woke up around 7:45am, which is better than the normal 8:30am. my usual morning consists of 

1. wake up
2. feed the dogs
3. brush teeth
4. wash face
5. put on skincare
6. play facebook games: cafe world, farmville, cityville, and happy pets while getting my feet massaged by my kick-ass OSIM foot massager
7. put on clothes
8. walk Pika
9. eat breakfast

sometimes, i would try to do a 10 to 15 min. chore as well. all this would take me 2 hours. yeah, that takes a long time. 

i managed to get to the office by 10:30am and did work for two hours. i was hoping that my staff would finish with the paperwork for me to approve payments for the suppliers this month, but nope, nada yet. so i checked my e-mails, replied to e-mails, did some paperwork here and there, and left the office by 1pm. i had lunch at the FE department store. lunch was shabu shabu at Lemongrass Restaurant. i like their soup base, which was made from lemongrass. however, the best thing about this place is their lemongrass sauce! oh, and unlimited lemongrass green tea. yum yum. i even texted Helen during lunch to let her know i'm eating shabu shabu.

went to get my facial at sisley at 2pm. this time, it took two hours. i think probably because my period just finished and i had a lot of pimples on my chin. the lady put cleansing mask on me twice to make sure i get all the toxins out of my skin. plus, she knew that i'm leaving for China this saturday, so she had to prepare me for the worst. China always makes my skin bad. i think it's the water quality there. 

after sisley, i went to pick up our dry cleaning, which was only a silk duvet cover. i think i'm going to switch to a new dry cleaner, mainly because the old one is a bit too far (by the old house). i do feel bad leaving them since they are a small mom and pop store and the couple who owns it are super nice. i'll give the dry cleaner near us a shot and if they suck, well, i guess the extra drive wouldn't really hurt.

my h2o shirt's button fell off, so i went back to Shinkong department store to bring it to the lady at the store to fix it for me. since she's always so helpful when buttons fall off of my shirts, i usually buy a lot of clothes from her. good service is the key. i didn't buy a lot from her this year though because their dresses and winter stuff are alright. i did buy a lot of turtle necks and pants. after h2o, i stopped by iris girls to say hi to the girl who works there. obviously, i'm also one of her good clients. their dresses and jackets are always super cute. i bought a shitload of stuff from her last week, so today, i went back and got the "maybes" because i don't want to regret not buying them. i saw her wearing these really cute gray boots (no heel)...and asked her where she got it. she took me downstairs to the shoes department right away to see them. omg, they are super comfy!!! they also had another color in red brown which i really like, so i ended up buying two pairs for myself. i found out that she is also a shoes fanatic...so i found a shoe friend. yay!!! she told me she bought eight pairs of shoes last month already. that's my girl right there! haha.

i got home around 8pm and unpacked my shopping bags right away. Marco and i took the dogs out for a walk and we rented Robin Hood (with Russel Crowe) on bluray. unfortunately, when we got home, i had to shower, wash the dogs, and eat...so not going to watch this movie tonight. i told Marco i'll try to finish all my stuff tomorrow and try to make it back early to watch the movie with him. 

i can't wait to wear my new boots tomorrow!

i woke up early today at 8:30am. why? because i was doing a catering order on cafe world and it ended at 9am. so i set my alarm to wake up in time to make enough dishes to complete the goal. horray! and i did! go me. yeah, obsessed just a lil' bit.

anyways, i had three pieces of wheat bread for breakfast. still trying to finish that loaf of bread i bought from the bakery nearby two days ago. it's good, but man, it's a lot of bread. i definitely need to buy the smaller bread next time. mmmm...the ones with grapes and walnuts in them were delicious!

then i played my fb games until noon. for lunch, it was curry again. yum yum curry! afterwards, i took Pika and Mochi out for a walk to the pet store, which is literally just down the street. i wanted to buy shoes for Pika since she's always walking outside and sometimes i'm worried that her feet might pick up some bacteria (taiwan streets can be very dirty). i ended up picking out these bronze booties with hard soles. the shoes also had a zipper so that it is easier to put on their feet. poor Pika did not like the shoes. she would not walk!!! the employee at the pet shop lured her with beef jerky, then she started walking towards her. it was hilarious to see her walk all weird though. she'll need to slowly get used to it.

i also got a hair brush for the babies. the brush head is made of stainless steel, so it's not suppose to harm their skin. also, it gets deep down into their coats to get all the loose hair out. i brushed Pika for about 10 minutes and there were a lot of hair! nice brush. oh, and quite pricey, USD$50. but it works quite well, i would think it's a good investment. 

