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Having a son means I’m seriously at a disadvantage. Yes, I love my son to bits and I won’t exchange him for anything but sometimes I think Daddy is having all the fun. I tell you, he gets to relive his childhood through Z. He gets a kick out of buying Z lots of toys which are toys for little boys which means Daddy also likes because he’s also a little kid at heart. I can’t tell you how many times I have rolled my eyes at him every time he says, “Let’s go to Toy Kingdom!” This he does without fail at least once a week. Once there Z and Daddy – particularly Daddy – roam the toy store for an hour or two to look at the toys for boys. They look at toy cars for hours always struggling to pick the perfect one to add to their collection. Once they found THE ONE, four eyes lit up. hehe I can’t say which set of eyes is more happier but I think the bigger one has more twinkle in the eyes. LOL!

I, on the other hand, just busy myself with asking sales agents at the mall for free insurance quotes while father and son roam the toy store for hours. Have I mentioned that we really need it and we don’t have insurance for everything? That’s how I keep myself busy. I had no interest going around the toy store whatsoever. Then two Sundays ago it was my turn  to see the perfect toy, the thing I can say as THE ONE! I’m talking about this:

Sylvanian Families

My heart  fluttered when I peeped inside. The details are amazing!

Sylvanian Families

Oh, how I longed to have it. Growing up I hadn’t things as beautiful as this and I’m not ashamed to admit I would buy it in a second if I have the money.

So it has been two weeks that I have been dreaming of this but look what we bought last Sunday.

My son's Audi

Yes, Daddy has all the fun. *sigh

Gladiator sandals are everywhere – on TV, at the malls, in the internet – people are wearing it wherever they go and why won’t they? It’s the latest trend in footwear fashion.

I just bought my first gladiator sandals and it will probably be my last. I’m not that trendy because I prefer sensible clothes and shoes that I can wear throughout the year and would be in style whatever year it was. Yes, they don’t call me frugal for nothing.

Well, sensible style can be boring sometimes so on one of our trips to St. Francis Square I bought gladiator sandals. It was P250.  Do you think it was overpriced or was it priced just right?

Gladiator Sandals from St. Francis Square

I think it was definitely overpriced! In less than a week one of the rubber soles was missing. It was New Year’s eve when I realized that I kept on slipping in the middle of Eastwood. I almost fell twice! When I looked down I saw that the rubber sole was nowhere to be found. Thank goodness I didn’t make a scene in the middle of the New Year’s celebration there or I would have cursed these sandals. LOL!

Anyway, it still looks nice and I’m going to wear it again once I have it repaired.

And oh, pardon my feet.  I got it from my Dad. hahaha

It was the height of Manny Paquiao and Ricky Hatton’s fight when we decided to go to Tagaytay for a joy ride. As expected there were only a few cars on the road and we enjoyed a smooth ride to Tagaytay. It has been years since I last visited this place. I remember I was only a teenager when we used to frequent here with my family. We went to the Palace in the Sky and it was at noon when we got there. The sight was amazing! The only not so good thing was the sky was full of clouds so we weren’t able to see it all.
What I enjoyed during our trip there was of course the shopping! We bought a nice wall decor for our apartment, jewelry boxes, and lots of buko pie from Collette’s. Their buko pie is really tasty and full of buko tidbits. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. When we go back to Tagaytay I’ll make sure to buy more pies.