Midnight Shopping Trip with Marilyn

Published by Mel on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 12:28 PM

On Wednesday I went for a summit with my colleague held in Renaissance Hotel. It was pretty great. We learnt quite a lot about the water and energy shortage and conservation in the country. Anyway the highlight of the event had to be LUNCH. It was great! Unbelievable. Normally food in summits and conferences won't be that good, but this was so fantastic. We had cream of mussels soup followed by chili crab, poached salmon, chicken and vegetable curry. Desert was even better. I had dark chocolate English trifle. It was so good that my tears almost came out!!!

After that, we took the train back to our office. At the train station, I bought a hard cover Oliver Twist book for dirt cheap! Oooh I love hard cover books (see this).
On Thursday (yesterday), we had midnight shopping! Marilyn and I decided to hit the shops for some window shopping. We first went to Amcorp Mall, whereby I bought a couple of blouses. Marilyn got a really cute purple top with cowl neck. It was so nice. If they had one in pink, I would have bought it too. Next we went to Guoy's house to collect a camera from his brother. Then we went to my house for dinner (Daddy was so kind to cook) and I watched my Chinese soap opera for 1 hour.

After dinner, we left my house for One-U. It was traffic jam all the way in, but the shopping was great. We went to Warehouse and tried on several dresses. They were on 50% off, but still cost about 70-80 pounds after discount. I tried on the white dress first and fell in love. It's gorgeous. I felt like a princess!!!

The Princess- Dress

The would-be Princess
Then I tried on the one in dark pink. The colour was BEAUTIFUL. I absolutely love it. It's a pretty unique colour and really looks nice. I almost refused to take it off. I wanted to buy it so badly, but then where would I wear it to? I was practically salivating over the pretty pretty dress!!!!!!!!

Pretty in Pink

The white tube dress was also really nice. The material is not as soft as the previous dresses (which were satin), but it looked really classy. The best thing is that it shows off the shoulders without squashing the shoulder "fats" which most tube dresses inevitably do. I quite like the black flowers on the white cloth. It brings out a lot of contrast and the black satin ribbon makes the waistline look tinier. This dress, however, cost 100 pounds (no discount).

Are you talking to me?
Giddy with trying all the dresses, we went shoe shopping instead. Marilyn bought a pair of really pretty brown boots. I wanted to buy the same pair of boots in white, but we couldn't find one in my size so we placed an order for one in Ikano. We left One-U at 10.30pm, to go to Ikano, which should be only a 5-10 minutes drive away. It turned out to be a 45 minute drive because of the massive traffic congestion going to the same place. We were wondering if there was going to be a big celebration there because of the traffic. But since we were already smacked dab right in the middle of it and couldn't turn back, we had to follow the traffic!
We managed to find a parking space in Tesco, where the parking is not free. We ended up paying 6 bucks for parking :( Anyway, we ran in and got my boots in white colour.
Cream-coloured boots that we fell for

Since we were already there, we decided to stay until midnight to watch the fireworks (it was already 11.15pm by the time we got in, and 11.45 pm by the time we bought the boots). It turned out to be an absolutely spectacular 10 minute display of fireworks. It was fantastic. Marilyn said she felt like she was in a dream. Indeed we were wishing we got a hotel room nearby (where Marilyn's dad could get a 70% discount) so that we could be closer to the view without having to face the crowds!

After the fireworks ended, they played the liberty song, and everyone was singing and shouting accordingly! The atmosphere was so pumped up and happy that I began to feel warm all over and so very proud of my country! It's Independence Day! It's our National Day! 50 years of Independence and the chants and songs really made me feel so very connected with my fellow countrymen.

At about 12.30am, we walked into Ikea and did some more shopping. Marilyn bought a soft and fluffy baby blue throw for her sofa. Then we walked out to the stalls that were set up alfresco just outside the mall. There, I almost bought a kimono. Marilyn loved it too! Too bad they didn't accept credit cards. Anyway, we may go to Time Square (where their shop is located) to buy the kimono in future, probably during Christmas or something. We can always take a train there to avoid having to drive through traffic. We shall see.

Japanese Doll Wannabe

The traffic congestion HOME was really bad (it wasn't even moving) so instead of wasting petrol trying to get out, we stopped by the 24 hour Macdonald's nearby to sit for a bit. But it was way too crowded i.e. no place to sit and the line to order was so long that people were lining out outside the store!! Instead, we went to another smaller stall and had mamak food. We got back to our car about 1.45am and only got home about 2.30am. The car barely moved and so we starting cam-wh0ring in the car. Our faces are red in the pictures because of the brake light from the car in front of us!!
Red-Faced Chinese Girls
Ye Chow was waiting up for me (I guess he was slightly worried about my safety). I got my quota of good night hugs and kisses and was resting by 3.30am.

It was a great day, and I'm still feeling the rush of giddiness and adrenaline!

Today Marilyn and I will continue our shopping spree by hitting other stores!! We already went to 4 shopping malls yesterday in a short period of time. I wonder how many we shall go to today!!!

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  1. Marilyn said...
    1:48 PM  
    This is because you blog bout the things I didn't ^_^ So there is a driver's view and the passenger's view for that day ^_^

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