My first Radley bag
Always love a Radley bag, with that little cute Scottish dog tag and the inside of the bag being lined with pretty fabric...... irresistible......

Sam was in the mood to drive our newly purchased car, eager to take it out for a spin and test all it's power and features. We decided to drive to Bicester Village.

As my birthday is approaching and Sam being clueless as to what to buy for me, I picked my own gift from Radley and Sam gladly pays. I was very indecisive as to which design, size, colour I want. After nearly making Sam bleed from his ears with my endless questions (I think this looks good but the colour doesn't match my work clothes, oh what about this... Oh no, this is too small for me, isn't it.... How about this, it's too cutie for me hor.....think this one too old...), I finally decided on the large shoulder bag (see picture but in brown).

RRP £185
Purchase price £91.20

Buying Car
Been looking to buy a car to replace our old one (Nissan Primera) since last year. The old car is still working but it no longer got much power to go up hill, and there's always some knocking noise here and there. MOT is due in May and we doubt it will pass without some huge repair bills. The car has served us well as we bought it when it was 7 years old with 82k mileage. Now, it's 12 years old with 130k mileage on the clock. Great car...... will miss it.....

I want a small car, Sam wants a big car, so we decided to compromise and buy a medium size car.

It's a Ford Focus, 2L engine, 5 and a half years old with 39k mileage on the clock and cost us £3,500 after part exchanging our old car. Will pick up the new car next Sat.....meanwhile we got to sort out the insurance.

Make up artist
Was recommended Qiqi by Naomi. The price for wedding make up in the morning and evening was steep @ $688 (without any trial). However I still go ahead as Naomi said that her make up was very naturally (which I want as I didn't want to look wayang) and also I thought it's better if the MUA was recommended.

I met up with Qiqi a few days before the wedding and select the hairstyle for morning and evening from her photo album. Qiqi is very patient and will provide you with recommendations but the ultimate decision lies with you. She also provide me with some advice on hair cut and colour as I wanted to have a hair cut and colour before the wedding.

I decide to have my hair up in the morning as according to Qiqi, the look will suit the kua. As for the evening hairstyle, I decide on having half my hair down for a more evening look. Qiqi recommended me to buy the hydrangeas flower as it will match my evening gown and boy was she right!!

I do feel that the make-up was heavy on the wedding day (guess that's because I seldom wear make up). Upon viewing the wedding photos, I realised that the look was very natural and I was well pleased with the hairstyle for the evening.

No regrets, Qiqi is worth every penny!!

Hotel stay
With the wedding dinner at Min Jiang Restaurant (within Goodwood Park Hotel), we naturally want a room in the hotel for the evening. As per previous post, we booked the Parklane suite thinking that it's within the main hotel.

Upon check-in, the lady brought us to a building outside the main hotel, across the carpark. At the ground floor of the building, before we even viewed the Parklane Suite, I kindly ask the lady if we can change the room as I'm not willing to walk all the way across the carpark to the restaurant in my wedding dress and to change to my evening gown later.

The lady made a call to the receptionist and an upgrade to Junior Suite was arranged (without additional charges). PS : We did arrive at the Hotel in Kua and Tang jacket, not sure it this helps in securing the upgrade.

The Junior Suite we were allocated was on the second floor overlooking the private pool. For security and to control noise level, you need to swipe your room card at the main door to get past before you get to the room door. That's means not everyone can knock on your room door. Rather inconvenient for us as friends and families need to call, instead of knocking on the door to get in!