Self-Improvement

{Coffee Jelly}

I used my Le Arbre Groupon today with Jinwon. I loved their Coffee Jelly when I went there the first time, but now.. not so much. Everything there has gone downhill in terms of taste and quality. I blame it on the fact that Elaine is no longer there. She was the magical touch ;) So long Le Arbre. It was nice knowing you.

Afterwards I went over to play with Annabel! I brought Cilla these tiny hair pins and she looked so adorable with them :) I also brought (Korean) Micky Mouse puzzles for Annabel and we spent the rest of the day doing them together. And for dinner Judy made us Vietnamese spring rolls. Healthy and delicious~ So today was a very good day.

The past week has seen a lot happen. On Saturday, I went to Wells Fargo because I received a letter with my credit score and a note "for the home loan applicant." I never applied for a home loan. WTF? It said it was prepared for Wells Fargo, so I asked them about it. They said they don't know anything about it and there's nothing in my account about a home loan. They opened up a fraud investigation for me and so I left. I had breakfast at McDonald's with my mum before we headed to Koreatown Plaza for their semiannual sale.

Kiehl's hadn't been working out for me so I went to Amore to see if they had any options for me. Turns out that there are several lines within the Laniege line so I bought the skin care regimen that followed the one that I had been previously using. Hopefully this one works out. The new bakery also opened up on the first floor and they sell the popsicles that my aunt used to buy me in Korea! I was feeling nolstagic (and thirsty) so I bought one for me and my mum. Yum! We also won a couple things later: my mum won a $5 gift certificate to the bookstore and I won a package of microwaveable rice. Later we went to the mall and I found this cute chick salt & pepper set at Hallmark. So my mum bought it :)

Sunday was Young Nak Presbyterian Church's 38th anniversary so we got free food! Afterwards I went to the Borders in Pasadena since I knew they would be closing. Wow, it was MAYHEM there. The whole store was 25-50% off and everything was a mess. Shelves were empty, most books were not in the right section, a lot of the books were damaged since no one was taking care of them, etc. I ended up buying a cookbook and a CD and left after a couple of hours. I wanted to buy a couple more books, but it turned out that even after the applied discount they were still cheaper on Amazon. Listening to the CD made me nolstagic so I watched Lady and the Tramp that night. Love my childhood Disney movies~

Monday was just gym and errands. On Tuesday I met up with Duvien, Rene and Ha at our mall's food court. I got Hot Dog on a Stick, of course. It was great hanging out with them and catching up. Good times. And at night I watched The International. Meh.

Yesterday was crazy. I had an interview scheduled in the morning, but that's also when hotel reservations were opening through SDCC! So my mum drove me to my interview while I tried to reserve a hotel over the phone. FAIL. I ended up submitting a form through my BB, but later I found out I submitted a blank form. Oops. Thank goodness Gardy was able to successfully do it on her end. After the interview, my mum treated me to lunch at Chosun Galbee. Meh. We then went to the dentist for my cleaning. Success! In and out in under 20 minutes and no pain or complaints. WHEWT. Now I only need to go every 6 months. So happy! I also finally got my front teeth whitened. Dude, laser whitening is so expensive. But my mum couldn't stand looking at my stained teeth any more. It's definitely gotten a lot better so yay :) Apparently it's going to continue to whiten for a week so hopefully my teeth will look even better next week. And now I'm paranoid about staining them so I'm brushing my teeth after every meal.

Tomorrow I start a temp assignment through Ultimate Staffing. We shall see how that goes...