Long Weekend

Well Tuesday was a public holiday so we decided to take monday off to make it a long weekend. We had loads of plans in mind. Since we needed to do some shopping we popped by at Midvalley early on saturday morning so that we won't spend 30 minutes rounding the basement for a parking space. We checked out all the electrical shops and also the Jusco and Carrefour to mark down all the prices for comparison and budgetting purposes. We both sneaked into Lovely Lace and found a "ring pillow" that was pretty appealing, and decided to buy in advance, although we still have about 9 months to go. Initially our plans were to checkout an event photographer and gown designer in the afternoon, but we were told that they would be at a wedding fair in Prince Hotel. So after a few phone calls we drove our way over there and were pleasantly surprised by the entire setup and ambience of the place. We managed to speak to Anna Lee of "That Special Occasion" which promised us a 10% discount should Vans decide to have her gown tailor-made and more discount if she decides the same for her evening gown. Anna also manages a few event photographer that we are pretty comfortable with, after seeing their works. A few other companies were there too, but those are luxuries which we cannot afford now so we'll just have to live with what we have first.

Sunday was more relaxed. We popped by Times Square to check out an evening gown that Vans have been eyeing for a while, but it was no longer there, so she tried some off-the-rack wedding gowns and we found one that was quite special, but the price was a bit off our range so we decided to KIV first. Perhaps Anna could design something similar, at a lower cost. We then picked up my mum from church and headed home for jam tart lessons. We had a fun time baking close to 200 pieces of jam tarts (yummy). As mum is patient and experienced, she told us to take note of some factors which will affect the final outcome of the jam tarts and we noted them down.

Monday was set aside for more adventures. We started off in Cavenzi. From the moment we walked in the malay guy bombarded us continually with promotions after promotions, in the end, we walked away with a shelf and a bedroom set (Bed, Mirror & Side table). This is our first piece of furniture, and it felt a bit weird. Next was Home-One, Mines Shopping Center and then we went to our new house to check out some measurements, just to make sure the hood, hob, washign machine, fridge and stuff can fit in. We were interupted by the renovation contractor for our next door neighbour enticing us to do our grills, plaster ceiling, kitchen cabinets and stuff. So after discussing and getting a price for the grills and plaster ceiling, we were quite attracted by the price but decided to KIV till after CNY before deciding on anything.

Surprise of the week - We found that we actually have a bit more than we thought we have, but still short by ..... a lot :)
Discovery of the week - All electrical items are controlled items, 9 our of 10 shops sells at the same price.
Achievement of the week - Bought our first piece of furniture