Books I Want

Here are books I added in my Wishlist:

Books by Victoria Moran:

The Gospel According to Coco Chanel

And of course, Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces. My MUST-HAVE book!

I emailed National Bookstore requesting for these books. We'll see if they can accommodate my special orders. Crossing fingers now!

EDIT:
It's Thursday now and I still haven't heard from National Bookstore. I am really eagerly awaiting for their reply! I just hope that they answer me soon (I'm not asking for the stars or online printing here, ok) so that if they can't then I will just look for other ways to have these books. If all else fails, then I guess either I wait or I just go ahead and by via Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

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Uncluttering Your Finances

Just want to share these tips on uncluttering your finances. I got this from one of my favorite sites: Unclutterer

1. Be clear on your goals as a family. Open and honest communication with all family members is important because if one person is not convinced of the family’s financial plan, those plans can be sabotaged by overspending and ignoring the budget.
2. Avoid social competition. As you make your budget for the extras your family would like, consider why you want what you want. Make sure you are not making spending choices based on what you think someone in your income bracket and your neighborhood should have, but choose extras you want and would enjoy. As soon as you start spending to keep up with your friends and neighbors, you have stopped focusing on your family’s needs and wants
3. Consider your family before making a purchase. Always keep your family budget in mind before you make a purchase that has not been accommodated for in the budgeted. This also goes back to the previous point about why you are making the purchase — is it a purchase that is good for the whole family? Consider the impact of an impulse off-budget purchase on your family’s savings and goals (I mean, do you really need that Orlando vacation?).
4. Hold regular family budget meetings. It is not enough to create a family budget, you have to also maintain and monitor it to make sure it is achievable and accurate. This can be done at a regular family meeting, where you also discuss how each member feels about the budget and the spending, and whether they can see room for improvement, or suggest a change of direction.

Read the comments also since there are a couple of good suggestions as well. Hope you learn something!

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Cat-Eye Shades

I am so feeling these Anouk glasses by Tom Ford...

Check out Kate Blanchett

Fierce, noh?

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Eclipse: Will You Watch?

I will.

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Forever 21

Peek-a-boo!

My daughter (actually, me) can't wait for the opening of the REAL Forever 21. Yebaaaa!

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Kids at Home

My nephew spent the afternoon/evening with us here at home. It was crazy!!!!!!! Kids shouting, flinging things everywhere, arguments on what DVD to watch. Plus, I run everywhere to chase them and keep them from flinging object that may break some furniture! This "work out exhausted me far more than when I use treadmills in our gym (which is by the way, undergoing maintenance). Craziness, I tell you!

Is this a glimpse of what it is to have two kids at home? I'm gonna be insane, hahaha!

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Eanna and Aden

My sis and I got together in Powerplant together with our kids. Check out these pics:

And my favorite....

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Weekend Eanna Pics!

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