Shopping Trip

Wah, yesterday was really a shopping day for me. Took leave to go shopping and have a break. But cos' i've a project doing UAT testing so was trying to rush most work in the morning so that i can go shopping in peace. Pretty stressful and i think baby can feel it. She's been kicking me in the morning as i tried to complete as much work as possible in the morning and the day before. Cant help it cos' i think i tend to be a a teenie weenie workaholic.....

Today, i shall take things easy... read my emails in the morning... still comtemplating whether i want to continue my testing later... mayb watch my "Heros" drama serial tt ... and got a BBQ to go to later.. yum, yum....

It has been a challenge to bring 2 kids and a baby to Orchard. My younger sis, Val brought Angelica in a stroller while my mum brought Kyla and Ariel to my place and we all meet at the Hougang MRT. After alighting DG' s mrt, we need to keep looking for lift to transfer to the NS line so as to alight at Sommerset MRT station cos Val cant handle a stroller on escalator. The gals initially were really excited but after a while, Kyla kept complaining "why so far?" , "i'm so tired", "why so long?" ..... wow, really need patience with kids. Wonder how Christine (my elder sister and Kyla's mum) does it...... it takes a superhuman strength to keep my cool and not to be irritated by all the whinning and complainings.....

Decided to take the opportunity to buy one or 2 nursing bras. Not sure whether i will have milk but i really want to do it. Partly for the baby (of cos!) but mainly so that i can loss the weight heehee...did i mention that finally i understand why women can still gain substantial weight even though they eat per normal (pre-pregnancy)? It's cos Nature expect women to breastfeed after birth and in order to produce High-milk (one phase in breast-feeding) which is high in fat content, your body will naturally try to accumulate the fats in a mum-to-be body so that when the time comes, the milk will be from these fats (hopefully!). This really even motivate me to do it...

K, back to nursing bras.... i asked the staff and apparently only Triumph and a ulu brand has it in JL. Couldnt find the ulu brand, so went to Triumph...wah.. they are so ex!!!! It's those auntie/grandmother kind cotton bras (with no padding at all!!!!) and no wire-support which i have some concerns cos i worried my breasts will sag after breastfeeding :P.... and they cost $32.90 each and they are supposedly on sale... Yucks! Then i went to look for the ulu brand. Found it and it is so much cheaper.... the normal ones only cost $9.90 while those with wiring only $14.90. So i got one each... btw, not cos' i am really cheapo but rather i'm worried that after buying so many or so ex-ones, turns out i cant breast-feed (touch-wood!)....

After that, we went for lunch at Prima-deli. As the kids have Kumon class later, they would need to go back. Looking at the crowd and weather, some of us decided to take a cab back while my mum went AMK to meet up with her frens. Since the shopping trip is so short, i felt dissatisfied. It would have been a waste of my leave!!! so since Val also not keen to go back so early, we decided to proceed to compass pt after dropping Christine and gals off. We walked around and visited Kiddy palace... saw some really nice nursing bras (with padding and normal looking bras) and tried them on. Gus wat, i can wear a size D-cup.... haahahaaa.. hurray, hurray!! Doing the dance of joy!!!! i am really proud of myself now.... hahaaaa... i know, cheap thrill... but for a flat-chest gal like me, this is really a miracle.... haahaaa..... so bought another one nursing bra at $36 each. Then we went to see shoes and i decided to buy a white one. Yes, i know i shldnt since my feets are getting swollen but Val commented tt the shoes i wore yesterday looked really worn out and being a hip and stylish mummy, how can i be seen with ugly and old shoes.... got to buy rite???

K, i will be working from home next week cos' of office major renovation this weekend. Hopefully i will update this blog more often then. :)