Kaki Shopping

If you, like me, are ALWAYS in the need of a new purse/bag, then you’ll be happy to note that A Pregnant Pause is running a giveaway right now.  And why, do you think, I need a new purse?

Well, I’ve been toting the same old black velvet clutch to almost all the dinners I have attended, that I think it is high time I get myself a new one.  So I need a pretty purse because I will be attending a wedding dinner soon, and I want something NEW and classy to take along with me, and also one that will match my outfit!

Go check out the giveaway now, you might just walk away with a gorgeous bag from AliceWonders!

As for me, this is the one I picked for myself (being optimistic here…)

Do you always tend to buy in bulk because it costs cheaper in the long run?  Or are you one of those who prefer to buy just in small amounts because you couldn’t care less?

Well, I definitely like to make an item more worth it, which is why I normally buy the bigger packet as opposed to the smaller one.  Which is why I ended up buying the 10kilo pack of rice last night instead of th 5kilo one.

Which is why we ended up having to put the entire 10kilo pack into this yellow RUME bag because just as we were loading the 10kilo pack into our trunk, the plastic pack on the rice decided to tear.  Supermarkets in Penang do not give out plastic bags on Mondays, so my reusable shopping bags came in very handy indeed!

Seeing how useful and *helpful* my reusable bags are, I could certainly make do with a few more from this awesome giveaway!

When I first read about the Purse Pleaser, I thought to myself, “If anyone needs the Purse Pleaser, it has GOT to be me!”

You see, I like to think of myself as an organized person, although at times, I am not.  But where my purse or handbag is concerned, I am ashamed to say that it is really a disorganized MESS!  Now, with 2 kids in tow, I carry some of their things in my bag too, and I can tell you that searching for a particular item in my bag is a real hassle.  Sometimes it takes me endless minutes to locate my coin purse, my car keys, parking ticket, and goodness knows how many calls I have missed trying to frantically look for that cellphone!

So I was definitely ecstatic to try out the Purse Pleaser.  My only worry was that it would make my handbag bulkier than it already was, seeing that it is like a box that is placed in the bag.  Nevertheless I tried it out, taking everything out of my bag and putting it into the different compartments of the Purse Pleaser.  It comes with 3 differents sizes: Small, Medium and Large, and you can adjust it to suit the size of your handbag.

I found that it had a compartment for almost everything in my bag, save for my longish wallet which I just put at the side of the Purse Pleaser.  I could fit my camera, my cellphone, my toddler’s sunglasses, my RUME bags, tissue paper, wipes solution and lip balm.  There was also a tiny little drawer for me to put receipts in.

And when I was done, I lifted my bag up and I was pleasantly surprised it didn’t weigh a ton!  It felt just like it did before I used the Purse Pleaser! 

Actually on the Purse Pleaser box, there are suggestions of what to put into each compartment, how to expand it or contract it (because the Purse Pleaser can fit almost any size of bag):

I have been using the Purse Pleaser in my bag for about a month now, and I am definitely PLEASED with it.  Not only do I feel very organized, I find that I can locate things much easily with it.  My only slight complaint would be that sometimes the things I place OUTSIDE of the Purse Pleaser gets UNDER the Purse Pleaser and I can’t find it.  Well, the solution would be of course to put everything in the Purse Pleaser.

I also tried changing handbags with the Purse Pleaser, and boy was that an easy task.  Just remove the whole Purse Pleaser with all its contents and place it in the new handbag!  Easy as pie!  Didn’t take me more than a minute to do so!

This is definitely a must-have item for all women out there, and I would recommend it as a great Christmas gift too!

In the USA, it costs USD24.95 and can be purchased online from the Purse Pleaser site.

If you’re residing in Malaysia, get it from Tiny Tapir at RM150. 

 
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Well, I have to admit, Louis Vuitton was never my style.  I mean, I don’t think I’ll spend money buying one, but if I were to get one FREE, that would be a different story altogether!

Check out Shopping Lifestyle’s Reader’s Contest, where you stand a chance to win a Louis Vuitton Neverfull Bag! 

Hurry!  Closing date is on Merdeka Day and the contest is only open to Malaysian and Singapore residents.

I don’t know about you, but if I can go shopping and do it in style AND at the same time be kind to the environment, I’m all up for it.  I already own 2 of the Envirosax, and since I have been hearing nothing but rave reviews about the RuMe bags, I had been itching to try them out for myself.

 
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So I grabbed my chance today and took advantage of the free shipping RuMe promotion offered by Tiny Tapir till the end of June.  Yep, only a few more hours to go to enjoy this offer!  But if you’re choosy like me, you had better check out the collection now, cuz I know I took a long time deciding which color/design  to get from the entire collection of RuMes!

I can’t wait to give my bags (yup, I got TWO!) a trial run when I get back to Malaysia soon!  You can be sure I’ll be reporting here soon after my experience with them!

Happy shopping everyone!