I spent last Sunday at altitude in between time zones and continents and now that I’m home, it’s almost as if I never left.  The last few days have been a blur of mum, daughter, work and me time duties and responsibilities.

Half price has been the preferred pricing structure for quite a few of my favourite things this week.  From Lurpak butter to Maybelline makeup.

After a weekend spent watching winged eyeliner Youtube tutorials, I am determined to nail the look at work this week with the help of my new Maybelline Master Precise eyeliner.

It’s been a week of lovely autumn days and with my mum and aunty visiting, we definitely made the most of my days off this week with little trips across the city.  We took the train to Chatswood  on Thursday for lunch at the Ipoh Club at the RSL.

We made it just in time for last orders for lunch.

And wasted no time in eating.  So apologies for the lack of photos of our lunch.  The char kway teow and the perfect touch of smokiness from the wok.  Even my aunty from Singapore was suitably impressed.

My cendol took me back to Singapore and the need I have every time I’m there to have both a cendol each day and a baked good or several from the Hong Kong style bakeries that dot the malls of Orchard Road.

After lunch, we made the trek to Chatswood’s TK Maxx at the Mandarin Centre.  I’ll be straight with you.  I was underwhelmed.  There wasn’t much stock in store and nothing screamed bargain at me.  For some reason, the racks seemed to have a ‘picked over’ look to them. Many of the things that were ridiculously cheap either weren’t my style or were things I had no use for.  Winter weight clothing wasn’t that cheap.   My underwhelm is probably a good thing given what went down at the outlets of San Marcos….

And just like that, we’re back at the beginning of another working week!

Be well and stay warm!