Day 4 in Alabama (Shopping Haul with Future Mother in Law)

Day 4 in Alabama I spent all day long bonding with my soon-to-be mother in law. She is such a sweetheart. I had a really good time with her. We went to zumba class and followed with Water Aerobic in the morning. Apparently she is allowed to bring one guest to her gym and I would get a week pass for free. The zumba class was a lot of fun, but I couldn't finished the Water Aerobic because water was too cold. So instead I spent the rest of the time in the hot tub near the pool where she exercised. Mom is a tough lady. Yeah, I called her mom now. I used to call her 'tante' the very first few times we met, because I was still too shy. And now I feel comfortable in calling her mom which I think she also likes it.

Right after gym, mom took me to Ross "Dress For Less". It is her favorite shopping spot. Everything there is always on sale. Oh, Ross is not a Thrift Store. It is more like a bargain store. So everything is new or at least fairly new and not second handed stuffs but it comes with a great deal.

This patriotic looking boots is only $25 or around Rp.310.000. I forgot about the bag, but I love it. It is so pink. I didn't buy it tho. I don't think I need backpack bag. I regret not buying it now. :(

I took picture of boots for a friend of mine who wanted me to buy her a pair of boots. I ended up buying the one in the middle for myself, only $17.39 or around Rp.220.000. So I am very happy about it, because I saw one like this in Jakarta and it was around Rp.600.000.

I bought this 2 dresses. I forgot the price. But I remember I bought everything for only $79 including 4 dresses, 1 pair of boots, and a wallet. Scored!!!

$4 wallet on sale, got it for $2

Then we went to Asbury Thrift Store. Mom told me that they just moved to a bigger store. They used to be located near Huntsville Airport. So far, my favorite thrift store would be Thrift Mart located in Lee Hwy. But we were pretty lucky in Asbury Thrift Store as they were having everything for a dollar day. So we went crazy, both me and mom. We bought plenty of stuffs and mostly each of those stuffs was only for a dollar or 12.000 rupiah.

Our Hauls..Yeay!!!

These dolls creep me out and I just watched Annabelle not too long ago. On the bottom picture, the one in the middle has crooked legs and the one right next to it has a crooked head and body. The one on the left near the white dolls has really red eyes, like blood red. Creepy!!!

I love this decoration. 

 I bought a lot of bags and I was not finished yet. They are all for my mom (Mamah, my mother, to avoid confusion with mom as in my future-mother in law). She is going to decide which one she is going to keep and which one she is going to give away to her friends or our relatives. But she is kinda greedy when it comes to bags..like almost other women around bags and shoes. Hehehe love you, Mamah.

I let mom pay for all these stuffs because she also got 20% discount for Senior Citizen. So can you imagine that all these stuffs already soooo cheap and yet we still got discount? yup, I was pretty lucky. But when I was going to pay her back all the money, she refused it. She said it was all from her. She wanted to treat me for that day shopping trip. That was very nice of her. I ended up getting everything for free. Teeheeee!! Yuhuuuu! Horray!!! Hip Hip Hurraaay!! Thank you mom, I really appreciated it and I love you. #blush

Day 3 in Alabama (Shopping in Bridge Street Mall)

First picture in Bridge Street Mall

Day 3 was not as cold as the first day I was there. But it was still kinda cold and breezy, so I decided to wear a sweater and a tribal pant that I bought online from BerryBenka. 

Outfit of The Day

Not sure what I was doing, pretty sure I was not dancing here.

We decided to go to Bridge Street Mall that day. Bf would like to show me to one of their best mall in town. the concept of the mall is kinda unique. It is an outdoor mall, kinda reminds me of Ciwalk Outdoor Mall in Bandung. 

The view of Bridge Street Mall

Bridge Street has it is own man-made lake with a carrousel for kids. I was really tempted to try the carrousel/ Marry-Go-Round but the mothers waiting for their kids would be staring at me. So, I just took a picture around the lake and the carrousel.

A view of the lake and the carrousel just behind H&M store.

Loving the boots, I left the boots in Madison tho

I was pretty lucky that day because H&M was having a 70% crazy sale. I got 2 dresses each for only $5 or Rp.60.000. It was lucky buy. Usually I would spend around RP.300.000-400.000 for only one dress from H&M. I bought a lot of nail polish for gifts too.

