I am an e-shopaholic.

Online shopping can be so addictive.

The 宅女 in me loves the idea of getting clothes delivered to your doorstep without braving the throngs of people at the mall or jostling with people in the queue for the fitting room.

And I have never been the kind of girl who enjoys window shopping anyway. Shopping for me is to get what I want as quick as possible. Which I guess is why I’m prone to impulse buys.

But of course, not being able to see or try the clothes also means that sometimes you get clothes that are either not good in quality or comes in the wrong size. Kind of like gambling. No wonder I’m addicted.

I first started online shopping by joining Taiwan sprees for clothes and accessories. Then I got tired of the waiting time of the sprees. And the quality for most of the clothes was really bad. XiaoMei fashion was one of the worst, followed by Piggy and Tokyo Fashion. Joyce Shop and Queen Shop were slightly better, but not by much. I started dabbling in eBay too, until I bought a Canon lens coffee mug that turned out to be a fake one from China.

I usually buy from the blogshops now. I think HerVelvetVase and allthingslovely are quite good. Catwalkclose is good too, but one of the shirtdress I bought was kind of thin. Dressabelle often sells cute dresses, but the quality varies. Fairebelle has its hits and misses. One of the blouse Ru bought was very poorly made, and it looked nothing like the picture. It was supposed to be one of those cute blouses with a bow at the collar. But when it came, the bow was lopsided and the stitching was uneven. Haven’t bought from them since. Sometimes I kind of wish I can sew better, then I can make my own clothes. Hah.

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