Tuesday Dec 22 '09

Jenny’s Boom (48)

Rinka’s Barefoot Dreams Parka~~

Mike found a US site that was selling it! It’s called What She Buys. I like how they even explain who Rinka is, hahahaaa

Onto “my boom”~~
Boom, meaning what’s popular right now; but on a more personal level it means what YOU’RE obsessed with at the moment. It’s hard to miss “BOOM” sections in any magazine these days. I figured I’d do a little コーデ (code short for coordinate or コーディネート!) boom post. I’ve been doing a bit of online browsing looking into buying a few things from Japanese stores. It goes hand-in-hand with my resolution for 2010.

My resolution
I have been thinking about it since the summer really. Having to buy new clothes that fit me better and all too. I’m a bargain hunter, through & through. I’ve bought lots of things I only sorta liked only because it was on sale. I feel I wasted a lot of money on buying clothes that were a bit like what I REALLY wanted. Often times it ended with me having a bunch of tops and bottoms I rarely wore. Why? Because they weren’t EXACTLY what I wanted in the 1st place! What is it I really want???? JAPANESE BRAND CLOTHES OF COURSE!

I never bought any using a shopping service because it seemed terribly expensive. But then I realized just HOW much I was spending every weekend on clothes I only sorta liked because it would “remind” me of something I had seen in Vivi, Pinky, or Popteen. Honestly I think it’s gonna even out, if not even be cheaper in the end! Because the second thing I want…. less clothes. I know that might sound crazy, but a part of me sort of misses the college days when I was so limited. It made it easier, swear to god! And not only that, I have these random things in my closet that don’t match with anything else! Ugh, frustrating!

And then I see models who’s style I admire (Nana is my BOOM at the moment, LOL, followed by Jun Komori) and they don’t really have this over-flowing closet either. They’ll wear the same pieces in different ways over and over. Sorta like those 14 days coordinate spreads, haahaa! But really. I’d rather have 5 amazing coordinates I adore rather than 50 pieces of clothing I only sorta liked and can make a few nice coordinates from.