Knees go weak for wicker pinic baskets

Okie...I have been wanting to get me-self a wicker picnic basket for a while. I envy my friends who have one. My EHM was even better. She picked it up from outside of someone's bungalow while taking a stroll somewhere around Singapore! It was in very good condition.

Another friend's wicker picnic basket came with the husband as he is, after all, British in origin and had to have one of those. Ironically, it had never been in use until she married him and brought their daughter out for picnic some years later.

Of course, the cheap and easy way out is to buy a chiller bag from Carrefour and dump the rest of the non-chilled stuff in a bag and go. Hee. When it comes to 'events' like that, I would like to have the proper utensils and gear. Just like how I would dress up to go watch a theatre performance, even if it at a very old theatre like Victoria Theatre. Maybe there is a bit of colonial in me that was passed down by teachers from young.

I have found out a few websites which, for my own convenience, I will list here:

1.http://www.picnicbaskets.com/
2.http://www.picnicbaskets.com/
3.http://www.picnicfun.com/

(Sorry guys. Link doesn't seem to be appearing on actual post so if you want to take a look, please cut and paste.)

The one offering the best price so far is number 1 and number 3. Site number 2 seems to offer things at a higher price. I have not asked about the shipping prices though. It may end up being the same. Only site number 2 offered an estimated shipping price and it is not cheap.

Not even sure if it would be worth it using Vpost either as it charges for shipping from the States to Singapore , by weightage. With the stuff weighing at least 10 lbs, I think I might be paying a bomb. Will have to find out more from Vpost.

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Only just realised how lousy I am at labelling/tagging my posts as I never used to think that one should put so many complicating labels. I was trying to find my past posting on Vpost and it took me a good two to three minutes!!!!! Hahaha! Will be more careful and diligent in labelling next time.

To V or not to V, that is the question

The US exchange rate has gone down so much that I am itching to buy loads and loads of stuff online. Not without reason though. Remember my episode about buying Philosophy stuff? How it cost me SGD$80? If I ordered it online, I only need to pay SGD$40+.

Then there are other stuff that I am itching to buy. Stuff like Cd's and books from Amazon. I then thought about Vpost for my friend bought it via that. Went to their website and got so confused. It was, to me, a very complicated process.

I was still mulling over whether to sign up with them and weighing the pros and cons when one of my other colleagues told me that unless I were buying from a site that does not send outside of US or Japan, it is actually quite OK to just order direct.

Hehe...the un-IT-savvy me decided to take her advice, for after all, the Vpost really sounds too complicated for someone like me :P Will just KIV and save it for later.