Black Friday of cz was just one of them. Got stuck in traffic for 4 hours when it usually takes only 1.5 - 2 hours to get to the outlets. Queued up for a good half hour to use the bathrooms. Queued up a good 45 mins to get into Coach. 

Burberry, needless to say had the longest line. All the stores opened at midnight. but Burberry special, open at 6am. and at 3am, the line was alr going 10 stores down...

So what I did not buy: LOL.

1. Juicy Couture handbag
2. Coach sling bag
3. Coach handbag for my mum
4. Coach keychain and cell phone accessory for my sister
5. Gap sweatshirt and sweatpants
6. Forever21 tights
7. Bandolino boots
8. AX tops
9. H&M scarf and socks
10. Polo shirt - its soooo awesome!
11. Skechers sneakers

I think this was all I spent for Black Friday period. Now, for the month of November itself, that's a different story..lol..

All that plus:
1. Zara coat
2. H&M dresses
3. Forever 21 tops
4. Steve Madden boots
5. Arden B. dress

One free night stay at my place in New York City for anyone who has the right guess. Valid from January 2nd - Jan 31st.

*eh, NY real estate not cheap okayyy?*

Next topic:

2 weeks ago = 1 week before thanksgiving, I wen to watch Mamma Mia on Broadway. And in August, I watched the Mamma Mia movie in Times Square's cinema.

As for the Broadway musical, it was AH-MAY-ZEENG! Plus, we got orchestra seats...It was really good, and one of those sing-along kinda things. Story line is simple but their voices and the way it was choreographed, it was just so intelligent. However, their set was a little too simple and a lil disappointing in my opinion. It was just revolving around one block of building where it first shows her attic. and that's where the wedding occurs, the 3 men arrives, and where she hides them and her friends.

That weekend itself was a surprise. First, to watch Broadway, then to watch Role Models with a bunch of friends. It's a good watch! One of those Harold & Kumar kinda humor. At first, I was reluctant to go cz it seemed like such a guy movie, but since my other friend was fine with watching a movie, we decided to go. Went to Flushing to watch it. The only funny thing was that the poster that they use to promote the movie - there was no such scene in this movie. 

The next amazing weekend = this weekend.
I had an early pre-birthday celebration. I got to watch Little Mermaid on Broadway. and although it's a different genre from Mamma Mia, I have to say this one caught me a lil better. I was curious to see how creative they would get with the set, backgrounds, and water elements. No surprises there, I was pleasantly pleased, unlike the Lion King on Broadway, whereby I was really stunned by the opening song and how they portrayed the animals with very simple, but logical props on the actors/actresses. 

And the lead actress who played Ariel has an awesome voice. but what's even more awesome is the kid who played Flounder's role. He has a POWERFUL voice. and when I mean powerful, its really POWER! During curtain call, he had the loudest cheer along with Sebastian, the crab.

I was very very curious to see how they would dress Sebastian up..Hmm..I expected a midget or a kid, somewhat, very short and stout...but out came this black guy in red costume. Black guy, I pretty much almost expected cz you CANNOT expect a white boy to talk like Sebastian. Sorry whities, but I just dont think you guys can pull it off. Also, red stands out better with black. :) Costume was simple, with a nice crab hat and some lil red thingies flinging around his calves. He did a good job on his part though, esp with the singing. 

We got orchestra seats like somewhere around the 15th row and pretty central! Scream!!! buttt...we lined up about 1.5 hours to get the tickets from TKTS booth. All shows had 50% off, but Lil Mermaid only had 30% off. Hence, the ticket was pretty pricey. But thank YOU...ok fine, I didnt line up the whole 1.5 hours there.I woulda just froze in Times Square. After about 40 mins, I went into Body Shop to defrost myself. And started chatting with an Asian sales lady who was trying to sell me moisturizers.lol....itchy hand la cz I go take and try mah....

She ended up asking how old am I, where I am from, what I'm doing here, how long I've been in US and she was shocked that I was already working...as a result, she gve me 2 free samples from one of their best seller moisturizers. and I've gotta say, it is pretty damn good. It's the pink color night cream and day cream. I used to have Body Shop face moisturizer and I hated it so I swore I would never touch their face items again, after all, it isnt called THE BODY SHOP for nothing. but this is pretty damn good. I think I might try it once my current one runs out. 

Before lining up for the tickets, we had dim sum with Alvin and his *haha* friend at Golden Bridge in Chinatown. I would always go back there again not only because it serves one of the best dim sums in town, but also bcz its cheap and also bcz the hostess made an extra effort and went the extra mile to get exactly what I wanted which wasnt available from the tray - siu mai and char siu pao. And the 3 guys who were sitting at my table were useless. The girl has to get up to get things done. and the 3 jantan just sat there shake leg only and eat. 

after Mermaid, *oh this part has to have its separate paragraph later :) * wanted to go Olive Garden for food and wait was 50 mins!! decided to try TGIF instead. Thankfully, there was space....butttt...omgggg.....the price is 2X as expensive as a regular TGIF anywhere else..just because this was located in Times Square. Food was okay, but nothing fantastic la you know for that kinda price...kinda disappointed...the night didnt end too well.....after the whole perfect day

okay, here comes that special part.......I just found out that orchestra seats get their own BATHROOMS! and it's so clean and huge with lotsa mirrors. Nextime, I know what to do when Im not sitting in orchestra area......

and and and........when we stepped out of the theatre, it was snowinggggggg...! Ah! would you believe it? and he was just saying that he wanted to see snow before he goes back....the next perfect thing would have been to go on a horse-drawn carriage ride around central park...and take a picture at times square with all the lights and snow...aaaahhhhhhh.....

A girl's allowed to dream rightt........there is only so much of this she can dream before she hits 30 and face reality.......