Night # 58 - Henna
I went shopping yesterday looking for a pair of running shoes but chanced upon this pair of Ecco walking shoes instead. I must say this particular brand of shoes give good support to your feet.
This was the problem. I saw the price tag to be 20.500 KD so I tried it and bought it. At the cashier, they seemed to be not sure about price and they checked it again. Finally, they decided that it was 20.500 KD afterall and I paid that amount.
While we were looking at running shoes, this salesperson from the Ecco store approached us with his stockbook and told us that they had made a mistake and it was suppose to be 23.750 KD. He apologised and asked if we could consider paying the difference. But he left it entirely to us to decide.
I surprised myself. I told him no. It wasn't about the additional 3.250 KD. It was the price we agreed at the shop. I didn't bargain for it. I paid the price as it was stated. They had the opportunity to check and confirm the price. I think I had my "teacher" look and was probably showing that I was going to stick to my point. But in the end, we followed him back to the store and paid the rest. My husband was the nice guy.... and of course I gave him the decision to make. He was afraid that I would have given that guy a piece of my mind... which I probably would have.
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I found this powder henna in the city centre. It is supposed to be high quality henna from Yemen. The package included instructions to add water to the powder and to work it into a paste and leave it for 6 hours. So it looked kind of like the one on the right (well, whatever that's left of it. It was full before I started)
I was trying to describe the smell to a friend and I figured this probably says the best. It is like the smell of wet grass and mud all rolled together. I shan't even try to describe how it looked like. Anyway, I put the henna onto my head... was supposed to apply it from the roots of my hair to the end and wrap my head up in a nylon shower cap or something like that for 3 hours.
Yup, I sat with that thing on my head for 3 hours. Washing up was such a mess. I think I washed my hair 3 times. But the effect was pretty good.... hair is pretty soft though I can' t see the changes in the colour except in the sun it looked brown. Then again my hair always look brown in the sun.
It had been an interesting experiment. Not sure if I would try it again... kind of prefer to let the professionals do it at the salon :) I know, I have been spoilt.
This was the problem. I saw the price tag to be 20.500 KD so I tried it and bought it. At the cashier, they seemed to be not sure about price and they checked it again. Finally, they decided that it was 20.500 KD afterall and I paid that amount.
While we were looking at running shoes, this salesperson from the Ecco store approached us with his stockbook and told us that they had made a mistake and it was suppose to be 23.750 KD. He apologised and asked if we could consider paying the difference. But he left it entirely to us to decide.
I surprised myself. I told him no. It wasn't about the additional 3.250 KD. It was the price we agreed at the shop. I didn't bargain for it. I paid the price as it was stated. They had the opportunity to check and confirm the price. I think I had my "teacher" look and was probably showing that I was going to stick to my point. But in the end, we followed him back to the store and paid the rest. My husband was the nice guy.... and of course I gave him the decision to make. He was afraid that I would have given that guy a piece of my mind... which I probably would have.
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I found this powder henna in the city centre. It is supposed to be high quality henna from Yemen. The package included instructions to add water to the powder and to work it into a paste and leave it for 6 hours. So it looked kind of like the one on the right (well, whatever that's left of it. It was full before I started)I was trying to describe the smell to a friend and I figured this probably says the best. It is like the smell of wet grass and mud all rolled together. I shan't even try to describe how it looked like. Anyway, I put the henna onto my head... was supposed to apply it from the roots of my hair to the end and wrap my head up in a nylon shower cap or something like that for 3 hours.
Yup, I sat with that thing on my head for 3 hours. Washing up was such a mess. I think I washed my hair 3 times. But the effect was pretty good.... hair is pretty soft though I can' t see the changes in the colour except in the sun it looked brown. Then again my hair always look brown in the sun.
It had been an interesting experiment. Not sure if I would try it again... kind of prefer to let the professionals do it at the salon :) I know, I have been spoilt.
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