[Discussion] Spending money

[GuiNNeSS]

That reminds me, one of my brown heels that I have been wearing lately, has its heels chipped off liao. I need to replace the padding at the tip of that stiletto, or just junk out a still neat looking heels? But I dont want to buy brown anymore. Maybe I will just stick to blacks.

[GuiNNeSS]

Arggh...there is wedding on Sat.

 

And I am not sure that my current cheong sum is going to be way too glam!

 

Now also too late to tailor make another cheongsum to wear to the wedding event!

[swiftee]

Yes yes!!! Bought it from taiwan too!!

 

Wat brother u tokin about man?? How come i dun see it when i was there. Sportsbike lighter wif lights in multicolour!! How nice(beng) can that be!!! I wish i could haf spotted it too!

 

hm... i was looking for motorbike lighters. spotted 2, the bmw one and the bling bling sportsbike 1...

 

later gave the bmw away as i prefer the sportsbike 1 more... it's one of my fave 'chao ah beng' lighters

maybe will try to dig it out and take a photo to post here...

 

did u see the gun shaped ones? i liked them but didnt dare to bring back...

 

 

Arggh...there is wedding on Sat.

 

And I am not sure that my current cheong sum is going to be way too glam!

 

Now also too late to tailor make another cheongsum to wear to the wedding event!

 

tone it down with a dull coloured shawl...

[Prankster]

hm... i was looking for motorbike lighters. spotted 2, the bmw one and the bling bling sportsbike 1...

 

later gave the bmw away as i prefer the sportsbike 1 more... it's one of my fave 'chao ah beng' lighters

maybe will try to dig it out and take a photo to post here...

 

did u see the gun shaped ones? i liked them but didnt dare to bring back...

 

Hmmm.... Yes pls, pls post a photo of it here...

 

Gun shaped, not that i remember off, but better not to bring back.... Scarly kana stop at custom, kanalan...

 

But i got the one which have to slide the front sideways.... Front picture is ace of spades... and when u slide thru it to light up the lighter, beneath the front picture, out comes, K,Q,J and 10 of spades... Nice!!

[GuiNNeSS]

 

tone it down with a dull coloured shawl...

 

Cannot. My shawls are all bright monotone colours.

 

I dont have any that can tone it down. Cheongsum is black velvet with sequins. Chances are, it will overshadow the bride or even their parents.

 

I think I will just simply wear my black jackets pants suit from work.

[GuiNNeSS]

Should consider spending some money liao....go tailor some sarong kebayas and more plain looking cheongsums for end of this year or next year parties.

[swiftee]

Cannot. My shawls are all bright monotone colours.

 

I dont have any that can tone it down. Cheongsum is black velvet with sequins. Chances are, it will overshadow the bride or even their parents.

 

I think I will just simply wear my black jackets pants suit from work.

 

u wearing black 2 wedding har... are the sequins black too?

 

can try throwing a matt bright coloured shawl over it then...

[Silverelf]

Arggh...there is wedding on Sat.

 

And I am not sure that my current cheong sum is going to be way too glam!

 

Now also too late to tailor make another cheongsum to wear to the wedding event!

 

Wow!! You actually do tailor your dresses! Recently I have been thinking if I should actually tailor a dress or something. If the tailor is good, I should hopefully look better than if I went to look and look and look and end up with something just ok only. Also, tailoring isn't all that expensive given that off the shelf dresses can be easily $50-80 anyway.

 

I feel that my restraint on TBS purchases is slipping away... I might just end up buying TBS stuff again!!!

[motornewbie]

here talks about putting money in the right place

for me this is what i do:

1)house. e.g bills etc.

2)family e.g groceries, clothes etc

3)personal e.g transport, meals

4) save the rest in banks/financial mechenism

 

there is nothing more then have back-up for needy days and is nv a habit to spend unless i need to

[swiftee]

Recently I have been thinking if I should actually tailor a dress or something. If the tailor is good, I should hopefully look better than if I went to look and look and look and end up with something just ok only. Also, tailoring isn't all that expensive given that off the shelf dresses can be easily $50-80 anyway.

 

I feel that my restraint on TBS purchases is slipping away... I might just end up buying TBS stuff again!!!

 

tailor clothes is around $50-$80 har...

last time i tailor a jacket was quite ex leh

maybe cause i bring my own design down to let the tailor do...

 

and yes, tailored clothes do make u look better if u have a good tailor that knows how to adapt the cutting to flatter your body type, and advise u on what suits u

but if your body type is kinda average, most off the rack clothes should look fine...

 

btw what is TBS stuff?

[GuiNNeSS]

Wow!! You actually do tailor your dresses! Recently I have been thinking if I should actually tailor a dress or something. If the tailor is good, I should hopefully look better than if I went to look and look and look and end up with something just ok only. Also, tailoring isn't all that expensive given that off the shelf dresses can be easily $50-80 anyway.

