Another great shopping day

Yet another great day spent on shopping! :P

I did some packing in the morning and kept away my maternity clothes.


I told my maid to bring down A's baby clothes and put them on the floor. Guess what she did?

She took A's clothes out of the cabinet and placed them on the bed!!! *faintz*

Next, I met DC for lunch at Crystal Jade, Suntec.


Then, it's shopping time! :) I went to my favorite stores in Suntec and Marina Sq and bought a whopping S$477 of apparels (1 pair of shoes, 3 top, 3 dress, 1 skirt)! :P


When I was done in Suntec and walking towards Marina Sq, I texted this to DC:

I've gone crazy shopping!

When he saw the message, he replied:

What did u buy?!!

Haha, he must have regretted meeting me for lunch, giving me the excuse to shop! :P I also quite regretted spending too much time at the malls. My initial plan was to be home at 3pm but I took an hour longer and had to sacrifice my nap time! By the time I was home, washed up, expressed milk, it was almost time to pick up Baby B!


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DC went back to work, A was in school and B was at her nanny's. I was alone at home on leave (aka holiday) and I had great plans for the day! :) What else except shopping and spending?

1. Lunch with parents at the favorite duck stall (FOC, on parents):


2. Took a bus to AMK Hub ($.73) and went for a cuppa favorite Bubble tea ($2.40):


3. Shopping at AMK Hub (spent $197.44, saved $50):


4. Took cab ($4.30) to register for driving lessons ($308.16):


5. Took MRT home ($.83).

Total spending today: $513.86. It's been months since I last spent, and I had a good nap when I was at home! :) I'm loving it!


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Our first car

It's here finally, after a 5 mth wait! We went to collect it on a Sunday morning, with A along.

It looked impressive. It felt comfy. It smelt nice. It was new! I know we would all enjoy the ride. Sis-in-law and nephew Keith also came along, to help us spot-check the car. Fortunately, there wasn't anything to pick on.

After the briefing by the sales on the workings of the car, it officially belonged to us!



Initially handling was a bit bumpy but I'm sure I would get the hang of it. After all, I had driven 3 different cars in the span of 7 months.


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The wait is almost over ... in 4 days I will own my first car, a VW MPV. The COE was secured at $56,112 but I didn't need to top up the difference of about $6k.

Always used to taking taxis, I have come to enjoy the convenience of a car, be it driving to work or Aaron to his playgroups. Well, time to enjoy the new ride :)


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Motherhood Fair At Expo

We managed to get quite a bit of things that we wanted at the Motherhood fair at Expo today!

We've got these for our daughter:
1. 3x Milk Bottles
2. 10 year plan of Cord blood banking
3. 2x Photo shoot sessions (This is where A took his, just what we are looking for! A had his photo session with them too. See picture below. See how happy he was!)
4. Packs of Pampers for new born


That settles most of the items in the to-buy list! I'm so satisfied! :)

After our fruitful purchase, we went for a equally satisfying BK meal and it started to pour heavily. And, A had a good nap in his stroller while it rained.

Sleeping:


Almost Up but still feeling sleepy:


I love it when he wakes up so happy :)



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Yet Another Maddening EXperience

This prestigious credit card company held a dining promotion between 15 Apr and 15 Jun 2011 that required all shoppers to charge to their registered card their dining expenses at selected restaurants. Charge to the card 3 times at different participating restaurants and you'll get $30 Taka voucher.

DC and I both had 5 cards altogether. We registered all of them and managed to charge to all of the cards within the deadline.

What we didn't expect is that the $150 vouchers we were expecting took forever to arrive. Only 2 vouchers of $30 came, the rest no news.

DC spent a lot of effort making calls to the respective credit card companies (3 altogether) and each gave different reasons (excuses) why we did not qualify for the vouchers (e.g. my cards are sub-cards, we dine in restaurants within hotels, the restaurants were repeated). After a lot of calls and time, then did we collect all of the vouchers back! Can you imagine how frustrating it was to repeat the same story to every hotline staffs that DC spoke to? And, Guess what, that company that organized the promotion was the last of the companies to have resolved the issue!

Sigh, this was not the first time the company disappoint us. So much for a highly regarded credit card company/ bank!



We were waiting for the Taka vouchers to spend on A. Finally, today, we were able to visit Taka with the much-awaited vouchers and got DVDs, shirt and sweater for him! :)


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After about 2 weeks of search for a 2nd hand car, we finally decided it's more worthwhile to buy a new one. My choice is simple, I need a MPV. Suprisingly, a continental car is now cheaper than a Japanese car, due to the strong yen and weak euro.

It's the Golf-toberfest at the showroom, with cash discounts for VW Golf cars. Well, that means free food for us :)



Aaron appeared scared to go into the cars. He would only allow CP to carry him in.



