable.

But it was always worth it for us to stop at the Godiva store to see what they had to offer us.

Quick break before we continued shopping!

And I had not bought jeans in the last 7 years, believe it or not. My last pair of jeans were a free pair I got from entering a Levi’s Talent Quest in 2002. Since I was on the “quest” of buying the right pair of jeans, my ideal would be a torn-and-tattered pair, I searched high and low for it. Then, I stumbled upon these pair of Diesel jeans and realised that the fit was rather unusual. Tight in the hips and loose at the waist. Diesel’s definitely not for me! Levi’s of course had a better fit and they were selling jeans for USD$39.00, of course I had to grab a pair (and of course they fit me well – my black jeans in my last Christmas party post). Guess jeans aren’t too bad too.

Honestly, in my entire life, I never got to hold so many shopping bags before at one go. This is the best Christmas gift I’ve had (monetarily), not counting the love that I receive from my family and friends and the little cute gestures I like, such as cards and what not.

I wanted to hold those bags for one second like I’ve seen in those movies, feeling like a SATC girl misled into the ways of Hollywood’s idea of “cool and in”, being sucked into big brands’ marketing schemes, where brands make people pay for their brand than their goods. Just for that one second.

But here’s the fun bit. Everything paid were almost at cost price, or maybe slightly more than cost price, mostly 1/3 off its original price. Items bought were essentials (yes, I’d like to think so).

I’m going to be honest that yes – it is a girl’s thing to shop and thank you myjojo for giving me that luxury.

It’s not like I shop on a daily basis (besides grocery-shopping).

Alright, no more shopping for 2 years.

Let’s eat.

Yes, I know. More Mexican food!

Smoothie and margherita at The Cheesecake Factory. Yummy!

Perfect dinner.

Nachos with guacamole, salsa and sour cream.

Mexican food again. *sighs*

Ooo yummy!

This is what The Cheesecake Factory stands for!

Throughout the entire Hawaii trip, we saw many nice things, these were some of them we did not purchase.

Limited edition Nike Zoom.

Some cute Nike boot/sneakers.

Leaf hat that would not make it through the Australian customs.

A nice silk Hawaiian dress that was too costly for me – USD$70, the same price as a LBD I bought from BCBG.

It wasn’t just about purchasing items on sale. It was also about spending time together, looking at things and at people, enjoying the ambience of store displays and perhaps making use of the ambience a little too much by taking photos!

Ralph Lauren store. Nice eh?

Remember those Hush Puppies sole that came off in many blog entries ago, I replaced them for these black flats. They are so comfortable and ideal for walking around in!

I’m still Kimfluttersby. Will always be. Neiman Marcus has such nice butterflies display, I wanted to curi them but of course I should not!

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