BLACK FRIDAY: The Amazing Experience

Online Shopping

For millions of people, Black Friday is the time to do some serious Christmas shopping! It is the Friday after Thanksgiving, and it's one of the major shopping days of the year in the United States falling anywhere between November 23 and 29.

The term “Black Friday” was coined in the 1960s to mark the kickoff to the Christmas shopping season. “Black” refers to stores moving from the “red” to the “black,” back when accounting records were kept by hand, and red ink indicated a loss, and black a profit. Ever since the start of the modern Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924, the Friday after Thanksgiving has been known as the unofficial start to a bustling holiday shopping season. (Black Friday)

‎In Nigeria, this " Online shopping festival" begun in November 2013 with Jumia being the first to organize such a sale and it had a strong come back this year with more online participating stores and more consumer awareness about discount online shopping on this very day.

It was crazy and filled with fun as the scramble for items at a cheaper rate on various sites took a toll on most consumers as well as the retailers. Some people were lucky with purchases, others sadly missed so much they wanted to shop for while others watched helplessly as eye/mouth watering deals passed by due to some financial constraints.

From Jumia to Konga to Dealdey and others, it was "exciting". Sites crashed from high traffic buzz and I also couldn't help to notice that the same products varied so much in price at the various shopping malls. For example, the same PS4 which sold at a discounted #60,000 on Jumia, sold ‎for a discounted #25,000 on Dealdey.

Also, I'm all about fashion and undergarments but I realised that the Day didn't really favour the fashion and everyday essentials corner that much as the prices were either still a bit too high or the products weren't so much in varieties.‎ However, Brief Essentials did quite a good job in that corner by providing amazing discounts on Sexy male/female undergarments, lingerie, shape wears and others.

Other sites that provided amazing discounts that i'm aware of were Ohmashoes and The Bags Place.

Interestingly, I was lucky enough to also do a little shopping which I call my "treat for the year 2014" after searching through all sites to ensure I was getting the best price for each item I wanted.

Next week Monday is Cyber Monday. Yeah!!! Look out for amazing deals (discounts) and don't just stick to one site when shopping, try navigating a little to others and you might be shocked at the price difference for the same item.

Kindly let us know of other shopping sites that gave wonderful deals today that i didn't mention. As for my readers in other countries, how was it? 

Happy Shopping to you all... I had my day and will most definitely make my Monday.

FASHION AND MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (F.A.M.E) CONCERT 2014

Fashion And Music Entertainment (F.A.M.E) is a talent hunt endeavour, set to discover new exciting prospects in Fashion and Music. It is the creative imitative of 17 year old Bukiie Smart to bring creativity, uniqueness and style to entertainment. It is unique as it is the first time that upcoming fashion and music talents would be showcased in one event!

Objectives:

We aim to stage a Fashion and Music talent show process to provide young individuals between the ages of 16 to 30, the opportunity for their talent to be seen, heard and nurtured, in a bid to transform them from raw talents to socio-economic successes in the Lifestyle industries of Fashion and Music.

The intention of the event is:

• To create a platform for showcasing, and promoting emerging talents in the fashion and music industries.

• To create an enviable scouting point for renowned practitioners and stakeholders in the industry in search of new talents.

• To serve as an avenue for industry networking, appraisal and evaluation.

• To entertain

The Process:

Contestants will journey through a Selection stage to an Audition stage before proceeding tothe Finals. This will involve an interactive process, whereby the general public is part of identifying contestants who should progress from the general entry (Selection) stage to the Audition stage by voting online for their choice. Participants are expected to register online at N 5,000 per entry. More details at www.famenigeria.com.ng

Entries would be judged on Originality, Creativity, Style, Form and Function.

Prize:

Music: One Million Naira Grand Prize - This will cover personal and professional development, short music course and production of an EP.

Fashion: 1 Million Naira Grand Prize - This will cover personal and professional development, short course in a fashion institute and creation of a capsule collection for various fashion exhibitions as well as for retail on various outlets.

Event: Wednesday 17th December 2014 at the Grand Ballroom of Oriental Hotel Lekki Lagos. Red carpet @ 5 p.m. Main event - 6.30 p.m.

The event would define style, class, innovation, originality and ambience of a fine evening.

Judges: 
Music - DJ Jimmy Jatt, Omawumi, Oscar and George

Fashion- SolaBabatunde, Ejiro Amos Tafiri, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Performing Artistes: Burna Boy, Seyi Shay, Falz, Jumabee and Ese Peters

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Event Hosts: Uti Nwachukwu and Maria Okanrendej

Red Carpet Host: Derenle 

Tickets: Regular N 5,000, VIP N 20,000 (with a free drink), Tables N 500k & N 1m

BUY at www.famenigeria.com.ng and other outlets

What's your Plan B?

