"I get claustrophobia when I look at skinny jeans"

Says one shopper whom I will now admit to be, quite disappointingly, me. Maybe I'm weird that way, but I do feel shortness of breath and a panicky sense of not being able to get out of any pair of SKINNY jeans, ifever I do try them on (unlikely). Which is why I stay away from them, even if I do feel the urgency of buying "baston pants" (mom calls them that; my goodness, she makes it sound so old). Medyo nakaka-conscious magflares or whatever, since everybody's wearing dark skinny jeans (even if it's not exactly a match with their body type). Even my mom is insanely trying to get me to wear those things. Must--resist!!! Come friends! Let us form the last stand against this evil capitalist called FASHION! What say you? Hello?

Anyway, my sisters and I went to Robinsons a while ago to shop a bit. I've been wanting flats for a long time now, so that's what I had in mind. We had our usual run through of the usual boutiques before going to the department store. Buti na lang katabi ng Freeway yung Janilyn cause Bianca and I decided to take a look there too, on a whim. And I saw this wonderful-looking sky blue round-toe pumps (which was somewhere on my wishlist too) sitting there on the shelf. I casually looked at the bottom for the price tag and-- homaygad!!!!-- P100 lang siya. Seriously?! SERIOUSLY. Nowhay. Nung una natawa ako, tapos sabi ko kay Bianca, "Tingnan mo o, P100 lang," na parang pa-joke pa.
"Namamalik-mata ka lang no." And then she gets it from me. "Onga no."
So I asked the saleslady, and she confirmed it.

I have never bought anything faster in my life. When I think about it, it's probably the most rational purchase I've bought so far, because: what are the chances that I'm going to get a pair of awesome heels like that for a hundred bucks? Nada. So there.

I'm feeling quite wise now actually.

I bought a practical pair of flats din, from the department store.

I like malling once in a while. Ansarap ng air-con! Though it was so annoyingly NOISY a while ago, because Calla Lily had to show up and sing songs. Their legion of fan girls sounded interestingly like a collective scream from a newly-hatched clutch of Godzilla eggs. Going down there was INSANE. It was "as if the very evilness of Mordor had come upon us, and we were drowning in the precipitation of orc breath and god-knows-what-else." (I guess even the good-looking guys aren't spared from having their own jumping orc collection.) Dun kasi kami sa baba sinundo e.

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Sidestory:

Bago kami pumuntang mall, we stopped by Katipunan first. There was this couple on the other side of the street, bumibili sa tindahan. Sobrang lovey-dovey nila na nakakatawa. The girl was all over her (unattracti--*cough*-- normal looking) boyfriend and was all touchy feely. Muntik na ata mag-FK kung hindi lang nahulog yung butil ng kornik (san galing yun???). So kiss-kissan na lang sila sa cheek at kung saan saan. By this time nakatingin na rin yung mga nakaparadang tricycle drivers. And then I saw the guy touching her thigh!!! In broad daylight. Whatda. Sabay yung girl, napa-wedgie-- sa harapan!! Gets niyo baaaaaa?! Huwatisdut. Medyo horrified kami ni Bianca na sobrang tawang-tawa. HAHAHA. Loko talaga yung mag-syotang yun.

Ayun. La lang.