i Travel - Bohol

We had a short vacation in the province of my dad and mom - Bohol! last September 21-22, 2010.  Another late post, again.

I was most excited to finally see and have a feel of our home sweet home there.  It has to be fully furnished yet but I find the house a very serene,cool place to rest and relax, away from the 'psycho-stress' here in the city. It was a fun-filled weekend, being able to bond with relatives and to experience a green-blue weekend.

a view of Bohol from the ship

on me:

thrifted grey long-sleeve hoodie dress with plaid tiers
black textured leggings

yellow/tan Crocs thong slippers

the miraculous Birhen sa Kalooy

(the Mother Mary statue has outgrown from an ordinary shell that was found by a fisherman)

I was wearing this outfit for a barbeque dinner at the Poblacion Park.

on me:

white lace tank top underneath an oversized embroidered black cover-up tied in front
black textured leggings underneath my black twill shorts

We went to the local beach the following Sunday morning.  My mom, nieces and nephews went for a short swimming session.

on me:

purple floral maxi dress with lace trimimings
cropped long-sleeve denim jacket
yellow/tan Crocs thong slippers

we took home some fresh-from-the-seas crab for Php 100 per kilogram

and cooked them with a little water and sea salt

poor crabbies...

and saw this cute but somewhat scary kitten outside the kitchen, what's this kitten thinking? tsk tsk tsk

Have you been to Bohol?

I had a Fashion Experiment during this travel:

3 ways to wear a 

BANDANA 

1.) as hair-tie 2.) to cover the entire hair 3.) to cover the forehead and a portion of the hair

Fashion Window Display - Cebu Malls, August 2010

Color Coordination - Red + Black

I admit that I have like taken a really long break from 'dressing-up'. 

Maybe that fact had driven me (subconsciously) to give birth to 

i-dress-up-and-sleep.blogspot.com  

which was like seven months ago 

(sad fact but a-ok: just had my first two followers this week!).  

Anyway, I can feel now that I am in the mood to revive the 'C' in my fashion advocacy.  

C = color coordination.  

I always love to be matchy-matchy in a minimalist way, most of the time.  

But somethimes i go head to foot monochromatic.  

Here are samplers of my revivified fashion sense.  

and

I added some thrift finds to my outfits.

( f.y.i.  I go ecstatic with hauling, thrifting, vintage-tripping and the like)

Aside  from color matching, i am also particular on the details of my clothes and shoes.

 on me:

red lace camisole
Island 1521 red babydoll dress

thrifted cropped jacket with skull-designed micro studs

canvas silver-studded rubber flats

necklaces: with heart pendant (bought in carbon for Php 20 but sold in one of the accessory kiosks in Ayala Mall for Php 120) and leaf pendant (bought for Php 80 pesos in 138 but sold in Ayala for Php 250)

on me: 

thrifted floral shift dress in red and black tulip prints

black sheer cropped cardigan with black rosettes 

red flats with micro black polka dots bought in Shanghai, China