The little ones in the extended family are growing up so quickly that I no longer have any idea what to get them anymore since 2 Christmases ago. In fact, earlier last month, I had remarked to my mother that since my parents were moving and all, maybe we should just buy each family a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
the best kind of shopping
Posted in encounters, tagged Christmas, family life, reading, shopping on 5 December, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
pen adultery
Posted in random thoughts, tagged fountain pens, mela v. world, relationships, shopping on 24 June, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I bought this lovely thing today at a pen shop near my office which I’ve never been in for the last 7 years. I bought it because my old Parker Frontier is missing it’s converter and I can’t draw ink from any of the two full bottles of ink I have sitting on my table [...]
the rising costs of raising children
Posted in conversations, tagged family life, lion, motherhood, Peanut, shopping on 10 June, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Telephone conversation between Mummy and Daddy at lunchtime today She: Would you have any objections if I bought your daughter a 50-dollar water bottle? He: WHAT?!?!?! She: Let me explain. The cheap plastic one with a straw is so hard to manipulate that she will probably hurt her fingers doing it. The next in line [...]
shoes
Posted in random thoughts, tagged mela v. world, motherhood, shoes, shopping on 23 August, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today, while slipping on (with great difficulty given that I had to balance a rather large baby on my hip while trying to get buckles on) my black Camper maryjanes which I’ve had since before having Peanut (my currently only pair of functioning work shoes…can you imagine that?! Camper, beyond the prohibitive pricing and the [...]
