Black Friday (Singles Day)

Today it's Black Friday which means a whole lot of stuff on sale, just like on singles day. Singles day is a huge fenomeen in Asia where year after year the sales records are broken. The month November has become a very dangerous month because around the globe these days are celebrated by retailers. For a minimalist as I am, it's so difficult to resist the temptation.

This year I have switch from the Olaz cleaner to the Foreo sonic cleaner. Because of the warranty, I register myself and receive the newsletter. It already started last week with special set promotion, so called early birds. I was very strong and clicked away.

But today after failing at ordering a wireless charger and a usb wifi dongle, I cracked and bought the Foreo tooth brush. It cost around 140 euro after discount. I liked it a lot and if it helps my tooth I would be thankful for it.  On Singles day 11th of November I was strong because it was not so much promoted on the radio, street and weekly inserts.

I am very happy that I don't have cable anymore and don't know the commercials. Though I can be strong, I also have my weak moments. Am I afraid I bought something during these days, yes I certainly am but the brush was already on my wishing list. And there is nothing wrong with that because things on my list has been already thought out how to use and what the stuff it's going to replace.

CD's

I love to listen to music while driving and last few day I have pushed the CD button in the car. During my school days I bought a set of jazz cd's and I had it in the car. What I always have with cd's is that there are some songs that I will get addicted to. On this cd I already found 4 tracks that are absolutely catchy.

Do you still remember that we had to manually push a button to skip a track or listen to a song you didn't like with tapes. I still have a lot of music tapes and sometimes get it out just remembering my younger days. I even have a tape from my last day after the primary school.

But back to the cd's I still have a lot of them and I am not willing to get rid of them at all. Honestly, most of them are from my siblings or mom, I never really had a collection but the ones that I have, I treasure it.

Disappointments

This year I finally backed a product that was on Kickstarter. For myself it was having something that added value in my life and it's not available in the store. I found the nope 2.0, before receiving the actual product I already got the message that the product would be thicker then mentioned before.

I'm absolute for internet safety, so covering up my webcams on my pc and tablet is something what I already do by using paper or sticky note. I was absolutely thrilled and ordered 6 of them. Eventually I got it in the mail and wanted to stick on my notebook. The only thing is, that it doesn't close like in the picture.

I was already afraid when I got the update message that the goods will be thicker. They did try to sell it by telling it would protect your stuff better etc. But my feelings about that message was already negative. That's not the only thing that bothered me, it also didn't arrive at the promised time.

All in all, I am very disappointed at how my first backer action on Kickstarted ended. But it doesn't hold me back in backing any other project. I am already trying to find something that can actually add some value like how the Nope 2.0 was intended.

The trick with disappointment is to trick yourself that it could be worse!

Starbucks frappachino...

A few months agot the Starbucks coffee was in sale at the supermarket for just €1,- and I bought it. It was really a disapointment. I still remember I had coffee in Beijing at Starbucks or just in Europe and it was really nice but the supermarkt one was just too sweet for my taste. After drinking it I had just a bad headache and after reading the label, I assume it's the sugar intake. How much sugar goes into the small bottle. I promised myself to never buy it again.

What I did do is rinse the bottle made some coffee and pour it in the small glass container and let it chill in the fridge for the afternoon. I have kept the container to just keep cold coffee in the fridge. Most of the time I really don't care about brands but it was just so cheap, so I bought it to try it.
For the coming next few years I would not buy it anymore, until I forget it and buy it again.