Singapore is having its almost two-month long Great Singapore Sales (GSS) now and also a major PC show for the last few days.  Discounts could be up to 70%. Just in case I will get crazy over those shoes, dresses, kids’ attires, PC games, gadgets, guys’ attires, branded bags, beauty packages and……., I decided to stay away from shopping centres and save myself from these unnecessary expenses.  Even for basic necessities, I also tend to stock them up during the sales season as I always have the mentality that I could multiply the effect of saving by buying more.  

As the family expands and kids grow, there is really a need to save for their increased enrichment classes, living and entertainment expenses. So, I urge myself to save. However, somehow, when we hear from others how good the offer is and how good a new series of items are, it is tempting and irresistable right? So, I ended up relenting sometime and not all the time though. 

Some good and justified items purchased during this sales season are:

·        a live webcam to monitor the kids at home while I am at work <thumbs up>

·        a personal computer for Brendan and Darren at last (now they don’t have to wait in the queue while I finish my tasks on my notebook)

·        a PC table (to rest the kids’ new PC)

·        a new PC monitor since it seems to have better resolution and bigger screen

·        a SNGTEL MIO TV HOME package since it offers an attractive bundle price for a home phone line, broadband and mio TV program (with 15 movies per month) and better price for a US TV Thriller Drama package (now the family can watch the latest US TV series without having to wait for the DVD packages to be launched in Singapore)

·        2 latest series of HTC handphones - HTC Touch Diamond 2 (to facilitate my call back to the live webcam since my iPhone 3G is not able to support video call)

·        Additional iPhone accessories (while considering whether to pass on the iPhone to Brendan with consideration of the OS3 upgrade on 17 June and release of iPhone 3G (S).

Papa Ed's n Mama Den's twin look-alike phones - HTC Touch Diamond 2

 

Samsung 18.5 inch PC monitor

 

Well, you can see the items somehow are linked to support the kids’s needs in a way or other. Haha, am I trying to make myself less guilty of spending by justifying that it is really needed for others than myself? <wink>. Definitely, I am not doing a promotion of these items.  Till then, I really need to keep my eyes and ears shut and resist further buying <chuckle>.