my dad suggested following him since he works somewhere near my house so i could just grab my laptop bag and he can dump me off at the komuter. but the thought of taking the komuter back home later in the evening gives me the shivers since i'd be wasting my time 1) waiting for the komuter to arrive, and 2) waiting for a komuter i could actually squeeze myself in. i got in late to office, no surprise there. to add oil onto my fire (is there such a saying?), the parking lot where i always park my car whenever i drive to work was having some sort of event thingy until the 30th so it was already FULL. i had to park my car at Avenue K, which i found out doesn't seem to practice the flat rate amount per day any more. sigh.
since i had no pending emails to answer (they probably had forgotten about me since the TDA i was working with resigned) me and Sarah went to Tiny Tapir during lunch hour today =D. we had planned a few weeks ago to go for a visit once pay day arrived this month =P. i had planned to purchase a reusable bag, either Roo Shopper or RuMe that Tiny Tapir was selling at an offer price (due to an Envirosax fiasco that made me lose interest in purchasing one in the end). last night i was rummaging through my plastic bag collection and oh my, i didn't realize how many plastic bags were there, even after recycling those Tesco bags for wastepaper baskets! i can't remember who taught me to fold the plastic bags in such a way that they end up being small triangles and you save alot of space keeping them like that. though i think i should've labelled them by size because it's annoying when u open them up and realize it's not the size that you're looking for. hehe.
remember i purchased a mini Roo earlier? (i bought one early last month, not sure if i mentioned it before). i found that the mini RuMe was slightly larger than mini Roo, which i now regret buying since it's a bit too small for even a simple shopping spree (think those small bags that we ladies tend to bring along whenever we go out for lunch to stuff our handphones and purses in, it's roughly about that size i suppose). i don't think i can fit a large box of Dutch Lady milk, a can of tomato soup and some fruits all together into the mini Roo. i was undecided as to whether i should get the mini RuMe or the regular RuMe because i find the the regular sized one a bit too roomy to put in only one or two items, although it would make a perfect bag if i were to shop alone at Tesco =). i checked out the medium Roo as well since it stated that it was roughly the size of a standard plastic bag, but Roos are a bit pricier compared to RuMes and Envirosax. i wanted to get a medium Roo previously but because of the steep price, i chose the mini Roo. big mistake, in my opinion.
i would rate the quality of material from best to less, being 1) Roo, 2) RuMe, and 3) Envirosax.
in the end i bought one regular RuMe to try. the design i bought was Fifth Avenue Spring in NY - a pinkish-orange combination color. i now have my eye on the mini RuMe though =P. Tiny Tapir is selling certain designs for the regular RuMe at RM28, valid until the 31st of this month (normal price is RM36), so i'm thinking of getting another one, because if you think about it, when you do your monthly grocery shopping, you usually won't end up with just one plastic bag. and regardless of the bag being able to carry up to 23kg, i don't think you'll be putting everything into just one bag unless you want to break your shoulder blades or something. Sarah already has one, but she has yet to try it =P.
RuMe - Fifth Avenue Spring in NY
i don't mind not getting a bag or plastic bag for every purchase i make at a store, but i'm wondering if the store doesn't mind if i refuse a bag and decide to use my own reusable bag, because if you think about it, the bag they usually put ur purchase in carries the store logo so you're sorta like doing an advertising stint by just lugging the bag around. i read that at some stores, the cashiers give you a weird look whenever you refuse a plastic bag. sometimes i feel like the items aren't considered paid until they are bagged in the store's plastic bags (they'd usually stick that SOLD sticker on items that are unable to be bagged, so that's why i think this way). do give some insight on the matter, people! one bag i could probably do without are those big La Senza paper bags. you buy two bras and they give u a gigantic paper bag. i don't mind if they stuff my purchases into a smaller bag. i usually end up disposing of the bag anyway.
anway, apart from purchasing a RuMe, i also bought a Baby Kanga CD in Vineyard, a reddish-maroon hue. i initially wanted to get it second hand from another CD-ing mom, but apparently she didn't reply my sms after a few attempts of trying to reach her, so i decided to just get it at Tiny Tapir. heard some nice reviews about this brand of CD so i thought of trying it. Sarah bought one Bumwear trainer in lilac color (she's a purple-crazed mom). it was pouring outside by the time we made our purchases. it seems to rain alot lately in the evenings.
Vineyard Baby Kanga
Earth Hour is this Saturday. my friend Juney jokingly said that the government should just shut off the electricity supply for maximum effect. lol. i dunno if Significant Other would be agreeable to this. i can't imagine him living without his beloved PC and air conditioning. i'd love to see the skies to KL going dark. i haven't had anything planned. Significant Other will be back tomorrow, so we'll see how things go.
Earth Hour 2009
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