we went jalan-jalan at gardens yesterday. i used to avoid malls on weekends because of the crowd. but i must admit it has grown on me since my pregnancies. i mean, weekends ARE the only time when the whole family can get together. besides, it's not too bad. i like heading to 1-u, pavillion & gardens (all for different reasons). the only thing in common is that these malls seem huge and hence the crowds seem more manageable. a definite no-no on weekends is ikea. it's so packed!
i decided to check out borders at gardens. it has since become my favourite place for books on pregnancy & parenting. they have such a wide selection. even if times & mph combined, they still would not come close to borders' selection. borders aims to fill up their shelves with variety not quantity (there would be maybe a max of 3 books of each title). where as times & mph fill their shelves with maybe 10 -20 of each title. oh! also, they had books on miscarriage & trying again after a pregnancy loss. see what i mean by variety? too bad they do not have a membership program (i like to think that i can get something in return for the money i spend).
we did grocery shopping after. i am slowly but surely changing the stuff that i am used to buying. i am going organic AND bio-degradable. i mean sure they are more expensive but i feel safer knowing that i am trying to cut out the toxins & pesticides. i am not only doing this for b & i, but i would like to raise our kids this way too. since both our miscarriages were described as "it just happened. no explanation or cause. it's just nature",who's to say that maybe some of the toxins around us were not the cause?
another thing i bought yesterday was a "stamped cross stitch". this is different from the cloth type. it's on a quilt. i figured i could learn how to do it - i can't. i do not know how to start. help anybody?