Saturday, October 29, 2005
ShoppingToday we had a shopping frenzy, but had everything done by 4pm - a record time, really!!
Tiles
First up, we went to get tiles from the shop down Albany Hwy, near to our place. After much debate, Kris & I decided on white ripples for the laundry walls. If we get the chance & hv the moolah to do the kitchen cabinets, then we'll get the same white ripples for the backsplash of the kitchen as well... but for now, we're doing one thing at a time.
Groceries
Straight after, we went Bentley to get our 3-wk supply of halal meat. Liza, Suhaila, Kak Tini & her son were there, managed to have a bit of a chat, but the place was filled as the shop will be closed for 3 days for Eid celebrations. And since we'll be celebrating it on Thursday, 3 Nov, customers will hv to try & get their meat someplace else till the Monday after, or be smarter & get a little bit more meat for those extra 3 days.
Oh, & managed to pass Nazreeha's black scarf... even though it was one season too late. Well, I don't always go to their shop, plus the black wool that she wanted was sold out for the most part of winter & just came back out (at a 50% discount, thank goodness) only towards the end of it.
Then, of course, we went to get our groceries. Bought a whole bundle of chocky bits to make cakes & bickies for Hari Raya... I mean, I usually don't get visitors, but now that a lot of people know I'm no longer staying at a rental place with other students, I think my rellies & some friends may come a knocking on the door one day... & it'll be such a cracker if I have to serve them coffee & timtams!! harharhar...
And on that grocery list were also chockies for the trick-or-treators... They usually come on the weekends, but they may come tonite... and if they do, we're prepared, as ever, for them!! Can't wait to see what they'll wear this yr. Last yr we had a fairy, a blanky-over-the-head-with-two-holes ghost, a kid in devil's mask, some others & my most favourite, an invisible brother (but mom brought the goody bag - he had tummy ache & dad fetched him home - awww... i gave him some treats anyway).
Ikea
Last place of the day, we went to get a copy of their free 2006 mag... as it turns out, our neighbourhood is sooo not in their worthy list to getting a free copy sent out, even though we shop there ever so regularly!! And if we want them to send the bloody copy, we hv to pay for shipping & handling?! WHAT THE...?!
It was chokerz when we got there, it's like suddenly everyone decided to get there at the same time & didn't tell us about it... Anyhoos, we got the mag & we decided to get Aunty Jan's birthday gift as well... got her a nice red glass fruit bowl... It's a little different than the ones she has, hopefully she likes it... Yeah, it would look really nice in the lounge now that everything in there is black. She's changed the green lounge to 2 black leather ones... and other black decoration to make it a more modern feel to it... So, i guess the red glass thingy will suit nicely amongst the black backdrop... a dash of subtle colours...
And we also got Kris' colleague, Karl, a lamp which Kris initially didn't like. But seriously, there's not much of a choice in Ikea Australia... not like in Sgp!!
Kris also decided to get the same rails we got to make our built-in wardrobe for the rails above the fridge. He forgot how he fitted the over-sized rails in the 2 wardrobes, but as soon as we got home, he checked them out & was soon measuring everything for tomorrow's project!!
And I got 3 small boxes so that I could tidy up the office a bit. Becos there are no drawers in our house (except the built-in ones in the kitchen & the sideboard), everything's either in boxes or just laying around on the tables or stored in neat piles under the bed of desks or wherever we can find some space, seriously!! It's disgusting. We did try to look for a suitable pedestal drawer to put under my office desk, but they are either too tall or too short... and those at Ikea, they are all too skinny… it's like a play drawer instead!! I may wanna search for it at the furniture mart & hopefully they'll hv something for me.
Harvey Norman
Did I tell you that I've got my Cafe-Style Sandwich Press? Finally!! But it’s NOT at Harvey Norman... uhhuh... we've been running around going to almost every store we could find here & everywhere we went, the staff just apologised saying it's no more in stock, had ordered for it & the darn thing would make it to the stores in around 1-2 weeks. Not one of the many branches we went to, did the staff ask if we wanted to leave our name & contacts for them to get back to us once the stock gets in or if we ever wanted to put up an order or if they can call the other branches to see if they've got any left for us. NOPE!!! NOTHING!! NADA!!! No sense of retail etiquette at all!!!
Well, we had like 10mins before the retail scene shuts down on Sat & I suggested to go check it out at The Good Guys. Not only did they have it, they also sold it to me $3 lesser than Harvey Norman promoted it at!! $3 may not look like much, but the fact that they actually have that appliance in-store & are willing to give it to me at a lower price is a big thing. It's the prompt service & then, giving that extras, is what impresses customers... And of course, ordering in well before the last appliance is completely sold out!!!
Winter Again
Just as the sun peeped out of the blanket of clouds over the past few days, the forecast had been rain & winter again!! Perth's weather was becoming more like Melbourne's that no one would probably know the difference!!
Cakes & Bickies
I dunno when I'm gonna do the bickies... cos I'm feeling rather lazy for the past month or so. It's only 4 days more to Syawal here in Perth & I'm not feeling any urgency in making the cookies... Maybe I’ll do it on Monday...
