Retail Therapy after the First Week

Saturday, 16 of June , 2007 @ 7:58 am

Tags: Divisoria, 168 mall, college

I adore fashion, but I don’t really devote as much time and money to it as I would like. Especially for school. All I need is a nice top, jeans, and slippers/sandals and I’m out the door. I’m not big on accessories and jewelry, either. With everything else I have to worry about, my outfits are the least of them. I find it impractical to be all dressed up just for school, especially since I do a lot of walking and occasional commuting. Also, I would never purchase a top that’s more than 500 bucks if I’m only going to wear it for school. I’m no fashionista, but I try to make sure my clothes are aesthetically… acceptable. And the easiest way to do that is to buy a bunch of colorful tops with funky designs. My friend Karen once said that the tops I wear are tops only I can pull off. Aww. She’s so sweet.

Since I had no meetings lined up for the day, I tagged along with my sister and mom to Divisoria’s 168 Mall to shop for some school clothes. Whee. I love shopping at Divisoria; not only are the tops cheap, they’re really cute, too. I wasn’t able to buy much when I went to Divisoria last week with my friends because Tiff criticized the tops I chose ;p I only bought one top ( I didn’t bother showing it to Tiff. hee hee. ;p). But today I was able to buy a week’s supply of tops, along with a few shoes and bags. Wheee!

Something really annoying happened to us, though. So we went to this stall that sold really cute dresses. I saw one I really liked: a red floral dress with a satin bow that wasn’t attached to the dress- you have to tie it in a ribbon around your waist. So I tried it on, but on my way to the dressing room I accidentally stepped on the bow and dirtied it a little. The dress didn’t fit, but the owner demanded we pay for it anyway because I had “damaged” it already. She said there was no way to remove the stain from the satin bow. Uhm, what the fuck? Okay, I would understand if I ripped the dress or stained it with a permanent marker. But it was dirt, not paint or anything permanent like that. I don’t see how you can’t remove a little dirt from a ribbon. She couldn’t even give a good answer when we asked her why they can’t remove the dirt themselves. The owner was obviously trying to rip us off. My mom was willing to pay for cleaning or whatever, but refused to pay for the whole dress. Besides, my sister saw a top she liked, so it’s not like we weren’t customers. Eventually, the owner let it pass. I’m never going back there again. How dare she try to con us into buying something we don’t want. What a creep.

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And so the most uneventful first week of school I’ve ever had is over. My classes and classmates are all right. I finally met my Math 100 professor. She’s really nice.  I will make it.

My friend and I promised that this semester, we will emulate the study habits of two of our batchmates with summa cum laude standings. We hypothesized (how very Psych of us) that if we study the way they do, maybe we’ll get better grades. Even boost our Grade Weighted Averages to summa cum laude standings as well. Ha ha. We observed the pair of them, and noticed that they seem to spend every spare minute reading something academics-related. Be it required reading material, a textbook, etc. They read it during those idle minutes before the professor arrives, in general assemblies, at lunch, in the tambayan etc. They read chapters in advance as well. Whoa. I wonder how I’m going to pull that off. I can’t even bring myself to read the chapters my professors asks us to before going to class, much less read in advance. I’ll probably start with diligently reading the required reading materials so I go to class prepared for the day’s lecture. That way I don’t have to cram like mad before exams. Ha ha.

My Psych 150 told us to read the first two chapters of “Theories of Personality” for Monday’s lecture. I think I ought to start on that right now.

Or not.

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