The next day, we woke up early, had our breakfast of muffins and cereal and drove off to the Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village!! We dedicated an entire day to shopping! Woohooo! I was obviously excited beyond words, even though I knew I was going on a limited budget :D just the prospect of SHOPPING itself got me into hyper mode. It was about an hour’s drive from Manchester and we reached there at about 10am, just as the outlets were opening. Beforehand, we had keyed in the address into our GPS so finding the place wasn’t that difficult. We also printed out the map of the entire village and planned which outlets to go to first and boy were we glad we did so! The place was actually rather huge and if you were to randomly go in and ...
The happy month of October :)
It's almost the end of October and so much has happened since my last post. Yes my dear readers, I do realize that I'm updating only once a month but I can't help it, year end is one of the most busiest times at work, so please bear with me until I manage to complete my KPIs :D On the 15th of October, my dearest husband received his scroll after successfully completing the Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) programme. I was proudly clapping my hands with much enthusiasm as his name was called and he walked on stage to shake hands with the chancellor. It was an emotional moment for me indeed. All his late nights, hard work, cold sweat, gastric attacks, exam fevers and everything that came along with it was all worth it in the ...
Me and my new plastic friends
Update!! I HAVE CREDIT CARDS!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!! Heheheh, ok it might not be a big deal to many of you but as I have mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been trying to get one for years! And about a few weeks ago, HSBC gave me my very first two cards! To add cherry to the icing, they then upgraded my Gold to a Platinum! WOOOOOOOHOOOOO!! I love you HSBC!! I will be loyal to you forever and ever and ever!! A week later, Maybank calls me and gives me another two cards!! Don’t worry folks, I won’t be going on any wild shopping spree with my cards. My job revolves around advising people on proper money management, so I think I have that part pretty much covered ;) Currently I’m just whooping with joy with my new plastics. This is going ...
My Credit Card Controversy
Let me share with you my credit card history. Oh wait, I can’t, I HAVE NONE. Yes, that’s right. I don’t have a credit card. Well, just one, but it’s a supplementary of the husband’s so that doesn’t count. It’s not mine. I know some of you are currently going “That’s good! Credit cards are evil!!” Yes, yes, I am very well aware of the shopaholic-gone-out-of-control effect that it can have on some people but I need a card for two reasons only, emergencies and business. Now, here’s the issue. Ever since I started working, I have been applying for credit cards. I have never been approved for one. NEVER. I have been working for SIX YEARS. Every year I apply for credit cards from at least three banks and my applications get rejected EVERY SINGLE ...
Looking in…
When I was 17... the lyrics to this song pretty much summed up my life. Yesterday night... 11 years on... I realized that it still does. ...
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