on top of that, i got Pika a new retractable leash plus a poo bag holder. they're both pink so yay for matching! today was definitely a shopping day for the dogs. 

we went home and i vacuumed and mopped the house. Mochi still does not like the dyson. she was barking quite ferociously actually. 

around 5pm, we all went to Tai Mall to shop around and eat dinner. dinner was egg wrapped around rice with fried shrimp curry. yeah, i had curry again. oh, and it sucked. my curry is better. i think i was cheated because my meal cost more than it was worth. two tiny shrimps...all i got. yeah, all that for USD$5. not worth it. i was expecting big shrimps. should have gotten the sea bass.

we did shop at OSIM and got the eye massager! let's see if it'll help my eyes relax. yay OSIM!

today was a very chill day. i woke up around 10am, and that is actually considered sleeping in for me. oh, saturday...how much i appreciate weekends now.

since i still have some meat and veggies in the fridge, i've decided to cook for lunch and dinner today.

lunch: fried sea bass with ginger/ green onion topped with soy sauce. leftover straw mushroom, black fungus and pork dish from last night. on-choy stir-fry. 

with the above, i cooked two cups of rice, which should last us for both lunch and dinner.

i've never cooked sea bass before, so today, it wasn't cooked all the way. i didn't flip it because the meat looked like it was going to fall apart if i flip it over in the pan. so with the meat looking all loose, i thought it was done already. oh wells. what's good about cooking fish is...if it's still a bit raw, put it in the microwave for a minute and it'll be a-ok!

farmville and cafe world. yes, i'm back to playing these facebook games. eh, it keeps me relaxed i guess. while playing the games, i could get my legs massaged with the machine Marco put under the desk. yay for OSIM leg massager! we're so crazy about OSIM. we currently own about four items from them: leg massager, waist twister, back massager, and head massager. lately, i'm thinking about going to Tai Mall to check out OSIM's eye massager since my eyes are really tired lately. i believe my vision has gone bad again. some words are a bit blurry when i look at them. dammit, back to contact lens again? possible.

while cooking lunch, i also started making the curry for tonight's meal. this time, i've added more onion and potatoes due to Marco's request. i still put a lot of carrots in there for my own sake. yay carrots!

after lunch, i vacuumed the entire house with my new vacuum cleaner! dyson dc26. we went to B&Q yesterday to buy clothes hangers and i saw the dyson vacuum cleaners. after seeing helen buy hers back in october, i really wanted one for myself. i LOVE vacuum cleaners that are super powerful. it's a weird fetish, but gosh, i just adore them, what can i do? the guy told me dc26 just came out with a new color, hot pink. yeah, so me! i was looking at the allergy one, which is dc22 allergy. it's about NT$2000 more, but it does look bigger and heavier. besides, we don't have carpets so we don't need one that's more powerful. all dysons are powerful...so dc26 works. oh, and only dc26 has the hot pink color. the guy even gave us a hard wood floor brush as a freebie! score! i used the mattress head to vacuum our mattress and the soft brush head to vacuum our sofa. yay for all the awesome heads!

in the afternoon, i've decided to take the dogs out to the department stores by the train station: FE & Shinkong Mistukoshi. Marco wanted me to return this puffy jacket from Levis and the dogs had to get a bigger size for the new clothes i got them from a random stall between the department stores. i actually did pretty well today, didn't buy anything for myself. well, at least not clothes. i did go back to the honey place in FE to buy their honey milk nougat...it was soooooo freakin' good. i also got the honey ice cream. yippy! so close to buying new skirts and dresses from 0918 though...good thing i controlled myself. after my shopping spree last week, i really need to stop. 

i started getting hungry and craving for my delicious curry, so i went home around 6pm. the curry was awesome!!! so perfect. you know, i don't want to brag, but i do make the best curry! after dinner, i finished taking pictures of my shoes and bags. it's been something i wanted to do for a while. it's nice to be able to look at my collection in a glance. i do have too many shoes and bags though. i need to slowly get away from this habit of buying shoes and bags. *sigh* 

it is starting to get cold, so i made a lavender bath tonight. while taking a hot bath, you must drink water so you don't dehydrate, so i made a cup of blueberry vinegar drink. yum! it's a weird combination, but i need the vinegar in my body. i've been eating too much meat lately and i need the vinegar to balance out my blood's ph.