Lazy Sundays, Take Three

Ahhh. Lazy Sundays. What I been doing all day? I woke up at like 8 am for some random reason then forced myself back to sleep till about 10:30-ish. I figured since I'm awake I can do a few loads of laundry *Yay clean clothes for Vegas! Then after my laundry was done, I hit up the car wash so I can get rid of all that sap and crap on my car. The car wash guy told me that I need the "Full Detail Wash" which was $150 because my car was so disgusting. I don't think so. It's a corolla. Yeesh. So I compromised and got the $50 express wax wash thingy. My car looks pretty clean and it's actually never been waxed. But honestly, I probably could've gotten the same effect with the $20 regular car wash. Whatever. Not doing that again.

After the car wash I headed to Stonestown Mall and ate Boudin's for lunch. Again. Yum. But this time I got the Chinese Chicken Salad which is probably my most favoritest salad... and not only because I am Chinese. After lunch I tried this nail place in the mall and got a mani/pedi. The pedicure was nice and the manicure was OK. I think it's better than the cheapy place I usually go downstairs because they have a better selection of nail polishes and they have the cool massage chairs. But the actual polishing of my nails was only subpar. I a tiny air bubble on one of my nails and there are a few nails that were a tiny bit sloppy. But oh well.

After my mani/pedi I decided to randomly walk around the mall to see if I can find anything to buy. I went to AE (nothing), JCrew (nothing), BR (nothing), and then finally went to Gap. I found a cute plain grey cotton dress that was on sale for $20 so I got that. I'm going kinda shopping crazy with dresses lately. Maybe because dresses are so comfy. Hmmm... I hope this isn't a path where I'll eventually be buying muumuus and weighing 800 lbs. Yikes.

After the mall, I went to Bed Bath and Beyond to find a plain duvet cover to go with my new quilt! *yay. I bought a light green colored duvet which should hopefully match the quilt, for only $50. Niiice. And now I'm doing another load of laundry for my new duvet covers and another load for my towels, etc. making it four loads of laundry today. Wow... that's a lot of laundry. Anywhoo, now I'm just sitting at home after spending 30 minutes on the phone with my mom trying to persuade her to try gmail instead of aol and then it turns out my dad doesn't enable cookies on his computer so she can't access gmail anyway. Argh.

So! I'm reading this book called Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes. And it's pretty damn sad. You just really feel sorry for the main character. I was reading the book while getting my pedicure and I almost started crying. I had to stop reading otherwise I would get a lot of weird stares. Hopefully I'll finish the book by Vegas time so I can let Sooz read it. Ok. I guess I'm done for now. I should really get out more. Hm.

Bikini waxes...

aren't that bad actually! I was pretty scared at first, but the waxing lady was so nice and gentle it wasn't bad at all! Cheech and I left work around 5 pm, grabbed some starbucks (and took some extra strength tylenol), and headed over to NTT Skin in Palo Alto. We kinda got lost on the way but luckily Cheech called Stef and we found the spa.

I went first because I wasn't freaking out as much as Cheech and the lady, Nellie, did my eyebrows and lip first. She was super meticulous and it took a lil longer than I'm normally used to. But she did a really great job on my eyebrows. One thing I didn't like was she kinda burned my lip, so I have this little scab thingy which sucks, but it should go away in a few days. Then came the uncomfortable part... so I won't go into detail too much, but it was pretty awkward being on that table. But Nellie was still very nice and professional so she didn't make it any worse than it had to be. I wanted to "go big or go home" but instead decided on just a regular bikini wax. Overall it was pretty awesome... I would go back eventually. And the prices were VERY reasonable. Eyebrows $15, lip $10, and bikini $35... so it all added up to $60!! Freaking awesome. The lady that does my eyebrows at Stonestown mall charges just as much for an eyebrow/lip wax. She does a great job also, but I don't feel like she's as meticulous as Nellie. I think I've found a new waxing lady. AWESOME.

Anyway, so after the waxing experience, Cheech and I headed back to work so she can grab her stuff (also her friend Christina was meeting us there). We sat around for a bit, then headed to Lucy's house for her graduation party (I guess she graduated in Winter, but walked yesterday). We stopped at Safeway first to grab a bottle of champagne then went to Lucy's house in San Jose. Her family had awesome food for dinner, which was delightful since we were starving... I'm kinda getting hungry just thinking about it now. Anyway, we ate dinner, ate some cake, hung around for a bit, then left at about 10 pm. Cheech and Christina went to hang out around downtown Mt. View, but I decided to drive home. When I got home, I watched some tv, and finished my book Faking It by Jennifer Crusie. Great girlie books!

