While we were in Los Angeles, Shorty walked into a Marc Jacobs store to buy a case for her new Microsoft Surface. She picked out this cover and she ended up seeing more and more things that she liked to the extent that she was torn about which to buy.
Shorty: Fatty I don’t know which one to buy!
Me: What do you have?
Shorty: Ok I have the cover for my Surface.
Shorty: And then I have this cute clutch that I can put in my phone and money when I go clubbing or something.
Shorty: And I have this wallet. It’s so nice! And I need a new wallet… my old wallet all torn already.
Shorty: And then there is this cute furry bag! But I know I said that if I buy a wallet I won’t buy a designer bag for the next one year already. Haih.. maybe I’ll do without the bag since it’s not necessary.
Me: Well do you like them all?
Shorty: Yes…
Me: Ok just buy them all.
Shorty: What?
Me: It’s ok. Buy them all. I buy all for you since you like them all.
Shorty: But that’s too much and you say we should save money!
Me: Yeah but it’s not that often that you come into a designer store and want all sorts of things. In fact it’s not even that often that you crave anything from a designer label. Half the time you carry the cloth bags that Emoda gives you for free when you buy stuff from them. So ok la… if all of this makes my wife happy, let loose and forget about choosing. In life we always have to end up make choices. So for once and for today… just buy them all.
Shorty: But…
Me: Shorty… I’m having my Richard Gere moment now.
Shorty: Your what?
Me: You know the scene in Pretty Woman where Richard Gere walked Julia Roberts into a store and bought her everything.
Me: Except that I don’t have as much money as he does so I do small scale ok? Next time when I make more money then only do his style ok?
Shorty: Ok *teary*. Baby go to the men’s section and see if you like anything .
Me: No need la. Already I said I’m not going to buy any designer stuff for myself this year unless it’s on huge discount.
*Later after being dragged to the men’s section of Marc Jacobs*
Shorty: How about this belt? I buy you this belt. Since your belt broke.
Me: Don’t need la. Don’t need to spend money for the sake of spending money. I just want to buy a belt from Zara or something.
Shorty: Nvm nvm I buy you. Quite unique what this belt.
Me: This Shorty ah… feeling guilty that she spend so much money this trip ah so trying to get me to spend ah?
Shorty: Yes *guilty*
Me: No need la. Save money. Money is hard to earn.
Shorty: Okayy…
We walked out of the store carrying loads of Marc Jacob bags. That particular moment, she did look like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.
PS:
Eventually I did buy something for myself at a Nike store. When we walked out of Nike Shorty did a *successkid.jpg* thing and said “YES!!!”
The pics of the stuff she bought btw were not taken at the store. Were taken back at our room.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space