the world's most famous dept store

UH-OH

i just went crazy at harrod's! and since I am a cheap-skate who only buys things when they are being offered at a substantial discount, you can thus safely conclude that the things there must be really quite cheap. which is something i never expected since it's supposed to be so atas and expensive.

only managed to get out of the house at 3pm after finally getting to sleep in (that's a reason why weekends are worth living for!), and kinda got side-tracked by some other dept store on the way to Mo.ha.mmed Al Fay.ed's famous empire, which was somewhat like John Little, haha. the pple who shop there belong to the older generation, so when i queued up for the fitting room i had to wait FOREVER. anyhow i managed to get a pencil skirt for work, yay. long way to go tho, i have hardly anything to wear to work, argh, and i need to buy clothes that requite minimal ironing, because ironing on sunday nights is such a pain.

ok back to harrod's. i found myself in the food hall upon entering, and it was packed. all the nice looking biscuits and tea boxes were '3 for 2', and i was so tempted to get some to give the folk (yes there's no plural to that word) back home, but the packing scene at copenhagen flashed before my eyes and i changed my mind. i decided that all the souvenirs had to be non-bulky/heavy. heh.

obviously this wasn't taken today. that was my 1st time @ Harrod's when mum was here.

somehow, i managed to bump into sabrina and melvin. quite a pleasant surprise (tho i alr knew before hand tt she would be there cos i spied on her blog... haha) considering how mega-big the stall is there are so many guards just helping lost people to find their way. on top of that, everytime you pay, the last qn the cashier will ask is 'can i point you to where you want to go next?'. i found that quite cute. and since i bought quite a lot of things and had to pay for them before leaving each section, i heard that question quite a lot.

fragrances and cosmetics were all going at 50%, so i managed to buy lipstick for mummy, a cheap scent (not EDT or EDP haha, i was tempted tho!) for myself and some other random things (sharon i really wanted to call to ask if you wanted benefit stuff! foundation at 9 quid, cheaper than l'oreal back home lor!). bought yinglu a present for her birthday too (: [or it could be part of your present i guess, if the rest alr have something up their sleeves]. got typical harrod's souvenirs for the cousins (except sean, so if you've reading this please tell me what you want!) and nearly got tempted into buying a bear for myself cos it was half-price but decided that it was stupid to buy for myself. *hint* bought running shorts cos we have a sever lack of them at home, and a ferrari frangrance for david, haha. oh yeah, before i left, i saw the wimbledon memorabilia and couldn't resist getting a cap, i think i shall give that to wee siang, since he did try to help me improve my tennis last time.

anyway, the reason why i wanted to blog in the first place wasn't cos the store is quite amazing. the toilets had signs leading to them called 'luxurious restrooms'. hahaha. but it was really quite luxurious, since there was a water cooler (the kind with gold rims) with plastic cups by the side, and a janitor went into the cubicle to clean up a bit in between every usage (which also explained the long queues). there was also a range to sprays and hand lotion for you to liberally utilise at the sink. reminded me of saks 5th avenue, when debbie and i, as wide-eyed 19 year olds, couldn't believe our eyes when we went to the toilet we took a whole video of it. haha!

other than the restroom, i steered clear of the 'wedding dress boutique', 'designer studio', 'luxury collections', but couldn't help but wander into the shoe collection section. i was in there for a grand total of 10 seconds because i felt too out of place. and i still haven't bought a pair of flats so that i can walk to the train station in the mornings. i should stop wearing my suit and birks haha. it's quite a funny sight.

there was also a memorial to dodi and diana, and it was quite a tourist attraction. so i decided to be a tourist too and jostled my way in to get a picture. haha.

oh, best of all, i had an additional 10% off cos they have some special harrod's reward card thing. maybe i should drag david along and go again tomorrow, and maybe i can get my teddy bear this time.... haha.

i'll settle for a smaller version of that, thankyouverymuch (: (only 7.95!)