Recently, a lot of online shops have been popping left and right all around the internet.. specifically in the Philippines. A few years ago, there weren’t many of them, and only a handful of shops were able to last and still manage to operate until today.

What I’ve noticed is that, these online shops, back then, sold a variety of items like Asian fashion apparel, DVDs, gadgets.. among others that I don’t really remember because I only bought stuff that I mentioned, haha. Back then, it also seemed easy to open, operate, manage, and control an online store compared to now. Perhaps the number of people who were aware of online shopping and e-commerce were smaller than the number of people now.

Now, the number of online shops just in the Philippines alone probably multiplied twice, thrice, or more! And the customers? Probably ten-fold. Who wouldn’t resist trying to purchase an item online if the price is way (depending on the store) lower than the mall price, right? Personally, I prefer buying from online stores than in malls for certain items, but that’s for another post. Haha.

One of my not-so-recent-finds for a “major” (I say this because it’s not a subdomain-hosted kind of shop) online shop is Lazada Philippines. My first impression of it is that it reminded me a lot of a certain online marketplace that’s known worldwide. Ignoring that fact, I continued to browse on the items they have.

Don’t you just hate it that when you’re (financially) broke, it’s also the time when you’re in places where you suddenly find the things that you want to buy like in the mall? I do. I really, really do.

I did some splurging yesterday morning at the mall. 🙁 Armed with less than a thousand pesos and a strict to-do list for my visit there and a mindset that I will not purchase anything except for food. 3 hours later, I came home carrying a shopping bag from the mall’s department store.

I suck. I have no self-discipline when it comes to shopping. Heck, I’m saving for a lot of stuff such as a 55-250mm lens, a blu-ray DVD player, books, proper clothes (by that I mean lady clothes, not the usual graphic tshirts that I need to stop wasting my money on). As the months of (still) being unemployed grow longer, the faster my money is starting to be spent on things. 😐

But who can resist these, um, what are these type of shoes called again?

They’re so pretty. I passed by the rack where they were displayed on my way out of the department store and I just had to take a second look. The first thing I usually do when I see anything I like is to look at the price tag, and to my surprise it’s less than $10! I had just enough money to get two pairs, and here they are!