Just got an email that one of my favourite kids' app developers is having a 24 hour sale! You can get any of these apps for just $0.99 today! If I hadn't already bought most of them at full price I'd be going on a shopping spree!
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Friday, 8 November 2013
Quick Quick! Toca Boca Apps are on sale today!
Just got an email that one of my favourite kids' app developers is having a 24 hour sale! You can get any of these apps for just $0.99 today! If I hadn't already bought most of them at full price I'd be going on a shopping spree!
Friday, 12 July 2013
& Other Stories
I dont normally gush about a shop. In fact I often rather dislike shopping and hardly ever manage to go into the centre. Between the congestion charge and the parking it's an investment even to think about venturing into the cerchia die bastoni. On Wednesday however, I let Sera play hooky from nursery on the occasion of my mom being in Milan for a visit and we went into town.
I'm thrilled we did as I found my new favourite shop! & Other Stories only opened this past April and today was the first time I stepped inside, though I'm kicking myself that I didn't line up in the queue for the launch 3 months ago!
Spread over four floors of prime space in the heart of Milan's shopping district (the part at least for people like me who can't afford designers brands) on Corso vittorio Emmanuele, the store has a perfect layout and keeps you circulating over and over again. I was a little overwhelmed at first because I didn't expect the overload of things that I like... Jewellery, bags and gorgeous shoes just as you walk in the door.
On the first floor the elevator opened up onto rows of beauty counters with items of all colours in lovely packaging. I couldn't resist and picked up a gloss in Lemister Peach Lame (on sale @ 50% - €4.50), and a lipstick in Raynes Salmon (€15 euros regular price as its from the new colours).
On the top floor there were loads more styles of jewellery, clothes, tops, dresses, gorgeous lingerie and other accessories. Down in the basement I found an asymmetrical cotton dress for the summer on sale and grabbed that as well. I spent roughly 20-25 minutes per floor just browsing and checking each and very last item they had to offer, even Sera was patient enough to stay and have a look for that amount of time... There was so much to see and displayed beautifully.
The prices are absolutely decent even at full price, but watch out, it does all add up if you can't contain yourself and pick and choose between all the lovely treasures you'll find here. I decided that on this trip I'd limit my purchases a little bit to allow myself something to look forward to on my next visit. I also think that with the great variety of different and very unusual items the may become my first stop when seeking out birthday presents for my friends in the future... Even just a gift card would be perfect.
& Other Stories is located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Milan and you can visit them on line at www.stories.com
I'm thrilled we did as I found my new favourite shop! & Other Stories only opened this past April and today was the first time I stepped inside, though I'm kicking myself that I didn't line up in the queue for the launch 3 months ago!
Spread over four floors of prime space in the heart of Milan's shopping district (the part at least for people like me who can't afford designers brands) on Corso vittorio Emmanuele, the store has a perfect layout and keeps you circulating over and over again. I was a little overwhelmed at first because I didn't expect the overload of things that I like... Jewellery, bags and gorgeous shoes just as you walk in the door.
On the first floor the elevator opened up onto rows of beauty counters with items of all colours in lovely packaging. I couldn't resist and picked up a gloss in Lemister Peach Lame (on sale @ 50% - €4.50), and a lipstick in Raynes Salmon (€15 euros regular price as its from the new colours).
On the top floor there were loads more styles of jewellery, clothes, tops, dresses, gorgeous lingerie and other accessories. Down in the basement I found an asymmetrical cotton dress for the summer on sale and grabbed that as well. I spent roughly 20-25 minutes per floor just browsing and checking each and very last item they had to offer, even Sera was patient enough to stay and have a look for that amount of time... There was so much to see and displayed beautifully.
The prices are absolutely decent even at full price, but watch out, it does all add up if you can't contain yourself and pick and choose between all the lovely treasures you'll find here. I decided that on this trip I'd limit my purchases a little bit to allow myself something to look forward to on my next visit. I also think that with the great variety of different and very unusual items the may become my first stop when seeking out birthday presents for my friends in the future... Even just a gift card would be perfect.
& Other Stories is located on Corso Vittorio Emanuele in Milan and you can visit them on line at www.stories.com
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Lido di Segirno
It takes about 50 minutes to drive from Milan and can be a nice family day out. We waded in the beautiful lake, ate a light lunch, swam in the little pool and even went out for a canoe ride.
If I'm being entirely critical however I'd have to say that we probably wouldn't return. With only a little tiny bit of effort the place could have been amazing and instead the establishment had overlooked some critical details. The shoreline wasn't maintained well with the grass only cut and polished until about 15 meters to the water and then inexplicably left overgrown. There was also some very large sharp rocks which could have easily been moved out of the way of potential bathers and bits of rubbish which had floated ashore that was not removed. The pool is very small at roughly 3x6 meters in diameter, about 110cm deep at all parts and wasn't supervised. Therefore it was full of rowdy teenagers and adults splashing jumping and generally being anti-social (and quite dangerous actually). At the restaurant the waiter was confused and couldn't remember table numbers. The bathrooms weren't clean (a pet-peeve of mine, it can ruin my day).
On the plus side, lakes are not really appreciated in Italy the same way they are in Canada and I was thrilled to be able to share some time in a canoe with the people I love most. We did encounter some high winds on the way back to shore and only just beat a storm (check out the sky in the photo!), but it was still a lot of fun. Especially since I wasn't the one paddling!
It's a bit of a shame because the place could have been a 10 out of 10 in terms of a family fun day, but instead it can only claim a 6 out of 10 and for just silly reasons. I hope that they figure out some of these issues so that we can go back and check it out another time but as it is now, I'll keep looking for my paradise by the lake.
Saturday, 20 April 2013
savings for a rainy day
It's been storming and pouring since yesterday in Milan and the weather has gone back to those end-of-winter blues so part of our family outing today included some retail therapy. Last week I heard about a temporary Accessorize outlet shop outside Milan in Bovisa-Masciago so I asked Fabri to take us there in the hopes that I could get a head start on my new spring look. I normally don't buy stuff from their regular shop because I find the prices a tiny bit steep, but I've had luck in outlets in the past so off we went for the half-hour trip from home. Here are the items I bough with their original prices:
Clothing, accessories and jewellery combined would bring my regular Accessorize total to €215,50.
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| Original prices for a total of €185,80 on clothing/accessories |
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| Original prices for a total of €29,70 on jewellery |
What I actually paid: €37,00!!!
That's a savings of €178,50 or 81%
I don't think I need to say anything else.
the Accessorize temporary outlet can be found at:
via nazionale dei giovi, 14
20813 Bovisio Masciago (MB)
tel.: 0362590568
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