The "Swop"
Objective of the Swirl Swop:
Give away your clothes and get "new" ones without having to spend money.
How it works:
You bring the clothes you would no longer wear. The girls bring the clothes they would no longer wear. Put all the clothes together, and pick what you fancy. One of the rules - "No cat fights please".
How I fared:
While waiting for more people to arrive, waiting for the pile to become bigger, I got distracted by the collection from Swirl and Dotted Line.
Excitedly, I tried on a couple of pieces. Just when the Swap begins, I was still in the fitting room. The others had begun their rummaging through the pile already - I didn't have a good headstart.... 
And so, in anticipation of the Swirl Swop, Beanbean and I met for lunch at Cedele, Raffles City, lugging our big bags of clothings along. Hers was a HUGE bag!
We had a very nice time chatting and laughing over the funny, endearing habits of our hubbies. Pity that the service was pretty slow, there wasn't enough time for us to have the desserts that we so wanted to have.
Over at Swirl, although I didn't manage to find anything, it was really fun just being there for the experience. And seeing a few pieces of my clothes being picked up by the others, knowing that they will be treasured. There were yummy mini pastries and cocktail punch, even bumped into Inthewilderness! :) 
And Beanbean managed to find a few pieces of treasures! :)
Soon after, we got more interested in the clothes that were on sale. Again, no luck with it this time round as well, the piece of dress that I liked and wanted to buy was slightly torn and that was the last piece. But Beanbean managed to find yet another treasure! Heh..
Even though I didn't "score" well at the Swirl Swop, which should have been a case whereby you get "new" clothes without having to spend money, I went back with new stuff nonetheless, at a price. Dammit, and I thought I could be saving some money this weekend.
Both Beanbean and I love the black and white polka-dotted top from Nicholas so much, that we bought one each! By the way, the piece in this pic belongs to her - both bags were accidentally "swapped" during the payment process. Haha! =p
Oh, and Beanbean was wearing this same pair of Hue slip-ons. Talk about having the same tastes! :)
7 comments:
I spy Beanbean with the dress i passed to you! Haha it was an experience wasn't it? Though we both weren't the biggest treasure hunters in the end :)
Sounds like a great way to spend a day, when the hubby is away :P
Must let me know when the next Swop meet is, I wanna see if I can swop anything!
So, the other pair is a new pair? :)
inthewilderness > haha, yup, thanks to your "eagle eyes"! you guys were really good with the treasure hunting! :)
lilsnooze > clothes, shopping - any day would be good babe! haha
Oh yes, will get beanbean to sign us all up, heh!
Er yes, both were newly acquired yesterday. *gulps*
you're quick babe :) can you send me the pics when you have time pls?
and haha, you bought the hue shoes! i love that pair.
lilsnooze, i think you would have had a better time than us - a lot of the clothes were tiny! (i'm guilty of contributing quite a few that i can't ever wear again myself...)
done! :)
Yeah, that's why I was exclaiming to you that I bought the same pair of shoes!
haha
lilsnooze > oh yes that's right - quite a lot of the clothes were tiny pieces, like size 24 jeans?!
oh! where there dressing rooms? Reading all the comments - You girls make me wanna go shopping like NOW! =D
Swirl's at Stamford house, 2nd floor. Go shop! ;)
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