The Nutcracker Suite

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Swiped from williamnyk.

On The Day of Sacrifice (coined in some blogger thread), SK, mum and I headed out early in the morning to One Utama. Early it may be, but that didn't spare us of a crawl on the LDP. An accident had rendered the road jammed. Blegh. Anyway, after the "clog", we reached our destination rather quickly. We spent a solid 6 hours shopping at the new wing! Really spent, spent and spent. Mum bought an Estee Lauder Pleasures EDP set and some stuff from Skin Food, while SK and I bought nearly 200 quid worth of clothes at Sisley. My first time buying that brand. They have really nice-fitting T's. SK also did her market survey for work, hopping from cosmetic counter to cosmetic counter. Overall, the service staff were quite unfriendly. Perhaps she needs a more Datin-y appearance. Was quite happy that the U Parkson staff mistakenly gave us an extra MYR20 cash voucher which I used to subsidize an Akemi bedsheet. Hehe.

Lunch was at Itallianie's. Just a salmon fettucine and a margheritta pizza cost us about MYR70. Quite OK food, and the complimentary bread with herbed olive oil and vinegar is superb, but I must say that the place smells too much of cheese. With our glucose levels restored, mum bought gifts for my nephews and nieces-- some cute-sy stationery, cartoon-y face towels and clothes. By the end of the shopping trip, my legs were near the breaking point. Phew! In my opinion, the christmas decoration at One Utama kinda takes the cake this year. The toy soldier theme is super cute and it looks very well done with great details and even complete with animatronics. They can actually drum! Better yet if they could hump each other, but oh well, good enough for our conservative society.

Left the place before 5:00pm and ended up at Plaza Perabot LDP to shop for SK's wardrobe. Conclusion, she'll stick to buying IKEA's el cheapo shaky wardrobe at MYR199, because furniture shops charge an arm and a leg. Also stopped at the Princess warehouse sale at Jalan Puchong. Didn't buy any footwear, but I did get some suede refresher for my shoes. Upon reaching home, we showered and went out again to dinner with sis and bro-in-law. A hearty dinner at Taman Universiti that only cost MYR60, way cheaper than my lunch. Claypot Steamed Tilapia (fantastic!), Fu Yu Yau Mak, Pork Belly Meat with Salted Fish and Bean Curd with Gourd.

To end the night, I met up with KH at Old Town Kopitiam for tea with a friend, Kit. An interesting guy. Luckily he never runs out of interesting topics. I was feeling a bit down and cranky after I found out that KH's trip would be full of scheduling clashes. No time for each other. Sigh. What to do? Have to just keep on smiling..... Make the best of what we have...