Saturday was a day of shopping! Taking the metro from Brooklyn into Manhattan – only a 15min trip and we were in the heart of the apple’s shopping mecca, 5th Ave.

Sacs was our first stop – floors and floors of Haute Couture – from Marc Jacobs to Vera Wang – designer creations you only get to see on the pages of Vogue… a suit here, a tank top there… and we swiftly moved down to the Cosmetic department – in search of the perfect lip gloss and ended up with SOOOOooooo much more! Gifts packs, eyeshadow’s and a whif of a new perfume so as to follow the wise words of Coco Chanel that “A woman isn’t fully dressed until she has perfume on.”

A yellow cab down to Soho and a delicious lunch at (The Mercer) Kitchen and we were ready for more shopping, braving the stampede caused by the end-of-season SALES.

Two hours later and were in desperate need of refreshments, the perfect pitstop: Dean & DeLuca for a gourmet hot chocolate and a visual feast of beautiful packaging and decadent delights.