My haul this time is not as big as my Hongkong Haul.. What is the reason I refrained from buying lots?
Is it because of my husband?------------------------------- No
Is it because of the budget?----------------------------- No
Then why?----------------------------------------
Because of the baggage :( Since the trip was for 13 days we had to carry enough clothes and there was hardly any space left in my suitcase. I literally had to sit on top of it to close it. I can read your mind...Dont worry, while buying it, I ensured that it can bear my weight... :)
Nevertheless, I managed to grab some interesting stuff that would fit into my budget as well as suitcase. :P
You can find the products that I purchased below in the pic ; the prices and shop names are given below the picture.
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| My Paris & Switzerland Haul |
List of shopping streets and shops visited :
- Disneyland , Paris
- Monoprix, Rue De Commerce, Paris
- Sephora and H&M, Rue De Commerce, Paris
- Pharmacie, Rue De Commerce, Paris
- Champs Elysee, Paris
- Street shopping,Rue beauborg, Paris
- Forever 21,Rue De Rivoli, Paris
- H & M, Bahnofstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland
- Pharmacie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Products Purchased :
1 : I bought the Minnie Mouse hair clip from Disneyland, Paris. It is priced at 12 Euros.
2 : From Monoprix, I picked up 3 earrings - The dark blue one priced at 7.90 Euro, The white ring priced at 2 Euro & the orange with white at the left most bottom corner priced at 4 Euro. I also picked up a clay face mask by Cattier priced at 5 Euros and a Bioderma Cleansing Water priced at 8.5 Euros. Monoprix is a great one stop shop with lot of offers going on most of the times. You can find clothing, jewelry, accessories in this shop.
3 : From Sephora, I picked up a cheek contour powder so that my perfectly round face (my husband says this) looks a bit contoured in the pics :) This was about 12 Euros.
4 : From H & M in Paris, I picked up the hat that you can see in the pic at 9 Euros.
5 : From another Pharmacie in Rue De Commerce, I picked up Vichy's Scrub+ Toner + Masque, a Klorane shampoo ( which I gifted someone) and paid a total of 18 Euros.
6 : Champs Elysee is a great shopping street with a combination of high end shops & mid range too. It had a huge Sephora outlet. I didnt want to sneak in because I was scared that I will not have self control.
7 : Thanks to our Hint Hunt organizer, he told us about Rue Beauborg which is an affordable shopping place with a lot of street side shops giving excellent goods at moderate prices. My husband picked a grey colored jacket at 25 Euros since it was raining cats & dogs in Paris most of the days. We did not anticipate it & carried heavy winter clothes for only Switzerland. Though he bought, I was only sporting it on all days since he had another jacket with him. Pics below :
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| Thats the life savior jacket - Paris was extremely cold when we were there |
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| Shops on Rue Beauborg |
His brothers bought several T shirts & jackets for themselves.We bought some cute jewelry for gifting our cousins and I picked up a clutch at 10 Euros. Great quality for the price.The earrings are resting on the clutch.My MIL picked up a sandal for 10 Euros- again a great deal..
8 : While we were hurriedly heading to meet our guide for Louvre , I did notice the Forever 21 outlet on Rue De Rivoli and thought " I will come back after the guided tour". So did I.. After the Louvre Museum tour, we headed to Forever 21 & they had 3 for 2 offer. Pick up 3 items, pay for 2 & get the cheapest of the 3 free. Great deal actually- but due to space constraint, I picked up the light blue statement necklace at 9.90 Euros & MIL bought a bracelet for 8.90 Euros and I bought the orange earring for 4.90 Euro and that was not billed.
You can look up here to find items similar to the statement necklace.
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| Needs no Intro |
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| Forever 21 |
9 : My husband picked up a pair of jeans for 35 Euros from H & M, Bahnofstrasse, Zurich. It was a very colorful street with lot of shops.
10 : On the last day, we picked up a La Roche Posay (finally) face wash for oily sensitive skin for my husband and we paid 18 CHF(Swiss Franc).His oily skin actually saved him in Switzerland. My dry skin gave me a lot of problems in the trip.
People with dry skin please carry a hydrating cream to save your skin.