The trip to Vivo City was a rather hasty planned one. Since Izzati didn't have any concrete plans to visit Vivo City, I got tired of waiting and decided to visit Vivo City the next day, 24 September 2009.
Prior to my friends' request, I contacted three of them. Only two of three replied that they will be able to make it but that's acceptable considering I had contacted them less than a day before. I tried contacting the third but she gave no confirmed reply. It was a day later after our outing that I found out that her phone was dead when I tried to contact her. Due to some personal reasons she couldn't make it anyway. It's a pity but somehow I couldn't manage to get an outing with the whole gang together. What a pity. I hope that we will be able to have a get-together sometime during the holidays.
I didn't know who was the one started going about wanting to chipped in and get Jaslyn a belated birthday present, though I think that it was Izzati/Aiman, but somehow Aiman managed to get most of the people who were online via MSN to chipped in for Jaslyn's birthday present. The people are as follows: Aiman, Izzati, Michelle, Bevin, Edmund, Wee Seng, Qian Hao, Zhan Jie, Christina and me. Perhaps there are others who wanted to chip in as well but we could only make most of those people who are online at that time. So there. A quick discussion still render us unsure on what to get for Jaslyn.
In the end, my suggestion for last minute trip turned into a gift buying trip as well. Like I said before, it was rather last minute planning so in the end, only Aiman, Say Yin and I could make it. We arranged to meet each other in the morning so that we were able to have sufficient time for gift buying before meeting Jaslyn in the afternoon.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
After some shopping around, we got Jaslyn a Forever 21 Jacket, an Esprit Studded Tank Top and an Esprit red wallet(not pictured). The picture below was ripped from Jaslyn's blog.
After meeting Jaslyn and lunch at Banquet, we then gave her her present with the tags still on. We had no choice but to do so as if the tags were removed and if the clothes doesn't fit her, we wouldn't be able to exchange it. We sent her off to try the stuff in the toilet. Luckily for us, everything were in the right size. I had nearly blew the surprise with the remark about "not seeing the shop River Island just now". I was thankful that she didn't really gave too much thought on it.
Hours of walking around in Vivo City as we went from one shop to another according to my mighty list, we were left tired and mostly spent. It feels kind of weird that I was the only one who was doing the shopping while the others just stood there, chatting around. I admit that I was kind of self conscious about that.
I had seen some really nice clothes in Mango but they were way too expensive for me to afford it. In my opinion, the only two shops that seemed to be worth going on that day was Daiso (for the prices are kind on wallets), and Forever 21. The Forever 21 outlet in Vivo City was even bigger than the outlet at Wisma Atria and that means that they were more stocked up on different styles of clothes and accessories. I bought two different stacks of bracelets from Forever 21 which costs $10 and $13 respectively. The stack of bracelets were more affordable than those sold in Chamelon for they were in a nicer design and having more bracelets in one stack as well. The trip to River Island left me quite disappointed as they didn't stock as much boots as I had seen from their online shop. I did see a pair of nice brown wedge but it was a tad too high for my taste. I wanted some height but not too high that my feet will be aching after a few minutes of wear like it did with my 9.5cm high Lolita wedges.
I made a rather abrupt decision to visit Orchard Road for the shops that was listed as having Dr. Martens boots didn't have the design I wanted. Surprisingly, they agreed on my plan as well. We took a bus to Orchard Road prior to Say Yin's request who had a bus concession pass and did not wanted to waste money taking the MRT.
My first stop in Orchard was none other than ION. Before reaching ION though, we passed by the ETUDE House outlet and a man was shouting in Korean. I didn't understand a word of it but it looks like that if we were to enter the store, we will be given a free face mask. How can I give up the chance to obtain freebies? I got a O2 White Mask Sheet for free and bought a bottle of Dear Darling Nails No.24 Star Shine which cost $7.50. The tester colour looks nice in the store incredibly bright lights but the colour looks different outdoors. Oh well...
I headed for UNIQLO the moment I stepped into ION. I wanted to see if they had stocked up in their NeoLeather series Jackets as well as the denim Leggings, both which I was interested in getting. Unfortunately, they still didn't have the ones I wanted. I hope that they will stock up soon.
After much protests by Jaslyn, who already had blisters by then *poor her*, we decided to walk to Orchard Central which was at Somerset. I didn't want to waste any more time on shops that claimed to sell Dr. Martens boots so we visit the official Dr. Martens first ever flagship store in Singapore at Orchard Central instead. Say Yin and Jaslyn were tired so they were walking tad too slow for my taste. Aiman and I decided to put our super speed walking into good use and reached Orchard Central far ahead before them. I decided to make good use of this time to get to the store and try on the pair I saw in Seventeen Singapore September 2009.
Check out the pictures of Dr. Martens flagship store below. Note: The pictures were ripped off from Dr. Martens blog.
The moment I stepped into the store and did a quick swept of the layout, I finally spotted the pair of boots I wanted on display. Dr. Martens Phoenix Jara from the Autumn 2008 Collection. Could you imagine my excitement? After weeks and weeks of pounding the streets, visiting countless shops that don't stock it, I had finally found it! Of course, it also comes with a very nice price, $229, but considering that it's made of quality real Leather and it's trademark Bouncing Soles, it's worth the money. I am always looking for something that will last years like my mother's Scholl shoes which lasted 5years and still going strong.
I tried on that pair in my usual US size 6 but found out that I couldn't even put my feet in. In the end I had to switched it to US size 7. I could fit my feet in but while walking it feels a little weird. As if my feet is about to fall out. When I raised my concerns, the salesperson was quick to assure me that most of first timers who wore that felt that way and that it's perfectly normal. Without further ado, I paid for the pair of boots. By the time Say Yin and Jaslyn arrived, I was already paying for it.
Pictures of my Dr. Martens Phoenix Jara below:
After that, we walked to Dhouby Ghaut and went to KFC for dinner. However, the seating area was tad tacky and a little dirty so voted for Burger King instead. We ate and chatted until 10pm before leaving for home. It was fun sitting there, chatting while discovering another side of Say Yin. *Which I shall not mention it here or else I will get killed. （￣～￣;）・・・*
On the way home, I was quite worried about purchasing the wrong size for my Dr. Martens Phoenix Jara but as I tried it on at home, it fits perfectly and was incredibly comfortable. Thank goodness.
With that, this pretty much sums up my shopping trip on Thursday, 24 September 2009.
I hope that you had enjoyed reading this blog post!
ヾ(=^▽^=)ノ Bye bye!
