christmas shopping :)

Hubby and i went downtown yesterday. Oh, downtown refers to denpasar, where there are shops, more shops, cafes, restaurants, book shops which i miss very much and people! LOL. We wanted to do some christmas shopping and we probably picked a good time to do so as well as there were sale going on everywhere! how strange i thought but i didn't waste time wondering why of course :). i had 1 hour and 1/2 to myself whilst he was in the dentist and i had ball actually taking my time picking, choosing, taking my time over the christmas decoration stuff and zipping in and out of probably every single store in Matahari!. I am finally going to admit that i MISS SHOPPING and WINDOW SHOPPING! my eyes were having a great feasts! Hubby and I walked through every single aisle at the hypermart that was next to MATAHARI and i was taking down notes on how much those worldly possessions that we wish to get for the new home we are building! 37" to 42" tvs (we do not know the difference between plasma or HD tvs. they all looked good to us), nice big huge fridges, microwaves and washing machine (i hand wash all our clothes at the moment!) and plastic plates and cups that hubby feels strongly about given that i am so bloody clumsy :).

We drove to Carrefour after and finally after all this time, i bought Hubby his first ipod. an ipod nano! :)

the nano is super light and so very thin! i bought a JBL speaker as well and as we speak, hubby is playing with his new toys in his office :). Merry Christmas hubby. I hope you like your gift! :)

if it's anything we are deprived of it's music! music in the car, music at home, music at work. the radio stations here are not brilliant and when you finally get a channel that plays an english song you get someone talking non-stop and it feels like eternity before the next song is played. Other times you get no signal whilst driving through the kampung areas. so if you are one of those that just cannot live without music, you will understand our grief and deprivation :).

We ended the day at Cat&Fiddle, a restaurant in Sanur which was on our way back home. The restaurant actually belongs to the british consulate here. If you like a nice big english or irish breakfast or pies and grills, this is the place to try out. The food is great here and i think we were both craving for that draft San Miguel that they serve as well :). it was raining and they had a local band playing. A very entertaining and lively band and they knew a wide range of songs. The liveliness made up for their mis-pronounciation which use to hurt my ears but now makes me laugh. I guess i am slowly fitting in and taking things in my stride.

I had a great day... it almost feel like a "normal" day out. i don't go out often lah! so it means a lot :)