Extravagance X Off Vigilance: Post-Vacation Shopping Nuisance

I don’t know

somehow I tend to shop a lot

after coming from abroad

regardless of how much shopping I have done

 

there is always this symptom

ok, I call this a

Post-Vacation Shopping Nuisance (PVSN)

 

whereby

there is this sudden freedom of shopping

since while I am abroad

there are other considerations on the priority list

such as:

• budget
• luggage allowance
• cost-effectiveness, (I mean carry all the way)

 

so

once settled back comfortably at home

at a familiar setting

there is this shopaholic symptom

suddenly getting out of hand

a unleash of pressure abroad

 

oh my

ironic enough

if vacation is treated as a form of pressure

why bothered to travel

 

okay

leave this point alone

 

let’s move on to the symptoms

okay

before 10 a.m. in the morning

I was in the mall already

for the free eco-bag at Uniqlo

Early Freebies X Sales Goodies: Uniqlo @ MV

 

then the journey continued on

at this pretty delightful and enlightening

probably one of the best

not-so-commercialized campaign

at the center court

Mickey the Icon

 

whereby tenants, artists, celebrities

and other affiliated partners

get to design a Mickey Mouse

and here you are

probably I should cover these in another post

 

damn

but I can’t help feeling that

probably I shouldn’t waste so much money

entering two Disney Land theme parks

no more Disney Land for me, seriously 

except the one in Tokyo, maybe

 

but of course

there were booths set up

like one was for the purchase of these

customize-able Mickey Mouse

wow, Rm 450 in single receipt

entitles a purchase for Rm 45

 

and this one

 

a Mickey Mouse luggage fair

price starting from Rm 399,

I think, I am not too sure

besties is almost tempted into buying one

because she actually drove an empty car here today

but obviously she had got better self-control than me

and she did not suffer from the

Post-Vacation Shopping Nuisance (PVSN)

thank goodness this not something I fancy

although was admiring the cuteness of them

 

anyway

this is even more awesome right

free hand carrier with the purchase of

Rm 750 from Mango

aha.. that’s not too large a sum

like a dress, a pair of jeans, a bag

or probably a combination of more or less of 7-8 items

provided that,

you are willing to spend that at one go

 

I have fell victim to that kind of strategy

I mean, I have been a proud owner

of a M&M’s cabin luggage

under a similar scheme

ended up buying clothes at Bossini

which I never did before, and hardly after

the funniest part of all

I had never carried this

M&M’s cabin luggage abroad yet

one is enough!!!

 

Cotton On at level one

was undergoing renovation

went over to the Nichii next door

with little interests

because never looted anything from here

the one back home has got more

off-season items for sales, usually

 

someone fell for a bag at Zara

I almost fell, looking at the daring red colour

 

someone with a more severe brain damage

fell for a baby blue shopper bag at Calvin Klein

someone who claimed that she never bought

things for the sake of the brand

oh my.. this someone who suffers from

Post-Vacation Shopping Nuisance (PVSN)

 

and she was staring hard

at the other colours available

• Navy blue: too Longchamp-like
• Orange:  too Sainsbury-like
• Red: too Chinese-New-Year-Like
• Beige: too freebies-like
• Black: too Calvin-Klein-like, but well it’s a CK

the baby blue was donned on the mannequin

for a reason, right?

 

this was particularly a long day

with two different shopping partners

one left after another

and I was still going strong

and got texts from mom and housemates

whether I am at home/I am coming home

 

lunch and dinner

both settled in the mall

two branches of Zanmai

 

the other one across at Mid Valley

which was known as Pasta Zanmai

basically they serve pasta, pizza

Italian food with Japanese ingredients

like those mushrooms, oysters etc

 

finally

the loots of the day

after almost 12 hours at Mid Valley malls

 

the root of all evils

the freebies from Uniqlo

 

loots from Uniqlo

okay

I don’t really need them

but since they were going on an open-special-price

and I don’t really own any cartoon shirts

on classic Pooh and Donald & Daisy Ducks

 

this was my toughest struggle

how could I resist the world famous beagle

but I had promised myself not to buy any of these

compiling the whole collection

here on my blog is more than enough

that was what I used to tell myself

I mean, before the one month vacation

 

this simple yet elegant LBD from Nichii

at 70% off

with beige lining

and a sheer back

 

this is just a sudden thought

I am not sure whether it will work out fine

turning the dress inside out

and put on a belt

hence there you are

another beige colour dress

 

overcome with despair

over the loss of my late Gatsy cap

how many miles away he has been with me

London-Abu-Dhabi-Kuala Lumpur

and I lost it on a transit bus right there

when I was almost done with the long journey

you have no idea how sad I was

he has been with me for

the windy and rainy days back at London

 

a replacement kid

from Bershka

oh my, capturing a photo of your cap

is such a challenge

 

and that something

which was seriously random

 

last but not least

and a navy blue polo tee for my dad

no, I did not buy this out of guiltiness

this was the earliest item I put in my basket

 

he has been growing

not taller, but horizontally

and some of the shirts are not so wearable anymore

I kept seeing him wearing some old stuffs

and actually warned him that

if you gonna wear that

during our backpack or usual outing session

I won’t walk with you for real

 

oh my

maintaining such as daughter

is really not easy for real

mentally, physically (staying fit)

and more importantly financially