The one about the cardigan

You know I’m the type of person who strives to get what I want. It has been in my nature to try my best to get what I want.. in terms of everything. Well this time im not gonna write about career, life, or anything, im just gonna write about a particular piece of clothing. ;)

Soooo.. lately I’ve been developing this craving for a piece of cardigan with an elbow patch. Silly eh? You know.. like the one Mr.Bean has.

I used to have one when I was in UK, but I left it when I leave the country, because mine was quite thick, and I thought I would not gonna need it in Jakarta.

I actually forgot how and when this craving begins, but as I can remember, I’ve been searching for the perfect piece for around two weeks now. I’ve went to most high – street brands available in Jakarta’s malls, say Zara, Topshop, Pull&Bear, New Look, Stradivarius, Bershka, even local brands. But I still haven’t find the perfect piece. All I found was either too thick, too expensive, or too big since it’s a Men’s clothing. I’ve also searched online and found some perfect items… but none ship to Indonesia. So yeah..

Last Saturday, as I had no plans, I decided to drive all the way from Selatan to Barat, Central Park mall to be exact, just to search for the cardigan. I thought I was gonna find it there, because the mall has the most complete high – street brands’ stores in Jakarta (It actually has all the names I mentioned above)… but I didn’t find it. Feeling a bit disappointed, having had to drive all the way down, I thought; why not search in other mall, since I was already out anyway. I then thought of Grand Indonesia, as the mall has a forever21 store. I figured I might try it there.. so I went.

Problem is, I forgot that last Saturday was an unusual one. There was a wedding reception of the president’s son in JCC, and there was actually a midnight sale at Grand Indonesia. Those two combined, equals major traffic. Since I was not to familiar with Jakarta Barat – Jakarta Pusat area (I live in Selatan, btw), I also made some wrong turns on my way there..making it a two hour journey from Central Park to Grand Indonesia jussssttt to find the sweater. Eagerly enough? :p

So, after that two hour dreadful journey, I finally made it to Grand Indonesia. Went straight to Forever21 shop, browsed around, and found the cardigan! It was almost perfect…. Except it was a menswear. Lol. But I bought it anyway, because I didn’t want to come home empty handed. The fit was quite good, I can use it as a boyfriend/oversized cardigan. The next morning I took a picture of it and showed it to a friend, and he said it looks good on me. So yeah.. I’m happy :)

Anyway here’s the cardigan I bought.

What do you think? I like it (of course! :p).. though I’m still searching for another colors.. preferably brown or brick red. So if you accidentally spot it while you’re shopping, kindly let me know! Bisous x