Freshii Experience + Warrior Chicken Bowl

FOOD – review

So to start things off, I have a love hate relationship with Freshii. I’ve eaten at Freshii maybe 6 times and their food is quite yummy but the portion sizes are huge. Which is one of the reasons why I’ve only eaten their food 6 times. The other reason is because I received a wilted/soggy salad last month. Back to portions, I did send an email to Freshii to ask if they offered ½ sizes and if there would be a price reduction. I have yet received a reply, which I am not too happy about since I believe it is stated on the website that they would reply with 24 hours. I ended up calling 5 different stores in Toronto before someone answered. The associate said that they would give you less food if you want but it will cost the same as the full order, which is unfortunate. 

I’ve been really craving rice this past weekend so today I decided to order the Warrior Chicken Bowl, which I have had before. It comes with brown rice, Cajun chicken, Sweet Corn, Red Onions, Diced Tomatoes, Carrots for $7.29. Now you are allowed to make substitutions (within the same price category) if you’re not a fan of one of the ingredients listed. So I don’t really like tomatoes, so I substituted the diced tomatoes for cilantro. I also added jack & cheddar cheese for $0.75 (fyi goat cheese is a better cheese option in this bowl). My meal came to $8.04, with tax $9.08.  For some reason my bowl was missing the red onions, but I had already left the mall when I noticed the missing ingredient so it wasn’t really worth it to go back and complain, plus the store was really busy (20+ people in line) so I’ll let it go this time.  Other than that the bowl was very good.

Experience – 5/10

Product – 8/10

Price – 6/10 

Picture of Freshii’s Warrior Chicken Bowl:

Freshii Canadian Menu

http://www.freshii.com/menu-canada.php

Samantha Simons

Aritzia Repairs

FASHION – customer service

I received the TNA lambs wool sweater for my birthday last month and after a few wears (no washing) the stitching on the left pocket unraveled. So I took the sweater to the Eatons Centre Aritzia on Tuesday, January 11 to complain, and the sales associate was extremely nice and helpful with the matter. She said they would repair the pocket free of charge and that I would have my sweater back in approximately 7 days. I actually received a call from Aritzia on Sunday, January 16 stating that my sweater was repaired and ready for pickup. On Tuesday, January 18 (today) I was finally able to go to the store to pickup my sweater, the staff was friendly (the girl I bought my suit/mittens from last week still remembered me) and the sweater looks to be in good shape. I am pleased with the customer service provided by the Eatons Centre Aritzia staff.

Experience – 9/10 


Picture of sweater from the Aritzia website.

Aritzia - Lambswool Sweater (SPIRO)

http://aritzia.com/fashion/sweaters/spiro-lambswool-sweater

Samantha Simons

Aritzia Sale Continues

FASHION – shopping trip

Hello everyone, so the Aritzia sale is still on!!! and they’ve further reduced a lot of the clothes & accessories. 

I picked up a few more items last Friday at the Eatons Centre location before class, which are pictured below. The store was extremely busy (almost like Boxing Day at the Shops at Don Mills) especially for 11am on a weekday in Janurary, and I had to wait quite sometime for a fitting room but I was willing to brave the crowds to get the new prices.

Experience – 7/10

Product – 9/10

Selection – 9/10

Deals (Prices) – 8/10

Here are some pictures of what I purchased + prices.

 Brand: Talula

Colour: Black

Sale Price: $49.**

Original Price: $75

  Brand: Talula

Colour: ***

Sale Price: $88 (actually $99 item was miss tagged)

Original Price: $125

 Brand: Talula

Colour: Black

Sale Price: $7.99

Original Price: $12

Aritzia Sale Continued

http://aritzia.com/blog/2011/01/sale-still-even-further-reductions

Aritzia Catalogue

http://aritzia.com/fashion/home

Samantha Simons

Boxing Day 2010 Trip to Aritzia at Shops at Don Mills

FASHION – shopping trip

I know this post is a little late, but I just felt that I should blog about my experience and what I bought during this shopping trip.

There were 3 reasons why I chose the Shops at Don Mills location. 

1^st reason – Fairview Mall which is closer to me was opening their doors at 7am, and Shops at Don Mills was 8am. 

2^nd –Shops at Don Mills is relatively close to my home. 

3^rd – Shops at Don Mills it not that busy as it is an outdoor mall and has a more refined clientele. 

So I got to Aritzia around 7:50am there were a few cars parked in-front of the store and there were 2 or 3 people standing outside the door in the cold so I opted to stay in the car, then around 7:55am a handful of people decided to get out of their cars and line up so I joined the line and I was maybe the 10^th person at the door. Finally at 8:05am the doors opens and off I went shopping. My experience was quite pleasant it wasn’t to busy no pushing, shoving or long lines. I was able to grab everything on my list plus some, try everything on and pay in a little over an hour, which from what I hear from friends was not their experience at the Eatons Centre and Fairview Mall. 

Experience – 8/10

Product – 9/10

Selection – 8/10

Deals (Prices) – 6/10

Here are some pictures of what I purchased + prices.

Brand: Wilfred 

Style Code: 20543

Name: S CTN Modal 

Colour: Black Denim 

Sale Price: $65

Original Price: $95

 Brand: Wilfred 

Style Code: 37756

Name: supima modal SL VL

Colour: Glace 

Sale Price: $19.99

Original Price: $40

 Brand: TNA 

Style Code: 18299

Name: CTTN Span J. 

Colour: Heather Dark

Sale Price: $19.99

Original Price: $22

 Brand: Wilfred 

Style Code: 24744

Name: supima moda

Colour: hibiscus  

Sale Price: $25

Original Price: $35

 Brand: TNA 

Style Code: 36868

Name: Poly CTTN R

Colour: Heather H20

Sale Price: $32

Original Price: $35

 Brand: Talula 

Style Code: 12111

Name: Acrylic mitten

Colour: Vanilla ice & (unknown)

Sale Price: $9.99

Original Price: $12

Aritzia Sale

http://aritzia.com/blog/2010/12/fall-winter-10-sale-starts-tomorrow

Aritzia Catalogue

http://aritzia.com/fashion/home

Samantha Simons

Welcome

Hello everyone. I've decided to start 2 blogs tonight. This blog is dedicated to my life as a consumer whether it be through shopping, food, entertainment. It will include rants, raves and reviews of products and services + more !!!!!