All About Polishes

I am absolutely furious with Singpost. What part of the words "Fragile! Please handle with care!" do they not understand?

I bought some nail polishes and they were delivered via normal mail. When I arrived home, I saw the package lying on my front porch, which is 20 meters from my gate. The gate was locked, which means my package flew 20 meters from my gate to land on hard granite floor. Sure my polishes were double bubbled wrap but as soon as I opened the envelope, I was greeted with a nasty smell of nail varnish. Uh oh... 

And sure enough... 

Polish Number 1

Polish Number 2 :(

Yes Mr Postman, you are damn brilliant. Go try out for touch football why dunch you! #%*\?£¥!

Have since lodged a complaint to Singpost and they have promised to issue him a warning letter. Sobs... Money down the drain. 

Hubby is overseas and I miss him terribly.  But he'll be back tmr! Whee!

I'm loving this nail colour at the moment! 

Pretty!

It's called A Butterfly Moment from the Mariah Carey Spring collection. The perfect shade of pinky nude!

Christmas season is near!  I know this because OPI launched their holiday collection! (I know... holiday collection in October? Crazy)

I'm in love with all 18 colours from the Mariah Carey (Huge) Holiday collection! 

Mariah Carey Holiday 2013

So so so beautiful! I want them all! If I had to choose, my top picks will be...

1) Sleigh Ride for Two (Mahogany Red)
2) Underneath the Mistletoe - Broken (Red with amazing glitter)
3) Make Him Mine - Broken (Rose Gold Liquid Sand)
4) My Favorite Ornament (Champagne Gold Glitter)
5) Ski Slope Sweetie (Pearlescent Gold Shimmer)
6) Warm Me Up (Chocolate-Espresso)

A long weekend of Krispy Kreme and Chilli Crab

Krispy Kreme launched in Singapore, 5 donkey years after I got back from Australia.

Good grief...

And yes... we queued. But it was fun queueing because we were showered with snacks and drinks by the snack bearers. So we candy crushed for abt 40 mins and when it got to our turn, we were led by a guy carrying a Krispy Kreme sign that says "Follow Me' down the escalator and into this  'blink and you'll miss it' corner where trays and trays of yummy doughnuts were being wiped out. It baffles me as to why they allocate such a tiny corner for such a prominent brand. Hell, this place deserves a drive-thru the size of a Kallang Macdonald's, and not this cafe like corner at the basement of a department store. Seriously!

But let me tell you, this queueing system does not work. I had a mysterious guy appearing out of nowhere in front of me enroute to the donut counter while meadering through the basement of Tangs. Blardy cut-queuers.

The donuts made up for it though, $50 worth of it. And no, I still can't believe I forked out a blue note in exchange for 24 pieces of donuts. Daylight robbery.



Woah, check out the couple behind. Sweetness overload huh?

Chanced upon this adorable pair of gloves at H&M. Awww... Did not get them though, left them for someone else who travels more. Boo..



cutest thing ever

As usual, the mister had cravings. But I didn't really feel like spending for the real thing, so we made a trip to NTUC and Tekka Market and he made...

CHILLI CRAB!!!

 

Hell yeah, we did! Ok, he did.

It was quite a feat, killing and cleaning the crab. But to get 2 800g crabs for $36 and a pack of Prima Chilli Crab sauce at $7 beats forking out $55 per kg at Jumbo. The crab was cooked to absolute perfection, because the Mister insisted I get out of the kitchen to let him concentrate on getting it right, and got it right he did. It tasted amazing! Better than the Jumbo one it seems. Jumbo's crabs are more 'ketchupy' if that makes sense and quite frankly, not really power-packed enough. I like mine spicier. And the chef added 2 eggs, shiok la! And because we were lazy to fry our own man tous, we cheated and got them from a Tze Char store.

Only 2 days to go till the weekend. Yay!!

The One with the goodbye to Granny

So, a week has come and gone. We spent it running from Bedok to Suntec to Bukit Gombak to Thomson back to Bedok every single day. I'd like to thank my wonderful husband for his love and support over the past 1 week. He was the designated driver and anyone who drives know that it can be the most exhausting thing. That coupled with the lack of sleep doubles the lethargy factor. So thank you my dear, love you mountains high! 