And now I am still in bed... even though I've slept for around 10 hours. I actually woke up today at like 8 am and freaked out thinking that I was late for work. Then I realized it was Saturday and fell blissfully back to sleep. Sweet. I think I might head to Union Square for a bit of shopping. I need to hit up a few stores... actually I really only need to go to ONE store (Tiffany & Co.) but I'll probably end up going to like 10 different stores. At least. Today feels like a nice relaxing shopping adventure.

Update @ 10 PM:

So I ended up going to Union Square to entertain myself. I returned a dress at Urban, had a delicious clam chowder bread bowl for lunch from Boudin's, then hit up Tiffany & Co. Tiffany was pretty intimidating. It's this ginormous building right next to Union Square. I walked around kind of lost for awhile then this really nice lady helped me with the necklaces I had decided on for my gifts. I didn't realize that it would take so long to get things engraved but the two necklaces will be ready by the time I go home for Tracee's graduation. I had to get my necklace lengthened because my damn neck is too fat. So mine won't be ready until after June.

After Tiffany I hit up this little store called Halo that is VERY forever 21-esque and cheap. I got myself a really cute brown polka dot headband. After I kind of wandered around and met up with Ellen and Phill who were having lunch at the Nordstrom Cafe Bistro. After they ate, we walked around the mall (we went to J.Crew and I tried on a few dresses and they all kinda looked weird) and then hit up Urban. I ended up buying this quilt that I've liked for awhile (picture below!) and then we headed back home. Oh yeah! Also, we stopped at Jamba Juice and there was this CRAZY asian lady!! She had this metal spoon and she was walking around Phill's car with it saying, "I need to see your license and registration please. And your insurance." This lady was freaking crazy. It was pretty funny. Phill was like ,"Uh... please get away from my car... please."
And now I'm just sitting on the couch watching Sweet Home Alabama on a Saturday night. I was going to go out to the Mission with Andrew for Henry's bday, but now I am lazy. Woohoo laziness! Tomorrow: manicure, pedicure, random shopping at Stonestown.

Another quiet weekend

Yeah, so Friday night I went home and hung out on the couch. Had a pretty gnarly headache, so it was nice to sit at home and do home-things (wash dishes, cook dinner, etc). Loverly.

Saturday I went out to Chinatown to get my jeans altered with Ellen but the alterations lady is on vacation till May! Yeesh. Must be nice. Then after our failed attempt to see the alterations lady, we hit up dim sum at the same place we always go to. I have no idea what it's name is, but it's on Pacific between Powell and Stockton. After dim sum, we walked around Chinatown, bought a few pastries from Golden Gate Bakery, then headed home for more TV and couch lounging. Later, Phill came over and we all went to Union Square. Ellen and I went to Zara, H&M, and Levis and I did not find ONE thing that I wanted to buy. How depressing... I was really hoping to shell out some cash and bring something fun and new home so it can entertain me for a day or so. Oh well. After more couch lounging, we hit up Naan 'N Curry on Van Ness. Word of advice, don't eat at Naan 'N Curry. The chicken tikka masala was so very bland! Bleh. Then after dinner, we just sat on our asses and ate. Awesome. I'm not even going to try to name all the foods I've eaten over the weekend.

Sunday I headed out to the Warriors VS Timberwolves game in Oakland. It was REALLY fun! Too bad we got there hella* late and missed the first two quarters. Whatevah, it was fun for a random Sunday adventure. After the game we headed home to rest and then hit up Target later. So overall, it was a pretty chill weekend. I had a lot of fun hanging out with Ellie and Phill.

Oh! I also booked my room at Bally's and my plane tix for my Vegas Adventure over Memorial Day Weekend. I'm pretty damn excited. Me and Sooz don't drink or gamble too much, so we're mostly going to walk around, shop, and entertain ourselves while Chris has to follow us around. It'll be awesome. AND I put down the deposit for my European Vacation in September. The future is looking up, people... I can feel it.

Things I bought:

Target - Bamboo/cotton sheet set for $39.99

Things to buy:

I really want this necklace (see picture). I think I've wanted this necklace for about 6+ mos., but I can't seem to buy it. They just came out with a new heart watch thing. So, I might just buckle down and get it. I'm not sure if I want black or red... we'll see. Oh, and I want a new duvet cover from Target.

Things I ate today:

Breakfast: potatoes, half a english muffin, scrambled eggs, OJ

Lunch: white rice, beef n broccoli, asparagus, diet dr. pepper

Dinner: vermicelli noodles, white rice, seafood black pepper thingy, piece of chicken, water

Etc: It's It ice cream sandwich (oooops!), berries

*nice.