Well, I had a hard time deciding on the colors and model, Sports or base version. In any case, we put down a deposit and now our VW Touran will arrive in 6 mths time ... yes, 6 months. What a bugger ...

Daddy's little helper

Daddy recently bought a DVD recorder and A helped to fix it! :)


We gave him the old (and spoilt) remote control but he refused to play with it. He wanted Daddy's instead! Ah, the phrase "你把我当 or 你骗三岁小孩" seemed so not true now! Kids are so smart now, it should have been corrected to "一岁小孩"!


To distract him while Daddy is tuning the video channels, we did color matching (fine motor) game with the old DVD recorder.



He's to connect the cables according to the colors and he did quite well! :)


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Free Longines Watch

Complimentary from AMEX, the watch was originally Rado but stock had run out. So here I am stuck with this Ladies Longines watch ... Frankly, it doesn't look fantastic ... the Aigner was much better.

Anyway, to get the watch, I just had to post 20 transactions on my AMEX card per mth from Nov 2010 to April 2011. Easy task as it is my main card of use after all.





I am going to try sell it off.

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His old shoes were getting tight. Surprisingly, all the experts said that the old pair was a good fit for his walking. So it was time for a new pair. We thought of getting the same pair but in bigger size. In any case, I saw that this new pair looked quite nice too. Might as well give it a try.



Now, even though you ordered from the SG website, the shoes were shipped from the UK. The sweet thing was shipping came free. Baby A new shoes went from UK to Germany, India and Shenzhen, China before landing in SG. The sweeter thing was that it only took 4 days to arrive. Nice!


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It was a surprise for CP. Baby A and I went down to our favourite store at Ngee Ann City to get something for her. Tomorrow, I would be back in-camp so we had to celebrate it a day earlier. CP had no idea. We were very busy these few weeks, much more for CP that she totally forgotten about this occasion.

Baby A is a good friend with the store manager. She kept him busy while I decide on what to get for CP. Anyway, we knew Tracy for a few years now. Sort of like friends rather than customers.


We met CP at Gleneagles, then off we went to Angus Steak House for an early dinner. We quite like the food a few years back, so I suggested it.

Baby A had some of our carrot soup and made a mess ... he even stained his Polo Ralph big time ... Let's hope the bleach works ...


I then had CP opened her present. She was actually disappointed when she saw the pouch ... She didn't need another pouch ...


However, she opened up when she saw what it actually was.

LV Empreinte Pendant in 18K yellow gold


We both had the set. As usual, I had steak, Kagoshima beef to be exact @ $150++.


It was so fatty ... so much fats that I was sick from it halfway through. The fat wasn't evenly marbled ...

On the other hand, CP's cod fish tasted much better. Worth it @ $40++


Nearing the end, Baby A started to get agitated ... spilt milk ...


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It's the time of the year for a little indulgence. I haven't decided what to get for myself but CP knows what she wants from me.

In fact, she had longed for this since last year.



While there, we saw a new arrival - the Message Key Charm. It went nicely with the Idylle Speedy too.




I happened to see this on display. Somehow, it beckoned to me and looked especially nice today. Well, mental will gave way to impulsive shopping once more.




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Windows 7 64-bit - IT Show 2011

I had enough with a 32-bit Windows XP. It's time for a 64-bit OS. Since my MAC OS install failed, I decided to switch to WIndows 7 - 64-bit. With the IT Show just next door, getting it is easy enough.




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What I like:
1. Support for Apple Time Machine
2. RAID 1/0 or JBOD support.
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At first, I was happy with this wallet, one of the first pieces that I own.

But, very soon, I found it too big and a challenge to carry it during lunch esp when I need both my hands on the tray and I hated to place it on the always wet trays.

So, DC got this pochette for me on my birthday last year. It is very handy and has a strap which eliminates the limitations that I faced in the previous wallet. LVoe it!


After one year of use, the need to get more organised and to look for a place to hold my coins grew...

And so, tata, on V-day this year, DC got me this coin pouch:


It was a perfect gift, one which solved my problem and I could attach it easily to my pochette!


What a sweetheart! Even Baby agreed too! Look at how happy he was playing with it at the store! :)




In return, I got DC a card holder.


Back at home, we had a hearty meal of the latest offering from Pizza Hut - a heart shaped pizza! Tastes sweet...


Hope you have a sweet day too. :)


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It was ages since I last colored my hair. I'm itching for a change! ;)

I was so bored and hungry (skipped lunch) after 6 hours of hair time. I only had a bubble tea that my sis bought for me (Thanks SIs!). The only consolation is the discount for the birthday gal (that's why I always cut hair during this period!). :)

Tata, my new hair colour that cost $300+:


And the process was sooo long and ugly...




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