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a few weeks back, i wrote that i haven't done any decorating for christmas . i mentioned that the only attempt at putting some christmas spirit to my pethouse was the act of purchasing these "christmacy" fabric and thread: well, i did manage to start sewing the slipcovers for my twin couches. but was interrupted when i flew to tangub city for this year's christmas symbols. thus, the delay. to rectify the situation, i rushed back to sewing when i returned home last tuesday, december 11 - to ensure that my little pethouse will have a little taste of christmas. my reading nook before my reading nook now a very bare wall a cheapskate christmas wall decor: [last year's christmas lights + 12 christmas cards bought at PhP10 each at the metro] hanging lamp from coron, palawan bought during feb. 2012 trip hanging lamp christmas version [100 RICE lights at PhP60, KaKing Parkmall} old curtain and stripe slipcovers DIY curtain and slipcover...

unlike most women, i don't frequent fashion stores much. i know i should. i'm the first to admit that my wardrobe (lack of it, actually) is very much wanting and is in deep need of changing. one of my staff mentioned that it's odd that i frequent hardware stores. hehe, i love visiting ace hardware, tru value, and cebu home builders. i just couldn't get enough of the lovely merchandise displayed in those stores. in my defense, i like going there because there are so many things there that i'd love to have for my house. i get ideas there. sure, i couldn't afford most of the products they carry, but it doesn't stop me from going at all. so, cheapskate as i am, it was truly a delight when i discovered this store at the ground floor of parkmall:

and yet, there's no trace of it in or out of my pet house. while i love the idea of decorating for the christmas holidays, the cost of decorations is just too expensive. haha, i'm super cheapskate that every time i attempt at buying christmas decors, i usually end up calculating the total decor costs and often end up returning the items to their shelves. i just couldn't convince myself of the practicality of shelling out moolah i could use for something else, such as paying off credit card bills. speaking of credit card bills, i learned a hard lesson on it. friends, do not make the mistake i did. it was truly stupid of me to let someone use my card to pay for her airline ticket purchase. what initially cost a little over 7K reached 13K now due to interests. the original purchased happened july of 2011, and i only was paid php 500 pesos for it until now. haha, i know, it was my fault for trusting. like i said, it was a hard lesson. add insult to injury i came across a provis...

this post won't be about how creative i can be. primarily because, i'm not creative. I'M JUST NOT, sadly:( what i am, however, is CHEAPSKATE and someone who apparently IS unable to throw away damaged items. every time i'm at the metro ayala home department, i never fail to check out the foldable wooden breakfast table on display there. i also never fail to check the price tag, and the said table costs almost PhP500. the price tag always keeps me from taking the said product to the counter and have the cashier ring it for me. so it was for quite a long time that i endured eating in front of my trusty 5-year old eee surf without a decent table. i would just hold my plate in one hand, and eat with the other hand. now, as i've been much of a couch potato of late, i quite expectedly put on back the weight i lost. the plastic stool broke when i sat on it and caused the demise of the stool. i was about to throw away the damaged stool when i noticed a half-an-inch-thick...

per my usual Saturday routine, i woke up late. after i prepared myself some rice, hot dog, scrambled egg, and coffee for brunch, i found myself with nothing much to do. well, i got a text from tes informing me about a basil valdez show over at casino espanol tonight. a friend of hers and jam had free tickets to the show. but as it was raining when i read her message, i told her i'd consider it if the rain stopped. however, as the afternoon passed - my body craved to just stay at home and thus finally declined going to the show. to occupy myself, i decided to bake myself some cupcakes. i did mention in some past post that i'd try to start baking as a hobby. well, here are proofs of my first attempt:

and there were TWO. OK. so, i have no flare (oops, wrong) flair for drama. LOL!!! admittedly, the attempt was just "EHK!?/%". whoever said that finding a catchy introduction to a post is easy was either lying or just pure genius. well, i know of one genius whose command of words is out of this world. incidentally, the genius (what i endearingly call my friend the nevergirl ) was actually the person who gifted me with one of the two "lights" in my home right now. oh, scratch that. in her words, the lamp wasn't for me - but a present for my little house! nevertheless, mine or not - i love it, and it's yellow to my added delight! presenting... Little Sun this solar powered lamp is something she picked up at tate modern, in london. it's a little piece of beauty by an icelandic artist named olafur eliasson . if my first light is all the way from across the world, the second one is from our own philippine island that is coron, palawan. i scored this ...

yes, that was the plan . i'm weird and difficult as i am now, and i can't afford to add 'christian' to that list. people have their own perceptions about christians, and more importantly if a lot of people find me difficult to get along with now, how much more if they learn that i want to follow JESUS. how will they react? will people i know start to stay away from me? will they think of me having an early midlife crisis? how can i tell my mother that i no longer wish to accompany her to our annual devotion to a particular saint? i maintain my respect for my mother and her beliefs, and i have nothing bad to say against that specific saint and all others for that matter. but recent events have led me to form my own belief system. i honestly don't know what happened. this desire to follow JESUS came as a huge surprise even to myself. one of my closest friends c even reminded me of how i VEHEMENTLY HATED GOD for some of the things that happened to my life. the...