Mobile Mum

I've been out everyday since Sunday. First day was back to the condo with Nuaim, in search of my favourite Avent ISIS breastpump which was not there. Yesterday I went to 1Utama in the afternoon on my own, to pay off the outstanding bill for the curtains, browse MPH for a gardening book (couldn't find one) and check out baby strollers (all too big and heavy). I also managed to buy some cute baby girl outfits - Aiesyah's already outgrowing her clothes. Despite my plans to have lunch there, I only left the house during tea time as Aiesyah was awake most of the morning and by the time she had fallen asleep I was too hungry to drive and Cik Dah had already prepared the mid-day meal.

The breastpump was actually at Mak's house, safely tucked away with some small baby bottles in a cabinet in the kitchen. It was missing a few parts though, so I had to make do with another pump I bought last year but had not yet used. This one was from Pigeon, and although it looked similar to the Avent pump, I don't quite like it as it's not so comfortable to grip and tehre are just too many parts to assemble.

So today I headed off to Kinderdijk, the official Avent distributor in Malaysia, with Nuaim. It's located in Plaza Damas, Sri Hartamas, but I'd never been there so got a bit lost searching for the place. Nevertheless, we managed to find our way, and Nuaim was perfectly well-behaved.

On the way back, though, he kept asking about Tesco. It was already noon, but since I had managed to pump about 6 oz this morning, I wasn't worried about Aiesyah going hungry. So off we went. Nuaim was really excited because he got to see the all the different types of fish, which I had to name for him. Alas, no crabs were available.

I hadn't realised that Tesco now has an Autopay carpark. It used to be free, but a lot of people who went shopping at the neighbouring IKEA, Ikano and The Curve would park there for hours on end, thus depriving the true-blue Tesco shoppers (like me) from getting a decent parking space. I'd assumed they would charge only RM1 flat rate. I was wrong - it's actually RM2, but if you shop at Tesco the cashier can swipe your ticket and you get free parking. Unfortunately I wasn't aware of this so I had to pay the parking fee anyway. And I can't collect Bonuslink points at Tesco anymore since they've launched their new Clubcard. Being the loyalty card junkie, I am now seriously considering whether to stop frequenting Tesco or collect yet another of those plastic thingies that make you spend RM100 just to gain RM1. This is a tough call.

When I got home, as usual Nu'man rummaged through my handbag and purse and started pulling everything out. He then proceeded to arrange all my cards on the floor in a pattern that made sense only to him. As I was putting the cards back into my purse, I noticed that my driving license had already expired - in August this year! Now that's putting a bit of a damper on all the plans for the next couple of weeks. Looks like I'll have to drop by at the post office first thing tomorrow to get it renewed. Can I still renew it after 3 months? I hope they don't make me retake a driving test - I think I'll fail the slope straightaway. Manual pulak tu.