My Conquest

It's a typical hot, steamy sunday and outside the thunderstorm is brewing and ready to launch it's first thunder in a few hours time. Which doesn't bother me a bit since it's our day of R & R. We definately deserved it after spending abt 7 hrs shopping the whole of Saturday afternoon. Poor Paul, he's definately not used to my shopping style but he have to grit his teeth and live with it and pretend to be excited and happy about it since my shopping "ka-kis" are half a globe away and snoring happily.

I remember how me and my shopping buddies will spend 6-7hrs just cruising Orchard Road for Best Buys, Must Buys and Good Bargain. Something Paul will never understand nor can relate to. The Male's theory or rather his concept is to go in to the store, buy and leave in record time. Sometimes he doesn't even try on the shirt or pants !

Oh well, the mission yesterday was to get me a dress for my MIL's wedding. We've just received bad news that Paul's older brother and his wife would be joining us in North Carolina for the wedding as well *sigh*. We are almost positive that his wife will make this event all about her which is kind of sickening but then I hope there's no drama coming from her. In the meantime, I've promised myself that I will hide my devil slaying sword from her provided she doesn't provoke me...

Anyway back to my shopping trip, I am glad that I managed to find the dress. Something simple (black and white poka-dot), presentable and the highlight of the dress is it's price tag - only USD16.99 !!!! Seriously, I've never bought a dress that economical to my wallet so I can't let it slip off my grip. In an instant, I can remotely hear Tricia's voice flashing in my head, screaming "BEST BUY". So that dress is in my wardrobe now...

So the whole of yesterday we bought :-

1) 1 Dress for me
2) 2 Nail polish for me
3) 5 Pajamas for me (5 pairs of white V-Neck T-shirts- super comfy, it comes in a pack of 5)
4) 2 Satin Pajamas singlets for me
5) 5 pairs of boxers for Paul
6) 1 Victoria Secrets' toiletries bag

Damn, I so miss those days when I shop with my shopping "ka-ki". But when I am here, I have to make do with Paul as my shopping buddy. Well, at least he is the Driver + Porter + Banker. The only thing I have to do with him is to convince him that walking 7 hrs is not dreadful shopping but also a kind of work out.