monday.

aiks. its just past 1 and i'm still awake.

this monday evening found me in the office till 8pm, and thereafter at Jurong Point (how un-monday-ish and un-emilyish eh.) hunting down the elusive handbag. been somewhat looking forward to getting a new bag that i can trot round with on workdays and weekends. the purchase's not been made, but i'm pretty close to a decision, i hope.

the competition's down to two--one nice brownish look-like-real-leather bag from John Little, and another dark blue can't-remember-what-material one from Charles & Keith. Both share the same price range--'pricey'. (i think anything above $39.90 for a bag counts as pricey, except for a crumpler, of course. i vouch for those.)

the verdict shall be final soon i hope. i think JL beckons more, cos my mom revealed earlier that she gets a 10% rebate on all JL merchandise on some card. Pretty funky, only that i gotta get her to go get the bag with me ;)

such is my monday worldliness. and well, the bag hunt kinda detracted into an any-other-thing hunt. and i spotted a pair of lovely good-fitting adidas shorts which cost a whopping $10 more than the above-mentioned bags. go figure.....

so, no purchases made except for the subway cold cut trio which i happily and thankfully chowed down when i got home (:

days like this are kinda rare i guess. just being on my own and walking where my feet take me. why, of course at the mall, the feet just take me everywhere. but, thankful for the time i had.

at work, it was one more 'bombshell' surprise from a relevant government body, a surprise which, fortunate or not, spells a one month delay in the publication of my project. but, i'm not flustered, not panicking. reminded that God sees everything and holds the project in His hands.

and just when i thought i was gonna get a day off in October to go buy some birthday presents! (:

all in all, thank You God for bags, window-shopping, subway sandwiches, 'bombshell' surprises and the wonderful promise that You are with me and You take delight in me, even when i find myself so undelightful a lot of the time.

(: