The Simple Life of a Baghag

So what did I get as my anniversary gift from dear hubby? Whatelse?!

Actually, this one is quite unexpected and again an early present since we were just strolling around Shangrila Plaza and we happen to pass by this shop. This bag caught my eye (hubby also liked it) and after a while, I came home with this...




Kate Spade Leather Drawstring Bag in Tan

I'm one happy baghag! :) Thanks hunny!

Thanks Eds for this award.



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2. Put the logo on your post.
3. Link the person who awarded you.
4. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
5. Add links to those blogs on yours.
6. Leave a message for your nominees on their blog.

Thanks to Cee for this.

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To all Bloggers who exert effort to create noteworthy entries and who continue to maintain a Blog which is a reflection of who she / he is, " Good job! "

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Thank you!

Hubby has given the go signal to have our house renovated. Well, not the whole house actually. It is only the ground floor that we need to renovate and convert into a living space. You see, we live in a commercial townhouse unit. The ground level was used by my in-laws as a commercial space for their airconditioning business. We only occupy the second floor and use only the kitchen and dining area downstairs to cook and eat. For years now, the business is no longer active and hubby decided to have it converted to a full livable home complete with a main sala and a bigger and better kitchen and dining area. So, I immediately contacted our Architect friend to start with the planning. Being engineers, we already know more or less what we want for our home especially for our bathroom. We love Bathrooms! When checking in in a hotel, the first thing that we check out is how nice the bathroom. Thus, for our own home, we are looking for beautiful bathroom VANITIES to adorn our designer-inspired bathroom. We hope to have this renovation done by early next year. So, this early we are saving up for it. So wish us luck on this new project.

Tomorrow will be our 7th year as husband and wife. Can't believe it's been 7 years since we said our "I Dos"! Anyways, hubby is planning for a simple dinner date at one of our favorite resto, Heat at Edsa Shangri-la. We want to have an out of the country trip sana to celebrate this milestone (just like what we did in our 5th year) but since we're afraid of the Influenza A, we decided to postpone it at a much later date. Hopefully by the end of the year :) (i'm keeping my fingers cross this time)

In the meantime, this is for you Hunny :)



"Your love makes my days happy and bright,
Into my world you brought pure delight,
Joy beyond reason you’ve given me,
Our love is true this I can see "

Happy Anniversary HUNNY! Love you so much!

Hi all! As promised, here are some of the pictures taken during my simple birthday celebration (a day before my actual bday) held in our home with family and some close friends. It was super special day for me because all my loved ones are present especially my Dad who came all the way from our home in Laguna. Thanks Papa!



On my actual birthday, we celebrated the first birthday of my co-celebrant,our cute, adorable niece, Chloe. We're all excited about her birthday and we made sure that we contribute to this milestone in her young life. Hubby and I took care of the birthday cake :) Birthday theme is Nemo/Under the Sea.



It was a super fun party. The kids (and adults too!) had a blast! They enjoyed the games prepared by my SIL and the food karts which we got from Yanple. By the way the cake, cupcakes and lollies were from Sweets and Cakes. Super thanks to Joyce for accomodating our order (it's Holy Week na kasi eh) and our budget too! Good job Joyce! Chloe had so many gifts that day! Lucky Girl!

As for me, I got wonderful pressies from my loved ones and friends. Among them is a blessed Rosary from the Vatican which i'm super happy to have. Special thanks to our good friends, Malou & Charlie. I have to mention also the food given by my titos & titas especially the Sansrival from Betty's. I so love this! And it was a hit! Ubos agad! Also, the GC's my siblings gave me. I was so excited when I received it. I was able to buy a lot of things, one of which is the 2-Disc Special Edition Twilight DVD! Thanks kiddos! :) And lastly, how can I forget hubby's early birthday pressie.... my new phone!



Thanks so much Hunny!

Oopss! I have a confession to make. I also "gifted" my self with a gift. Actually, this is unexpected and not on my plans but I thought that I deserved it because I have been working so hard for the past year. I found the perfect opportunity to have another "baby" added to my growing "family" through my good friend, J, who was kind enough to get this from me in Milan and brought it all the way home. So, here it is. My newest baby....


LV Monogram Neverfull MM

Thanks Mare for bringing my baby all the way from Europe. Hay naku! I'm officially on purse ban after this talaga! Stop muna promise! :)

Yes, it's my natal day today. Hay.. parang ang tanda ko na hehehe. Anyways, I had a pre-birthday celebration yesterday since today is also the 1st birthday of our cute niece & "inaanak" Chloe, so I decided to give way (since it's her first) and have an early celebration. It was a blast though it's just a simple "salo-salo" with my family and relatives and some close friends here in our home. I just ordered food from CCME (thanks to the MBAP and Jane) and i received a lot of birhtday cakes so dessert wasn't really a problem. It's really nice to spend some quality bonding time with your loved ones especially during celebrations like birthdays. I enjoyed catching up with each other's lives. Everybody's been kinda of busy the past months and i'm glad I pushed through with this simple gathering. I'll post pictures later. But for now, let me take this perfect oppurtunity to say thank you to our Lord above for the blessings He has continuously given me. I thank the Lord for my wonderful husband, my ever supportive and loving family and great friends whom I consider as family na rin.

Will try to post more kwentos and pictures of how my birthday went in the coming days.

An early birthday gift from my hunny :) Love it! Thanks Hun!

Finally! Naka-blog din! Whew!

I've been super busy (and still super dooper busy!) that i've kind of "neglected" my blog. For that i'm truly sorry :( *sos sobs sobs * Anyway, nothing major happened except that my work has been occupying most of my time and when it was time for me to blog, I just can't do it because i'm dead tired during the day. I also have been quite sickly nowadays, will tell you more about it in my next posts. For now, I felt that I need to do some updates because i'm afriad you pips might forget about me na hehehe!

And I thought that the best way for making a "blog comeback" is by doing this very interesting tag from Marie. Oh.. I remember I was tagged by MM before with this but never had the chance to do it. So sorry MM, i'll make "bawi" the next time :)

Here are the rules:

1. Post a picture of whatever bag you are carrying as of late. No, you can't go into your closet and pull out your favorite purse! We want to know what you carried today or the last time you left the house.

2. List how much it cost. And this is not to judge. This is for entertainment purposes only. So spill it. And if there is a story to go along with how you obtained it, we’d love to hear it.

3. Tag some chicks. And link back to this post so people know why the heck you’re showing everyone your bag.

I was carrying my blue jean Fino doctor's bag. I got this many, many years ago pa. I think it was my birthday when I bought it as I gift for myself. Price at that time around 5K++. I got it on sale.



Here's what inside my bag. I carry a big bag always because I have a lot of stuff! I'm no light packer!



A closer look of my "abubots":



My daily "abubots": two cellphones, my iPod Touch, a book (a staple in my bag), my trusty old Lacoste perforated wallet, my Coach wristlet (very handy for lunch outs), make-up kit with the ff. inside: i.d. Mineral Foundations and applicator, Nars Blush, Shisheido two-way foundation and lipstick, Kiehl's tinted Lip Balm, Shu Uemura eye lash curler, M&S hand lotion and ACCA Kappa Brush, a notebook, my company I.D. and mints.

Not in the picture (which i'm too shy to show hahaha) are the "kalats" - receipts, tissues, billings, etc. And also, I carry around a mini-medicine kit for emergencies.

Passing this on to Kris, Dez, Vina, Arlene and Eds.

So that's about it. Hope to do more posts in a little while. But for now, i'm signing off and get ready for Church. Ciao!

This was delivered to me at work today...



Bouquet of Pink Roses with fillers from Holland Tulips courtesy of dear Hubby. Thanks Hun! These beautiful flowers really made my day. I love it!

Happy Hearts Day everyone!

I chance upon this virtual book shelf from Mae's blog and I immediately fell in love with it! It's a free widget from Shelfari. It's like having your own bookshelves to display your book collection. What's more you can update this shelf after finishing your crrent read. So cute! Check my virtual shelf widget at the right side portion of my blog just after the stats. You might want to add one to your blog.

Happy Reading!

Although my birthday is still 2 months away, I am glad to do this birthday wish tag from Pat. Besides, it's never too early to make your wishes, right?

Anyways, here are the rules...

1. Make a list of what you want on your birthday...
2. The list should be 10 numbers
3. Post the image of this award in your posting
4. Give it to 10 friends of yours.



Here are my wishes:
1. My constant wish would always be good health for my family and loved ones
2. A baby
3. More success, career and financial wise
4. A small business of my own
5. More BAGS for me!!! wohoo!
6. A new car
7. To earn an MBA Degree
8. new watch and jewelries
9. new phone pref. Iphone or Experia *wink*
10. and lastly, a fruitful 2009 for everybody around the globe. I hope that the current economic situation will soon be over and that our Country will experience minimal effects of this worldwide crisis.

Passing this on to: Jane, Jody, Jacqui, APols, Mich, Abie, Tet, VIna, Marie and Kris.

Hi everyone! How's everybody?

As always, i'm super busy with work. As in! I've never been this tired in my whole career life! Minsan gusto ko na mag-give up but I just think of the current economic crisis and the HUGE number of people being laid off from work around the globe and even here in our country. Maswerte pa rin tayo we still have our jobs. I pray to GOd that this will be over soon :(

Anyways, I had a meeting with my new boss and I was super tired the whole day today (not to mention the stress i've been going through during the past two weeks due to a certain "incident" which I cannot diclose at the moment due to some "legalities") so I felt that I need to reward myself with this one.....





Coach Signature SOHO Flap

Thanks MM for this one. It's Fabulous!



The rule:
I need to list 5 addictions that I have and pass this tag/award to 5 more fabulous blogs

My addictions:

1. Bags!!
2. Royce Chocolates (super love it!)
3. Shopping!!!!
4. Magazines (Fashion & Entertainment)
4. Pocketbooks (Chic Lit)
5. Blogging

Passing this to my fellow fabulous bloggers: Jane, JOdy, Jacqui, Nikki and Apols.

.... is my new Damier Speedy 35.





Just a little kwento about this new baby:

Just like Jacqui's kwento here, hubby ask me to go with him in Greenbelt 4 to pick up my Christmas pressy. He's been teasing me since November pa yata about my gift. Ako naman, kunyari di excited, lol. Anyways, we went there in the afternoon of Dec. 24. By the time we got there, ang daming tao. As in. I read in one blog post (i dont remember where na eh sorry), how crowded the LV store in GB4 nowadays and mukhang tiangge. We were also there a week before and di pa naman masyado crowded, but since its the day before Christmas, dami talagang tao. Honestly, I wasn't really happy with the service of the SA's that day maybe because they're really tired na. It took us maybe about 30 minutes to find a very nice available SA named MIKA to assist us. She apologizes for not attending to us immediately and gladly helped us with our choice. I'm really keen on getting the Damier Speedy since it's low maintenance compared to the monogram (but I would like to get the monogram one day too :)) It's either that or the Neverfull Monogram. However, hubby like the speedy better so speedy it is. Originally, I chose the Speedy 30 since I thought it would best suit my needs. So, I asked Mika to get me a new stock. But, out of the blue, I also ask her to get the Speedy 35 for comparison. I tried both and the three of us (Mika, hubby and me) all agreed that the 35 looks better on me. I was surprised because I thought the 35 is too big for my frame but when I looked at the mirror, the 35 wasn't really bad din pala. Plus, there's more room for my stuff hehehe. I remember my friend Malou once told me to get the 35 instead since she finds the 30 too small for our stuff. Anyway, we finally decided on the 35 and I couldn't be more happier with my decision. Another bonus if I may add pala, I guess it was my lucky day that time, the stock Mika got for me already have a padlock inside! Yey! We're both surprised to find out because she informed me before getting the new stock that there's no available padlock and she will just call me once it's already available. I was so lucky daw she keep on telling me. I just smiled, hehehe. Oh by the way, we saw two celebrities also buying an LV. Nikki Gil and Billy C. Siguro sila nga :)

When we left the boutique, it's almost dark na so we hurried back home since we will hear mass at 8pm. I'm one happy baghag :)

P.S. Just after leaving LV, I made a short trip to the nearby Gucci store and almost bought a nice bag at 15% OFF! Buti na lang nagmamadali kami at di ako nagpadala sa emotions ko hehehe. Maybe next time...

I found LVoe this Christmas (courtesy of hubby, of course)

Take a lookie :).....



Thanks Hunny for this wonderful pressy.

Will post about my new "LVoe" story and our Christmas 2008 later. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas :)

... and i'm not even finished with my list! Oh well, I only have two more gifts left to buy so I guess, it's no really that bad, lol. I'm off to the mall this morning to buy the pressies and some cakes from Conti's for our Noche Buena party at my in-laws later tonight. Hope I will be able to grab Mango Bravo this morning because last night when I checked the store in Trinoma its already sold out and I was asked to come back today at 7 in the morning! Gawd! ang aga naman! The cakes are really selling so fast! So I better go there early.

I'm also preparing our stuff to bring home tomorrow, Christmas Day, to Santa Cruz, Laguna. Hay.. dala ko na naman ang buong bahay namin! As my siblings and tita's always said :) I'll be spending a few days there after Christmas too bad hubby has to go back to Manila on the 26th because of work.

Anyways, i'll try to blog later about my christmas pressies to friends and family as this has been occupying most of my time these past few days. Later in the afternoon, I together with hubby, will troop to G4 to that famous store for my Christmas present daw! To all you baghags out there, you know what I mean :)

I'm just too excited! Can't wait! LVoe it!!!

Wishing you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Hope you'll have a blast on this wonderful season with your loved ones. Greetings from Al and Jesse Pega of Quezon City.

Pat and Tet got me tagged with this. Thanks sisters!

A. Attached or single ? — attached
B. Best friend? — has to be my hubby, but i've got lots of girl bestfriends
C. Cake or pie? — cake
D. Day of choice? — saturday
E. Essential item? — lipstick, phones, lipbalm
F. Favorite color? — pink and yellow
G. Gummy bears or worms - gummy bears, definitely!
H. Hometown? — QC and Sta. Cruz, Laguna
I. Favorite indulgence (s)? — anything chocolate, reading, shopping, spas
J. January or July? — January
K. Kids? — none yet
L. Life isn’t complete without? — God and my family (same with Mandy and Pat)
M. Marriage date ? — June 16
N. Number of magazine subscriptions? - i dont have subscriptions but i never fail to buy at least 6 magazines a month. Now, do you think i should subscribe na lang? :)
O. Orange or apple? — orange
P. Phobias? — snakes, height
Q. Quotes? — Everything happens for a reason
R. Reasons to smile? — my family and all my other blessings (same with Pat)
S. Season of choice? — Christmas, Christmas, Christmas. Period.
T. Tag 5 people - MM, Mich, Jody, Abie, Jacqui
U. Unknown fact about me? - I'm such a cry baby :)
V. Vegetable? — tomato?
W. Worst habit? — manana, sometimes :)
X. X-ray or ultrasound? - Ultrasound
Y. Your favorite food(s)? - steak
Z. Zodiac sign — aries

That's my current state right now. I know i've been kind of neglecting this blog lately. But my schedule is so full with work, family activities, errands, and lately, some "pasundot-sundot" shoppping for the coming holidays. I can not afford to shop full blast because i'm just too tired to do it after work. Last weekend was filled with trips to the mall with my family. Plus, my Dad's staying with me this week so my hands are quite full right now attending to his needs and going to work and braving the traffic every morning! Traffic is just terrible! Well, it's quite expected especially since Christmas is just around the corner. Talk about Christmas Rush! But I love it. Honestly. Christmas here in the Philippines won't be the same without it.

I'm barely done with my Christmas shopping. In fact, I feel that I haven't started at all with my Christmas List. But at least, I already have my list which I was only able to complete (at least) this weekend. Hay... I'm pretty sure i'll cram in the coming days. You bet I will!

Hope everybody's doing okay. Will try to update my blog more frequently.

Anyways, its the second day of December and I can almost smell Christmas! I'm quite excited! Why? Basta. We'll post about it soon pag sure na ako, lol. Clue: it has something to do with my "possible" Christmas pressies from hubby :)

For now, let me be the first to greet all of you a wonderful Christmas. May your Holiday Season be filled with love and joy!

Happy Christmas everyone!