Shopaholic Me: Nothing Feels Better Than Getting A Good Bargain

Mid Valley Megamall: Great location for KL & PJ folks

Ever the shopaholic, I took the chance to go on a shopping spree at Mid Valley during Malaysia Day. Not too bad it seems although I thought the mall would be too crowded on a public holiday, maybe most have opted to go on a holiday outstation.

First off, since I'm a stickler for all things discounted and at a bargain price, I made a stop at Uniqlo. They do sometimes have great in-store offers on public holidays, so it's best you check them out during that time. I usually stop by their stores twice a month or so, most of the times they have a good rotation of the goods on offer.

Uniqlo's Heattech series

 Looks like they didn't have much on offer that interest me since I'm just shopping around for their Heattech series for my trip to South Korea. I managed to buy a camisole and socks from this series at RM39.90 each, not so satisfying but I saw the fur-lined jacket which I bought sometime ago selling at RM129.90 today. Bought it at RM79.90 back then (RM50 worth of savings!), so it consoled me a quite bit!

Then I went over to Factory Outlet Store (F.O.S.) which is another great store for bargain hunters. Not only do they stock affordable clothes of great quality, look around and sometimes you'll find some great treasures! Branded clothes at discounted prices! Now who wouldn't want that?

H&M leggings, got mine in blue instead of white

Today I went over to look at their leggings, and guess what? Forever 21 and H&M leggings at RM45 for 3 pieces! Ka-ching!! It's a bit frustrating sometimes when you can't find your size after going through piles of clothes, so when I finally found 2 of my size, one black Forever 21 and a blue patterned H&M legging, I was super satisfied. It's RM20 for a piece, but RM32 for 2 pieces. Still a great bargain nevertheless!

I went to pay and saw Levi's jeans priced at RM100 for 2 pieces!! Next time I'll be back, if there's still stock that is. Hehehe.... 

Anyway, I went to pay and upon giving my membership card (that's my IC by the way), my total was only RM22.40 instead of RM32. Say what? Apparently members get a 30% discount of all items just for today (I knew there was something calling me to shop today!).

Next on, I had dinner with my family at The Garden's food court, Food Garden, which is just next to Borders and Sushi Zanmai. The queues at Sushi Zanmai can get scarily long sometimes, similarly is Hokkaido Ichiba, just a stone's throw away on the same floor.

Dolsot Bibimbap in Food Garden. Pic credit: Cleffairy.com

Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't go to Food Garden just because I'm on a bargain hunting spree. I'm actually here for one of the best Dolsot Bibimbap I've had so far. I'm probably biased since I know the generous Korean ahjumma and ahjussi who operated the stall (she has since handed it over to foreign workers who have retained her recipe well). They once gave me a huge extra plate of kimchi when I ordered 2 sets of bibimbap, which comes with an equally awesome bubbling hot kimchi jjigae!

After that huge meal which costs me RM20 per set, I needed to burn the calories away. What else besides more shopping? I went over to Aeon and bought some sushi on 20% discount for my brothers, then headed to the last stop for the day, Cotton On!

Cotton On is probably overpriced at times, but like Uniqlo, you'll just have to give them some time to rotate their items which goes on sale. Today I went in with a mission to buy just shoes. Good ol' Rubi shoes. I bought 2 pairs for SGD30 back in November last year, and now I'm back for more!

Rubi flats for me! (cue Wonder Girls' 'Nu Shoes' song)

They have 2 variants, but I find the fabric ones tend to be more comfortable and less stiff. I picked 2 peep-toe sandals for RM60 (cheaper than in Singapore) and went off with that. I personally feel that among all the Cotton On shops which I visit often (Sungei Wang, Pavillion, Mid Valley), the one with the most items on sale is the Sungei Wang outlet. Check out their huge selection of sale stock if you're around the vicinity!

I hope I'll be able to hold in my buying impulse as my trip to South Korea is nearing closer. I'm really looking forward to bargain-hunting in Seoul and Busan, as well as cafe-hopping! Do look out for my posts in November!

The author is ecstatic to be able to visit South Korea, home to K-pop and the shopping mecca for all things cute!

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