Spent the first half of the day at work. After much teeth gnashing and typing emails ;nasty ( to idiot clients) and pleading ( to overworked suppliers), I gave in to the pull of the credit card and went shopping at Bugis.
Let me tell you what the problem is with Icon. Firstly, unless you have pope-like patience, you'll have to essentially walk 5 flights of stairs to shop. Second, after the 3rd floor, everything pretty much looks the same, and oddly enough gets more expensive the higher up you go. Finally and most importantly, lots of places don't take credit cards. Which is just nuts. Because a) No one is going to go out of their way to shop there with ready money. b) you really close yourself off to impulse purchases by not taking credit cards. Sadly gave up hope on the pretty Easter Egg striped cotton dress, looked vaguely pregnant in it. But managed to get my hands on some other cute things that will not break the bank.Also, had odd conversation with Shop Auntie.
Shop Auntie: You so pretty har.
Me:haha. thanks Auntie ( tugging plastic bag out of SA's hands)
Shop Auntie: No, really.Sometimes your kind not so pretty (still holding bag very tight)
Me:Er..haha.Ok.
Shop Auntie: Don't get offended ok?But you are very pretty. (refusing to let damn bag go.)
Me:Haha.ok, thanks Auntie. ( wrenching bag free and running for dear life)