The search for the ponti dress has ended.
I was planning to look for it in Tuggeranong on Friday after work but my big sister beat me to it. Thanks Regininha! You're too sweet. :)
I still went ahead with my after work plans and arranged to meet up with Regininha in Tuggeranong for dinner. I had a bit of time to kill whilst waiting for her to finish work so I decided to try more Zac Posen clothes at Target. I couldn't believe that they still had most of the pieces in size 6's. So. Very. Tempting. I was seriously thinking of the asymmetrical skirt until I came across the outwear jacket. I tried it on and it was perfect. I rang Miel for a quick consultation and just as I was telling her that I've decided to walk away from it, Regininha arrived and started convincing me to do otherwise. It sure didn't help that random people were walking up to me and showering me compliments. The final straw was seeing this photo that Regina took whilst I was prancing around the store. And then came the approval from the SNSA.
So much for sense and sensibility, hey. *shrug*
From there, we moved to Civic and bought Rodney his birthday present. I had no idea what to give him and with Regina's help, I finally decided on this purple Hugo Boss tie. We capped the night off with dinner at a Singaporean restaurant called La Pasa. The food was pretty average and I would've been more picky if it were any other day but I was just happy to be able to catch up with my big sister.
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Yesterday, I went to the Kokoloco Studio's anniversary party with some friends from salsa class. I bussed it to Thai Spice and met up with Viv and Jane for a quick dinner beforehand. Dinner lasted longer than planned as we chatted through pad thai, chicken curry and pad see eeaw guy. The food was great as usual. We finished everything despite the generous serving portions and left the restaurant wondering how we'll manage in our tiny dresses as well as how can avoid side stitches whilst dancing.
We finally got to Kokoloco where Maddie and Ali were already waiting for us. We were just in time for the junior salsa routine performance. Things were kinda off to a slow start as it seemed like there weren't enough male dancers at the party. Plus we didn't come to the party with any guy friends so we didn't really have anyone to dance with. Our friend Jane was the confident one in the group and she'd randomly move from our circle and next thing we know, she had already asked someone to dance with her. She did the asking on our behalf as well. It was pretty funny. I danced with this guy who thought he was hot stuff. He'd spin me over and over again but he wouldn't be there to catch me. I'm sure he knew the steps and had a bit of technique all figured out but he was forgetting the most important rule of all. And that is to look after the girl. I must've kept up with him alright because he asked me for a couple more dances but seriously… I had a few close calls and was somewhat surprised that not once did I fall over. Viv texted Crom at some stage and he ended up coming to the party and giving his X-Files marathon a miss. It's always good to dance with him because he's one of the better leads in Canberra and he really makes the girl shine everytime. Nevermind that he's linear and I'm Cuban. I'm still having trouble with linear but I think I'm getting used to it more and more. I'm pretty sure I'll stick to being Cuban though. :)
It was a great night altogether. I can't wait for Tropicana this week!
