A sudden addiction to online shopping!

There's something to be said about being cooped up at home every day and not being allowed out to satisfy my window shopping cravings...

IT DRIVES ME INSANE!!!

I am sitting here, brooding, forever building a longer and massively longer shopping list full of useless crap I don't need and don't even really want! I only fantasize about them because I CAN'T HAVE 'EM RIGHT NOW. Ugh.

So what is a shopaholic to do when estranged from the nearest mall? Turn to ONLINE SHOPS of course!!!

I have, although, learnt to buy only because of necessity and not on impulse because I think the item is pretty/cute/eye-catching/dead-cheap-must-bai.

I've tried to be as reasonable as possible and so far have found six things that I absolutely cannot live without!

1.) Signature Minerals' Concealers! In Soft Mint and Soft Sunshine. From Simply Naturale.

     

I blame Tuach for this. Bad influence! Only RM10 per sample 5g jar though!!! And works like MAGIC and LIGHT as a feather. PLUS, free Pos Ekspres shipping within Malaysia!!! Excessive exclamation marks = extreme enthusiasm :D

2.) Signature Minerals' Rose blusher! From Simply Naturale.

Because I am sick and tired of my stupid unobliging Maybelline Apricot blush. Stupid thing forces me to SCRUB it onto my face!! And it's also a shimmer blush, totally unsuitable for prom flash photography. Also RM10 per sample jar with free postage!

3.) The Sticker Monster's pink bow Decoden!

Been looking high and low in local shops for something like this to put on my phone and voila! This one's only RM2/piece (promo price) with yes, you guessed it, free postage within Malaysia!!!

Better than that stupid cheat money Minimaos which charges RM6 for postage (somemore put ugly and uninformative product images on the site), you can eat my turds thanks.


4.) The Sticker Monster's epoxy glue!

This is just cause the price looks appealing and I'm sien to go out and find epoxy glue in stationery stores hahaha. Only RM4/bottle (the bottle is mad tiny though, I hope it'll be enough!) and also free postage, duh!!!


5.) The Sticker Monster's protective blinging film!

RM15 for an A4 sheet which I'm actually quite simtiah to buy, but at least it'll guarantee there won't be any WORSE simtiah-ness if I accidentally bling my phone/any other gadget wrongly! Now I can bling freely with no worries *phew*

My experience so far with The Sticker Monster has been GREAT! The girl who runs it (Jolene @ www.jayelleenelial.com) is an absolute darling and so friendly and accomodating. Plus she replies emails super fast!! I would definitely buy from her again and highly recommend The Sticker Monster as well!!!

6.) Beauty Splash's gel eyeliner!

For a long time, I've gone with bare minimum eye makeup - only mascara. But nowadays I'm realizing the wonders that eyeliner can do for your eyes!!! Makes them look like 10 times bigger just like that! *snaps fingers* And for some reason the only eyeliner I own is a dark brown pencil so it's time I made a sound investment! And cause I'm kiamsiap, my "investment" costs only SGD9.90 :D

7.) Last but not least, Beauty Splash's false eyelashes!

Don't you just love the shape of these false lashes??? Nice falsies are SO hard to find... most are either too short, too long, too sparse, too kuazhang, etc etc etc. And best of all, these are only SGD9.90 for 8 pairs! With, what else could it be but, free postage within Singapore!!! But again, I'm gonna pay an extra SGD2 for registered mail cause I have no idea what the Singapore postal system is like!

My experience with Beauty Splash so far has been... less than encouraging though. FOUR days after emailing them and I STILL haven't received any reply -_- But I shall persevere if only because I really like their stuff and it's so cheap!


I'm fast learning that online shopping can look fun and easy but get SERIOUSLY stressful if you have to deal with unprofessional sellers, which is why the two things I love the most are FREE/CHEAP POSTAGE and EXCELLENT + FAST CUSTOMER SERVICE ♥♥♥

Good customer service is sooo underrated these days, which is a real pity.

So yeah, anybody feeling the tickling urge to SHOP but is stuck at home, I encourage you to check out these sites!!! TOTAL gratification guaranteed cause it's so cheap and you won't regret it!

Unless your stuff get lost in the mail which you can either prevent by praying really REALLY hard (not recommended :P) or shelling out just a little bit more for safer postage methods. Like me!

I go through the trouble to buy buy buy, if it doesn't sampai, I WILL DAI T____T (crap that is the most awesome rhyming sentence ever)

After Mock Exams somebody (preferably with an Amicion discount card *exaggerated wink*) needs to pei me to go to the mall to blow off my B$20 Face Shop voucher and buy 3 new Konad plates!!! I'm thinking of getting m59, m62 and m71 to continue the building of a horifically large collection :)

Oh oh!! And talking about shopping, today I bought THE MOST GORGEOUS shade of vintagey frosted dusty rose pink (I know right, so long the name I invented for it wtf) satin from Galleria YMRM!!! For my prom dress bow and it's only B$4.90/metre cause of sales! I didn't know it was possible to be THIS in love with a fabric ♥ *sighs happily*

Okay that's it for today, I'll see you again tomorrow! I hope you had as much fun taking a peek into my shopping cart as I had... well, shopping! Have I suceeded in tempting you yet?? :D

A day in KL.

With of course, lots of baby photos! First, how I got to KL (which you all already know but I forgot to add the pictures into the previous post, my bad)...

I'm elated to be reunited with my digicam so I've been bringing it around with me everywhere and snapping everything. And I've discovered a useful Photoshop feature to use on my still/scenery photography, so expect vivider and chioer pics!

It's still waiting to be blinged.

My typical day in KL starts with me being woken up by Ava... who will usually be poking or tickling or climbing over me, because I sleep on my sister's bed in her room. She's like a cannonball of joy in the morning the way she barrels right at me!

"Sar Ee" = third aunt, a.k.a. me.

I've discovered that babies are the world's PERFECT alarm clocks! They're so eager and hyper they make you want to hop out of bed immediately. And they're so adorable that it's IMPOSSIBLE to get cranky at them!

How can you say no to that face??

Before lunch, it's take-random-photos-of-baby time!

Her adorable playpen.

Notice the similarity ;)

I am forever co-ercing my sister into buying pink stuff for Ava, so yay! :D

Presenting... ze cutest baby pikture evar!!!

Omg, I just want to pinch those cheeks right off, so ke ai max! I is photography genius, no? ^^Y

Lunch is suspect-looking parfalle pesto concocted by my sister. The colour is super deterring, but it's really not that bad. I think she put too much garlic... can ward off vampires d.

In the afternoon, it's time for my favourite S word!
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SHOPPING!!!

Do you smell a shopping mall? Cause I do!

We went to 1 Utama for the day... emmefin huge thing that it is, we never made it out of the Old Wing -_-" Regret not going to Daiso in the New Wing though. But nemai! There's always end of the holidays.

RM5 bargains I found!! Awesome 4-sided nail buffer from Yokoso Shiyuki (a Japanese beauty store) and awesome 200-piece double eyelid tape from Sinma! Love both so much, wanna go back and get moar, moar, MOAR!!!

It's important to be thorough and vigilent when bargain shopping loh, the nail buffers I saw at Sinma were RM8 and the double eyelid tape (identical to the one I bought) at Yokoso Shiyuki was RM10!

AND AND...
I BOUGHT MY PROM DRESS!!! ❤❤❤

Went into a couple of shops and didn't see anything I liked. Most were too plain and predictable... you know, all the same satin dresses in repetitions of cream, silver, black and red. Blah! Some on the other hand were way too kuazhang! Beads and frills and rosettes exploding everywhere! -_-

I realized that when shopping, it's best to stick with shops that you know well, you're almost always guaranteed to find something you like, rather than getting disappointed in random unfamiliar stores.

So I went into Nichii. A mother-effing huge Nichii! And headed straight for the dress section, where I found this really chio black tube dress! I was kinda sad when it looked so nice on me, cause I was adamant against getting a strapless dress that I might end up adjusting all night long. Plus it was slightly over my budget at RM150.

Hyuk hyuk, I bet now all of you are thinking "Wtf why she so kiamsiap one!!!" It's not that I'm kiamsiap... it's just that in KL especially, it's SO easy to find gorgeous stuff for much much less (quality AND quantity, you can now have your cake and eat it too!) that I'd rather not sell myself short. And I'd also rather not wear a dress with a heavy heart knowing that I could cure poverty in Africa with the money I spent on it.

Okay, speech over.

So I put back that dress, still dreaming about it (no pics btw, later everyone likes it more than the actual dress I bought and I'll wanna chisat). Then I went to Treats! Never shopped there before but my sister told me they have nice, affordable stuff, so why not?

Once again aimed straight for the formal dresses in the back and at first glance saw nothing of interest. Randomly picked out 2 of the prettier dresses and went to try them on. Little did I know that one of them was THE ONE!!! And the rest is fashion history!

Yes, I bought the 3rd dress I tried on. Maybe that was a bit stupid, but I don't care. When you know, YOU KNOW! And I knew. Sides, my lack of trying does not indicate a lack of looking. I just saw so many hideous ones that I didn't even bother to take to the fitting room!

The mandatory bathroom shot.

Sakae Sushi for dinner. It wasn't very nice :( Which was disappointing because the branch at Queensbay was good, and always has super long lines waiting ages to go in.

Then it was time to go home a happy camper, my prom dress and I!

Closing with a baby shot, cause that makes everyone happy :D

Possible prom dress? + Photos from Sunday!

January is almost over and unbelievably, people are STILL talking about prom (when they're not talking about me la -__-")! We're hyped up alright.

All the guys are worried about being rejected when they ask a girl to prom, and all the girls are worried about not being asked at all. And of course, finding the right prom dress la!

