The Big Ones

The bed
Beth, you will be glad to know that we managed to get the bed frame with the hidden compartments in the head-board!

We went back to Nova on Fri night, and wrangled almost a 20% discount out of the salesman, and got the bed frame at $850 after GST down from the original $999. It was an amusing experience with the salesman trotting to & fro to check with his boss. He had disclaimer for both times he offered discounts - "You must give me $20 tip!". This increased to a $30 tip when he delivered the final discounted price.

Anyway, the bed frame will arrive in Nov, after Big gets back from pressing the generator button somewhere in the forrested North. We need to call Serta to arrange for mattress delivery

The Big Ones
This was a relatively fruitful weekend as well becos we also got the big ones - fridge, washing machine & baking oven - in under 1 hour! We'd been comparing prices from Harvey Norman to Courts to Mega at Katong. For some reason, Big undertook the fridges, and somehow the washing machines came under my charge. What do I know about the various washing machine functions other than just using them???

On Sat we went to the famous Goh Ah Bee - all residents in the Hougang, Serangoon, Potong Pasir areas should be very familiar with this little jewel - and within 1/2 hour bought the Cuizino baking oven, Toshiba 7kg washing machine and Hitachi "anti-mould gasket" fridge - all for about $1.3K. Very pleased with ourselves.

Big also managed to re-install the TV bracket in the master bedroom, and with some minimal help from me, put up the TV.

All the way home, and the next day too, he was in jitters about whether the TV was still being held up or is presently lying face down on the floor...

The miscellaneous items
We trawled Ikea for maybe 3 hours on Sun; actually I haven't figured out exactly what we were looking for (other than their fabulous coffee) since Big said we had busted our budget (he blamed my Silgranite sink and some other stuff), and I had to resist getting my Billy bookcase and armchair and extra chairs for dining. We also got a box of six sets of utensils. Had to resist the plates...And how come Ikea doesn't sell those wonderful colourful plastic cups any more?! *waaail*

And then we went to Giant, where we picked up a standing fan for the living room (yes, there is NO aircon in the living), and a microwave. Then, when we got to my home, my mum practically shoved the toaster oven into our arms. She got it free with her fridge/washing machine earlier this year, and it seemed she couldn't wait to get rid of it so she could use the space for more shoes...

Once the big items are in, we would kinda ready to stay over on weekends. We just need to 1) furnish the two small rooms 2) get shoe cabinet 3) fill the kitchen cupboards 4) get bed linen 5) get curtains...