Shopaholic Get Smart #1

1. Buy Less Shoes!! You don't need 20 pairs of shoes!

My mum always told this to me before. But of course I never listen. :) But honestly, I have not buy a single pair of heels (yet) this year! yaaayyyy~ I always felt the urge to buy shoes especially heels when i go to the shopping mall... Like the other day when my sister ajak me to go shoe hunting we went to Charles and Keith, Vincci, Isetan , Robinsons sampai nak termuntah carik kasut. Seriously.

And I just got my pay check at the time. But then I said to myself " You already got these in your house". And yes. I do. When I checked back at the shoe cabinet, they are still there. All I did was just go and repair the broken heels, polish it up a bit. And wah laa~ looks ready to wear. And it cost me just rm7 instead of buying a new one for RM 109.90 . That's a whooping 99% saving on my expenses that month! heehee .

I will only need a pair of each. A pair of flat shoes, flip flop, crocs, running shoes, sandals.. and maybe lotsa heels (haha..ish ish). No need to buy new shoe unless it is beyond repairable. And few tips to buying that pair of shoe: Always buy colours will match easily with your clothes. I’m not saying plain black. Some combination of colours will easily match your clothes.

Find more tips on buying the perfect shoe:

• college fashion
• e-how
• all womens talk

2. Find vouchers online!

You can easily get 60-90% saving everyday online on almost anything. And not to worry, most of these websites are reliable. You can even get your money back (they will give you another voucher) if you are not happy with the services. Some of the websites that I recommend:

• MyDeal
• MilkADeal - RM5 off your purchase if you sign up and register.
• HAHAH
• Groupon
• DealMates - RM 10 off credit if you per person referred.

Just be sure that every time you buy those vouchers, check the T n C and expiring date. Call and reserve your session (for spas, manicures and pedicures, hair treatments) right away because the line will be really busy and you may not be able to place your reservation. And the next thing you know it has passed the voucher expiry date. This will also be great gift ideas for families and friends.

Some coupons are transferable and most of them you can even buy more than 1 vouchers at a time. That means you can use the deal more than 1 time!

Happy Shopping :)

More consumer power tips coming really soon

-Earn when you spend. Not Spend and Earn-

p/s: You might notice I've changed the page layouts. Courtesy of Mr.Hubby who gave critics. Katanya " blog power2 semua layout putih." Is it? Anyway; I take that as a constructive criticism. Any critics and ideas are welcomed. Hope you like it!

SSpa, Solaris Mont Kiara

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Like most of you all know, I bought the voucher from MilkADeal website for RM48. Because I sign up with MilkADeal, I got RM5 off voucher, which means I paid only RM43 for the deal.

I arrived at SSpa 5.30p.m sharp. Rushed from my best friend's niece (ainaa) punya Majlis Cukur Jambul in Bandar Sri Putra, luckily the traffic was on my side. :)

The spa located opposite Maybank Solaris, so it wasn't that hard to locate. When I walked into the spa I was cheerfully greeted by the staffs. There are 3 staffs working there, all Malay. I was directed to the treatment room a few seconds afterwards. Lucky me I was the only customer at that time.

My treatment room

The treatment started with rose scrub using rose salt. It was pleasantly fumed. Very chic and sweet. Then I was asked to take a shower; they had a complete shower room inside every treatment room and let me tell you; I LOVE the shower head. It was one of those rain-shower head that you'll find inside 5 star modern hotels.

The shower room

Afterwards, the aromatherapy massage begins. My favorite bit. The masseuse who massaged me was a lady in her late 30's or maybe early 40’s and I addressed her ’akak’. Boy, she had a really strong hand! The massage was pleasantly strong. For those who couldn't stand the pressure I suggest you to let them know earlier on. She did these traditional malay massage and knew where to point to let my 'angin' out. She was a bit chatty though but I enjoyed talking to her. From our short conversation I found out that the spa was owned by an Indian plastic surgeon doctor. She opened the spa on 2008 with four workers to operate the spa.

Surprisingly 1400++ deals were purchased from MilkADeal that they had to extend the redemption period until august! Luckily I made a quick move to reserve my spot right after I bought the deal. At the time only 20 deals has been purchased.

After the massage I was asked to go for a steam bath. And someone was already in there so I had to go inside together with her. So much for privacy.. She didn't tell me how long I have to be inside there so I waited.. and waited.. and the room felt really hot! The other girl inside went out about 5 minutes after I went in, and leave the room even hotter! Finally I couldn't stand the heat so I decided to walk out from the steam bath. Then only the akak told me I was supposed to be in there for 20 minutes.

mine even got jacuzzi inside. too bad it was not in the deal

Next, I once more showered and ready to do the facial treatment. I was told that the facial product they are using was made in-house and it normally cost me RM40 per facial. (waa. Quite cheap?) It’s a simple facial treatment cleanse-scrub-mask-moisturize. The bit I love the most was when she applied gold and vitamin-c onto my face and let the machine massages it. My skin felt really smooth afterwards.

so called foot spa

Lastly, the treatment ended with a foot spa. Although I may not call it Foot Spa as I was basically just soaking my feet inside the warm water. Together I was served with some sort of serai drink to perk-up my week.

I head back home energize and feeling good about myself.

For rm43 it was really worth my every cent. But to be honest they can improve more on service and customer care. For example they could swept the floor and bed nicely as I still feel bits of salt here and there from previous treatment. Or maybe they could even provide the customer slipper instead of walking around the spa barefooted! And they could even put up some calming music throughout the spa so that the customer can relax and enjoy their treatment better.

So will I come back to SSpa?

If there’s a promo; yes..i’ll think of it

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