met ting at around 12pm only to find out that she was wearing wedges instead of heels. she insists that wedges = heels though cos height is involved in both types of shoes after all. what crap right?

chose Far East Plaza as our first stop cos ting wanted to eat pontien wan ton mee. i still don't understand why that became her all time favourite. she NEVER seems to get sick of it even if she eats it every week. shopped around and i bought a white cropped tee ($23).

headed to Ion Orchard then. decided to pause shopping and have yami yogurt so that we could rest our feet that were beginning to ache. went to watsons and bought some cosmetics. me - Maybelline black eyeliner (felt) and Majolica Majorca blusher (about $40 in total). ting - Maybelline black eyeliner (gel) and white eyeliner (felt). talk about vanity. ting's a bad influence when it comes to this. she's dedicated to brainwashing me into giving contacts another go this day and even went so far to volunteer teaching me the art of wearing contacts.

headed to forever twentyone next at wisma atria to kill time while waiting for mummy. bought a pair of grey shorts ($31) cos the cutting was pretty good i feel. ting bought a printed bandage skirt.

took the mrt and headed to tanjong pagar to meet my mum. brought them to Pâtisserie Glacé (the one that me and liying previously visited) to buy their cakes and have them at Tom n Toms cafe. another excellent opportunity to rest our feet! oh and the place is really conducive btw. it's quiet, no annoying and loud music, good atmosphere and good coffee! and there are plenty of seats and tables to spare on weekdays. excellent place to study. i predict that i'll visit that place more often once school starts.

oh and ting gave me an F21 dress. apparently it was too big for her despite the dress being an S. it had really nice bohemian prints. went home to try it and it fitted me nicely! can't wait to wear it out soon! (:

asked mummy if we could just treat whatever cakes we've eaten as my birthday cake since there's not really much of a point in getting a cake. back at home we'll just cut and eat it anyway. no birthday song no candles. it's a waste of money if you ask me. she agreed but suggested we should just get a cheap chiffon cake as a ceremonial gesture anyway. so we did. bought a yuzu chiffion cake from Glacé for that reason.

headed to city hall then for dinner. took photos with Mr Hershey (i sometimes wonder if the people in mascots are really smiling. it would be an embarrassment if they aren't.) as we walked along Citylink. ting and i insisted on taking full-length photos and for that superficial reason, we continued shopping in our shoes despite the horrible aches until we took our photos at topshop. mum couldn't stand our bimbo-ness. you could imagine our relief when we finally changed into our flats. and even after we did that we still couldn't walk properly cos the pain was real bad. ):

we were all full from the cakes, we decided to shop around a bit more. bad move cos i ended up spending again! was surprised to see Bershka at Marina Square and even more surprised to have found my dream cardigan in the colour i wanted. one that is similar to the kind Kyuhyun always wore - striped cardi (with navy blue lines)! the only miahne thing was liangying has bought the same cardi last week at Ion's branch then (i was there too!), except it was one with red stripes. so i felt a lil miahne for having bought the same thing as her (again. i don't think we'll ever be able to stop doing that liang.). but.i.just.couldnt.resist. so i bought it anyway ($39.90) cheongmal miahne yo? =/

dinner at thai express! since mum felt waraku was too ex. and i still haven't use my thai express vouchers anyway. showed the person my birthday voucher and they said there will be a complimentary platter as they have "a new system". well since it was complimentary why not? but the platter was like too big. we couldn't finish the food on top of what we ordered for dinner. quite a pity to have wasted some of the appetisers actually. they were not bad, maybe a bit too oily that is.

headed home with a satisfied feeling. of cos i'm satisfied! i bought so many things! i've seriously seriously overspent this month. like SERIOUSLY. i ought to go lock up my POSB card in a chest, lock up the chest, chain the chest, lock the chains, and throw all the keys into the sea. but i've a feeling that's not the end of it. you'll see in a few posts' time. =/

anyway, i'm glad tingting jioed me out. she initially asked me if i was free to go out on tues but i told her no, since i shifted my tuition to tues. who wants to teach tuition on her birthday anyway. but i told her i was free on my birthday nonetheless and that's why the shopping date was set. a real relief because i nearly thought that i have to spend my birthday nua-ing at home, which is quite sad if you asked me.

so i have to say that my birthday turned out to be a fantabulous day and i'm happy as can be. except maybe not so about the big hole in my pocket. =/