I'm done!

No more studying until I feel like it again, as baby says to me this morning after my paper =D

Woo-hoo!

Marketing exam is over, and my days of mugging and mugging have not gone to waste (me thinks anyway).

I could list, describe, explain, give examples, etc of all the crap I've studied,

proving to myself that if I put my mind to it, I can actually memorise and regurgitate.

Although if anyone else was around yesterday and the day before, oh and today in the car, I'd be laughed at and ridiculed.

Because in order to memorise and commit theory and processes and lists to memory,

I had to recite.

Who do I recite it too?

My imaginary friend.

Actually yesterday, my imaginary friend was not so imaginary, except that it took the form of my unborn baby.

Here's mummy explaining how to develop an integrated marketing communication strategy to Baby A.

Maybe Baby A will ultimately become a marketing guru ;)

I'm such a commited mummy ain't I? 

Hah!

And this morning I turned the radio to mute on the drive to the exam venue, and started reciting everything I've memorised to stupid drivers on the road.

Surprisingly, I did not crash and I could remember everything :D

But yes, I managed to regurgitate.

Not sure if there was enough to get the HD that would do my assignments justice, but definitely enough for a credit (I hope!).

Phew.

You have no idea how big my sigh of relief was when I finally closed my answer booklet and kept my pens back into my pencil case.

After I told baby I was done and it went better than expected, he seemed even happier than me *beams*

I knew I loved that man for a reason :)

I hope I can do him proud at least for this unit :)

Accounting, gone case la. How to do well when my balance sheet had a debit-credit difference of more than $30k? Hah! Forget it.

I am incredibly satisfied and proud of myself :)

Plus the fact that yesterday YES933 accompanied me and kept my spirits from waning, and I didn't cry :)

Yay!

After the paper this morning, I stopped by at Chadstone shopping centre.

Wanted to get Nora Robert's new novel from Borders... it was released 1st May but I held off on buying so I won't get distracted from my studying. So finally now I can sit down and read :) My new Jodi Picoult novel has been sitting on my shelf for more than 2 months or something now, and I can read it too :)

BUT, stupid borders didn't have my book. They have it on their online store, but not in their floor stock.

WTH.

A very kind girl helped me search and told me she'll give me a voucher and if I use it to order online, I get 10% discount. Which will take 10 days to arrive and costs about $26. Huh? So ex...

So I went to Angus & Robertson bookstore.

Nope, they can order for me but I'll have to collect in about 2 weeks. Huh? Don't want...

Desperately, I went to Target which has a small books section.

And I FOUND IT!!!

They had like 5 copies sitting there, and only selling for like $14 or something.

Hah!

In your face expensive book stores!

Now I got a new book to read, and have collected 3 out of the 4 books in that quartet *loves*

Since I was already in Target, I grabbed a trolley and started shopping.

Bought new firm pillows so I can properly sleep on my side.

Since last week, I've been way too uncomfortable sleeping on my back. Like the kid is squishing everything else in there. My pillow's too flat for comfortable side sleeping, so new pillows were called for.

Then I continued making the rounds.

Guess where I found myself next?

Baby section :D

Looking at the little little clothes, I couldn't help myself, so I bought my first baby clothes :D

They were cheap and on offer, and oh SO CUTE, so I indulged myself...

I love the adorable winnie the pooh sleep suits! 2 for $20 in a set :)

Then I came across little apple green onesies and decided to get 1 short and 1 longer sleeve ones for Baby A. For now, Baby A will be in green until we find out whether I can add pink or blue and brown accents to the lovely apple green colour. Oops, realised that the colour's not very clear here, but you can kinda tell la huh? :)

These 4 little pieces of clothing will be added to the collection that my mummy started for me :) They are all sitting in a small suitcase now, waiting for the time when I can take them out, cut off the tags, wash them, and put them away in Baby A's drawers (when we get them) :)

Ok to give my mummy credit for buying the stuff for Baby A, here are the cutesies that she bought :)

Snoopy onesie from Osaka's Universal Studios :) too cute! but a little bit big so Baby A will have to wait awhile to wear it... front,

and back...

Elmo tee! it's the tiniest thing and Baby A would be able to wear it pretty soon after birth, except... no pants :p

Smiley face for a (hopefully) happy baby :) front...

and back...

From Giant :) cheap stuff that Baby A can puke, poop and pee on without worrying. But seriously, only 1 each? Mummy is overestimating the cleanliness of my little one :p

oh and notice something? Mummy seems to think Baby A does not need pants. Haha! Funny :p Just because it'll be december, doesn't mean it wouldn't be cold! And doesn't mean I want my kid rolling around in nothing but diapers or nappies. Heh! Now I need to go find pants...

Mummy also bought diaper/nappy covers, cloth nappies and safety pins on my request :)

The collection is not even close to being complete, and we'll be relying on donations from people who have baby clothes to give away to top up the collection mostly, so get them coming! 

Although I'm sure this mummy here will not be able to resist buying a couple of new stuff for her little one :) after all, Baby A deserves to have some stuff that's picked out specially for him/her by mummy and daddy right? Right :)

As you can tell, I wasn't kidding when I said once I finish my exams, I will start preparing for the impending arrival of our little one.

Actions speak louder than words ;)

Now, need to make sure I don't go overboard and make sure I have enough moolah for doctor, ultrasounds, pram, car seat, bassinet, cot, etc.

Give me a couple more weeks and you'll start seeing shopping lists come up ;)

For now, looking at the chubby winnie the pooh picture smiling up at me from that sleep suit has made my day.

Imagine my own little one smiling up at us from inside that sleep suit *smiles*

It's a whole new kind of emotion when you buy your first baby clothes for your own child.

Sitting on the bed, folding them lovingly and marveling at how tiny those clothes are,

then thinking about how in a few short months, there will be a new little person wearing them...

It's a whole different kind of love :)

One that makes me feel like I love my husband more and more with all my heart for giving me such a gift,

but at the same time makes me feel like my heart is big and expandable enough to make more and more room for this new person.
Even more so when I think back to the not so distant past when I thought I'll never get to really experience this love first-hand. 

Now if only I have my husband here right now by my side to share this with... now that would be perfect.