I was never much of a consumer. I AM the salesman's nightmare. Suspicious, skinflint, justifying my skinflintness with a greater cause... and etc. Or at least I prided myself on that.
But I bangun pagi semalam, dengan perasaan nak membeli belah yang melampau lampau.
It could be because I had what I thought was a bad exam...(not so much because it was so hard, but because it was supposed to be easy so I think we collectively had our guards down and I singlehandedly screwed myself not in the pleasurable sorta way).
It could be that I called Ikram and he sounded annoyed hence hurting my super fragile feelings.
It could be that I'm a bit homesick and May is going by really slowly.
It could be that we're slowly running outta cheese in the fridge.
Whatever it is, I convinced Busra to go to Towson mall with me. And in the bus, I was excited, excited like only a full fledged consumer could be! The prospect of acquiring something NEW and potentially DELIGHTFUL.
I ended up buying 2 items. Both of which had me staring at the price tag, and reading the same thing over and over again because really, did I really want this sports bra? Did I REALLY need this moisturizer? Stop converting Kye stop converting. Dammit, more stuff to bring back to Malaysia. Oh shit I'm gonna have to take the subway. What if Nad doesn't come send me off to the airport, I'm gonna be a hobbit carrying hobbiton on her back. SPF 15... what does that even mean. Maybe my skin will magically take care of itself the minute I buy this. What if I can get it cheaper online. And it's so nice waiting for a package to come. Oh but packages are such a waste of trees and fuel, I'm already here. My god what am I doing here and why am I bending to CONSUMERISM?!
Then Laetitia Casta twirls around says to me, "Because you're worth it"
Or rather Busra comes up and says, "Dude, you said you needed moisturizer. You came to get moisturizer. This is decently priced moisturizer. Just get it and we can go eat"
(of course Busra has a very charming way of saying this, and I'm very much paraphrasing, she was very sweet and understanding and actually reading out loud every single ingredient on the back of the box as if I'm supposed to understand that they're good for me-- but it's all about the undertones.)
Anyway long story short, I guess I am worth it. And I gave the my adidas a 35 minute spin around campus this morning, quite happy that I got an xs that fit! woot woot an xs! booyah! But then I made oreo pancakes because I'm disgusting like that, all the while measuring various parts of my body with a measuring tape I just found, then googling up body fat calculators just to make myself feel bad.
Apparently, I have a pear shape and am susceptible to coronary heart disease.And would I like to buy a magical milkshake to help me get back on the heart healthy track?
7 comments:
i'm confused. when you say you went running with your Adidas, were you talking about new shoes? or your sports bra?
my sports bra leh
owh i thot u were talking about a tshirt! cuz bras are supposed to be tagged 34/36/40 A90/B80/C75 yadayadayada. heh.
i had a medical check done the other day, here's the result: Sugar Level: 5.4 (actually before the test i fin a bar of kinder bueno cuz i was hungry waiting for my turn), Cholesterol Level: 3.7 (this is news to me the meat eater :P), BP: 90/60 (too low i know), BMI: 20 or 22 cant really remember but its normal mass (not underweight anymore, yeay!), Fat To Lose: 3 kgs. Oh well, im a happier person.
hey im a pear too ya know. baby got back yo!
Tun, I think my sugar level when I tested it in class was 4.5 mmol or something. But I have no idea what my cholesterol level is (me the cheese eater) and now you're gotten me curious. Yeay for normal BMI! Why do you need to lose 3kgs? So you can go back to being underweight? sheesh.
*high booty five*
to lose fat lah, not weight
my BP is somewhere between 104/70 and 119/76. whee normal.
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