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1:40 PM

Christmas at 117 Amaranth

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A week after Halloween, I rushed to Divisoria to buy decors for our new home. Last year, we had decors on our front door, on the mirror and on the TV console. This year, my goal was to put up a Christmas Tree given the extra space we have between our living and dining room.

Here's our very first tree.



I it cost us P4,000 for everything. Can you believe that? That is such a steal! I budgeted about P10,000 for this tree to happen so when I came home with still a lot of money left, I was soo happy.


Okay, so just to give you a rundown. Here's a break down of the costs:



  • 7-ft tree is P1,500 (originally priced at P1,800) - in the malls this tree would cost P5,000. So much more than the actual cost of everything.


  • 6 meter LED lights at P400 - mall price: P1000


  • Pink trimmings cost P300 per dozen - mall price: P90-100 per piece



  • Silver balls at P75 per dozen (combination of frozen, glittery, and shiny ones)


  • Mini mirror balls at P90 per dozen



  • White egg-shaped timmings at P150 per half dozen - not available in malls


  • Silver poinsettia at P200 per dozen - mall price: P40-50 a piece

  • Two-toned ribbon at P150

Our door has the same decors as last year, except for the Angel and hanging Santa you see now.


Then we decorated our veranda too, to make it look more Christmas-y.


Have a pleasant holidays everyone!

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1:25 PM

All I want for Christmas is...

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...this spanking oversized watch from TW Steel.

I have a long list of wishes but this one tops it all. Will post my other wishlist in a separate entry. hehehehe


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11:19 AM

What to do? What to do?

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Received two planners last year as christmas presents. The Starbucks planner is from my brother and sister-in-law, the other one from a dear friend. If I add the office-issued planner, I have three!
Now what should I do with three planners?
I can't use any of these for white elephant because (1) the people who gave it to me are too important, I feel like I'll be betraying them if I gave them away again; and (2) they are too pretty to be given away.
I thought, the office issued-planner would be to list down my things to do at work. And the Starbucks planner will serve as my daily journal...which I doubt if I could keep up because I'm not good at that. The third one, I dont know.
Any ideas?

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10:19 AM

Christmas

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This Christmas is extra special for me and the husbo because its the first year he and i celebrated it as husband and wife. And it follows that we also spent christmas with two families.


I felt the pressure of Christmas days before because of the thought that I have to accompany the husbo with his (last minute) shopping and to prepare everything for my family otherwise no one else will. Good thing that on the day of Christmas, our reliable Beth came to my rescue so everything back home was well taken care of.

Spent dinner with my family. My brother, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, cousin and, of course, dad was with us. I miss my family. But I'm not complaining because my new family is equally important. After dinner, we moved to Jom's family for Noche Buena. The next day was Jom's family's annual Christmas party which made the bump look bigger because of all the food we ate.

Anyway, this year, Husbo and I did not only celebrate Christmas together, we'll also be celebrating our first year anniversary!! Can't believe that it has been a year. Time flies talaga when you're having fun, to quote a friend. hehehe

This year has been great. And I believe I've been good at spending and saving up so I thought of rewarding myself with this one. :)

And husbo gave me this as Christmas and Anniversary present! Yehey! I have new babies. :)) I sooooo love it!

Thank you Hon! Love you. Let's get your car bumper na!

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9:13 AM

Christmas in our Home Sweet Home

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I'm a sucker for Christmas decors so I couldn't let Christmas pass without decorating, for the first time, our lovely abode. Had these made early in December. It's only now that I got to take pictures..bummer!


The main door.

The Living Area.

We got these little santas from World Trade Center in one of our shopping trips. How's that for 3 for 500 bucks?

The Dining Room. (Apologies for the yellowish color. Forgot to adjust the settings.)

I wanted a christmas tree in the house, but because of the lack of space, we settled with what we can grab to give it the christmas touch. Not bad, eh?

All these, of course, was put up with assistance. Thanks to Armands!

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