We’ve been invited for a wedding in the Spring ! woohoo! it’s so easy to dress up a man but for us ladies, well, we have more work to do. Connecticut here we come but wait a minute, I know that PB is wearing a a tuxedo vest but what will I be wearing? I’ve made a date with my girlfriends and we are going shopping at our local mall for the Spring wedding. Spring weddings are always so beautiful because the weather in Connecticut will be so gorgeous and we are so looking forward to it.
Gifts From Advertiser
I did a review on a night cream for an advertiser in the States and today I received a surprise gift from them. I wasn’t expecting it because they had already paid me for the video review and beauty products are a sure hit with all my readers on my youtube channel. But they were so sweet and wanted to thank me for my unbiased review and they had gotten so many good response from the review, so they wanted to show their appreciation.
The packaging was very nice and I wondered what it was inside too.
It was an Estee Lauder perfume set. Pretty neat eh. I love my job!
Crazy Busy
Yes! I had been crazy busy, no time to even go trim my hair or reshape my eyebrows nor a facial before Christmas. The store had been so busy with customers shopping and buying everything off our shelves. No complaining though but juggling Chloe and her many events that she is into and the manning the store, housework and then my online advertising work – definitely kept me up a lot of nights. But I’m managing and once the Christmas rush is over, I am sure everything will return to normal. In the meantime, friends and family from home had been sending tons of presents and stuff from Asia, so that I won’t be so home sick. I’m definitely blessed. I am also negotiating with my Spanish boss about my role with the new company – so busy, busy for sure. Next year, I will be flying out occasionally with the engineers to USA whenever the job requires. Yes, an adventure and something new next year – can’t wait.
FlipBurger
New venture, new business – in Halifax – do visit often when you are in the city, you will love the food and the hand cut fries and shakes – it’s da -bomb!
Shopping In The City
Up in the city meeting with our financial adviser from Citibank and of course had to do some shopping since we made some money in the our investment. Our hotels were paid for by Citibank and meals were also paid for by them, what more can we ask for right? So yes, shop we did and also eat a lot of Japanese food and brought home a lot of groceries. We were also given some Korean goodies by our financial adviser for he was in Korea for a vacation, so we shared some of those goodies with Chloe’s teachers. We are very happy with our financial adviser from Citibank – he is absolutely awesome!
70″ 3D TV
Yes, we have a new 70″ – 3D tv – and when PB asked me if I’m alright with him buying a 3D tv – I told him as long as we pay it in full, not with credit card nor having to dip into our savings – power to him. So yes, we don’t believe in spending money that we don’t have and yes, the tv is paid in full and we don’t owe anyone for anything not even the stock in the store.
He ordered it online from future shop and it only took a few days to arrived. Chloe and PB are enjoying their 3 D movies tremendously, as for me – a tv is a tv – as long as I can watch my shows on it – I’m good. I’m so low-tech I know hahahaha!
I Feel Bad For You Mom !
My ! my !! I have a really good kid ! why? yesterday was anti-bullying day and usually the school will take the kids out for a walk with their pink clothing. Usually, they take the route to downtown but this year they took another route. Yesterday morning, Chloe had asked if I was giving out candies in which I had replied – nope. And Chloe said to me “Ohhhhh ! i wished you were” and I didn’t reply at all.
So happily we sent her to school and before sending her lunch to school, we had gone to Bulk Barn to see if I can find any pink candies but there were none to be found that are individually wrapped. So we bought these rockets to give out to the entire school, if they were to take their walk downtown. But the school took a different route, so we still have the candies and when Chloe came back from school, she explained to me that they had walked a different route but she was thinking of me – and said to herself : ” Oh ! I feel so bad for my mom now!” hahahhahaha!! so cute right? and of course, I asked her – “how did you know I was giving out candies? because I had already said no ??” And her reply? I know you Mom! you always try to do nice things for the everyone! lol ! oh my! she is truly my daughter! She just cracked me up!
Random Shopping
Many years ago, before coming to Canada, I would buy a piece of jewelry every time I go away for work, and knowing that I travel so much, my local jewelers would call me up if they had new stock in house. Unfortunately, after coming to Canada, I cannot find the kind of gold I like here, i like the 22K gold and no Tiffany here as well, so I don’t get to buy as much jewelry as I liked.
But once in a while at Crescent, I do get to see some really good pieces and I would snatch them up immediately. I prefer buying jewelry when I can put them on and try them out to see how it fits me, so a month ago, I saw this ring and immediately liked it after I tried it and bought it of course. Guess what Chloe said to me? Oh no Mom! not another piece of jewelry ! hhahahah!!! You see I buy them but sometimes don’t wear them and leave them in our safe deposit box and forget about it and Chloe being Chloe, she knows me too well. But PB never complained, he always say – go ahead and buy whatever you want – muahahah!! i’m totally blessed right?
New Glasses For Chloe
We had gotten some new glasses for Chloe because she had complained that she can’t see that clearly with her old glasses even though it was less than a year old. A eye test with the optometrist and eye doctor was scheduled as soon as the school term ended in July and true enough she needed new prescription. We had wanted to recycle the old frames since they were still very new only to find out that with using the old frame, we won’t be getting the buy one get one free deal and it and if we were to get new ones, it would cost about the same amount albeit a little bit cheaper.
So we decided on getting her 2 new pairs that cost us about $500 because we chose the lenses which has that scratch proof thingie and very thin lenses, so that it won’t weigh so much on her. We then donated the old ones to kids who needed them. Chloe loves her new glasses and couldn’t wait to show them off to her friends at school. We are not spendthrift but when it comes to the kid, we want the best for her, especially if it is a necessity.
A Gift From Spain
Look what came in the mail for me ! woohoo! a gift from my ex-boss wife – Manuela. Yup! I did some translation work for their daughter who was in Shanghai working and needed some immigration papers done quickly. So when they emailed me the documents, I had done the translation work for her so that she can get it notarized and all but I had refused any money from them. So today, this came from Fedex and I was really touched because you and I know that a Hermes is not cheap but I don’t know when I will have a chance to wear it because unlike many years ago, I needed to attend company’s functions and cocktails, now I mostly go help out at the store or work on my online work and look after Chloe. Maybe, when I go on vacation eh – haha! when PB finds time to bring us for a short break, I tell you that man is a real workaholic! *sigh* ! oh well! Thank you, Mr Hernandez and Manuela!