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Save the Most Money During Holiday Sales

December 2, 2010 By 11 Comments
Shoppers like us would love to take advantage of the sales that take place around the various holidays. Yet in most cases it is the time right after the holiday when you will benefit from the most savings. From the day after Thanksgiving now we are getting ready of buying for the perfect Christmas gifts. It can be very stressful and it can cost us a fortune, right? Many people are willing to pay more for gifts this time of year because it is a necessity and they really are more interested in getting their shopping done.

Just don’t forget to take advantage of those great sales the day after Christmas as well. This is another opportunity to pickup gift items that you don’t want to pass up. You can even buy items for yourself without feeling guilty. Those perfume gift sets will be at least 50% less the day after Christmas. I buy a couple of them in my favorite fragrances so I don’t have to buy perfume throughout the year.

You can take the expense out of shopping if you take advantage of holiday sales and If you plan in advance you will find that the actual sells after the holiday has passed are much better than the sales prior to it. If you enjoy shopping as much as I do then you will be very happy to find out how much money you can save on items you will eventually need to purchase anyway.
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Any Cheap Christmas Gift Ideas?

November 27, 2010 By 4 Comments

We will be celebrating our Church Thanksgiving and Christmas Party this coming December 19 and one of the highlight of our activities is we have an exchanging of gifts. We will draw and pick the names in advance so we can have an idea what to give as a gift on the certain person whom we picked with. I also thanked my mom for a having a kind and generous heart because she sent us money so we can buy gifts which will be given to all the members of our church. I was assigned for this things but I am quite confuse because I don’t have much idea what I’m going to buy as gifts for them. We have several family members here that includes babies, mother, father, kids, teenagers, adults, and elders. There’s quite a lot of them. I think I have to go around and visit all the stores here in our place. 
I have to list all their names so I can have some idea what to buy for them. I almost forgot that I am one of the godmother of our new born babies from our church. Whoa! I really need a long list here. I think the best gift for them would be those cutie little clothes and shoes. For moms, a beauty kit perhaps, For dads, a mug or hankies. For kiddos, toys would be great. Now for teens, an e-load for their mobile phone would be nice I think, lol! I still have no idea yet and so with the adults and elders. Any ideas or advice you could help me in buying for these gifts my friends? You’re help is highly appreciated. Thanks!
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Balikbayan Boxes

November 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
My mom has been asking for some things that we want so she can put it all in a package using balikbayan boxes. The things that I want? Of course I want a designer bags, clothes, perfumes, make ups and other bling-blings! My daughter will surely love the yummy Swiss chocolates and chips. Oh! Did I mention I also love that too? hahaha! and for my hubby, a Swiss watch and perfume and for the rest of my relatives, well, I think my mom knows what they want and what’s the best pasalubong for them.

She is using Philair Logistics as the freight forwarder and when it arrives here in the Philippines, it is forwarded via Victorian Freight Express. Using sea freight, it usually arrives here in our place around 3 months. It takes a long time but its worthy since there is no missing items on the package. Unlike before when my mom used to send the balikbayan boxes through Post Office. Gosh! there were so many items missing and even chocolates and candies were eaten. I could testify how corrupt the people working at the Post Office and most of all, at the Bureau of Customs. We are thankful to Philair and Victorian Freight because they are not like that.

My mom is having her holiday again next year on February but I guess she’s gonna be the one who will arrive first before the package… hehehe! but its okay as long as we have something to wait for and we are excited for that! :)




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A Special Gift Ideas for Mom

August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
 
It was my mom’s birthday last month but sad to say I never got the chance to give her a gift since at that time, she already went back home in Switzerland. She usually spend her 1 month holiday here every year and this time, I am thinking ahead what to give as a Special Gift for Mom next year when she comes back for her holiday. I want something unique and memorable for her. I want to buy unique gifts from San Antonio perhaps because I can find some posters and some colorful pins and craft for my personalized homemade card I will be making soon.

I am planning to make a lovely poem for her where I can do some art and design that will look like a scrapbook where I can put our family photos and it would be a great idea if I can also let my daughter draw and write an “I Love You” message with a heart in it. Isn’t that a cute idea? I know my mother would surely love it since she treasured every little things that is given to her.

My mother likes to swim too and maybe she needs a waterproof video camera since last month when she had her holiday here, her camera fell on the water and it is a sea water that’s why the battery has been damaged. She actually just gave the camera to me since she cannot used it anymore. And since her camera was damaged, she used her touchscreen mobile phone and the same thing happened when it accidentally got wet on the seawater. The LCD was damaged and now she had let it repaired to the service center since it has still a warranty.

A waterproof digital camera is indeed a good choice for her since she loves capturing photos and recording videos at the beach. This will be my other special gift for her and I would like to make it as a surprise gift  when she comes back next year.
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