Packed Weekends To Come

As 2008 draws to a close, I finally sat down and worked on the timeline and checklist for our wedding and new home. Looks like 2009 will be a busy year ahead, with most of our weekends dedicated to our new home, and later on, the wedding. I hope we will not forget to spend time with each other away from the hustle and bustle of it all once in a while :) After all, us is what this is all about in the first place ya :D

Year end is also the time to meet up with friends, catching up and exchanging gifts, so Pete and I headed off to Howard and Karen's place last Friday. We had a nice home-cooked dinner of pumpkin soup, salad, baby carrots and cottage pie. Dessert was cheesecake and some strawberries and cherries that we bought over. Karen and I exchanged gifts: she received a Biotherm cellulite cream from me for her birthday, a box of chocolates for Christmas, and a little toy for Baby Jonah. We were presented with a Robinsons gift card for Christmas. Time to shop for more country tableware! We had a good time playing with Baby Jonah too, who is almost 5 months old. Here are some photos to share:

Us with Jonah

Can't wait to walk...but I suppose I have to learn to crawl first...

Finally...managed to flip over...phew!

With our timeline and checklist up, we set off bright and early (ok, maybe not that early) last Saturday to visit the Textile Centre in search of upholstery for our extra set of sofa covers. After a wild goose chase, we ended up at Joo Chiat and hit gold when we found an upholstery shop selling prints that are suited to country-themed homes. We went further down Joo Chiat Road, and managed to find another fabric shop with possible striped designs as well. We have not made a decision, and we hope to settle that soon, and place an order for our sofa!

We proceeded to town after, and managed to get my bridal shoes from Far East Plaza. Although they are not really the ideal pair that I would like to have, I figured that it is not really worth it to custom make and pay a bomb for them for something I will not be wearing too often. We headed to Great World City after, and it turned out to be a shoe shopping trip! Bought myself another 2 pairs on sale. Pete managed to get his shoes for the wedding too, and while he was trying them on at Hush Puppies, I tried on a casual pair that was on promotion, and we got that too! I think year end is a great time for shoe shopping due to the sales and promotions :D

Today's catch: Groom shoes, bridal shoes, a pair of slippers, a pair of slip-on heels, and a pair of comfy shoes from Hush Puppies :O

With the purchases, we ticked off wedding shoes on our checklist :)

Sunday came, and there were more purchases on the way. We managed to place an order for our hood, hob, oven and a storage heater with a shop in IMM, which gave us quite a good price for the items. We may go back to them for our other applicances in future. We went to IMM with the intention of placing an order for a bed we saw there, but on closer inspection, the workmanship was of a rather poor standard, and we decided to hold back on the purchase.

We went for dinner at the new Jurong Point extension on Sunday night, and had a sinful dinner at Swensen's. The new extension is really huge, but I think I will have lots of opportunities to explore it further in future :)

"I will take the mega burger...

...and you shall just have this little bowl of coleslaw ya"

With that, we ended the start of our busy weekends to come.