I appreciated the time spent with my paternal family over the last week. I think it's the most I've seen of them in years. Sad as it sounds, the death of a loved one does bring the rest of the family closer together, so I suppose every dark cloud has a silver lining. 

I know it's a tad inappropriate but I kinda like this picture that hubby took of me as a joke. He claims I look silly. But I think it makes light of a sad situation. 

After all that have transpired, it makes me think about my remaining family members and how I don't see them often enough. Just a reminder to everyone to not take anybody for granted and to always treasure the people around you. Life is too short, so drink up! Be merry and love with all your heart! Here's to the ones who have passed, the people we know and the strangers we have yet to meet!

Granny passed away yesterday at 9.46am whilst the rest of us were at work. I think she waited for the maid to come back to her side, at least she didn't have to be alone. 

It saddens me that I don't even have a proper picture with her. 

RIP ah ma. You'll be missed.

And then it was Saturday

We had a very eventful Saturday last week driving around in our new ride. Eugene was completely obsessed with his "turbo" that he couldn't stop talking it. I just nodded along pretending to understand what he's going on and on about.

We popped by Punggol to take a look at the progress of our flat, and we were really happy the windows are up! Yay to finally having windows!

Our future home!

The 2nd highest unit in case anybody's wondering :)

Excited much!

Then we proceeded to meet our ID for tiles selection. We breezed through the living room tiles but got stuck at bathroom tiles for over an hour! How on earth?! The bathroom is so tiny and after an hour we still couldn't decide. We ended up reserving both designs because we disagreed on the colours we wanted.

decisions, decisions...

Then off to Thomson Medical Centre we went to visit Wayne, Jayne and cute baby Callan! Congratulations new Mummy and Daddy! I think Jayne is the luckiest person in the world, having only spent 1/2 an hour contracting and delivering just 2 short hours after she got admitted. I've heard of 30 hours labour horror stories and am completely freaking out.

shoooo kyute! I can just pinch your little cheeks...

I remembered telling Eugene that if I were to give birth, Mount Alvernia would be my choice since I was born there. But when I arrived at TMC, I was pretty fascinated with how nice the place looks! It reminded me of the classy and clean wards over at Gleneagles. With a nice delifrance cafe at the lobby too! I know that having a nice lobby and amenities does not equate to a hospital having reputable doctors and quality medical care, but I'm sure it gives just that extra edge over hospitals that are warm and stuffy with ceiling fans swirling over the heads of sick patients. But surely such luxury comes with a hefty price tag and so I was just pondering about how costly it'll be to give birth there when...

Wah so zhun!

They place this information inside the lifts!  How appropriate and informative! The price difference between TMC and Mount Alvernia isn't too vast, so I can still keep Mt A as a feasible option. Not that I'm in dire need of this information, but still a good to know :)

We were starving after an entire day of running around Singapore, so we headed for dinner at Jackie's before our movie date. Husbo had a big craving for steak. -_-"" Come to think about it, we seem to be satisfying quite a bit of his cravings lately, maybe 他有喜了...hmm...

Looove the sambal chilli!

Then we took a walk because we were too full and I attempted to lull him into shopping at Uniqlo. Spotted this uber cute 毛毛 hoodie and couldn't stop hugging it! It was so so so comfy snuggling with it... but I was forbided to shop, so all I could do was snap a shot of myself wearing the jacket to savor it's plushy goodness. *sobs*

We were really exhausted after the movie. But we were really glad that we got everything on our list done, and that we are a step closer to getting our home up. Keeping our fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly! Gambatte!

Over the weekend...

Something's up with my movie booking skills...
Last month I booked the wrong time for the right movie, and last week, I booked the wrong movie at the right time. Geez lewis...

So we had the best seats in the house for "Riddick"... but we ended up with...

for "We are the Millers"

-______-""

But it was worth it. We laughed so hard and had an amazing time.

For all beauty fans out there, Luxola is having a 3-days special anniversary sale! 30% off all items except for SK-II! Free next day delivery included as well, how amazing is that! Remember to key in the code at checkout to enjoy 30% off your total!

Do make use of this once a year offer to stock up on your beauty favourites! I've already made mine! ;)

Mid-Autumn FYI

Just a heads up for BTBs or ladies watching your waistline... don't mean to dampen your mood there :)

I know I know... I'll stop now. Just a good  bad to know yah?

HAPPY MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL Y'ALL!