some of my precious loot

here are just some of my precious loot i came back with, excluding many clothes i got for myself and pressies i got for everyone, including my dad... who as usual, was indifferent towards his new ralph lauren leather clutch (the one he brings to church for his bible now is also ralph lauren but was quite old, so i thought he'd like this.. but i guess not! :p) old men are hard to please.... my mum's coming back next week, so hope she likes her pressies! i got her the most stuff.... because mummies are bestest... haha i sound so immature... whatever.. ppffttt...

hard to pick favorites, but i adore adore adore my new awesome pink-colored "fake" cuckoo clock from urban outfitters (i got 1 for you too, mao!!! they only had 2 left), the pinnochio measuring tape from the MoMA store in new york, 2 kick-ass tops i got from ragstock (b was super amused that the front entrance was at the side alley, i told him ragstock's entrances were all? like that... well at least those that i've been to! we've to either climb up or down or bothways from a tiny door)




and my US$1 (!!!) nut cracker from the unique thrift store at kedzie, which has gotten much dustier than i last remembered it to be.. i also got 1 huge duffle bag worth of awesome fabrics from the thrift stores in chicago! ahhh!!!! i had to try hard to contain my screams (i gave out tiny ones) everytime i laid my eyes on those bags full of fabrics! that means good stuff in store for new goods ;) weee!

b truly adores chicago for all its quirkiness, and has declared that his favorite place to go to was the belmont area... after our refreshing brunch at orange cafe, i brought him around the cool shops there, and his favorites (other than the costumey and s&m ones!) were hollywood mirror and uncle fun.

this was his first-time in an actual thrift/vintage store, and he went berserk! he was like a wide-eye kid in willy wonka's chocolate factory! i gave him a huge appreciative hug because... seriously... how many singaporeans... men!... actually enjoys shopping... and in a thrift store????? i was really apprehensive, and prepared to let him go walk around elsewhere while i went to my long list of thrift/vintage stores... i guess i worried too much. *smuacks!* we also got ourselves some fun halloween costumes, a pair of awesome thrifted cowboy boots and hats each. other than some vintage shirts and pants, he also got a little decent lootful of crazy toys (we call it ba-ling-long... and all the way during our trip, he kept asking me to bring him to more shops that sells ba-ling-long!!!?!) HAHAHAhah! he was sad to leave chicago for ny because i told him that chicago had more ba-ling-long stuff than newyork.....

and we both decided that if ever lof decides to open our own boutique, it has to be in the armitage area. that's my favorite place in chicago to live also, if ever.