Shopping – My Life in Canada

April 11, 2017

Easter Gifts For Chloe’s Teachers

You all know how I feel about thanking Chloe’s teachers every year during any kind of special occasions right? Yes, and this year ain’t any different because Chloe’s teachers does a lot for her. Afterall , these teachers spends like 6 – 7 hrs a day with my child and they nurture her and bring her up to be a proper human being, so how can I as a parent not show any appreciation right?

But this year , Chloe was afraid that her friends may think that she is bribing her teachers, in which I explained to her that it is in our culture to show gratitude to our teachers. And this is not the first year we ‘ve been doing this , we do it every year. So she shouldn’t feel this way at all , but the kid was reluctant until I spoke to some teachers who visits our store right in front of her about gifting for the teachers and they all agreed with me that all teachers will appreciate it.

Plus , when i show my appreciation , it is not just for one or two teachers , it is for all the teachers that is teaching chloe that very year. So no one should feel slighted. I had even wanted to give to the administrative staff but Chloe said she didn’t know them too , too well in this new school , so I didn’t.

So my questions is , does anyone do as I do these days? or am I the only one?

July 10, 2015

Father’s Day Present

Yes, I’m a little late with this because we have been really busy. In fact, I only gave the present to PB a day after because dear Chloe was fussing so much, I forgot what I wanted to get for PB the day before Father’s day. Sometimes, Chloe can be a baby and as much as I want to stop her from whining, we just bring her home straight away.

Anyway, I did managed to get out there the next day and bought tons of chocolate for him because I know for sure that he would eat all of them.

But the real father’s day gift that I wanted to get for him is this new mini segwey 2 wheels and it really didn’t cost me much since I got to the direct supplier. And even though this comes out from China, we loved it.

June 10, 2015

A New Planner Already?

My first Erin Condren life planner from my dear agent, who insisted that I have one of this so that I’ve a better planner to help me with doing my assignments on time and also manage my traveling better for next year. The Erin Condren life planner starts from June 2015 till end of December 2016, so I can always start using it right now, I was told.

I’ve heard plenty of good things about the Erin Condren life planner , and I will definitely use it and let you know what I think about it after a month. I used to love my planners when I was in college and university , meaning I was a lot more OCD before hahhaha!

May 20, 2015

Perks That Comes With My Job

At the store, we get free lobsters and other stuff for Chloe all the time from our customers. And for my online job, I get so many free stuff to check out and to review. Yes, there are plenty of perks that comes with my online job and vlogging. Just last week, I received a boxful of things to try out this summer and to vlog about it if I wished from advertisers.

PB never have to buy me cosmetic, perfumes or skin care , I always remind him how lucky he is – hahahha! Vlogging turned out to be so much fun and so fruitful and fulfilling, not only do I make money, get free stuff, I get tons of friends/fans online. What do I vlog about ? mostly cosmetics, skincare for women over 50 of course and things happening around this town as well as Canada as an expatriate, you cannot imagine the many people who are interested in migrating to this part of the world.

May 18, 2015

Look Who Went Shopping ?

My g/fs from home are very much into Hermes anything. Usually, they shop together and order all their hermes goodies when one decided to go to Paris or London. So the one who is going on a trip brings all these goodies back for everyone.

A handbag alone cost close to $25K , enough money to pay for a new car here but my g/fs from home, they buy a few every year. Envious ? don’t be ! I never was, because I’ve been there and done that, now I just loved more simple things. And even with cheaper bags from Roots, I haven’t even open up mine from Christmas. Yes, I’m such a lousy user, I buy stuff and store them away , sometimes as long as a year before opening them up again or looking at it again. No wonder the brat said I need a bigger house. hahah!

May 15, 2015

Playmat

Bought this a few weeks ago, for little Liam because we didn’t get to buy it for chloe when she was a baby. They didn’t have this I think when chloe was a baby, so what do we do? we spoil someone else’s baby of course ! heheh!! yes, that’s how we roll , we loved buying things for friend’s children and usually, we get stuff for just everyone of the, so that no child will be left alone.

But this mat from our local small business and they are wonderful, wonderful people. Loved Sandy’s.

February 28, 2015

Vancouver Lush

I was in Vancouver for work and had the opportunity to visit the Lush workshop there. Very happy to network with other bloggers and vloggers , learned a lot and of course, Lush was so generous and lots of gifts we were sent home with. Too tired tonite to write about my experience but it was an awesome trip. Thanks to my advertisers for flying me out on Business class.

December 10, 2014

Christmas Deco Hunting

I don’t know about other folks but in our family, we shop for Christmas decors every year and we keep adding but sometimes we don’t even put them up because it doesn’t go with the theme. This year , we had to go simple because both PB and I are so busy with both the store and my work online. But Christmas ain’t Christmas without adding one or two new ornaments or decor at home.

There is a place just a little way out of town that have all these wonderful Christmas decorations and for reason/s that I cannot fathom, we don’t go there often enough. This year, I had to go there and found quite a few things. Did I tell you that our Christmas tree at the store is white this year? this is the first time I have a white tree for Christmas. In the last 14 years with PB , our Christmas trees has always been green, so this was really a nice change. Loved the new Christmas tree at the store and love all that we bought.

October 24, 2014

More Gifts From Advertisers

Now that I’m vlogging with Youtube, I get more stuff to try out in collaboration with different advertisers than before. I still blog but vlogging has been going so well, you cannot imagine how busy I get during the day. The courier companies knows us well before but now, they think that someone out there must love us a lot since packages comes in for me almost everyday.

Received these in the morning and not only am I paid for trying out these Korean cosmetic and the new winter make up , I also get paid for doing it. Plus youtube plays pretty well too – I’m pretty stoke to tell you the truth. Coz’ I didn’t think that as a vlogger, you get so much exposure. But I have to thank my PR company for all the arrangements that they do for me.

Chloe said we might need a bigger house because 1 room is use for my filming alone.

August 15, 2014

Musical Instrument Shopping

Yes, we finally bought a real piano for Chloe in Halifax because she had been taking lessons for more than a year now and attended her first recital this year before summer. And since she is so good at it, we figured we should buy her a real piano. Truthfully, I didn’t think that an acoustic piano would be so expensive, I was planning to spend like $3500 on it but an entry level acoustic cost about $6500 tax included. But it is an investment and PB didn’t bat an eyelid paying cash for it.

Of course, he too wanted something from the guitarcenter since he was buying chloe such an expensive “toy” , he feels he deserved another one in his collection too. Well, i didn’t stop him of course, after all he worked so hard for them and he is entitled to spend some money as long as we don’t use our credit card and use our line of credit. Everything has to be paid in cash and that’s how I am teaching my kid. If you cannot afford your toys, then don’t buy them.