Or was it actually the other way round?
I was expecting a huge crowd because wow.. Hordes of people walking from the bus stop to the halls!
Turned out most of them headed to the food fair.
So that leaves Hall 6 nice and quiet, and spaciouson a Friday afternoon.
Remember my first baby fair experience of impulse purchase?
History shall not (and did not) repeat itself.
I went with a shopping list.
I am very focused when it comes to fairs now.
Freebies
Ha! Remember my 'freebie' brain? It seems that that brain of mine has grown quite a bit.
A sweet staff at the Motherhood Magazine booth asked if I would like to sign up for the digital magazine (free for three months) and receive 2 sample packets of Merries diapers or a Motherhood magazine. I did since I only had to register my name and email address. Took the diapers of course. My pregnant brain subscribed me three years worth of magazines the last time.
There were a couple other companies (mostly cleaning companies) offering freebies like lunchboxes and games if you don't mind a product demo at your place. I'm not a fan of having people I don't know entering my house so I took none of those. (Yet another lesson learnt from other baby fairs.)
Diapers
I was looking for Huggies Ultra Pants at the fair because I seem to have difficulty getting J's size in the supermarkets. This current promotion is by Fairprice. The ultra pants (M) are at $0.36 per piece. Would have been a more attractive deal if they had free delivery with $x purchased or maybe, a free toy (like the Little Tikes Cupcake Kitchen last year.)
I overheard two other ladies saying that Redmart has the same promotion and they offer free delivery (with purchases of $49 for first timers and purchases of $75 subsequently). So we searched for the booth and I signed up for an account.
I didn't make any purchases then because I wanted to check out Cold Storage. (They had a pretty good deal during the Baby Market - left over Smartrikes from the previous promotions but I don't have luck with free toys as you can see.)
And...
Cold Storage Changi City Point does have a better deal at $0.34 per piece. A pity they didn't have any stocks for M- girls.
(What has motherhood done to me? I'm now comparing diaper prices by 'per piece'.)
Sippy cups
The Avent sippy cups are at 20-25% discount, which is pretty much the discounts going on at Kiddy Palace and Mothercare. (Probably Isetan too due to GSS)
Didn't get any sippy cups then since I have a bit of Capitaland Mall vouchers to spend by August.
Milk Powder
Now, this is a good deal.
Which is why I lugged 4 + 2 tins of milk powder up a crowded bus.
$109 for this bundle.
And a $18 voucher for $200 spent (redeemable on the spot).
Some quick math:
109 + 109 = 218
218 - 18 = 200
200 bucks for four 900g tins and two 400g tins is a very, very good deal, in my opinion.
BONUS
We managed to catch a talk on baby massage. Can't wait to try it on J since I pretty much ran out of activities to do with her.
And we bumped into a dear friend!
Good move to visit on a Friday afternoon after all!
No comments:
Post a Comment