A month of books, assignment & a birthday bash!

Just like the title says, November is a month of books, assignment and a birthday bash for me.

In the month of November alone, I've bought 2 cookbook magazines by Annabel Karmel from Popular book store, 2 marketing books from Amazon.com, and 7 books (4 marketing related books, 1 cookbook, 1 parenting book, and 1 career improvement book) from the Big Bad Wolf sales held in South City Plaza, Seri Kembangan.

Annabel Karmel Family Cookbook Magazine, 2 copies for a total of RM9.90!

The 2 books from Amazon.com which cost me a HUGE bomb! RM 300 for 2 books.

The best book shopping ever! RM 35 for 7 books!

 I doubt I would be reading up on all books there, especially the marketing books I got from the sale. So why did I get them you may ask? Well, for RM 5 a book, even though I don't read up on it, it's good to have them as reference when I need them. After all, how often can you get reference books at RM5 per copy? So, total damage spent on books, RM345. On the other hand, if the cost is to be average among all books, it's only about RM 35 per book. Ok, I know it doesn't work that way but that's my usual way of self-comforting when I burst my wallet. :p

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And since I've finally gotten myself some materials from Amazon as my assignment reference, it's time for me to pick up the assignment that should be submitted months ago which I've kept delaying and putting aside (actually, there's no due date-lah). I'm now left with 1 assignment, a dissertation and 1 final paper, and I'm done with the Master degree and I won't be doing studies again for a LONG LONG time. Hopefully, I could get it done by end of next year and before I have my second child. *fingers crossed*

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Lil K celebrated his BIG ONE last Saturday and we hosted the party in a restaurant, Pizza vs Satay, in USJ 11 mainly because of the food, ease of parking, and most importantly they could tailor make a buffet line based on our budget. It was a small and intimate affair with family, relatives and couple of close friends. So here're some photos of the lil K's small birthday bash.

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Malaysia On Sales!

Recently, there were links of a few websites being shared on my friends' Facebook pages.

• http://www.mydeal.com.my
• http://www.everyday.com.my
• http://www.hikupon.com

And I'm sure there are more similar sites like these. What all of them have in common is, in a nutshell, almost everyday there will be new promotions or discounts being offered - usually from 50% off onwards. Once the minimum quantity of coupons sold for a certain promotion/discount, then the deal is ON. After the deal period has passed, an email will be sent out to confirm on the purchased coupon. If the deal is ON, you can download the coupons for usage. Else, if the deal is OFF, then the payment made earlier will be refunded.

Since I've discovered these sites, I've been purchasing coupons till I have to restrict myself from doing so at times. With attractive deals like "2 hours facial + 1 hour massage for RM50", "Manicure and pedicure at RM33 instead of RM66", etc, they just make you feel bad should you give them a pass!

I've been waiting for hair service promotions for almost a month and decided not to wait and went to get my hair cut, colour and treatment done for RM135 - which is considered cheap as I've surveyed around for hair colour service rates and for my short hair length is minimum RM 120. Few days later, these websites decided to come up with hair services promotion. One was offering RM29 for Director/Senior Hairstylist haircut+wash+blow together with 40% off other hair services, and the other offered hair colour + treatment for RM 50 (hair length until bra line). WTH! I did a quick mental calculation, even if I had to go to two different hair salons to get my hair cut and coloured, the total would still be RM 56 cheaper than what I paid earlier. I was totally left speechless. Seriously, these two offers are quite attractive that it made me think about it for a few days even though I've already had my hair done. Finally, I've succumbed into purchasing the RM50 hair colour service coupon this morning, just one hour before the deal is gone. Since it's going to expire only on 31 Jan 2011, so I'm going to keep it till then and have my hair done just in time for Chinese New Year (CNY), and I get to save myself from the escalating hair service rates prior to CNY. *cheeky grin*

Although these websites could make someone bursting their purses/wallets before you know it, but it's really a good way for moms on budget, like me, to pamper ourselves at half the price! ;D

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