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My Journey to Stronger Financial Condition

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At first, this post was purely intended for personal note, a little reminder for myself so I won’t be out of track again. But when deszell asked me to write something for Fashionese Daily (I owe her a product review 🙂 ), I thought why not giving her this, as it may invite others to share their experiences, so that I can learn from theirs as well. That’s the beauty of this beloved community, right? So bear with me, because it’s gonna be very long 🙂

The Moment of Truth

Back in the days I was still working in Jakarta, money did come and go easily. The only time I could push myself to save is when I was about to get married. Few months later, hubby got a job in Kuala Lumpur and for that reason, we had a long distance relationship for one and a half years. During that period, I was impulsively shopping like an addict. But I won’t say I was a shopaholic, I was just an irresponsible spender who squandered all the money I earned. There was one point that I felt extremely guilty every time I shopped. Yet, I couldn’t stop.

After I resigned and moved to Kuala Lumpur, I was given got monthly personal allowance from hubby. That time, circa 2007, I was new in Fashionese Daily (now Female Daily) forum and as many other forum members, I found a new addiction; makeups! I bought insanely lots of cosmetics. To make it worse, this city, Kuala Lumpur, is a city of warehouse sales where you can get a Shu Uemura blush as cheap as drugstore’s brands. On top of that, I was overexcited that I could find brands and limited edition products that were not sold in Jakarta.

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