26/11 and I did survive. finally walked in the door from shanghai after having slept through both the plane flight and taxi-ride back home. the sight of my apartment greeted me with despair but i decided to leave it to be, because cleaning on my birthday seemed incongruous. shanghai had not been visited in four years but my three-day dash was rather limited to mostly the two blocks around the Peninsula hotel (which was spectacular). still ridiculously busy but i managed to rack up an insanely over-priced manicure (counter-balanced by discovering the amazing Chanel Blue Satin colour in the process), an amazing late supper which starts with delirious hunger and ends with being kicked out after closing, as well as having a chance to discover old treasures in my new-found friend Luoluo's vintage store (which I have plans to share at some point). i contemplated justifying buying one of the beautiful dresses she had on sale because it was my birthday imminently, but logic outweighed (i.e. what I would survive on for the next month). still i'm getting buyer's remorse and may have to work out a solution to that. sushi with some friends tonight at the old favourite and so excited for long-awaited catching up and lots of sake.
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