You’d think I would have run out of things to show you from Singapore by now, but no. (In fact I still have lots from pre- Singapore trip that I haven’t even gotten around to yet!)

I am a magpie. That is to say that I endeavor to have nothing in my life that is neither useful nor beautiful (thank you William Morris), but darn it, I just keep on finding little knick nacks that serve both those purposes. Mind you, when you are quickly taken in by the cute, the shiny and the moderately useful (USB fan anyone), is is hard not to be a shopping magpie.

I haven’t even gotten around to photographing any of the clothes or shoes I found in Singapore, so I’ll save those to be measured out when styled in various outfit posts. Instead I’ll show you just what manages to creep into the “useful or beautiful” category!

Just to kick off the hilarity of this shopping trip, I stumbled upon Butt-on Trendy Undies. Now seriously, what the hell is that?!  Are they undies you button on to become a trend setter, or perhaps perhaps it is intended as a pun on “right on”? And when did undies become a trend statement? Sheesh, I must be so behind the times. LOL – did you see what I did there? “Behind the times!” Seriously.. perhaps I should start my own underwear store with marketing talent like that!

Anyway…. while wandering around the basement of Far East Mall, I came across the real world shops that are being run by what is know as “Blog Shops.” I wasn’t all that familiar with the concept of Blog Shops before the Nuffnang awards, but when I saw that introduced as a category I did a little looking around. It seems that there are a number of stylish and entrepreneurial bloggers out there who are retailing their own choice of clothing through a blog platform.  Not specifically pieces made or designed by them, by things that are sourced by them from different manufacturers and presented with their own spin. The clever bloggers have taken their ideas a step further, pooling their resources to set up “Best of Blog Shops” in a few different locations.  That way they can all share the space, the overheads and the work! I picked up a few fantastic pieces from Tracyeinny.

But then as you can clearly see, I then went mad and indulged in my favorite Asian destination shopping pastime… finding more cute sparkly things!

An incredibly cute USB fan (that has actually been coming in handy on these 35 degree days) and my very first Decotti set!!!

I am so very excited to try this one out and already have some ideas for it that to my knowledge, have never been seen before!

Let’s see now – Candy in awesome tins ( a small selection of the many I brought back), Cute Pokemon figurine sitting on top of a notebook that looks like strawberry chocolate, more food related stationery products, and yet more notebooks to perk up the daily To Do lists with a Miffy pen to wobble whilst I write.

An exceedingly useful ruby toned bejeweled Bearbrick – you mean you don’t have one too?

More polish for my famously over the top, bejeweled, bedazzled manicures.

Shills facial bubble peel – just because the packaging was brilliant, not because of any inherent beautification factor that I know of.

Another sparkly ring, purchased in duplicated for a Power Twins moment; and a delicate and gorgeous Swarovski bracelet about which I have nothing clever to add as it was probably the most practical of all the purchases.

Yep, my penchant for Kawaii is all but satiated… until next time!