July 25th, 2010 (6 days, 3 hours ago.)

OMGGG… ME AND RIZZLE HAVE TICKETS TO SM TOWN!!!
Well, we knew this 3 hours ago. We got tickets like RIGHT AFTER it went on sale. xD I seriously am still trying to take this all in. I AM IN SHOCK… that I’m doing this, lol. My parents don’t even know yet, and I have no idea how to tell them except that I’d only just asked them this afternoon about their thoughts on me going to LA. xD They weren’t thrilled, to say the least. I said it wasn’t confirmed yet (because at that time, we hadn’t gotten tickets), but now it is. O_O
I’ll be on a flight for 18 hours, with a stopover in Tokyo for both ways. O_O ALONE. O_O And then I’ll meet Face and we’ll have a good time with her (now our) hotel roommate. :D Omg, I’m finally meeting Face after 3 years! That’s crazy! :D
Okay, enough rambling and back to planning the trip. Yay Face! <#
January 31st, 2010 (6 months, 0 days ago.)
For Christmas last year, I got a Borders gift card, worth S$100, from my parents. It was fantastic! :D Probably the best present ever, being the nerd that I am. :3 Seriously, if you can’t think of anything to get me, a Borders (or any book store, really) gift card always works wonders. Or as long as it’s books (it has to be a good read, obviously), CDs/DVDs or even notebooks! Yeah, I collect notebooks, much to the annoyance of mother dearest. :p I can’t help it!
The point of this post was to marvel at how much I can spend on books, CDs and DVDs on a single trip to a book store. ._. Occasionally, I even splurge on stationery. This is dangerous! Someone keep me away from these places! Dx
I met up with Lorraine, a dear friend I hung out with back in college, two Friday nights ago. I dragged her (not quite literally) to Borders, without the intention of getting anything, seeing as just the previous week, I got two design books (this and this) which were on 50% off.
However… *danger music* I decided I wanted to get Mitch Albom’s Have a Little Faith, it was on offer and was only $24.99. :p As we browsed through the store, I spotted some design books on a row of shelves with other random books, so I flipped through the design ones. Then I looked up… to a sign that said something along the lines of “spend at least $30 and get any of these books for $10!” BREAKING POINT! I had to have those design books.
I mean, if you’re a design student, you know how much design books cost, and how crazy it would be to get a few of them just for referencing. Part of the reason why we’re always broke, lol. I grabbed the two design books (this and this) and went in search of other things to up my purchases to $30. Lorraine also grabbed a book she liked to put on my tab, since it was only going to be $10 anyway. xD
I looked around the DVD section since I had CD & DVD coupons from the Borders newsletter, and ended up getting Up and Night at the Museum. As I was about to go pay, we passed by a wagon with DVDs below $15, so I got Final Destination. xD
So… there you have it. This is how I can go into a bookstore without planning to get anything, to coming out with way too many things. :| Emptied my gift card and paid for the rest myself. Scary, huh? Haha.
Have you had this experience before? Or are you really disciplined with your money? :p
January 27th, 2010 (6 months, 4 days ago.)