Was supposed to go to Jinny's store for grade a bags at Silom Village which required me to take the MRT to Silom before changing to the BTS to reach Surasak. I tell you the best decision I made was to get the free SIM card. The hotel front desk called close to 10.30 saying that the delivery guy came (like finally) and I had to urgently text Tobs to get him to return to settle the payment. But thank God it went smoothly and we got our goods.
It was quite a chore trying to locate Jinny's. I got slightly lost but thank God there were helpful passers by who pointed me in the right way. The weather was scorching hot and I had to keep drinking to keep myself hydrated. When I got to Jinny's, the first bag I picked up also became the one I bought. The collection is decent and the quality is better than those you see in Platinum. Was super happy with the buy and even though I only managed to bargain off 200B, it was a good buy at 3600B (paid 2100 in credit card and 1500 in cash).
Very tempted to grab a cab to head to Central World but I know the husband will not approve. So I obediently took the BTS to Siam and walked. Lunch was 8 pcs chicken drumlets at Pizza Company (179B) plus the usual maggi mee papaya salad I always get at Central Food Hall (60B). Then it was Platinum Mall.
Just to satisfy myself, I popped by the shop with the secret room that contains (apparently) grade a bags from Korea. I took a look at a similar one that I bought and the shop owner's starting price was 5800 (or sth) but he said he will give it to me for 3800. And this is for the smaller one. I had a quick look at the make, it was nowhere near Jinny's and therefore I conclude that my buy was fantastic. Did see some shops selling Jimmy Choo bags in quite good make too. Perhaps for next trip? :)
Needed to get a cheap replacement for my tour bag that is severely overused and the zip has even come off. Decided on (shop name) that was selling bags for 300B each for 2 pieces and will drop it to 250B if I get 3. This is when it would be really quite useful to have a bunch of gfs who can share purchases. But being the bargain hunter I am, and the fact that the marginal cost of the third bag is only 150B, I took 3.
Revisited some of my short listed shops from last time and bought a dress from (shop name) for 600B. Alas the one I was eyeing is out of the larger sizes. Boo. Grabbed another Korean style top cos it was only 200B. Barely had time to shop around much cos our Urban Retreat appt is at 4pm.
We finally finished the package with the in laws doing 2hr Thai and the husband and I doing 2hr Swedish. I initially protested to being in the same room with him because I expected him to be noisy when he sleeps. Turned out that I was the noisy one instead as I developed a blocked nose for facing down for a prolonged period of time. So that was the last 3 sessions for our 10,000B package. I asked if there were still selling it and unfortunately, no more!
Dinner was at San Sab and we had quite a feast including 2 chicken dishes (the fried winglets are not v good), pad Thai, some strange beehoon, fish (nice but ex) and San Sab Son Tum (like!). It was apparent the Tobs was not full and we grabbed some cream puffs from Beard Papa. Thank God for seasonal special - green tea! Next time we should try the green tea beverage too. Saw a few people getting it.
Uneventful end to the night where a green tea cream puff was dropped onto the floor and Tobs bought a GMAT book and scored and additional discount.
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