I woke up late this morning, too late to even try to rush my way to my 8:30 class. So I resorted to just staying in bed, playing with the dog, when I decided I didn’t want to go to my 12:30 class either–there was just going to be a group report anyway, and I’m a bad group report listener.

I’ve been meaning to use the gift card Kenny left me before he left. It’s like a gift certificate in the form of a credit card, so yeah, a gift card. It’s valid in all SM Malls’ department stores and supermarkets. So I thought, Heeeeey, why don’t I buy some new sandals, since my two favorite white sandals have already died on me anyway? And when I say “died,” I mean DIED. The soles of one pair grew a hole on them, the other pair’s straps gave up on me and are now beyond repair. I actually forgot that I had that gift card, so I thought of using it today. New sandals! Woohoooo!

Okay so my brother dropped me off at SM Marikina, and I bought a ticket to see It’s Complicated. I like Meryl Streep and I like Alec Baldwin, so it was perfect. I was unofficially having a me-day day, so topping it off with a movie will make it an official me-day day. After buying a ticket, I thought about where I could eat, and then OMG Burger King was right in front me. How could I have forgotten that there was a BK branch in SM Marikina? So I bought a burger meal–LARGE because the movie was gonna be pretty long. I needed a drink that will last me until at least half of the movie, especially since I’m a rootbeer/water guzzler.

I was on the escalator going back up to the cinemas when I realized, OMFG SM cinemas don’t allow food from outside establishments to be brought in their moviehouses. I was having a FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!! moment right then and there because HELLO, I haven’t had BK in a loooong time. And because, HELLO AGAIN, BK is possibly the BEST fast food chain out there only, like, EVER?

And then I had a crazy idea–I’ll stuff my burger + large onion rings + freakishly large drink in my bag! I was scared to do it because one of my favorite books was in there, along with my wallets and cellphone (!!!!). But I was left with no choice. I couldn’t possibly eat EVERYTHING up in a jiff–the movie was starting in 10 minutes! So. There. I had no choice, I stuffed the food in my bag.

Needless to say I was walking pretty awkwardly after that. Knowing that a freakishly large drink was in my bag, I was dead scared of tilting my bag even in the slightest angle. And then the moment of truth came–at the entrance of the Cinema 8, the lady asked if she could check my bag. Without thinking, and willing to face the consequence of possibly getting asked to eat everything in front of the lady, I opened my bag’s zipper. She looked inside. She looked at me. I looked at her. And then she smiled.

I smiled back, as if a burger, a large portion of onion rings, and a freakishly large drink weren’t inside my bag. She just said, “Sige Ma’am, pasok na po kayo, right side po.” I wanted to jump up and down for her being lenient with me.

But my day’s legendary-ness did not end there.

I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE MOVIE HOUSE THE WHOLE FREAKING TIME.

I felt special. In my head, I was imagining that entire screening of the movie was dedicated to me and me alone.

Oh, did I mention I bought THREE sandals for only… WAIT FOR IT… P1,000.00. How much of a win is that?

This day = LEGENDARY. (Barney, 2005)