Monday, January 13, 2014

After Eight

How's you're weekend Friendships?

I am now a certified coffee lover/drinker  unlike before that I only drink coffee once or twice a month. My husband makes the greatest coffee ever hehehe seriously yes, ansarap sarap ng kape na gawa nya even if I ask the exact measurements of coffee, creamer and sugar iba pa din pag sya yung nagtimpla, and... I like it better with my current favorite mint chocolate...After Eight. 


I discovered it on my husband's birthday dinner, sobrang busog na busog ako kaya we ordered coffee tapos may kasamang mint chocolate, ay sabi ko bagay pala sila, later on we found out na After Eight pala yung sinerve sa amin dati. 

This thin mint chocolate is separately packed, medyo nakakasosyal ang packaging at hindi nakakahiya iserve pag may bisita, like after ng meal then you can serve coffee with it, o kaya sa tea party pwede din..


I am enjoying more our after meal coffee session because of this...


Try nyo din baka magustuhan nyo combi ng coffee at mint,,, nakaka fresh kasi =)


Have a great week ahead everyone!!!

PS. Thank you Diane for always encouraging me to blog. mwahugs!!!


Sunday, January 12, 2014

What I Got This Christmas

Hello friendships! How's your weekend?

Since we set our goal to save more, we agreed (hmmm that's what I thought) not to buy expensive gifts for each other this Christmas and for the past months I've told you that we have a matured perspective on spending my husband's hard earned money. 

Since I do the budgeting, he lets me hold his payroll atm and he will only borrow it when he needs to top up his bus card which happens once a month. My husband is an old fashion when it comes to his earnings, he follows the traditions where the husband submits everything to the wife, that works for us and might not work for other couples, different home has different ways on what will be the best for the family. And the day he borrowed the atm was the time he bought his gift for me. My gift for him was just a simple sweatshirt wahehehe,,, although I looked for something with good quality I still felt a little guilty and embarrassed when we opened our gifts. 


Who would have guessed na bag ang laman nung box na yan, kala ko damit lang din :)


meet my first burberry bag Haymarket Check Bowling Bag, My husband knew that I love handbags than shoulder bags, kaya love ko talaga ung mga speedy type, I noticed that the handles are longer than the speedy, and the texture of the bag is also thicker than speedy, it holds up in shape better than speedy din, I haven't use it pa but speedy is lighter and the pattern is more classic. As for the brand and price, hindi nagsasale ang LV unlike Burberry kaya hindi masakit sa dibdib pag nakita mo na bagsak presyo yung binili na bag, sa burberry naman may opportunity naman na makascore ng super sale na bag di ba, masaya din un. 




Together with my speedys for comparison


Medyo mas like ko ang dust bag quality ng LV


Honestly ang saya saya ko (please dont judge me) hindi din talaga biro ang maging housewife, setting aside yung pagging idealistic ha pero gusto ko lang mag vent out ng mababaw lang naman siguro sa iba hahaha pero "namimiss ko na ang mall" hehehe promise, coming from Philippines at Singapore na kabikabila ang mall sobrang miss ko na hehehe,,, kaya din siguro nirewardan ako ni husband ng gusto ko kasi mahilig talaga ako sa bag kahit wala akong sapatos at tsinelas lang ako, kahit wala akong ginagamit na relo (may phone naman katwiran ko) kahit super sale ang damit ko, kahit hindi ako updated sa gadget at sobrang laos at bagal na ng phone ko, basta mahilig ako sa bag, college pa lang ako palagi akong naghahanap ng good quality at unique na bag, talagang nagsasave ako ng baon ko makabili lang ako ng bag na maayos, di ko makakalimutan yung iniyakan ko ung bag na nilaslas yung gilid nung nakasakay ako sa jeep one ride lang naman ako from dorm sa morayta at tup sa taft kaya doon lang talaga, tapos sa school ko na lang nalaman na sira na pala, walang nakuha pero iniyakan ko ung bag. 

Alam ko hon na nagbabasa ka ng blog ko,,, Salamat ng marami, I appreciate everything, every single day na magkasama tayo, kahit walang mall hahaha basta't kasama kita... :)

PS. may mall naman dito pero iba yung mall sa Singapore at Philippines hehehe,,,pati tinda iba, way cheaper sa SG at PH tapos magagand pa, pero kasi window shopping eh solve na ako hehehe,,, dito kasi sa H&M lang ako masaya hehehe,,, kung very affordable ang body shop sa sg, dito e sobrang mahal, kung sa sg e pang gift na un pasok sa budget dito e hindi ewan ko nga kung bakit :)





Thursday, January 9, 2014

Let's Save Challenge

2013 for me is all about Challenges. I was challenged to adjust in a new place (where I have to wear jacket everytime when I am outside even during summer hehehe) new career as a SAHW (Stay At Home Wife), a new career that challenged me in a lot of ways like budgeting, entertaining myself, working on our daily menu, inspiring the husband and most important is to still look good on my pambahay outfit (hahahah)

For a single income household like us, savings should not be neglected and we can not "relax" on that aspect, focusing on budgeting is a main thing, it is harder than the time when I have my own income but I think I still did a pretty good job on that :)

For food budget we saved a lot from my home cooked meals, coffee dates at home, movie dates at home, fridates were lessened due to some badminton activities.
For clothing, I didn't buy often like when I was in Singapore, but I was working back then that's why clothes are in "necessity category" for me, same thing with shoes and accessories. 

