crocs

We have pretty fixed itinerary whenever we are in the Beijing.
Places to eat and places to shop.

When we were supposed to go 2 weekends before, we talked about the places we were to go again…
I almost missed adding a new spot. H&M!

Then, nights before this trip. I had a dream… a friend, her baby and I visited the H&M store.
We had fun shopping… though we were somehow shopping stuffs for Home.

Wierd! But I guess this is how my mind works. Subconsciously reminding me.
I digress a little… but I once read about Sprouse LV Collection launch, months before the actual date.
And guess what? Few days before the launch I had a dream about holding one of the bags when I forgotten totally about it.

Anyway, that morning, i couldn’t wait! Shook and woke Dp up, telling him about my H&M dream.
He asked why do I insist in going, since there’s probably nothing for me to buy.
I wondered too, but told him that we have been to every H&M in every city we visited, since 2002.
Why not Beijing? Besides, I am capable of buying anything in sight.

And so last Saturday, we were off to Qianmen after an early lunch at Lau Pat Sat and shopping at The Place.
I was up very early that morning! I couldn’t wait to get out of the house to start eating and shopping.

Years ago, we used to go Qianmen a lot whenever Dp’s dad is in town.
He believes that Qianmen has the most authentic Quan Ju De’s peking duck
Then, the road was cramped and dirty.
Most migrant workers would ‘hang around’ there when they first step foot in the Capital looking for jobs.

Good news! The street is now rebuilt, revamped and transformed into pedestrian-only street.
Bad news! We had to park far from the street and walk to H&M in the heat!

Us @ Qianmen. Feeling happy in the heat…still.
Small image size because my face is big enough! :-p

It was bustling with tourists at the main section of the street, but I somehow took pic of the quiet part!

H&M.
Zara & Uniqlo will too open on the same street.

Hair accessories! I <3 animal prints!!!

I managed to get myself maternity wear, hair accessories, a set of clothes of Baby Chang and resisted buying cute baby wear for lil’ judebabe.
But I did get her a pink headband.

Our shopping for the day.
In the picture, Dp’s Croc shopping bag. He loves Crocs too!

We then headed to Dp’s favourite place, for Xinjiang food!!!

Dp is very happy with his BBQ lamb. Check out the wooden skewers~!
And he totally deserves to eat the greasy fatty meat for being so patient with my shopping!

After the greasy dinner, we went to Solana for more shopping and Transformer 2.
You know you are really deprived of shopping when you are happy about shopping in Muji and Lock & Lock food storage containers!!!

At 80yuan per ticket, movies cost 4 times more than in Yuncheng but at least we got to watch it in English version.
One thing however remains the same with Yuncheng, it was just as hot and stuffy in the cinema in Beijing.
And surprisingly, Yuncheng has better pop corns!

Its definitely much cheaper and better experience to watch movie in Singapore even during peak timings.

The next day was less fun! As I didn’t have much to buy.
But still managed to get myself a pair swarovski earrings and slippers.
I needed to justify that day’s shopping with something.

So what was it like walking all day on my feet with a 75kg burden?
(75kg!!!??? Shocking!? Guess what, I’ll probably pile on another 5kg before birth!)
I never had a chance to walk this much in a day, in Yuncheng.
I was out for a total of 12 hours on Saturday.
I needed to nap in Yuncheng, but that afternoon, I didn’t feel tired at all.
Even though I slept really late the night before and was up early.
SIL couldn’t quite catch up with my energy level that day.

On the second day, I was still feeling pretty good in the morning but was soon feeling pretty drained by 3pm.
I don’t know if its my body, the heat, the day’s uneventful shopping or the top I was wearing day that made me look really really fat instead of pregnant…
I was feeling tired and my self-esteem was really low that day.

At 6pm, I was WADDLING to the boarding gate.
Despite being big, people have been telling me that I am still walking pretty normally.
So maybe I only waddle when I am tired and when my feet and thick thighs couldn’t support my weight.

AND I must be very big and looked like I am about to POP… as the air stewardess seemed genuinely frightened concerned when I boarded the plane in Yuncheng.
I lied to her that I was only 6 months pregnant… when in fact, I am closing to 8.
I don’t know why I lied but I wanted to make sure I get to Beijing!

Anyway, there won’t be a next time, no more trips and plane rides for me till Iil’ judebabe arrives.

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