Though shopping is fun for most people, but for me, I find shopping to be a rather strange experience sometimes. Unlike most people who shop for the sake of buying something new, I can only shop when there's something I need.

It seems that the only time I'm able to find and buy something I like is when I shop out of necessity, such as having fashion shows or weddings to attend, where I'm required to dress up for the occassion. Even then I usually leave my shopping up to the very last minute.

So it's times like these that I'll round up my girlfriends and drag them along for some impulsive last minute shopping. I need them to keep me focused on shopping (and not get distracted by wanting to stop and eat every half hour) and also someone to help carry my handbag and shopping bags. Plus I could always use the friendly advice.

When it comes to fashion trends, I tend to follow what I see in tv shows or movies. As I've been hooked onto the Gossip Girl series, I find myself wanting to follow Blair Waldorf's style (I have a girl crush on Leighton Meester btw). However, I'm not tall and slim like Blair (I'm short and have tree trunks as thighs, plus I'm still carrying my "Christmas" weight), so it's not exactly the figure-flattering kind of style for me.

Perhaps I could hide my bulging tummy with a trench coat instead. I mean, anybody can pull off the trench coat look right?

With a few more weddings coming up in the next few months and a fashion show to organize at the end of this year, there's still plenty of time for me to look for inspiration for my next splurge by browsing through the various clothing lines from different designers.

With people still buzzing about the recent Earth Day, I won't be surprised if more people go green with their wardrobe. I think that's a pretty cool thing to do.

We can definitely thank Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls for making hooded jackets an "in" thing when their video Don’t Cha came out few years ago. Before that, I’ve always regarded the hooded jackets as something practical to wear and definitely not something that I see as fashionable. If you mentioned hip-hop and fashion, almost immediately I have mental images of baggy jeans, sweatshirts and oversized blings, which I don’t find to be very fashionable if you ask me.

In my opinion, when it comes to high-fashion feminine hip-hop styles, no one does it better than Kimora Lee Simmons with her Baby Phat collection. I’ve been watching her reality show semi-religiously and from what I’ve seen, I could tell that she’s very hands-on with her fashion line as her over-the-top personal style radiates through the Baby Phat collection.

Though they have practically everything from accessories to lingerie, it is their hip-hugging signature jeans that really stands out. Catering to ladies of all kinds of shapes and sizes, Baby Phat jeans represent everything that is feminine and fun, glitzy and glamorous.

But it is the BabyPhat Coats that caught my eye though, as it kinda looks like something Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl would wear. And you all know how much I worship Queen B.

The above trench coat with collar stand is currently on sale for less than $100. Anyone interested in buying me a belated Christmas gift? ;)