I am very, very impressed with myself.

I have never shopped the way I did today and I am very impressed.

I had intended to do my Christmas shopping way earlier, but of course with the distraction of boys, mahjong, baby, wifey, work and the likes, I never quite gotten down to doing anything.

Then, it is now of never.

It should have been yesterday but after picking up a jacket and a new book for myself(I am selfish!!!), I scooted off town for a game of mahjong that lasted…. 10 hours.

Seriously.

Though it was interrupted by “Mama carreeeeeee” and “Mama faa chaiiii” “Mama anggg tiooongggg”, or “Bird bird!”

Work been unusually hectic(okay, fine, I have been unusually paranoid as well) these days, but somewhat peaceful cos it seems like the flow of it means something is moving forward and everything been pretty.. smooth.

And now I can venture into the holiday season, a bit chilled.

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Oh. Speed shopping.

I have so many paper bags hanging off my shoulders, wrists, fingers, arms…. that I was breathless as I sashayed up and down Orchard.

So much sale!

I went into Gucci to get something for my dad.. and I ended up doing, “Hmm.. which one huh?”

I ended up saying, “Okay, I want this, this and this.”

Then I walked into the store again just before I wanted to leave for my office(after lunch time).

Then I walked into the store again!!!

I am the kind who like to plan what I wanna get, and I will just walk in, and buy.

I did that twice yesterday.

I did that again today. “This one, new one. Got discount? Okay. Thanks!”

So I think I managed to get around 18 items within an hour, spanning from different part of Orchard.

I am most impressed by myself,  I tell ya.

Of course being credit-card happy means… I am now a very broke person.

And I haven’t even gotten the little one anything yet! I am such a choosy mum.

She has destroyed all the books she owns, and the trick is to get something that will keep her attention and is easy to pack(wah!!! Lego are hard to pack man! And she loves to thrown them around! Grr…).

When I finished my shopping today, I started thinking to myself why I never quite could bear to part with the moolah for myself.

But like I said, I love Christmas, and the cool weather kinda make me a more mushy-mellowy person who feels the need to love the world(yeah, right), oh alright… love the world in the cynical way I always do.

And just when I thought I could give my pocket a break.. I am just reminded that I am attending 3 weddings this week.

Oh joy of joy. But seriously, it is filled with such abundant joy that it makes a PMS-sy bitch like me strangely annoyed and sick of the saccharinely sweet bliss.

Like seriously, what is wrong with these people?

Of course, if you know me well, I am in plenty of denial. PMS-sy bitch doesn’t like to admit there is joy in the world when she is internally cooing and swooning how sweet everything is….

And there is nothing more annoying that to be caught in such a struggle.