Shoebox shoes

Recieved the mailer in my email to say there will be a shoebox shoe sale at suntec room 209 today, which will start at 11:00. Was super excited and was expecting a grab of good buys.

But horror, horror, the space they rented for this sale is super small. It is, by my estimation, not bigger than 10m x 15m. That is really small considering the crowd at any one time is around 200 or 250.

But to cut the long story short, I only manage to find a pair tt I like, which is the pair below..

It spells of gothic! It is black laced, and the heels are at least 2 inches (my comfortable heels' height) and the heels are covered with satin material, which is so smooth and luxurious. There is a black leather bow at the front of the shoes which adds a contrast to the style. The shoe on the whole screams of attitude, but the black bow seems to be a meek bow (ignore pun) over.

Ok, a bit kua zhang to associate like tt, but it comes naturally to me to recognise concept mah. Jeez.

But one thing is, they ran out of shoe sizes. I expect a size 7 to fit comfortably, a 6 to be a tad tight. But they ran out of 7s.

Never mind I thought, what's pain when pretty shoes are at stake? I swore the pair on display showed $9.90, but the pair of 6 that I was hugging says $37.90.

Never mind, never mind, it is PRETTY!!! I must have it, despite looking weird, cos I was the only one (I think, I saw, I realised) who is queuing up with a single pair. Others are like carrying 5, 6 pairs per person...

By the time I was queuing up for this pair of shoes, it was around 11:45. I was supposed to be meeting camilla for lunch, after which we would go back to the office, where she will use her pass to let me access the office.

My office pass isnt ready, so I would have to depend largely on the favour of my nice colleagues to open doors for me.

But 30 mins passed, I barely moved 2 metres. After 1 hr of queuing, I was, YAY!, 5 metres and advancing! But at least another 10 metres away.
(All in estimations, because the queue was weaving.)

Then I gave up. The queue is really too long to queue, I estimate I might be in the queue for another 2 hours, and I consoled myself saying tt the shoes doesnt fit perfectly anyway! And for $37.90 I can easily get another pair of shoes tt I like! (My usual shoe budget is not more than $30.)

But when I reached home, checked back the mailer, and realise the pair is INDEED $9.90. Now, I dont know if I knew for sure tt the pair was $9.90 would I have cont to queue? All I know is that I feel a little disappointed to know I let go of that fabulous pair of cheap shoes!!

Sigh.

To add to it, I realise the FE5500 camera might cost me up to $630 if I buy the bundle because someone is selling his set on auctions for $580. I was praying tt the tangs voucher can be put into good use. But recently I have no plans to go to tangs to cfm leh... Think will try to convince mashi to go with me next sat.



And recently I've spent a lot on the auctions! I've bought a pair of jeans, 3 tops, and am eyeing another few tops too.

Kao eh, I really spent too much money these days, especially with the camera purchase coming up, I feel very stressed that I'm spending as fast as I earn!

Then again, I really want to buy the camera leh!! But I cant compromise my clothes spending budget too! Ren yi jing bu mei le, bu ke yi yi fu ye bu mei! Sigh.

Zen me ban!