Picket and Rail

Went to the Picket and Rail warehouse and guess what?! While their furniture is nice and the standard American type style ... they have pretty decent tableware and stuff. Damn .. walking around the place seeing their things for sale reminded me AGAIN of all the places I used to buy stuff from in the States .. my favourite being Williams-Sonoma, Crate and Barrel and Longaberger baskets. Lurve those. Brought quite a number back with me to Singapore. Hubby was of course absolutely aghast that baskets could cost so much .. hahaha! ... :p I think I bought more kichen and tableware in the 2 years that we were there than in my whole life here .. haha!

Ok, to be clear, the stuff at Picket and Rail warehouse is NOTHING like Williams-Sonoma and Crate and Barrel .. at Williams-Sonoma, I remember once, my friend and I were in their Scottsdale, AZ store browsing, and my friend bought one of their splatter guards .. they were US$25 each and it wasn't the super large one too. I know our Ikea has them too .. but er, not at US$25 apiece. Lol :p Picket and Rail has stuff that you'd find in their little stores selling knick knacks and Americana themed houseware. Just that somehow, I did feel a sense of nostagia walking through P and R. sigh.

I bought 2 serving plates from Picket and Rail .. :p Here, I managed to sneak a photo of just a small part of their kitchenware section.

Ah yes ...

Haslynda and I when we were 16 in RGS. Lol :p

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Teetotaler am I

Not that I haven't tried mind u. I just don't like the taste of alcoholic beverages be it beer, wine, champagne or hard liqour. I would like say I love a good wine with my meal but I'd be lying through my teeth. Gimme a tall cold glass of Coke with ice and I'm super satisfied.

Which is pretty sad cos we have a whole shelf full of whiskey and such in our store room and no one to drink it. Sigh. Hubby and I were contemplating drinking some the other day to "take the edge off and relax" hahahaha yes, I get stressed too being a sahm. It ain't easy. Plus I am the driver as well.

And while I love my girls to bits, a whole day spent instructing, reprimanding and repeating the same things day in and out can get on your nerves. Trust me. And it doesn't take long.

So there we were flat out on our bed tired as hell one evening and contemplating drinking whiskey. Hubby suggested whiskey lime. I prefer coke. Anytime.

That's all we did. Contemplate. Cos I hate the taste of any kind of alcoholic drink and Hubby was only going to drink if I drank. Oh ya, and I'm still breastfeeding. Lol !

What failures we are. Guess our stash of alcohol will always just remain as our stash and nothing more.

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Taylor my love!!!!

Lol :p yeap, I went and bought the New Moon DVD. Hubby was of course incredulous that I had paid (his) good money to get it. Lol!

Told Claudia that he (Taylor Lautner) was my boyfriend - hahaha. Of course, Hubby shot back that he was more my nephew than anything else. Claudia asked how come and yes, the man gleefully told her that if Taylor were here, he'd addressed me as "Aunty" ....

Hahahahahahahaha! He's just jealous.




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Bad news about "Clash of the Titans"

It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Actually, for those of u who's seen the original, it's actually better. Lol! Of course, the visual effects here are much more advanced but other than that, nothing to rave about.

Wait for the DVD and rent it. Unless you're a sucker for the technical stuff.


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