Shopping in Nine West & Lunching at Cova

Nine West is one sale! In fact nearly every shop in all the malls are on sale. When I saw the words “Final Sale” on the Nine West window, my legs automatically walked in that direction. I should know better never to walk into a Nine West store especially when it’s shouting SALE! But too late to put on the blinkers now. In I walked and out I walked with a gorgeous pair of black heels with a black flower at the tip. Have a look. Isn’t this shoe to die for?

In my excitement of paying for it so that I could bring it out of the shop and owning it, I bought a size too tight.

So today I had to go back to The Gardens to return it for the size with the better fit. Since we were there, Sin Cyn and I had lunch at Cova. Looked so nice but have not been in there before.

We ordered a sampler which consisted of chicken wings, crab cakes and fish bites (I’m saying bites instead of fingers cos they’re tiny), an aglio olio spaghetti and a potato with dipping sauce.

The fish in the sampler was really nice. The chicken wings’ batter was nice and light but the crab cakes were nothing to shout about.

The spaghetti was excellent. Light and al denta. I don’t understand why most places can’t do their pasta al dante! It’s the fundamentals of a pasta dish yet its often was too soft and soggy.

The potato was okay. Some pieces had a nice hard and almost crunchy consistency. But other pieces were just mushy to the bite.

Service wasn’t fantastic though. Sin Cyn was seated on my left. The waitress stood at the right side of Sin Cyn to place the utensils but then reached across the table and across me too to place the utensils on my right.

We’ll definitely go back there again. For the spaghetti at least.

It’s 4 months till the wedding which is a fair amount of time to do all I need to do. But what I forgot was that the pre wedding photography is in 1 month! I may have the dresses but I don’t have the matching shoes! So Sin Cyn, Michelle Who Stays on the Seashore and I had lunch in 1U then went to Vincci, Nose, Colleen, Aldo and Nine West. After all the walking and trying dozens of pair, I finally bought 2 pairs from Nine West. One to match my bridal gown and one to match my fairy dress.

While walking to the car park, we saw that Lewre was on sale too! I went in and saw this exquisite pair of silvery white strappy heels with diamantes. It was RM199 with 10% off.

I wanted to try it but we were late. So I’ll go back another day. Shell was asking why I need another pair of white wedding shoes when I already have one pair which I just bought a few moments ago. So I gave her this analogy.

The 2 pairs of shoes that I bought at Nine West were really nice. They were pretty and I like them. I know I can depend on them. They’re like a husband. You love him and you know he will be there for you and you feel comfortable with him.

But the other shoe is like a torrid affair. He doesn’t cover up very much, he’s probably gonna hurt you he looks great and utterly sexy and makes you go ggggggrrrr!

If it makes sense to you, you probably love shoes too. If you don’t get it, it’s okay. It’s not something that’s hard to understand.

It’s in like the movie PS I Love You. After Hillary Swank made up with Gerard Butler after a fight where she threw her shoes at him, she suddenly stopped and said “Stop. I got to pick up my shoes. They may think I don’t love them anymore”.

I totally understand where she’s coming from.

My First Wedding Shoe

I know I said that I won’t buy any more shoes till April 2008 but this purchase was justified!

After walking past Nine West three times over the course of the last one week and looking at the ‘50%’ discount screaming at us, Sin Cyn and I finally went in with an intension to buy.

Carrying a coloured print out of my wedding dresses, we perused the shelves for a matching shoe. We found a pair of reddish purple heels at RM369. So after 50% discount, it was RM184. For Nine West shoes, that is a great deal!

And after all, it’s going to be for the wedding and not for everyday use. What a great buy! I’ve been told to start shopping early as it’s not easy to find the perfect shoe to match the perfect dress. Now I just need to find a silver pair and a gold pair to match the other dresses.