Last year we were able to reward ourselves for a trip on which I saved a travel fund from July to August for our September trip, We were supposed to travel for Christmas holidays as a gift for each other but we decided to save that money for the meantime.

This week I saw some of my friends on Facebook including Diane shared the link 52 Week Challenge of KuripotPinay I was inspired to do the challenge and told my husband to make a spreadsheet for me, it is just the same with what she is using but since we received the salary once a month my husband added the amount to be saved per month. A few months are still easy to save pa but the latter weeks will be tough on which I plan to deposit on a monthly basis.

I am very excited with the outcome, as for where we are going to use the fund as much as possible I don't want to spend it on luxuries (on second thought I can set aside a small portion for it hihihi) but mainly I want to put the fund on worthy things because 68900 kroner can pay 12 months ammort of our condo o di ba ang galing, but now I will focus on how to make this possible. we can do this!!! :)


Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Maybeline EyeStudio Natural Impact

Hello friendships!!! 

There was a lot of christmas parties I've attended last year, I am a blouse/pants/shorts kind kaya everytime I heard semi-formal or there's a dress code I get panicked agad, luckily my ninang gifted me a curling iron kaya if you will noticed naka curled ang hair ng lola nyo mostly hehehhe,,, hair(semi checked), sa dress naman I was lucky to find a mega sale hehehe alam nyo na kuripots aketch (checked), make up... yan eto na hehehe,, I only own 2 lipsticks, 1 brown eyeliner, compact powder, lipgloss,, actually I am happy na kaya lang gumana ang pagka arte ko kaya I asked my friend how can I achieved yung natural eye makeup, parang eto lang sa pic hehehe



yung para lang maenhance di ko naman pinangarap yung smokey eye kaya she told me to find ung mga earth color na eyeshadow, and I did find this Maybeline EyeStudio Natural Impact, I was very happy kasi sobrang cheaper sya sa pangarap ko na Naked pero kasi hindi naman talaga ako mahilig at marunong kaya nagsettle na lang ako dito saka 4 colors lang sya di na ako malilito pa at may instructions pa saka mainly reason talaga is nagtitipid ako hehehe,,, magastos pag December!!!! 


That night when I came home, I tried it na agad,,, I carefully followed the instructions at the back


But sad to say, sobrang naging messy nya na parang di nadefine each color,,, I was very disappointed, such a waste of money sana dinagdagan ko na lang ng konti yung pinangbili ko at bumili na ako ng better quality hayzzzz,,,, Heniweys okies na din, I just used ung 3 or 4 na eyeshadow para di lang masayang but still not happy with it wahehehe,,, 

no 1 lesson learned hindi lahat ng pagtitipid ay ok. or dapat di na lang ako nag inarte pa, powder at lipstick lang carry na,,, hihihi,,, no 2 lesson learned wag masyadong maarte hihihi,,, :)

Happy Midweek Friendships!!! :) 


Saturday, January 4, 2014

Happy New Year 2014!

It is Day 4 of 2014, I don't have new year's resolution to share with you as I didn't plan to make one. I have a lot of lessons learned and experiences in 2013 that I can hold on to face all the challenges, adventures and blessings for this year,,,very much excited for the wonderful things ahead of us :)

Thank You Lord for a great 2013,,, I am praying for Your continues guidance and blessings all throughout the year... Love You mwah! 




God bless us all!!! :)


Thursday, December 26, 2013

Merry Christmas!!!


Maligayang Pasko!!! 

So sorry for this very quick post,, :)


And here are the priceless moments captured on Christmas Eve


According to him,,, his happiness is to see his wife happy,,, thank you Santa Mark love u mwah!!! :)





Enjoy the holidays everyone!!! spread the love,,,, mwah mwah mwah!!!! 

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Christmas Spirit


hala naman masyado ko ng naig ore ang blog ko sana di magtampo si blogspot :)

I've been busy attending gatherings, iba iba kasing group kaya naging busy kami, as in full packed ang weekends namin,, last week we went to Egersund isang lugar din sa Norway, 1 hour train ride lang sya may maliit na christmas market dun, I was able to buy sheepskin in a very cheap price :)







Last Tuesday, I received a not so good news that made my entire day sad, when Mark came home he handed me a surprise present from our mail box,, 

Thank you Sis Cleo for your thoughtfulness,,, it really turned my bad day to a happy one,,, more and more blessings to your family, and I hope in the future I can return the favor to you too.... 

Love from New Zealand.... 


Many times na ginawa sa akin ni Lord pag may trials sa buhay ko ang bilis ng sagot nya sa akin para di ako panghinaan ng loob,,, 

Advance Happy Birthday Lord Jesus!!! 



Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our home to yours..... :)