fab alert: zips

Alas, my Christmas gift shopping is finally about to end, and the last gift I had to buy was for my beloved sister.

My first stop was GAP and I almost bought this red clutch with fur tail. I did not take a picture so I got this from another blogsite instead:



While this is something my sister would definitely carry, this is also something I would not tolerate. That's all. Hahaha!

Right next to the GAP store is Zara, and there I found a nice shirt with stars priced at P995 only. I know stars are on their way out as the season is about to end, but what made me buy are the gold zips at the back...



Just a few weeks ago, I saw this photo of the Duchess of Cambridge wearing a Zara blazer with zips, which is actually a summer item but well, it is still in stock in the Philippines..



Did you see the zipper on the waist?

Here's an action photo from Google Images:



(obiter: oh there's the gold clutch I liked, see my fairly recent previous post.)

If you are liking the zips, there are other items that have those. Take a look... ...at this pair of trousers with zips


...at this top


...at this blazer



All items from Zara.

When I was about to walk to the parking, I passed by Dorothy Perkins and saw this black tights with diamond design on the manequin. Well, just in case my sister decides to wear the long shirt as a mini dress, she should a least wear it with tights underneath. Hello!

And sweet mother of Abraham Lincoln, they are priced at only P395. Yes, I did not go over my budget!



So I walked out the store with a broad smile on my face, and as if timing, I heard the sound of fireworks from outside.

Yipee, Merry Christmas!


xoxo, Y

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

...everywhere you go...  :-)

Unlike Z who embarks on her Christmas duties early, Y or yours truly is quite the opposite.  My bad habit of procrastination is a its peak at this time of the year.

In fact, I only assembled our Christmas tree last weekend or 7 days before Christmas eve.

Much to my chagrin, our blue Christmas trimmings mysteriously disappeared.  We found only 1 bag containing dark blue balls with some really old bright red ones.  I didn't want to put them up, as I was just not in the mood for a Filipiniana theme this year.

As in denial as I was, given that I have been trying to save as much money as I can for a big project next year, I finally gave in and decided to just shed some moolah for new trimmings.

Thanks to our neighborhood supermarket, I found some affordable ones.  I spent a total of only 800 bucks!

To my suprise, I found green appealing.  Yup, green, the favorite color of X.

So here's my old little Christmas tree

With its new budget look

Don't you think they are nice?

Well they are, at least for me!

(Er, Dr. Seuss, is that you?)

And here are my snowman, reindeer and Santa loot bags.  I got these from Duty Free during my recent Christmas shopping spree with X and Z, thanks to Z's elite card...  They were meant to be hung, but somehow they ended up under the tree.  They house the small gifts.

And then last Sunday, we woke up early for the gingerbread house decorating activity.  I let the boys do the decorating.  I just helped with the piping.  That task turned out to be the trickiest.

Here, I discovered that my Big Boy has a feminine side.  Look at all those marshmallows and the pink pretzels.  Those are definitely not my idea.  Hahaha!

And did you notice the Little Boy's gingerbread man which look more of a scarecrow?  Wahaha!  But that was fun, really.

Well, it's indeed beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

...But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door....

xoxo,
Y