Three White, One Purple

Despite being disillusioned by his preliminary si dian jin (SDJ) expedition at Vivocity, Eric Banana decided to give the local stores a second chance... although he did spy some nice stuff on the Tiffany & Co. website *Eric Banana drools and does his Smeagol/Gollum imitation thingy*

Eric Banana and Astro Girl casually walked into the Soo Kee outlet in Plaza Singapura last Thursday night and managed to casually buy something that caught Astro Girl's fancy - a 18K white gold diamond pendant from Soo Kee's Arco Iris collection:

     

In between settling their banquet venue and visiting the bridal studio last Friday, Eric Banana and Astro Girl discovered that they had too much time on their hands, so it's a walk in the malls again. This time round, Eric Banana and Astro Girl wasted no time going to those shops that Astro Girl considers to be in the "condemned list". Their first stop was Soo Kee in Wisma Atria. Nothing really exciting there. They then went to Lee Hwa on the same floor. Eric Banana and Astro Girl somehow spent most of their time looking at its Purple Gold collection. Eric Banana has never been a big fan of purple gold, maybe because purple colour reminds him of Barney the Dinosaur and he doesn't like Barney one bit at all *Eric Banana shudders*. They ended up not buying anything on the spot though, preferring to keep their options open.

To make Eric Banana happy, Astro Girl agreed to visit the Tiffany & Co. outlet in Ngee Ann City. They looked at a few items which Eric Banana suggested to Astro Girl, who in turn admitted that she was a bit tempted by what she saw on the website - a gold pendant and a pair of gold ear-rings from the Paloma Picasso Loving Heart series, and a gold circle charm from the 1837 series.  The actual items, though, were fairly disappointing. Astro Girl did not like any of the items and felt that they were overpriced. After leaving Tiffany & Co., Eric Banana and Astro Girl skipped diagonally across the road to check out Poh Heng. Let's just say they left the store in record time.

They continued their SDJ shopping after their session at My Bridal Room. They nearly picked up an item from the Purple Gold collection at Lee Hwa in Bugis Junction but decided to skip to the branch at Suntec City instead. The discount at the Suntec City outlet turned out to be less favourable than that at the Bugis Junction outlet. They tried to head back to Bugis Junction but they ended up dining and wining into the night instead.

Eric Banana skipped back to Bugis Junction on Saturday night with Astro Girl to pick up the item from Lee Hwa - a pair of Purple Gold diamond earrings with white onyx:

Prior to this, they managed to swing by Soo Kee next door and got *yet* another 18K white gold pendant. This time it's from the Brilliant Rose collection:

     

They picked up yet another item from the same Soo Kee outlet on the following day - a solitaire diamond ring (0.17 ct, G colour, VS2 clarity) from the Brilliant Rose collection. Erm, why would Astro Girl want another solitaire diamond ring? Well, it would make a nice right-hand ring :)

To summarise, Astro Girl's si dian jin comprised two white gold diamond pendants (with necklaces), one white gold diamond ring and one pair of purple gold diamond earrings. Okay, no yellow gold whatsoever, which is not a good thing but Eric Banana would rather get something that Astro Girl will wear than a bunch of glittering items that will be in permanent storage.

Also, strictly speaking, si dian jin should comprise a pendant with necklace, a pair of earrings, a bracelet and a ring. Some people say there are no hard and fast rules. One sales assistant (SA) suggested getting an anklet! Astro Girl does not wear a bracelet and prefers a pendant as a substitute instead. And Eric Banana's opinion does not matter as long as his one and only love is happy.