2D2N Bangkok - Day 3

Must be the Swedish massage. We slept really well and even for me (given I can't stand the mattress and the pillow) I didn't wake up till close to 0815. Just a point of reference, the previous day I was awake by 0715.

Packed up and made sure everything was in order before I left for my waxing appointment at 10am. The service was quite fast for full leg (800B) and I was done at 10.30 although there were still some sticky bits left behind. Supposed to be at 53 salon by 11 for my hair appointment and I happily decided to walk from soi 23 when my destination is soi 53. Thank you google map for giving me wrong directions and a misconceived idea of how inconvenient the place is. In the end, I walked 2 BTS stations to get to Thong Lor and was gong to head down soi 53. I was about 8 mins into soi 53 then I wondered whether all this trouble was worth it. The unit number is 55 and it seemed to be a pretty damn long walk. This was when I decided to abandon all ideas of the hair treatment and just leave. Next time, perhaps. 

By then it was like 1130 (yes I have walked close to an hour). I figured since I was in Thong Lor, why not look for the branch of After You? After walking down soi 55 for about 5 mins, I decided better not, since I'm uncertain of the exact location. May end up walking for a really long time. Then the brilliant idea to head to Siam. 

First stop, After You. No queues. I was apprehensive about finishing a Nutella Toast myself but the baby toast is just 20B cheaper than the actual one so I figured no point. It was good but would have been better with company from the husband. By the last third, it was getting slightly too much for me to handle. But I finished it anyway (except the ice cream). 

On to the next stop - paragon departmental store to get all that I have set out to get. Thank God I cleared everything on my list - lingerie, underwear, goggles, just that Scholl's insoles was out of stock else it would have been perfect. Dropped by H&M as well and was blessed to pick up exercise shorts that were reasonably priced (799B). Took a breather at Paradise Dynasty and ordered my 6 pcs cheese xlb (185B) and my usual sliced pork la mian (195B).

Last stop, the supermarket for Brands items. Got to claim VAT refund on those as well. Whee! Picked up some chou from Bake a Wish. Note to self - the husband thinks the strawberry one is a little artificial. Opt for vanilla in future.

Then it was a mad rush to make it for my 3.30pm foot massage appointment but I reached close to 4. Still got my massage and it was ok. Think the masseur might have been skiving cos I was sleeping. We grabbed a cab close to 6 due to some delays on the MIL's dental stuff but for 450B (horrible cabbie did not agree to turn on meter) we got to the airport in less than 25 mins! 

Super long queue for VAT refund. On hindsight, ought to just opt for credit card refund then don't need to queue. Esp since the refund was only 196B after taking 100 or admin fee. Tobs bought 2 dozen chicken drumlets and we almost couldn't eat it. Had to sit at the waiting area, hoping that there are more late comers while we chomped down as much food as possible. Didn't manage to finish, that shall be breakfast tml:) 

The next time we come back, hopefully there is no more babysitting to be done and we can properly stay in Siam Kempinski please!!!