A pretty and wealthy woman was serving life sentence in prison.
Angry and resentful about her plight she had
decided that she would rather die than to live
another year in prison.
Over the years she had become good friends with one of the prison caretakers. His job, among others,
was to bury those prisoners who died in a graveyard
just outside the prison walls.
When a prisoner died, the caretaker rang a bell,
which was heard by everyone.
The caretaker then
got the body and put it in a casket. Next, he entered his office to fill out the death certificate before returning to the casket to nail the lid shut. Finally, he
put the casket on a wagon to take it to the graveyard and bury it.
Knowing this routine, the woman devised an escape plan and shared it with the caretaker;

The next time
the bell rang, the woman would leave her cell and
sneak into the dark room where the coffins were
kept. She would slip into the coffin with the dead
body while the caretaker was filling out the death
certificate..
When the care-taker returned, he would nail the lid shut and take the coffin outside the prison with the woman in the coffin along with the dead body.
He would then bury the coffin. The woman having pre-arranged with the caretaker for special vents in the coffin knew there
would be enough air for her to breathe until later in the evening when the caretaker would return to the graveyard under the cover of darkness, dig up the coffin, open it, and set her free.
She wld also carry along a small flashlight to cope with the darkness beneath until the hour of expected freedom.

The caretaker was reluctant to go along with this plan, but since he and the woman had become good
friends over the years, and knowing dat he stands to gain a lot from this pretty and wealthy womam, especially when he catches glimpse of the well defined 'V-shape' between her thighs he more than agreed to do it.

The woman waited several weeks before someone in the prison died. She was asleep in her cell when she
heard the death bell ring.
She got up and slowly walked down the hallway. She was nearly caught a couple of times. Her heart was
beating fast. She opened the door to the darkened
room where the coffins were kept. Quietly in the
dark, she found the coffin that contained the dead body, carefully climbed into the coffin and pulled the lid shut to wait for the caretaker to come and nail the lid shut.

Soon she heard footsteps and the pounding of the
hammer and nails.
Even though she was very uncomfortable in the coffin with the dead body, she knew that with each nail she was one step closer to freedom.
The coffin was lifted onto the wagon and taken outside to the graveyard. She could feel the coffin being lowered into the ground. She didn't make a sound as the coffin hit the bottom of the grave with
a thud.
Finally she heard the dirt dropping onto the top of
the wooden coffin, and she knew that it was only a matter of time and she would be free at last.
After several minutes of absolute silence, she began to laugh...happily feeling free already nd chanting she was free! she was free! 

Feeling curious, she decided to light the flashlight to find out the identity of the dead prisoner beside her.
To her horror, she discovered that she was lying next
to the CARETAKER....her only hope to freedom.

Many people believe they have life all figured out: that they are well connected and can arrange and pre-arrange things to their favour but sometimes it just doesn't turn out the way they planned it.

Think of a 'Plan B'!!!


"Anonymous"

So Romantic: Brad Pitt about Angelina Jolie

Most times i see relationships where efforts are left to just one party to do all the work of holding it together but that's absolutely wrong. In these situations, you are bound to see the one (partner) sitting on the fence giving the conditions for the relationship. He/She threatens leaving or withdrawing if things don't work as they envisage but what these people fail to realise is that nothing good comes easy and everyone including them is expendable too. No one should feel more important in a relationship than the other. Both parties are to thrive to be there for each other unconditionally. When you work for something glorious with your whole heart, the fruits are also sweetest.

I was going through archives and i simply found this piece about Angelina Jolie by Brad Pitt dead inspiring and breath takingly sweet!

Have a peek after the cut and tell me what you think!

Brad and Angelina

"My girl got sick. She was constantly nervous because of problems at work, personal life, her failures and children. She lost 30 pounds and weighted about 90 pounds. She got very skinny and was constantly crying. She was not a happy woman. She had suffered from continuing headaches, heart pain and jammed nerves in her back and ribs. She did not sleep well, falling asleep only in the mornings and got tired very quickly during the day. Our relationship was on the verge of a break up. Her beauty was leaving her somewhere, she had bags under her eyes, she was poking her head, and stopped taking care of herself. She refused to shoot the films and rejected any role. I lost hope and thought that we’ll get separated soon… But then I decided to act. After all I’ve got the MOST Beautiful Woman on earth. She is the idol of more than half of men and women on earth, and I was the one allowed to fall asleep next to her and to hug her. I began to shower her with flowers, kisses and compliments. I surprised and pleased her every minute. I gave her a lot of gifts and lived just for her. I spoke in public only about her. I incorporated all themes in her direction. I praised her in front of her own and our mutual friends. You won’t believe it, but she blossomed. She became better. She gained weight, was no longer nervous and loved me even more than ever. I had no clue that she CAN love that much.

And then I realized one thing: The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it."

Brangelina