A little over 5 weeks ago, I made an official announcement here*click* that I was going on a 2-month shopping ban. I thought 2 months was going to be difficult to achieve, but I decided to challenge myself. So have I been good?
Well, let's see, I certainly haven't bought any clothes or accessories. In retrospect, I put myself on the ban because I realized I had been buying too many new clothes (wholesale websites will be the bane of me). The main purpose was to force myself to actually wear these clothes. How many of you ladies have brand new clothes sitting in your wardrobe? Do you see price tags still hanging on them? Don't be shy to admit it, the majority of us (by that, I mean me) are guilty of that *winks*
However, I am going to admit that I did buy some bath and beauty products. And I swear the items below were the only purchases I made (except for grocery shopping. That's for survival, man) in the past 5 weeks.
1) Lush bubble bars
2) Cure Natural Aqua Gel
- I only purchased the one bottle of the product, so imagine my surprise when I opened the parcel and saw this...
The lovely eBay seller sent me SO many free gifts! With my bottle of gel, I received samples, snacks, a sweet note and even a small toy! OMG! How generous is this nice lady!! If anyone is thinking of purchasing the gel, I would highly recommend buying it from Yukiko on eBay, here*click*.
3) Boudoir Privé
- I got my VIP invite today and decided to go ahead and make payment to secure the first box. Technically, I'll only receive the box in early August, but since I've made payment, I'll consider this as purchases I made during my shopping ban
Even though I'm inclined to say that I didn't actually break my (clothing and accessories) shopping ban, I will admit that purchasing the above was a bit cheeky of me. Still, I'm not going to beat myself up over it because I know how hard it has been refraining myself from buying stuff with all these crazy summer sales going on ALL over the UK.
I haven't been to the mall for ages and even when I head to the city centre, I dare not even walk into any shops and end up heading home early. The giant red posters with the seductive 4-letter word beginning with 'S' mocks me as I walk forlornly by.
I'm going to complete the 2-month ban and from now until the end, I'm not even going to buy any beauty products. Wish me luck! xx
I still think you have succeed quite great. Not buying clothes for 2 months! Congratulations on that!
ReplyDeletei have a lot of clothes in my wadrobe never worn!!!!!
ReplyDeletegood job dear
those lush bars are so cute & kinda delicious looking hehehe. i really wanna eat them! HAHA gl w the rest of your shopping ban!! you can do it! XD
ReplyDeleteYou should be proud! I am not sure if I have enough discipline to do such a thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm guilty of that! I haven't worn the tops I showed in my last shopping haul. :3 lol. Bad habit. heh heh
ReplyDeleteI say that you've done great on your ban!! Meaning...more cute outfits from you. Cut those tags! :P
Ooh, the Cure gel! Hope to see a review on that from you once you get the chance. ^^
GOOD LUCK WITH THE REST OF YOUR BAN! I should follow in your steps... ;X
I think the whole point of the ban was to restrict yourself from buying too many things, so you've definitely limit yourself :) Goal achieved!
ReplyDeletelol aww you did pretty well!! The lush bubble bath looks awesome!! the boudoir prive is like the birch box equivalent?
ReplyDeleteThat is such a good idea.. good luck! I'm on somewhat of a ban, too.. I have enough clothes, haha. And definitely less money!
ReplyDeletexx, Melanie
Good job! Hope you can keep it up! I would never be able to do it. I give in too easily.
ReplyDelete@.@''' and what a generous ebay seller.
If that's all you bought in 2 months, that's super good!!
ReplyDeleteatleast you didn't spend on clothes and accessories which is one of main reason for the ban. :) thats super already! i myself can't keep by a ban unless i'm desperate enough. i saw the cure gel before on xiaxue's blog lol and it seems to work wonder on the skin. sadly its not for sale in malaysia yet :/ will you be reviewing it? ^^
ReplyDeleteI'm guilty haha. I brought some clothes just because it's on sale. I think I should be on a shopping ban as well.
ReplyDeletethey neverr work for me..lol
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I don't think 2 months is too hard, esp if it's for clothes and accessories.
ReplyDeleteFor skincare/makeup products, might be a little harder.
I think going on 2-3 month bans is useful for the budget and probably good for your self-discipline, right? I tried 6 months. Man, that was hard.
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I haven't been to the mall for a while also, I'm too busy haha.
ReplyDeleteOmgosh, Why do LUSH make soaps so yummy looking. @__@ *hypnotized*
cute stuff:)
ReplyDeleteyou've done good :) very good. I'm loving the outfit beneath, and you have a great blog. how did you get to study abroad.. What did you have to do and so on - can you give me some updates? :)
ReplyDeleteyou're doing really good. I know how hard it is not to shop for clothes. Keep it up! :)
ReplyDeletetotally understand how hard it is to be on shopping ban. i tried and failed :P the lushies bars are so colorful and pretty to look at.
ReplyDeletethose bubble bars are way too cute! it'll be so hard for me to resist from buying them!
ReplyDeletethose lush bars look so yummy, i actually thought they were candies! haha these are some cute stuff you snagged! :)
ReplyDeletevery luxurious must haves for "survival"! lol :P
ReplyDeletei think you did a good job on that! actually a little purchase doesnt matter :D xx
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Tut tut! You most definitely broke your shopping ban! But so many goodies, that ebay seller is so lovely! xX
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice surprise!!! Keep up the good work on your shopping ban. I have about one new thing in my closet with the price tag...I hate it when I do that.
ReplyDeleteOMG I searched high and low for Cure at the Watson's in HK when I went back but could not find them :(:(
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the ebayer!!!!
p.s. I love creamy candy bubble bar :P *so heavenly*
I think you are good to go girlie! Haha, some things we just need to buy! But I definitely have clothes in my closet with the tags still on. So I'm actually still on my "shopping trim" and focusing on shoes...because i don't have a lot of creative shoes. So this time I'm actually buying things I need or want to expand on versus my usual oh that's nice I want it shopping...lol
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I'm sure you will like the cure natural aqua gel as well :D loving that product and the ebay seller gave lots of extra thingssss ^^ !! would love to try lush products as well, but too bad i don't have a bathtub at home x___X
ReplyDeleteHAHA, I thought the ebay seller only sent you candies instead of your cure gel. And I couldn't find it anywhere in Hong Kong :||.
ReplyDeleteBut that is really nice of her! ;D
OMG! I also want that Cure gel so badly :P
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