forbidden luxuries

being a soon-to-be mummy is not exactly without compromising with myself. there's so many lovely things i cannot buy. nice clothes that i can't fit into, fancy bags that i have to remind that i don't need, cute jewelry that i have to resist to reserve funds. and these are not all. i have to think twice - no, thrice, four times even - when contemplating to buy anything. do i need it? is there a cheaper alternative? can i buy it later when i eventually start to earn my keep again.

there are many things that i want atm. for example, i want to buy a new bag, a pair of new flats, a pair of solitaire earrings and a new watch. but i know these can wait. there are even more important things that i need to reserve my money for. for starters, a crib, milk bottles, breast pump, diaper bag, and more maternity clothes since i'm about to outgrow my current ones.

it is both useful and despairing that joa is a natural miser. he buys the cheapest he can gets - quite the opposite from me. i believe in quality and paying more for better quality is only natural to me. currently, we're debating over the kind of diaper bag to buy. i want something sophisticated and functional. he wants it functional and inexpensive. i want to buy Tommie Tippee milk bottles but he thinks the normal Pigeon ones will do. and those are just a few i can recall for now.
there's so many i have made myself miss. for starters, the Nokia E71. i came across it barely 2 months after joa and i got ourselves a W990i (one of the least expensive we found), and i was so tempted to get it before joa started sulking and reminding me that the current one we had was our 'couple phone'. so there.

and then there was the pair of glasses that i so badly wanted to get from Paris Miki. but it costs $429 (frame+lens) and joa was livid that i was even considering it. he tot it didn't look pretty on me though i'm really quite sure of the opposite. anyway. i went back to my family's optician and settled for something quite similar but not so glam at half the price. though joa still thinks that was anor example of my strange taste, but that's anor story.

therefore, with the savings, i'm about to contemplate a My Sweet Honey Swatch. ok, i'm not too sure if this is the one that i spotted and love. but i remember it has a bronzy-orange look and is part of the Irony collection. i'll check it out again tomorrow when i go shopping. but anyway, i'm not sure if i need (another) watch, and if i'd be contented to buy it for myself. of cos it'll be much more meaningful if SOMEONE got it for me :) but oh well. just something i'm considering atm.

but i know. they all say, it'll all be worth it once u look into his angelic face... the little devil.