home shopping

Yesterdat, after work I picked Agnes up from school, after cutting some branches for her from her plant. We then headed all the way across the island to the IKEA at Tampines. Thankfully it was not as crowded as the last few times we tried to go there. we had our dinner at their cafe. I had the spagetti meatballs and Agnes had the salmon.

We then walked around the shop. Agnes was particularly enamoured by the chandelier-like lamps. we somehow managed to find some home ideas. But no where as much as I thought we would. It may have had something to do with the fact that it was 9pm by the time we started looking around. IKEA closes at 10. So that left us about an hour to look around the mammoth store.

So basically we went through the entire upper level more or less and then rushed through the lower level. We will probably visit again soon.

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Today....

Picked up my dearie from home. her back still hurts from yesterday. Regrettably,no fault of mine. We headed over to the Courts at tampines. Unlike the IKEA trip, we managed to find lots of stuff which we could have in our new home.
Beds. Kitchen Tables. Bedroom Sets. Bathrooms. Sofas. Juicers. Ovens. Cookers....

Agnes also bought a present for her mum for Mother's Day (Mothers' Day...lol). It will be delivered closer the date to her house. She even entered into a bunch of lucky draws due to her purchase. let's wait and see if anything good comes out of it.

Then it was back to the Giant side, where we shopped for stuff. It was super crowded especially at the checkout line. Think Giant did a bad job designing the store layout. Moving around the aisles is hard at times especially with shopping carts. I am not sure how they can re-configure the position of the counters to prevent the big squeeze, especially on weekends. Maybe move the shelves back a metre or two? Or angled so that the queues do not seque into the shelves.

We then went back to the car to put the stuff. As it was, Agnes felt tired after all that walking so we headed off for dinner instead of returning to IKEA. I had wanted to go to Bedok North for dinner, but the place was packed and was thus unable to find a parking space. The place get so crowded on weekends and PH's.

So it was off to Bedok South Ave 2, near Agnes home, and just opposite to where the flats we are balloting for is. Parked at the MSCP. Seemed to have ample lots which is always a good thing. Agnes then gave me an impromptu tour of the neighbourhood. We had dinner at one of the many coffeeshops in the area. Surprisingly a number of the shop units in the neighbourhood were closed. not sure if they were unoccupied, closed for the day or if it was because of...Labour Day!

Then sent my missus home. kinda early though. Although tomorrow is a work day, I really thought we could do more since we hardly spend time 'playing'. Maybe this weekend...

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