Bought Lipstick that I was using in this picture (purple)

However, I found out that the price in Sephora was not really as cheap as I thought it would be. It is actually pretty close to the one in Singapore. I have never tried the one in Jakarta, So I couldn't compare yet.

The Wishing Fountain

After walking around the mall, Bf showed me a fountain. He said almost in every water fountain in America, people usually make a wish. Oh wow, that is actually a great idea to attract more customers (possibly teen girls). You are, of course, not obligated to throw a coin and make a wish. But I found out that all the coins they got will be given as a charity, so i decided to join the wishing act.

full of coins 

Make a Wish

I went to Candy Store, I forgot the name. Kinda different than Singapore Candy Factory. They only sells American candies here. In Singapore, they also sells other countries candies and snacks like Ovomaltine products (that I loooove so much). But I was very impressed with their Jelly Beans section and those funny remarks on candy case. Unfortunately I was too immersed on all of that, that I forgot to take pictures (sorry guys).

Candies that I bought

The most famous Salt Water Taffy.

That candy case cracked me up. Oh I forgot to bring back one of the lip balm back to Indonesia :-(

Bought this for my 2 college besties.

We went to check out Cinema in Bridge Street, the name is Monaco Pictures. It looks pretty good actually. It has its own bar on the first floor and VIP lounge room on the 2nd floor. Seems like I will have to try the Cinema once I am there again next year.

After Bridge Street, we went to eat Indian food. Unfortunately it was such a let down. Everything was too milky. I know a lot of Indian cuisine use milk as their main ingredients. But usually since they also use a lot of spices, it will overpower the milky taste. It was not the way I expected to be. It was too milky for my taste, I didn't like my meal at all. I am actually thinking not coming back, but I will probably come back to give them a 2nd chance. Hopefully their Biryani taste better next time.

Trip to Alabama: Day 2 (Thrift Shopping)

On my 2nd day of my trip to USA, boyfriend wanted to introduce me to Thrift Shopping experience. I already googled a lot about Thrifting before. So, for those who doesn't know what is 'thrifting' and 'thrift store', you can also try google for it. I think 'thrift store' is a place where people sell 2nd handed stuff for charity or other for other purposes. It is probably similar to Pasar Gedebage in Bandung. Tho, I think right now Pasar Gedebage has become more overprice because of all the ads.

Bf took me to the biggest Thrift Store in Huntsville, Thrift mart. In a shopping centre close to Dollar Tree and Indian Food Restaurant and snack. I didn't realize about the Indian restaurant until my 3rd day here. It will be for another blog post.

I was super ecstatic inside the Thrift Mart. It is a huge store. Unfortunately I only have less than an hour or so, because we are on our way to Maker Shop (Bf's place to hangout with all his nerdy mates). 

However, during that 45 minutes, I managed to buy plenty stuffs. I was very satisfied with my thrift findings.

Things I bought:

Baby clothes for my new nephew and toddler clothes for my cousin

 Skirt, cute top, short jeans all for me

 And oh the boots is absolutely gorgeous. I love it.

All those stuffs that I bought might cost me around $150 or 1.700.000 rupiah if it is new. But all this only cost me $35 or 400.000 rupiah or so.

Of course, you need to clean everything up/wash it clean before you wear it. But, I don't mind second handed stuffs if they look nice and not so out of date style. I am very happy with the boots and the flare skirt.

We went to Korean restaurant named Garam on our way to Maker Shop. It was such a let down. The decoration is way too western for Korean Restaurant, already lost touch of it's indigenous interesting culture and tradition. We ordered Dosot Bibbimbbap. Also a let down, it looked like a home cooked bibbimbbap, instead of a restaurant cooked meal. Usually Korean has a knacks for detail. They make sure to pick the best of the ingredients, precise cuts on the vegetables, and artistic food arrangement. This one, it was a 'meh'. Indonesia has a lot more and a better professional Korean Restaurants.

I asked one Korean lady from the Zumba class in Huntsville, if there is any good Korean restaurant in Huntsville. She said there is no such thing like that. They don't have a high standard Korean restaurant here. Too bad. I love decent Korean food.

After a huge disappointment, we went to Maker shop to meet his friends during the Retro Gaming Night. It was fun even for me 'a muggle' on a 'nerd world'. I got to play some of the games and had a small competition with Bf. I won the first round, but he won the 2nd round which resulted on me getting a piggy back and him getting a back massage. Well it was a win-win.