Sat 14th Feb - Lots of Material

Another lazy beach bum day – this is the life!!! Haven’t felt heat like this EVER – its proper toasty so the factor 50 is being applied. Eve n I spend practically all day in the sea as we just can’t cool down – silly mistake……will be paying for that later methinks!
Up and down Chaweng Beach are these little places where they do Thai massages, pedicures, manicures etc. Prices start from like £3 so Eve n I decide to leave the boys to play Frisbee and go be girlie for the afternoon! She gets a Thai massage and I decide to treat my feet – mainly because the insect repellent and weeks in sandals have played havoc on my nail varnish leaving them all chipped and very poorly maintained!!! I get my tootsies seen to for almost an hour, while Eve is getting a very relaxing massage. We both feel fab and head back to the bungalows to chill before dinner.
OWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m in so much pain!! Stupid me, spending all frigging day in the sea has made me burn my shoulders and chest – raaaaaaa – I now look like I’ve got a white halter neck on PERMAMENTLY!! Damn my white bits!!!!! This is going to hurt in the morning when we have to carry out rucksacks to Koh Phanagn.
Our last meal is another Thai affair and we dabble in red and green curry. Yum yum!! Eve and I decide to have a gander at the wee clothes shops – much to Dave’s hatred – and we come across this wee shop that does MADE TO MEASURE bikinis! How cool is that?! Eve tries one on and it’s a snip around £6. The lady starts talking to me when Eve is trying hers on and starts saying that I could get one made to fit me – seeing as they only make size Thai – which is fecking tiny!!!! I start to ponder about this – a made to measure bikini –and it costs 500 baht - £10 – wow!! That’s cheaper than New look at home….hmmm…will Dave budge on this?! Doubt it, but I will ask. She shows me some designs and says that it would be made overnight and I can pick it up before I leave tomorrow. I tell her I’ll ask permission from the man and come back later…..
Man alive, did I have to beg for that bloody bikini or what?! Dave is such a scrooge but with a little help from my friends, he handed over the money and told me try to barter her down J happy hayley! Eve n I go back there and get her down to 450 baht – nae bad - £9 now! She kept going on about that she would need BIG material, because she is BIG – ok luv shut up now!!! I got made to try on some styles to give her an idea of size – hmmm….no measuring tape though……and again, she kept saying to Eve ‘BIG material for her, BIG girl’ and making actions toward the boobage and bum area - argh I KNOW ALREADY!!!
I had to laugh in the end as the woman seemed to be quite chuffed she was making a big bosomed bikini for me – still, stop with the BIGNESS!! I choose a black bikini with cherries on as the design and away we go – if it doesn’t fit tomoz, I don’t pay anything – whoopwhoop!!
We get back to the boys and relay the BIG material story L much to their amusement!! It’s a fairly early nite as we need to get the ferry in the morning. Bye bye Samui, hello Koh Phanagn.

Hayley