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Just capped off a great day (including a successful shopping trip) with a fantastic dinner in the company of extremely interesting people. Not a bad day at all!
Today, I learned that negotiating is FUN! There is an incredible array of clothing, handbags and accessories for sale in various alleyways in Central Hong Kong, and the prices are all negotiable. I selected a beautiful embroidered jacket, original price $699 HK (about $100 US), and bargained the price down to $300 HK (appx. $35 US). How awesome is that??? I hope we get the chance to go back, because there is more to be done! Needless to say, bargaining is not welcome at Chanel, so I didn't spend any of my money there.
The only legitimate thing I purchased today, a bottle of sensational perfume from a great store called Shanghai Tang (www.shanghaitang.com), turned out to be "home fragrance," not perfume. Guess I didn't look carefully enough at the box. Or the bottle. Or the sign with the product description and price on it. But I've gotten a lot of compliments on the scent, so at least for me, it's a perfume. :)
Our serious meeting schedule starts tomorrow, but I hope to still have fun things to report. Stay tuned!
Lori
Just capped off a great day (including a successful shopping trip) with a fantastic dinner in the company of extremely interesting people. Not a bad day at all!
Today, I learned that negotiating is FUN! There is an incredible array of clothing, handbags and accessories for sale in various alleyways in Central Hong Kong, and the prices are all negotiable. I selected a beautiful embroidered jacket, original price $699 HK (about $100 US), and bargained the price down to $300 HK (appx. $35 US). How awesome is that??? I hope we get the chance to go back, because there is more to be done! Needless to say, bargaining is not welcome at Chanel, so I didn't spend any of my money there.
The only legitimate thing I purchased today, a bottle of sensational perfume from a great store called Shanghai Tang (www.shanghaitang.com), turned out to be "home fragrance," not perfume. Guess I didn't look carefully enough at the box. Or the bottle. Or the sign with the product description and price on it. But I've gotten a lot of compliments on the scent, so at least for me, it's a perfume. :)
Our serious meeting schedule starts tomorrow, but I hope to still have fun things to report. Stay tuned!
Lori
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