Long Hiatus

Yes, I got caught up with the Christmas rush and frequent get together with friends.

As the designated social coordinator of the group, I was scheduling our get together every week and sometime twice in a week. I am also busy preparing for our Christmas party. On top of that I was also doing my Christmas Shopping.

Still have a few more gifts to buy and hopefully I'll finish everything this week.

On the side, I still managed to squeeze in some shopping for myself. Here's what I bought for the past 2 weeks. I bought a bag from CMG, shoes from Crocs, eye glasses from Mango, a dress and a blouse from Kamiseta.



I also bought some other stuff that I feel are useful: toilet seat cover (this is a must especially here in Philippines wherein some public restrooms are really unbearable), travel john (was thinking to try this when I join hubby in his fishing trips but I'm thinking that it may also be useful in the car for emergency cases especially during the Christmas season wherein traffic is extremely bad), my stash of Bath and Bodyworks lotion (I know I'm suppose to go organic already but this one thing that I really couldn't resist) and a brush for the dogs.

Whew, its just shopping, shopping and more shopping for the Holiday's :)

Lola Day

Today was another "lola" (grandma) day for me with my good friend Tracy. Ha-ha, we call it our "lola" day because ever Saturday we always meet up either to go the gym, go to the parlor, shop, eat out and of course the never ending chismisan (chit-chat)....This is normally my day away from hubby....

I fetched her at around 2 pm and then we went to Rockwell to watch a Tagalog film "One More Chance". While she was paying for our tickets, I was buying our popcorn and drinks. Butter popcorn for her and cheese for me. I just looove cheese popcorn .

We really wanted to see this movie not because we were fans of the actor and actress but we are really suckers for any good old romance movie.. Overall this movie was great except for the ending. It was very realistic and not too cheezy which is very rare for Tagalog Romance Movies. It just goes to show that in any relationship, giving each other space or time to be alone as very important for it to last long. Controlling your partner will never work and will only lead to the other party being suffocated.

After the movie, we had our manicure and pedicure at Beauty Bar. Highly recommended at a very affordable price. I love seeing my nails so clean and buffed. I just miss having nail polish since this is one of the things my doctor prohibited me from using until I find one that's organic as well .

My quest to find new shoes is still futile. Oh well, there's always tomorrow...

Dinner time, met up with a couple of our friends and had our chika time. Went home at around 10 pm because I was a bit tired after waking up at 8 am for my blood test.

Tomorrow, Ricky and I will be having our usual date. Hmmm, I wonder where we'll be going ?

Ilog Ni Maria Honeybee Farm

I've been wanting to visit this Ilog ni Maria Honeybee Farm because I heard that they sell really good natural/organic stuff from the girl talk forum.

Since we finished lunch at around 12 pm and check-in time was at 2 pm, we decided to drop by the farm.

Since we finished lunch at around 12 pm and check-in time was at 2 pm, we decided to drop by the farm along Silang Cavite.
My eyes really popped out the minute I saw what they were selling. They had soaps, shampoo, facial care, hand wash, bees wax, bath salts, etc. Each item or scent had specific claims or purpose. So I really took time in reading and trying to decide what would suit me.

In the end I bought the following: bee propolis, bee pollen, all the flavors/scents of their soaps, honey cider vinegar, face oil, face moisturizer, hair oil, shampoo, insect repellent, honeymilk lotion,sting less, toothpaste, feminine wash, lip balm and pine buckets.
This is the first batch of my shopping spree, we decided to go back again the following day because I wanted to buy the bee propolis for my mom and in-laws. I didn't take a picture of the pine buckets anymore.

Once I start using them I'll be sharing as well the benefits or claims of each of the item I bought. I will also share whether it works or not.

From Ilog ni Maria, we went to T-House, this is where we stayed for 3 days.

A Day on My Own

Hubby went on his weekly fishing trip with his buddies yesterday. So, I was on my own and I decided to come-up with activities to occupy my time.

After lunch, I sat down in front of the computer and surfed the net. I also visited my favorite web sites and emailed some of my friends. I also chatted with some in my yahoo messenger especially those who live outside the country.

Then at around 3 pm, I went to the gym. I'm so proud of myself because I went there in two consecutive days. Today, all my muscles are aching. My arms, thighs, legs, back and stomach are painful. Well, I don't have choice because I need to loose weight.

