Bargains!
Bargains always make me happy. I’m only halfway into the day and I’ve found myself enough bargains to last a week of even a month. This morning
Bargain 1: Hair wash and blow dry + massage of head and shoulders with peppermint oil.
Actual price: AUD75
Amount paid: AUD 0
I was walking in Chadstone, a bit bummed that I was a tad lost, when a young girl came up to me and asked if I would be keen to get my hair washed and blow dried for free. My folks always remind me that nothing comes free, so I was suspicious and my expression gave me away. Following that, the girl quickly went on to explain that she is a student who would just like some practice and that there was no catch (except me risking looking like an idiot). I thought about it for maybe 5 secs, and as soon as I realised it didn’t involve any cutting of my hair, I agreed. This resulted in an hour-long pampering; a peppermint oil massage of my neck, shoulders and head, followed by a hair wash and conditioning with all these expensive, fragrant hair stuff and drying into beautiful huge curls. At the end of this royal treatment, I find out that this young apprentice was only looking for 1 customer and boy do I feel lucky to have been there at the right time and right place. Only 1 (imagine that!) of all the other shoppers and I happened to JUST BE there. Perfect! My hair has never been given this sort of treatment before it was awesome also it was at a decadent salon the kind where prices start at AUD65, the kind I could and would NEVER set foot in.
Bargain 2: Yogurt
Actual price: Approx. AUD 2.50
Amount paid: AUD 0
I’ve felt like eating yogurt all of last week. This weekend I told myself I’ll just get one to stop the craving, after all, with ‘cold’ sorts of food, I never need more than 1 helping when I crave cos I generally don’t like cold foods. So after my hair treatment I headed in the direction of Coles. Just about 500m away from Coles, I bumped (literally) a giant foam yogurt mascot and got the shock of my life. The Yoplait company was promoting their Diet yogurt product and the mascots were obviously with that team. As part of the promotion, the company was giving out a cup of yogurt/person. I was given 2 because of the ‘accident’. Wooh! So happy. Low fat yogurt at that, just the type I was going to buy!
Bargain 3: Wallet
Actual price: AUD 40
Amount paid: AUD 14
I’ve been searching for a wallet for ages now. Been wanting to get one to replace my torn wallet since last year. It’s been taking me so long cos the wallets I’ve seen both in Msia and here are either, too expensive, look too cheap or the product is not worth the price. Today I bought a nice green one (the very last green one) at a perfect price.
So happy I decided to go to Chadstone after debating for a bit (just cos I felt lazy). Also happy that I debated for a bit otherwise I would have headed off much earlier and missed 2/3 or all of the bargains above. Made my day.
