My Great Budget Finds =)

As a mom, we need to budget our hard earned money all the time. And am so glad that I was lucky enough to find these great find items at the mall and online!

1.Here is Missy and CJ enjoying their new sofa bed.=)


Description : We bought this at the Megatrade Hall at SM Megamall last September 18. SM Home World has this 3-day Home World Warehouse Sale once a year to sell dinning, kitchen, bath, bedding, living room items for as low as 30-90%. We got this sofa bed for only P9,000.00 but is originally priced at P14,500.00.

Savings : P5,500.00

Below are some other items we bought from the Megatrade Hall sale :

• A pair of pillow case - Bought it at P100 per pair. Originally priced at P100 each. Saved P100.
• A gold curtain holder - Bought it at P180.00. Originally priced at P350.00. Saved P170.
• An Orocan kitchen cabinet - Bought it at P999.00. Originally priced at P1,299.00. Saved P300.
• A pair of hand towel - Bought it at P45.00 each. Originally priced at P75.00 each. Saved P60.00
  

2.Beside Missy is our new curtains.

Description: We also got those from Megatrade Hall's Home World Warehouse Sale. We bought those three curtains for only P750.00 but its originally priced at P1,500.00.

Savings : P750.00


3. My Ninewest bag!=)

Description : I bought this slightly used cute Ninewest bag with cellphone holder from an ebayer.=) And I sooo love it!! I got it for only P1,300.00 but mall price is P5,500.00

Savings : P4,200.00


4. My brand new Fossil watch=)

Description : Honestly, this is my first time to buy my own watch. I normally receive watch from our relatives in the US or a hand me down from my mom(again from her siblings in US). So am so so happy that I was able to purchase one for myself this time. Hopefully next time I'll buy one for my mom too=) This brand new item came from Portland, Oregon and bought from another ebayer for only P3,000.00. Mall price is a shocking P7,500.00.

Savings : P 4,500.00


5. Hubby's new Samsung Champ *^_^*

Description : This cellphone is so lovely. It's a touch pad! We got this through Globe Telecoms=) It comes free if you grab their cheapest P299 My Fully Loaded plan with a 3-year lock in period. I've heard this model is worth P5,000.00 if bought from Samsung outlets.

Savings : P5,000.00


Now that we already bought some for ourselves, it's time to look for early Christmas sale for our kids, relatives, and friends=)

Cheers!

Black 'n White Chocolate Almond Cookies!

Hubby requested my home baked cookies for merienda=) I knew it. He did enjoy the first batch of cookies I made last week! Request granted, I made him my own version of cookie and I call it Black n' White Chocolate Almond Cookies! Yum!yum!

It's main ingredients are chopped bittersweet chocolates, white chocolates, and almonds. See how much chocolates I added on my cookie batter?=) Really, it does taste so heavenly!

Here's my finish product..

cookies with ribbon and more cookies on the background

solo shot of my cookie model. lol

By the way, I'm also selling these home made goodies. So just in case you feel like pampering your tastebuds with soft and chewy home made cookies, simply drop me a message here, email me, or text me at 09178007215 for more details;)

Our Dream Home=)

I and my husband would sometimes talk about how we want our dream home to look like. And since sky is the limit when it comes to our dreams, we always fantasize about every detail on each portion of our dream home. Of course these are dreams that wouldn't definitely remain as dreams forever.. But it's indeed a good way to start building a family goal so that you know exactly how you want to see your family living in the future. And from this dream you can, at an early stage, start thinking about what you're going to do to achieve that dream.

We're actually aiming for at least two homes in the future. One would be built in the place where I grew up.. Baguio City! For us, this is the perfect place to build our dream house because of the following reasons:

1. The weather is great! At this month the temperature probably ranges from 14-20c.

2. I sooo love gardening..! And because this place has a cool weather and the red soil is very fertile, it's easy to grow exotic flowers.

3. Education is good and costs lower as compared to Manila. There are even International Schools like Brent=)

4. There are a lot of parks where you can have picnic with the family. We used to do this almost every weekend when I was a kid.

5. Vegetables, fruits, and flowers and fresh and so cheap!

6. There are a lot of nice restos and places to hang out at night. And since Baguio is not so big, these bars are not so far apart and you can easily stroll and hop from one bar to another. I miss doing this with my friends=)

7. There's SM Baguio so shopping is still definitely in!

Well that’s for our family house. The second one we’re aiming for is a vacation house beside the beach. Our country has a lot of amazing beaches to choose from so I guess looking for a nice location, which we haven’t though of yet, would be fairly easy. But for this post I would like to focus on our family’s dream home.

Since we’re only having one family house, we envision it to have different themes per division. Like the living room would be a bit contemporary. There would be an entertainment room with modern furniture and some Italian furniture in it..

Here are some nice designer furniture that we’d like to have at home. A warm, cozy, but chic and sophisticated look would be best for our living room. And this contemporary furniture below I believe would be perfect.



We'd surely love watching movies in our entertainment room if it has these modern furniture!

This modern tv stand sure looks like your in the jetson's house!


And i'm sure you'd also want to be sitting on this nice red leather massage chair..


and check out this gorgeous Italian furniture! This one would really give that aws to our guests if we have this on our entertainment room.

Oh well, that's just a small part of our dream home=) There's still the garden and the semi-indoor swimming pool which I'm really wanting to have on our dream home=) If you got interested in the furnitures I shared, check it out from www.eroomservice.com coz there's a lot more where those pictures came from!

Preparing for your Toddlers Room

We have been noticing lately that both our two girls enjoy sleeping together. This for us is a good sign that they are already prepared to have their own room!=) Yeah! Personally, I am soooo happy about this great news because I will be able to utilize one of my sleeping and long lost talent in interior design! I'll tell you about my other sleeeeeeping talents on another post;) If you're also planning to decorate or prepare for your toddlers room then you'll surely enjoy reading this one.

Okay, now let's get down to the details of our project. The size of the room, color, and the theme are some of the important things to consider when doing interior design.

Let's start focusing on the size. Since our pad is a bit small, cute little kids bedroom furniture like the ones below would be perfect!

I love the dollhouse like headboard on this white toddler bed


But this one is way better than perfect!!!


It would be nice to pair it with a toy box too


When I was a kid, I did enjoy having a kids desk in my own room coz with it I more enjoyed writing, coloring, and most importantly i did love pretending like my room was my office space. Hahaha=)! So I'll definitely get one of this and hope that my daughters will share the same feelings that I had back then.

The next thing to consider is the color. Experts agree that lavender and pink go together. And since both Missy and CJ love watching Dora the Explorer (who happens to be using these colors), I am more and more absorbing the idea that these two colors might just be best choice. Also, I believe these colors will give that baby girly atmosphere in the room.

Lastly, the theme of the room. I would say this is the easiest and most fun part of the conceptualization process. I find it similar to picking a motif and a theme for your wedding! Since my soon-to-be new room owners are two baby girls, let us then settle with a Dora the Explorer Baby theme=)

Now it's so easy to decorate and select what items you want to buy through the help of online stores. There are exceptional online stores like the one where I got the images above. Honestly, this is the only online store I found so far that has the widest variety of wooden children's furniture.