Went home at around 6 pm and then around 7, left again because I called up a friend and invited her to have dinner. I thought it was going to be traffic going to Podium because its a holiday today and I expected people to be out. In other words, I arrived an hour earlier than our supposed meeting time at 8 pm.

No other thing to do but SHOP!!! Nyahaha, I always try to find an excuse to shop.... What did I buy?

My make-up stash from Body Shop: paddle brush, cheek tint, liquid eyeliner, mascara, lipstick and lip balm.

Three blouses from Bayo....




And a Dress from Warehouse....


Notice that I'm getting to be fixated with black clothes. I don't know sometimes I just get fixated with colors and I suddenly notice that most of my new clothes are in the same color.

After my shopping, I met up with my friend and had dinner at Lasa! in Podium. They really serve good food at reasonable prices. In case you are craving for Filipino food, you should drop by there because they really serve good kare-kare. They use real peanut sauce.

From Lasa we went to Cafe Breton for some coffee and dessert. I just had coffee and our never ending sharing of the latest happenings in our life. By 11:30 hubby called and told me he's home already so I decided to go home as well.

I didn't really end up on my own yesterday :)

Chika Time With Friends @ Shangri La

Had another get together with my friends last night.

Oh by the way before sharing what happened last night, may I just day that I attended a very lousy wedding at Tagaytay. The church wedding was late by almost an hour thus the reception started at 1 pm. Then imagine that they finished serving our lunch at 3 pm!!!! We had to travel for like and hour and half for lousy food and late lunch. Aaargghhhh......

Moving on, I had another get together with my friends yesterday. They were craving for a dimsum feast at Gloria Maris Shangri La Mall. Our meeting time was at 6:30 but one of my friends called and told me she'll be there earlier. So I told her I'll meet her there at 5 pm.

Upon arrival at the mall, knowing me, I passed by a few stores and bought a few stuff. My first stop was Body Shop. I found an old lip stick at home and I super loved it so I decided to buy one. Unfortunately, since it was on old stock they no longer carry the same thing. So the sales lady just helped me approximate the shade and I think it is more or less the same. I bought the caramel shade (28) from Body Shop.

From Body Shop, I then decided to drop by Beauty Bar to buy an eye lash curler. I am not really into curling my lash since its actually very short but I decided that I want to give it try again.

My friend and I met-up at this point and we decided to go around the mall some more. This time I bought a large bottle of Citromint. Oh this is one of the best finds for me. It serves as an aromatheraphy oil that repels mosquitoes and cockroaches, can be used as flea repellant for my dogs and also use this to wipe my walls, tiles, floor etc. to repel all these bugs. I guarantee that it truly works.

After several clothes shops, we weren't able to buy anything because nothing really caught our eye. In one of our rounds, I bought a large choco chip cookie (I'm actually munching this while writing this blog) and then lastly I bought a celebrity magazine because I was really curious with the story of Pops Fernandez.

Finally, we met-up with our other friends and had dimsum galore at Glora Maris. We had hakaw (3 orders), chicken feet (4 orders), shao long pao, bean curd, siomai, and fried dumpling. We also ordered 2 way peking duck. YUMMY!!!!! Of course our meal ended by having coffee and dessert at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf along Emerald Avenue Ortigas.

We had a good laugh and ended our "chika" at around 11:30 pm since they all had work the following day :)

Watched "Wedding Daze" and Bought My Bath and Body Works Stash

My husband and I were once again at Greenhills to watch a movie.

We watched "Wedding Daze" by Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher. I found funny, cute and heart warming movie. The movie tackled the possibility of meeting "the one" across a crowded room, fall in love and get married. I know this might seem fat fetched but the romantic in me feels that this is indeed possible.

After that I went to the V-Mall area of Greenhills and bought my regular stash of Bath and Body Works lotion and bod splash. This time I got the green clover scent for the lotion and winter candy apple for the body splash. I just love Bath and Body Works and how I wish that we have a store here in the Philippines. I also want to buy the shampoos and conditioner but I have to wait for my relatives to go here or when I go visit the States again.

Another topic, my new Cook. Hmmm, I don't know if she's a good one though. So far the food she has cooked were just the typical type, so I'll just give her a week before I assess if I'll change her. Good thing I didn't have to cook because my new cook came on the day my old cook left. Good for me.....

Another update, yes that part of our messy room is still messy until today. Why, I needed to buy some hooks and organizer for my bags. I'll share that in my next post....