Love is Bliss...But so is retail therapy

It is that time of the year!!!

Marking Time !!!! It's the Mid-Year Exams period and my subject papers are in.

Oh Gosh... I am still struggling with one pile. And I have another 9 piles , waiting patiently for their turn.

Would anyone like to offer help?

It is no surprise that we will have to sacrifice the weekend (again).

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A Sec 1 student wrote this in his essay : " Luckily he saw two policemen a donut."

Now , tell me ... should I laugh or bang my his head?

Men are ignorant and uncaring - NOT!

3rd May 2010

It was my mum-in-law's birthday. We were shopping for her birthday present in one of the shopping malls. As I was parading with one of the bags that we picked (at the same time, imagining myself very much older but still looking chic :P ) , the husby told me that he ordered a bouquet of flowers to be sent to her sometime in the evening.

I pretended to be offended, that he did not ask for my opinion. I mean , hey , ladies should know better , right?

Wrong. He is actually rather good at choosing flowers (to me, at least) so when he said the bouquet contained red roses and (maybe) white carnations, it sounded pretty to me.

Later at home, while I was doing the laundry, someone rang the doorbell. I knew he opened the door but he dismissed it as some salesman. Obviously, I couldn't care less and just went about doing the household chores.

So imagine my (very pleasant) surprise when he tapped me on the shoulder , whilst I was marking papers, and presented me with this :

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Sweet, isn't it? I love lilies.

Apparently, he made orders for two. But , I was pretty stunned for a while. It is not our wedding or engagement anniversary. Definitely not my birthday too.

(Some people say guys do nice things when they have a guilty conscience.... hhhhhmmmmm.... imagination ran wild for half a second.... hehe....)

I cannot remember how many hugs he received in return when he reminded me that 3rd May 2005 was when we first got together, when he first said those three words. :P

Doink! How could I forget?

The bouquet is now sitting pretty on my desk at the workstation. Since I spend most of my day-hours here, I might as well have it around. :) :) :)

So chivalry and romance are dead? I say NOT!

Happy Dating Anniversary , dearie !

That perfect shopping partner :)

A month back , I received an SMS each from ESPRIT and Bodyshop.

"Dear Esprit member, your card expires on 30 April 10. Total purchases to date :$***. To qualify for renewal, ,members need to spend a min. of $600 before the expiry date."

and

"Dear Body Shop member, you need to spend another $100 for an automatic renewal of your membership which is expiring on 30 April 2010."

The right thing to do is , of course, to just ignore the messages. I mean , if we were to respond to all the adverts/texts that we receive, we will probably be broke in no time at all. I knew I had to replenish some of my shower gels but I doubted that would rake up $100. As for Esprit, I rarely buy things there unless the bags are really nice or I get birthday gifts for friends. Their clothes are just way over-priced, I feel. For example, I saw this really cute shirtdress - simple , very simple. And that costs a whopping $80! (For those who know me, I would not spend THAT Much on a simple dress).

But then , that's where the dearest husby comes in ! :P We were from my parents' place last Friday when I told him I just wanted to get some stuffs from Bodyshop. I told him about the expiry date of my card and casually asked if he wanted anything. Of course , he joined in the bandwagon :)

My humble loot

With his... Just nice - $103

You know how stores will try to entice customer to reach a

certain buying value and then you get free gifts? Hehe... I

am a sucker for that . The above were the free gifts...the

make-up pouch is just in time. My Clinique pouch needs

a replacement badly!

While waiting for his phone to be G-masked, we went into Esprit. I could not really think of anything to buy because I am not interested in bags at the moment ( wahhhhhh!!!! Clap hands for me!) . In the end, the husby bought a bag for himself and a chiffon bohemian top for me !

See? I told you husby is my best shopping partner :) :) :)

Happy Labour Day!

It's Labour Day today!
Technically, it means NO WORK DAY . Thus, DO NOT WORK , PEOPLE!

Just relax and have fun.......

On the other hand, I'll probably be doing a bit of work later today but I shall try to minimise the hours as much as possible.

I'll be meeting the best friend in a couple of hours...breakfast at the airport - can't wait. I've always loved her company :)

Have a good weekend, everybody!

My Happy Sister.....with her MIU MIU

I was up to the neck with marking when my sister texted me. Again and again . And again.

She asked if I wanted to accompany her to get her desired item that she has spent months dreaming about.

I was in two minds... one, because I was still swarmed with loads of work and impending deadlines. Two, my cousin was already going with her so I thought that was enough.

But then, I couldn't focus on work anymore because it was such a long and tiring day ... so I decided, ok , I shall go!

Yeah... so a quick 'chop chop' make-up touch up and I was soon by the road , hailing a cab (actually just to the interchange to switch to train but was just too lazy to take the bus ...) .

Finally met the sis at Paragon and off we went into Miu Miu.

Well, I don't normally enter such designer boutiques because of their closed-door policies. It can be daunting unless you really intend to purchase something . I think in my whole entire life, I've only done so ...ermmm... nine times? Hehe.... But sis was definitely purchasing so in we went!

She bought. With a cheesy grin on her face.

After that , she went a bit delirious ah . As someone who is naturally loud, she became LOUDER..and she spouted some nonsense out loud (I've been sworn to secrecy so lips are sealed). It was quite cute actually , the way she just could not contain her excitement..... Well, can't blame her since she has been waiting for the item to reach the stores for quite some time...

We only managed to take photos during the cab ride home. I had to do something to distract myself (I ALWAYS get dizzy in cabs. Which is why I just prefer driving...).... thus, the photos were not well-taken , with all the bumps and humps :P