Sunday, June 11, 2006
Mummy, Saturday Is Over!
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Gerrie woke me up from my sleep this morning. Supposedly to go to work, her eye decided to give her a little trouble and she ended up at the doctor's. And that earned her 2 days MC. No work on Sat and Sun. =)
Despite having lunch before heading to her place, we spent a lazy afternoon at Shaw's TCC 2 hours later. We had potato wedges dipped with melted cheese. Was excellent. JJ, Weng Onn and Derek arrived later and so we had another serving of Shrooms Bite.
So fattening can! And on top of that, I was having Mocha Villa. Everything was perfect, except for the bill.
We were at Taka's Dunhill where this Indonesian man (and his family) was looking at the d-eight collection. I joked that we could make a little by buying one from DFS and then sell him prolly a hundred bucks cheaper than retail price. That way, we still can earn a hundred bucks. Glad I didn't make that proposition.
'Cus Derek can get discount no more! Was so sad can.
Gerrie and I was at Dunhill, selecting the bags. We made the salesgirl take out 4 new bags for us to choose. Then suddenly Derek popped the bad news. Sianz. K, it's more than sianz.
Is damn fucking sianz!
Could have saved $150. But I thought LV and Loewe were too costly, and Gucci too common, so I decided to go ahead with my purchase.
Was suffering from post-purchase dissonance can. I felt so heart-pained even till now, considering this is one of the biggest splurge. I was tellin' myself I could have gotten 4 RL polo tees with that $150. Earlier on, I even had the RL counter pack the polo tee.
Had also reserved the Dunhill last night from the Bags section but ended up buying from the boutique. Both the Bags and RL counters must be cursing at me. But if I would to make a fairly big purchase, might as well get the pampering from the boutique right! Ha, and I got 2 Dunhill paper bags!
Can put 'em over my head on my next visit to DFS. Damn malu lar!
(Still... I would like to say a big gracias to Derek and JJ for shopping with me for the past 2 days. Really appreciate it. A pity couldn't meet up with cyj and tau pao. Also, a sorry to KB for not meeting up. Benjamin and the rest of the guys too. Apologies.)
The ills of retail therapy.
This GSS bruff people one. Name me one good deal.
Don't have right?
Even Ben thought his $339 19" Viewsonic was a good buy. Until I told him Harvey Norman Suntec was selling over $270 only. Same brand, same size, same model, same building. Different price.
And I STILL can't believe I got cheated at Raoul. Kaoz. No more of that. It shall be Alain Figaret or Alain Figaret.
Somehow I was destined to be a bankrupt today. Is3tan decided to charge me over $10 for parking can. Super sianz.
En route to my place, Gerrie and I decided to find a 'ear digger', so we popped by Ikea and walked to Anchorpoint. These 2 buildings don't sell any of these diggers lar! But the trip wasn't wasted. Had wings and spag with swedish meatballs. Lovely.
Was at her place later and she happened to have a 'ear digger'. Managed to remove a super big wax for me. Sheesh. Don't tell people hor. Later I got no face. In that case, the Dunhill paper bags would really prove to be useful.