Dining With Jewelle

I don’t normally spend much on cosmetics and lipsticks can lasts me for years. But the thing about reading women’s magazines is that you do get seduced with pretty cosmetic pictures and brainwashed with all kinds reasons on why you just need to get this foundation or that cleanser.

One of my latest magazine convinced me that I need to get the Dr. FeelGood mattifying balm from Benefit Cosmetics. This brand is however not sold in Brunei (that I know of) and I’ve just missed the opportunity to get it from Singapore.

But brother in law is leaving for the States in a few days time and that meant I can still get it! However, instead of simply ordering it from any other online make-up store, I know I’ll save more by getting it via the CouponChief, my favorite online source for shopping coupons and loads of savings!

In fact, CouponChief just informed me that I can even get free shipping for orders over $65 at the Benefit Cosmetics and that just made me think of all sorts of need-to-get from their store!

That Benetint does look very useful and I could do with another lipstick cum blusher such as the Rush Hour.

What do you know, I just qualify for CouponChief Benefit Cosmetics free shipping!

Now, a few more days till I get brother in law’s address in the States and it’s shopping time!

The last time we went to Singapore, hubby dragged us over to the Smith Street a.k.a Chinatown Food Street for dinner. Although I liked how the buildings around this area looked like, all restored and beautified, the food street itself did not impressed me.

This time around, we stayed in Chinatown so obviously, there is no escaping it and we had dinner there one night when hubby had a craving for fried “kueh tiaw” as he noticed that most food courts did not serve this dish.

Even though Chinese New Year is long over, the red lanterns were still up around this area and it looked so festive and I stop every few minutes taking pictures.

Since I’ve fed both the girls earlier on and did not have to order food for them, I decided to be adventurous and tried their “Mee Rebus” which is a little spicy. It’s thick but I kind of like it, although I’m not sure I’ll try it ever again. While hubby, faced with so many choices (he walked up and down the streets a few times), finally decided on some fried mee (I think he had forgotten about this fried kueh tiaw craving then!).

I didn’t check out the other stalls but I think they serve mostly Chinese food. The shoplots behind the stalls were mostly Chinese restaurants.

After our simple dinner, we walked through the bazaar and had I been on my own, I’d surely be stuck there for ages as there were just so many interesting things to see. I only managed to get 3 shirts from 1 store and even then my entourage was about to complain

because I took a little too long! Lesson learnt : go shopping alone.

I was not impressed with the Food Street on my first visit and that did not changed much on my second. For one, they did not have my ultimate Singaporean dish, tonic soups.

But it’s worth going to feast your eyes on the restored historical buildings and to stock up on Singapore souvenirs at the bazaars.