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Promotions at Guardian Pharmacy

If you are anything like me and refuse to buy the newspapers due to the lack of news and proliferation of advertisements, you might find yourself missing out on the latest promotions at our local pharmacies like Guardian and Watsons. Of course, it also means you have less temptation but heck, what is life without a little tempation yes? ;)

I just found out that you can read some of the ongoing Guardian Pharmacy promotions online at their website. This is useful for when you need to stock up on things like shower creams or toothpaste or even diet supplements for those times when they have 3 for 2 promotions.

Currently, the ongoing promotion at Guardian Pharmacies until 30 Nov 2008 is a 50% off the 2nd item promotion. So, buy the first item and get the 2nd at 50% off. Not only that, you can get the new 2009 table calendar with purchases of RM80 and above in a single receipt. Yes, its the end of the year - time to stock up on 2009 calendars!



Attract Health

When I was much younger, I remember a couple of my uncles sporting bracelets. Now, I’m not one to discriminate against men wearing jewelry, but it made me curious nonetheless. They played a lot of sports and the bracelets they wore were magnetic bracelets which were supposed to soothe their aching joints.

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In those days, they were sold by direct selling companies and in plain copper bracelets. These days, they come in any number of designs and of any number of materials. An example is the one above. It looks studly and manly and I think any man would be happy to wear it, rather than the copper cuffs I used to see.

The reason I’m looking at these is because I’m getting a dull ache in my elbow joints which has nothing to do with sports and I remembered that magnetic bracelets were all the rage about curing these dull aches. I reckon its just too much typing :P



Benefit Cosmetics Free International Shipping is now more expensive

As luck would have it, Benefit Cosmetics has upped the ceiling price for international purchases before they will ship your order for free. I’d say Boo! at this point, but I guess what with fuel prices rising and postage costs, they are covering their own costs.

So if you live outside the USA and plan a Benefit Cosmetics order, your threshold for free shipping is now US$115.

Use code: WORLD115 at checkout

For those in the USA, free shipping is still available with every US$50 purchase.

Use code: PRETTY50 at checkout



A DSLR for Christmas?

A side effect of being a blogger is that I have developed a little interest in photography. Bloggers will know how important a good photograph is to enhance your blog and your posts. Currently, I’m using a point and shoot compact camera. It is useful and takes good photographs but honestly, it is no DSLR. Recently, I had the opportunity to test a Canon DSLR belonging to a friend. It was an eye-opener.

The numerous buttons confused me but I guess there’s always that learning curve with anything. Now, I’m itching to own my very own. I’ve seen ads for the Canon ones as well as the Nikon D90. A photographer once told me that Pentax too was a decent brand for an entry level DSLR.

Honestly, I have no idea what I’m looking for. The only thing I know is that with Christmas round the corner, there might be some good deals going on so I’ll shop around and read up first before taking the plunge. If anyone has any tips on what DSLR to go for, feel free to let me know!



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