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It "saves" to Ask!

I was in the Eaton centre killing time before class.  I decided to check out the Trade Secrets shop since I was passing it.  This is a relatively new shop for me.  Ive always known about it but I've never really entered the shop.  I think this was my third time coming here. 

I was looking at all the nail polish packages, new products and not-so-new.  This one package caught my attention.  It was a product that supposedly instantly dries you nails!  The package deal was that you would get a free nailpolish.  The particular nail polish was called something like 'dim sum'.  I'm hoping I dont already have that colour.  I do own a lot of nailpolish, and dont really remember their names.

The package read that the nailpolish was free.  This means that you would be paying for the insta dry and the nail polish was a gift with purchase.  Well, that sounded really good to me! 

I checked the price of the package.  It was about $17.95.   I checked the price of the Insta Dry.  It was $14.95.   Wait a minute here.  I see a discrepancy.  So when I got the attention of the sales associate, I explained it to her.  She brought this issue to the attention of her manager, who agreed to sell it to me for $14.95 without a huff or a puff.  I know its only three dollars but every penny counts these days and plus, it was false advertising.   I'm happy.

Thank you Trade Secrets for excellence in customer service!!!

Last week's shoe craze

The bags at the bottom contain 5 pairs of shoes from Sterling shoes.  This shop is going out of business.  Hence why so many shoes - all were 70% off.

The two yellow bags are 'the bay' bags and contain one pair of heels each.  Again, this was another amazing clearance event.

In total 7 new pairs of shoes which will eventually make it home.  They currently sit in my locker at work.

Shoe Sale Adventure

Sterling Shoes is closing down.   Their shoes have now be set to 70% and accessories are 80% off.  Just last week their shoes were only 60% off.  I guess the permanent closure deadline is coming fast.   I had wipe out the Bramalea City Centre location of both its trouser socks and the gel foot protector products.  At  80% off you cant go wrong.  I did end my buying my rainboots from there as well. I think it may have taken me at least an half hour to decide whether to buy it or not, haha.

I didnt realize there was a Sterling Shoes location at the Eaton Centre as well.  It is sort of hidden, beside the escalator near Sears.   I dropped by this location two nights ago, just minutes before the mall closed.   I ended up buying almost all of the trouser socks they had.  I think I bought 9 pairs of trouser socks and 7 pairs of gel shoe inserts.   My bill should have been almost $100 but with the 80% discount I ended up paying less than $20.  Amazing deal !

I dropped by the shop again yesterday at lunch, as I didn't have time to look at the heels.  Well, I ended up leaving with 5 pairs of heels, each 70% off !  The brands I bought included Guess, Nine West, BlowFish and  Fergalicious.

Now Im thinking, ok...thats more than enough shoes but it was hard to resist.  I mean come on, how often do you get nice heels at 70% off?  Not often enough.  Thats for sure.

So today I went to the bay store to get a price adjustment on a purse.  On my way out, I passed the shoe department.  Big mistake.  I was surprised to see a lot of people roaming around that area.  The sale was only 15% off and that was only in your bay card too. 

As I walked toward the exit, guess what happened!?   A silver Nine West heel caught my attention, which actually was in my size!   It was regularly $130 but marked for clearance as $99.  I couldnt believe it was selling for so high.  My inner voice told me to ask if there was an additional discount on top of the $99, in addition to the 15%.   So I asked.  It turns out the current price of the high heels was $49.99.  Well,  thats more like it!  With the discount  and tax the final price was $48 and some change.  Not cheap but an awesome deal but a high quality heel! 

I also ended up buying a killer pair of black rocker boots.   There are silver studs all over it.  Crazy.

I really need to find a good shoe saver/organizer so I can get rid of my shoe boxes and still keep my heels in great condition.  Hope I find one soon.

I (Heart) Betsey's New Collection

I love Betsey Johnson's new jewelry collection, and its just in time for Valentines day.  

I actually really dislike Valentines day, as I always seem to be single around that time of year.  BUT  I do love hearts, and I really love the way Betsey Johnson has used colour and hearts in this collection.   I find the dark pink, (can I call it magenta?) to be absolutely beautiful.  I love that its a darker shade, as it will look awesome on me!   

The earrings in the pic below is just one item in the new collection.  I'll be purchasing these earrings on Friday (and likely, more of the matching collection)!

http://www.betseyjohnson.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12427154

My lunch hour

Today I was supposed to have a laser appointment at Salon Daniel during my lunch hour.  I got there about 15 mins early.  I checked in and went right upstairs.  I was told that it would be a few minutes as they were having an issue with the machine and someone was on the phone with a technician.   I sat patiently thinking Im guessing I'll have to re-schedule.   I was later offered green tea, due to the wait, which I gladly accepted.    Minutes after I was given the tea, I was told a technician had to be sent, that it may take 24 hours to be in service again.  Due to my patience, they offered me laser on an extra body part for my next session.  They also told me to relax, stay and enjoy the tea before I left, which I did.  Yayyy me for keeping quiet and exhibiting patience.   Patience is a skill I lost somewhat years ago.  It was nice to see it pop up again.  It was good to see me calm, after a few days of just being in a bad mood.  I haven't had that happen to me in a long time too.  Well, I don't remember ever having days of being in a bad mood actually.   Though, I have gone through a phase of hating the world, but thats the past now.  I've grown a whole lot since then.

After I left the salon, I went on my merry way to hop on a street-car only to find a woman vomiting on the street-car right in front of me.  Oh how not nice.  Someone helped her get immediately off.  

I decided to go to the Eaton Centre for the rest of my lunch hour and just my New York Fries gift certificate.  Yes, I know I am a voucher queen, but this was an actually old style gift certificate.  I ordered the Veggie Works, with extra sour cream and veggies, and a gravy on the side.  Oh boy, do I regret that.   I can feel my energy level just drop after that.   Anyhow, the gift certificate was worth ten dollars, so I wanted to make sure I used it all.

I ate my so-called meal at the Urban Eatery food court.   As I sat there, I saw a man eating his lunch on one of the highchairs.   I saw his wallet fall to the ground almost under his chair.  I think I may have even heard it fall too.   He didn't even notice!  I was surprised.   So, I walked up to him, and told him that he dropped something.     He looked on his right at the floor, close to me.  I said, "No, the other side".   He looked down, then got off to pick it up.  I walked back to my seat before he could thank me.  As I sat down, I noticed that he had an 'Oh my gawd' look on his face.   He was so shocked, and I'm sure relieved.  Thats my good deed for that day.  What's yours?

Winter Wonderland

Seems like Toronto got quite a bit of snow on Friday...  Niagara Falls got a lot of snow on Friday... but in Brampton, very little snow, which all melted.  I find this shocking!   I left my home this morning for work, in a pretty snowless area to get downtown to find snow and slush all over the sidewalks.   Really?!

This is a pic from Niagara Falls.