Everybody, and I mean everybody, keeps saying I should go with Nai Ping. I don't mind, but how am I supposed to go with him if he doesn't ask, huh huh??

Supposedly he wants to ask me la, but I don't know for sure mah. Maybe I should make a pact with him like Maria and Nick did. Lol. At least she got assurance okay! T___T

Anyway, I found this dress on a Singaporean online shop, Zepherra. Got the link from Esther Xie's blog.

Okay, I know the model is ugly with horrible shoes but just try to picture only the dress.

I really am looking for something pink, and the more I look at this, the more I'm in love with it! And shit, it's only B$30 with registered mail. Lol okay, I sound so cheapskate. But honestly, I don't care about the price at all.

It's such a pretty shade of pink, just the right length, the right kind of poofy skirt I want and an unusual toga design! You know, I have a right mind to just order it now :D

Talking about dresses... I tried on a few on my Sunday out with Jia Yee, Lilian and Maria (just realized it was like a Bloggers' Day Out!). A.k.a. Milly, Lilly and Mally. I very bo su cho go and edit all the photos until become like what 0=)

Started the day at Cheezbox, where I met Milly and Lilly who were finishing their lunch. 

The only thing I've ever eaten in Cheezbox ever, I think, is their Iced Cappuccino. And it was fucking bitter and disgusting! D:

This dress from Ego is cho very hot but damn ass slutty wei! It's made of some smooth, slutty material. Lycra kah?? And there is TOTAL VPL which means you'd have to wear a g-string -__-"

Another one from Ego. For the rocker chick in all of us! Black PVC leather with the swishiest gauze and satin skirt ever! I couldn't stop twirling round and round :D

Aiseh, I think I'm even better than some of those blogshop models eh! xD Bah ok who wants to hire me as model?? *widens eyes*

When we were in the fitting room, each time Jia Yee or Lilian wanted to snap a photo, one or both of them would fake a loud cough or sneeze. Sibeh hilarious! It cracked me up like crazy until I couldn't hold still. Thus the big, natural laughing smiles in the pics.

I saw another really nice black strapless chiffon dress with a white bow sash in Bingo, but I couldn't get the zipper to work so I didn't try it on <=(

Jia Yee mislead me by telling me that Giordano was selling a pink leopard print top identical to Cheesie's one for only B$9.90. Got me all excited!

Picture courtesy of Cheeserland.com.

Turns out it's fugly -__-" Just check out my dissatisfied, smileless face!

My favourite photo that day has got to be this one! :D

I love how our heads are all aligned. Plus I look so chio can! Omg self-praise hahahaha. I love my hair! Now when I wear earrings, you can actually SEE them.

And I love escalator pics!

Even if my butt looks ginormous from this angle and we almost ran out of escalator! Had to scramble to get off in time.

Dimply Lilly! That's what I shall call you from now on :D

Maria's sexiest photo ever ;) And not just because she matches the foodcourt chairs either. You know who it's for!

And because there are no pics of Jia Yee so far...

Uh oh! I have a feeling she's gonna kill me :S

And of course, this one deserves a repost too!

By far, Maweeyah's cutest photo of all time! Your cuteness can even rival Melvin Tang's! Heheheh 0=)

All the photos were taken by Jia Yee's DSLR and can be found on her blog. Get-Bedazzled.blogspot.com, go now! See Jia, I'm so kind, free publicity :D

P/S: HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY, JOJO!! Our Mr President :D

When I only had RM13...

What did I buy with it? Lotsa nail supplies, that's what! :D Went to Queensbay Mall again yesterday afternoon with only RM13 and the intention to spend it all on the best bargains.

Here's what I got:

2 more new Elianto nail polishes. Another bottle of the RM1 black one, cause what the heck it's so cheap, might as well stock up! And a regular priced pale pink base coat to cover up my discoloured nails (yuck) when I do french tips.

#33 Peach and #40 Twilight Zone (again).

Total: RM6.

Another thing I wanted was fake nails, and it was my lucky day because Sinma had a 50% discount on most of their stuff! Damn, I wish I'd waited to buy my hair accessories.

Two pairs of clear ones so I can Konadicure them whatever way I want and wear them when I need to.

(Ignore my half-done Konadicure in this pic, kthxbai!)

2 packets for the price of 1. Total: RM2.

Lastly, a nail buffer from Guardian! I wanted to wait till I got back to Brunei to buy a pink one from Winmark, but this one was cheap and I need it quite badly already. Previously they were sold out.

At least one of the buffing surfaces is pink right? :S

Total: RM4.40

Grand total: RM12.40! Hahaha, I doubt you can buy all this for only B$5 in Brunei. Have I mentioned lately how much I love Malaysia shopping?? I'm such a happy camper.

Me and my sister camwhoring outside the lift at our condo. She flew back to India yesterday and I won't see her again till end of next year.