U bet!
That's what I indulge in to keep my sanity whenever I go thru a bad phase in life. At work, at school, at home...whatever!!
So, if I can just skip the finer personal details, let's just say I've just woken up from a nasty nightmare. And to shake me off the fear, I underwent a 1-day retail therapy with Mom yesterday (lucky her 2b accompanying me in such a mode!!). The deal with her was: All expenses for the day's outing shall be borne by me. It's been years since I get to spend on Mom. Ye lah, org dapat "durian runtuh" (organisation's profit share payout)...so it's only fair that I pamper Mom for all her the love & hardwork she's showered on us (especially me) all this years. Unconditionally. Before I lose the $$$$ in my not-so-sane state, I put aside half into my savings & gave Mom $200 for her savings.
With the remaining, we left home @ 11am yesterday (Sat), headed for Tekka...as usual, getting a carpark is a torture, but finally did. The 1st shop I encountered had lousy service that I just walked away...much to Mom's discomfort at not knowing how to handle the situation. When she gestured to me if she shld buy the rompers for Amsyar, I just screamed over "Don't bother...banyak lagi kedai jual baju baby, this is not the only one!" I mean, look, here we are interested in the item sold in his shop & when we ask how much, he answered "3 for 10 lah!"...I questioned him "why must have the lah?! It's not like we're the ones selling or we're supposed to know" & the Ah-pek dared to answer back "There got what!"... I replied back "As tho we can see the price high up there...even if we did, what's the harm in u just enlightening us...don't u want business?!" I got real pissed, here I am trying to cheer myself up & this Ah-pek just spoilt the day for me!! After that...couple of poor service...but everytime I encounter a poor service, I'll walk away. The gd thing abt Tekka market is u're spoilt for choice! There's plenty of shops selling the same things!! And wif each poor service, I get pacified by excellent service. The best was the shoe shop I got 2 sandals from.
I bought (all prices after-bargaining):
2 rompers for Amsyar - $5
1 Indian sandal for mom - $14
1 sandal for myself - $13
1 Salwar Kameez for mom - $65
1 Indian outfit (exclusive boutique design) for myself - $65
5 kurtis - $45
2 skirts - $18
2 fancy belts - $10
Other miscellaneous stuff Mom bought - $20
I went crazy wif the kurtis...getting at least 1 from each shop that Mom decided to call it quits "I think we btr call our shopping a day now?!". So I refrained from further buying despite falling in love wif yet another kurti. It's 1pm...we're starving. Off we went to Banana Leaf Apollo @ Race Course Road.
Mom got herself her fave - Fish Head Curry, while I indulged myself in the long-missed Masala Chicken Briyani. I dunno wat abt this restaurant that I keep wanting to come back...but I think it's the banana leaf. I feel like eating at home...u know...just throw all the food on 1 plate. Plus it feels like attending a wedding, where the kendarats (the waiters) will keep a lookout & keep coming to u to ask if u want more of anything (eg. rice). Lunch for both : $35.
After that we walked to Mustaffa. Had a nice touching chat wif Mom along the way. Roamed arnd Mustaffa, contemplating to buy dancing dolls for Amsyar (he responds to anything that moves, like fan...and incidentally, all 3 female members in the house he's in happen 2b cabaret dancers so he gets fascinated by dancing women too!!)...but decided against it for fear that the talking doll might ask for our soul at night. Eee...scary!! Hehe. So we headed to the camera counter...and tadaa...that's when my real retail therapy took place. For the past 3 mths, I've been eyeing a digital camera - Casio Exilim EX-Z60 ($399) - and now that I'm loaded & depressed, I grabbed it w/o thinking twice. $345 @ Mustaffa w/free 1GB SD card. Why not?!?
After that, we took the NEL train to Little India (don't forget, I parked my car at Tekka!!) as it was raining. After that, we drove to Geylang as Mom needed to do some errands at some jewellery shops. Got lost thanks to Mom's "superb" direction! Shld have taken the expressway @ exit Paya Lebar rather than trust her to cut thru Lavendar & Kallang roads!! Dunno where we landed at also! Last thing I spend on @ Geylang is a blue tudung (to match a Salwar Kameez mom sew for me...the blue is so unique, there's just no matching tudung!)...aaahhh...just $6 @ First Lady.
Total damage for the day: $641
Okieeee....I feel gd!! Went home happy...all purchases were gd, no problem.
Earlier today, a while ago, I drove Mom to EastPt, bringing Amsyar along for his compulsory daily outing (but all he does is sleep anyways & when we reach home, he'll be wide awake & start getting cranky wanting to go out!! Urrrgghh...badmaash!!). Yeah, Mom wanted to collect her new glasses from Optic Point. But guess what?!? The glasses were not ready despite them indicating the collection date as 26 Nov!! Damn. What's wif all this poor service I'm encountering each day?!?! Anyways...didn't wanna feel like a wasted trip...I went to Pedal Works (my fave shoe shop) & ended up getting a sandal for myself. $39.
Add that to yesterday's damage...$680. Ok, she's really out of her mind!
Wait...1 more thing to do b4 I call it quits. I need a hindi movie! DHOOM 2 is showing...Shazadi & I've been planning to catch it since Fri, but didn't materialise. So we're doing it tonight insyallah. Ok, I'm off for my facial...watch out for my next post to know what I thought of D:2. And yeah...my retail therapy shall end wif the movie...after that I shall be counting down to my short vacation to Terengganu wif Mom & mayb my cuz...I'll be leaving all the negative energy in me out there in Terengganu & come back to S'pore to a brand new life!
Ciao!
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