Zara Nylon Jacket in Charcoal Gray

Winter this year is unusually very cold. I am fortunate to have found a Zara jacket for only SR 199 in Seef Mall, Bahrain. The price used to be SR 399.

Kenneth Cole New York Dress Socks

I bought three of these Korean-made bargain socks from the Kenneth Cole New York outlet in City Center, Bahrain.

• Dark Olive, priced from BD 3.100 to 1.900 (from P 390 to P 238)
• Earth, priced from BD 3.100 to 1.600 9from P390 to 200)
• Khaki, priced from BD 3.100 to 1.900 (from P 390 to P 238)

Kenneth Cole Ivory Long-Sleeved Dress Shirt

Purchased in Kenneth Cole Reaction shop in Seef Mall, Bahrain. Original price was BD 30.300 (P3,800) but i got it only for BD 7.000 (P 878). Truly a bargain!

ZYNC "What A Lu Zr" Tees

Ed and I were in City Plaza in Dhahran Mall shopping for bargains when i saw these shirts with a familiar print---two elements of the periodic table. The choices are odd: Lutetium, a silvery-white rare earth metal and Zirconium, a lustrous gray white resembling the more familiar titanium metal. What in the world is the print trying to say until it dawned on me that it spells "LuZer"---a euphemism for the word LOSER. I bought two a red one with yellow print and a brown one with green print each for 20 riyals only.

Sony DSLR-A200K

A good friend of mine sold it to me for half the price (1000 SR). How can you beat that one? It is only a few months old and slightly used. This is my first SLR camera as i begin my foray into digital photography.