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A Day of Gifts

TGIF!

I'm so happy with my two hour lunch break :) Went to JEM to get gifts from Chomel for the interns whose last day is today. They made for us shepherd's pie, cupcakes and each person our name in Arabic calligraphy. So sweet!


See! Really nice right! My table's in a mess right now but I'll find a place to put this!

Today is a day of gifts. The Husband received the cufflinks I surprised him with (posted to office address haha), me receiving interns' gifts and I went shopping! Blessed Friday indeed :)

I roamed around alone because I need some me time. Happens once in a while, when I get overwhelmed with many many things. Bought 4 t-shirts from Uniqlo because they have buttons!! Yay for breastfeeding mothers! And why buy one when it's only $12.90 each! So I got pink, yellow mustard, dark grey and purple.

I also bought 2 brooches for myself from Chomel. Was browsing through for the interns' gifts (I looked at practically all brooches, some more than once! Not easy buying gifts for others) and I decided to get 2 for myself. Mine are really cheap, both cost me $45 total! Soooo happy :) I usually buy cheapo small brooches but today I felt like I needed these for myself.


My pretty brooches. LOVE! Heehee can't wait to wear these. And I probably need to buy a brooch box to keep all my brooches. It's getting quite messy haha.

Tomorrow my siblings are coming over for lunch and cookie making with Junior! My parents flew on Wednesday for Haj, that's one whole emotional story but I shall not dwell on it for now cos I am in my happy mood. But I'm glad my dad says everything is okay. May Allah ease their journey and grant them Haj mabrur insyaAllah. They really deserve it.
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