An auspicious day

11/11/11 - "the most auspicious day this century"

It kicked off a good long weekend filled with laid-back walks, arcade games and eating. I'm glad I wasn't stuck in the office - that wouldn't have been auspicious for me at all.

Halloween

It was Trick or Treat day at Ninang Zami's neighborhood last Saturday. We all had a blast and Wally Potter even won the "Best Costume" award in his age group! His Hogwarts robe was sewn by Tita Imbay and I must say she did a very good job. She finished it in a day too! The patch was bought from a store in Divisoria and actually had the word "FASHION" on it. We just magically made it disappear with a black permanent marker. A nitpicky little Jedi girl closely examined his patch and asked "What house is this? It starts with an F!" Haven't you ever heard of Fryffindor?

Too cute

I just recently discovered that a new Saizen branch has opened in Market! Market! Beware, it will suck you right into a timewarp! I swear that store will be the death of me and my wallet. Since all of the stuff is about P85 each, it is tempting to just dump anything I want into a basket and end up with a big bag full of potential junk. That brings me to my useless but absolutely adorable find of the day ...

{ self-explanatory.. or maybe not. yes, you put milk teeth in there! }

This branch not as big and spacious as the one in Galleria, and the shelves are a bit cramped together. That is probably why I came out of the store with a bit of sensory overload from gawking at all the Japanese goodies at a very close range.

But of course, the real reason I went into the store is - glue. Really.

{ craft loot justifies everything }

Sunday

{at a favorite weekend hideout}

What to do on a rainy day

It was raining last weekend and so our plans of a Sunday spent playing outdoors was foiled yet again. We settled for our usual weekend fare - a trip to the mall. My loot proves how much of a sucker I am for anything colorful. Who needs more bottles of polish? Certainly none of the girls in our house.

 {happily ever after, for audrey, bon bon}

To add to my ever growing collection of colorful craft pretties, I got a bunch of embroidery thread. I will most probably be making bracelets out of these soon. 

{DMC embroidery thread. so pretty, right?}

I got some tools as well.

I've been interested in Kumihimo, a Japanese form of braiding, for some time now so I was happy to find a small loom in a local craft store. I gave it a go last night, and all I can say is that it's very tedious and not simple at all. After 15 minutes of systematic braiding, all I had was a jumble of thread.

{small kumihimo loom}

I did learn how to knit back in school, but I'm not about to pick up knitting any time soon. I got this pair of needles for a future wirework project.

 {knitting needles}

Wally picked up this set of plants from his favorite shop. Here are they are striking a pose in my makeshift desktop photo studio.

{plants vs. zombies. Wally is obsessed with this game!}

Well, it was a fun weekend in spite of the rain.

Holiday vs. Babysitting

Having three leisurely days in in Shangri-la was just what I needed to unwind but I wish I could've stayed longer. Considering I was lugging around a very active toddler all by myself, it was still a very enjoyable holiday. I know it's weird to see the words "unwind" and "toddler" in the same paragraph. And true enough there were times when it felt like it was more Wally's vacay. So I just held on to the baby reins loosely and looked for activities we both enjoyed - which there were plenty of. We'll do this again next year, for sure. I'm savoring the years while he still thinks hanging out with mom is cool.

 {early stroll along the beach}

{even Perry had a blast}

{free ranging}

 {enjoying breakfast and the scenery}

Hello from vacationville!

Taking a very much needed, semi-spontaneous vacay to keep myself from going crazy at work. :D