 

I feel that my restraint on TBS purchases is slipping away... I might just end up buying TBS stuff again!!!

 

I tailor some of my clothes, cos I got a really short body, short arms, legs & small hands and feet.

 

And really thick shoulders. So clothes I buy off the rack either cannot button in front, or cannot let me bend my arms, or over my wrists. Pants, I usually still can buy off the rack and simply hem them up. But some pieces is worth to tailor.

 

Like simple dinner gowns, cheongsums & long sleeve shirts.

 

The Body Shop? You should buy in Malaysia, its cheaper there.

[ThePole]

for me, when I was younger was to buy a lot of ancient chinese classical books. so much so that they end up collecting dust. sigh...

 

now getting older, starts to collect medicine.

[Silverelf]

I tailor some of my clothes, cos I got a really short body, short arms, legs & small hands and feet.

 

And really thick shoulders. So clothes I buy off the rack either cannot button in front, or cannot let me bend my arms, or over my wrists. Pants, I usually still can buy off the rack and simply hem them up. But some pieces is worth to tailor.

 

Like simple dinner gowns, cheongsums & long sleeve shirts.

 

The Body Shop? You should buy in Malaysia, its cheaper there.

 

How much cheaper is TBS in Malaysia..? Trouble is, I don't go to Malaysia

[CSV]

i'm willing to splurge only on books. investments, home repairs etc.

 

aside from that, its probably gonna be bike next. cause i will make it a point to keep my bike in tip top pristine condition. a trait carried over from my father.

 

handphone's a phone to me. i only upgrade when new generation comes. eg. nokia 3120 to nokia 3310 to sony ericsson w700i to htc desire.

 

but i starting to think i'm a miser. i track all my expenses daily in a notebook! haha.

[GuiNNeSS]

How much cheaper is TBS in Malaysia..? Trouble is, I don't go to Malaysia

 

I buy most of my TBS stuff overseas.

 

They carry more out of stock in Singapore ranges and goes on cheap sale. SOme prices may be the same in Singapore, but some can be cheaper due to the exchange rate.

 

I am trying to scale down my purchases from TBS to only a fragrance range like Vanilla Vanilla.

[lutein]

Wow!! You actually do tailor your dresses! Recently I have been thinking if I should actually tailor a dress or something. If the tailor is good, I should hopefully look better than if I went to look and look and look and end up with something just ok only. Also, tailoring isn't all that expensive given that off the shelf dresses can be easily $50-80 anyway.

 

I tailor my stuff at Bangkok. Mostly office suits as I have problems with getting well-fitting pants. Once I went crazy and ordered suits totalling S$3,000+++ at one go. I have to say that they really last. I've been wearing the same sets for 4 years (once a week) and they still look good as new.

 

I used to tailor dresses but it became too much work for me (shop for fabric, decide on design, fitting etc). These days I prefer to seek out local designers. Some of them offer very good personal service and will alter for you. Of course having a good seamstress to whom you can go to for additional alteration helps too.

[lutein]

i'm willing to splurge only on books. investments, home repairs etc.

 

aside from that, its probably gonna be bike next. cause i will make it a point to keep my bike in tip top pristine condition. a trait carried over from my father.

 

handphone's a phone to me. i only upgrade when new generation comes. eg. nokia 3120 to nokia 3310 to sony ericsson w700i to htc desire.

 

but i starting to think i'm a miser. i track all my expenses daily in a notebook! haha.

 

I used to buy a lot of books but they took up too much space! When we moved recently we had to throw away a lot of books! These days I borrow from the library and only buy if I really like the book. Last book I bought was The Alchemist.

 

So far no need to spend on bike because my partner would buy me "birthday presents" in the form of spare parts!!! Apparently I'm getting some brake/clutch lever for my birthday this year!!!

 

Like you, a phone is just a phone to me. I prefer very basic models (can call, can send message, can take picture). I have a company-issued Blackberry so I do my web-surfing on that (no need to pay data charges hee hee).

[GuiNNeSS]

I just remembered, I need to stock up on chinese tea leaves for my other office. It ran out on Monday.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

shopping at the tiny little general stores at TPY is so much better than visiting shopping malls or even hardware stores. The prices are so tiny!

 

And the service attitude is so much better than established stores.

[Calv]

spend alot on food!

[Chicky89]

pple spend alot on material things while others leisure. some gadgets and some die die must own newest phones. iphone, blackburry. too many pple lack of finance management.

[zinc]

pple spend alot on material things while others leisure. some gadgets and some die die must own newest phones. iphone, blackburry. too many pple lack of finance management.

 

Lol.. Well sometimes temptations can be very hard to resist.

[urmel]

like to spend the money on old chinese furniture. Looks really good, but 's very expensive!

[urmel]

or on my Harley Davidson. I know, also doesn't make much sense.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Why spend $20-30 per metre on exhaust wrap?

 

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