The Shopaholic In Me

If we won’t be out of the country on 3rd week of November, I would definitely attend this.  Perfect as we are always playing hosts for parties and I want to make delictable hors d’ oeuvres to impress our guests especially this holiday season…

Taken from Enderun website. Check out their other short courses…

Sumptuous party food never ceases to make gatherings livelier and lovelier. Though they are meant to be served before the main course, these finger foods are no doubt as delectable and stimulating as full meals.

“Laid out on a row of platters, hors d’oeuvres must scream for attention and make people’s mouths water. In a single bite, they should manage to please the palate and tease it at the same time. What I will teach you are these, but simple enough to give you time to prepare for the big soiree.”

-Chef Vanessa Conanan

Learn About:

1. Potato-wrapped Shrimp with Garlic Saffron Aioli Sauce
2. Smoked Salmon-wrapped Asparagus
3. Marinated Antipasti
   1. Buffalo Mozzarella (Quesong Puti)/Basil/Roasted Bell Peppers
   2. Aubergine/Salami/Artichoke
   3. Zucchini/Anchovy/Parmesan

1. Crème Brûlée
2. Brie Wrapped in Phyllo with Caramelized Walnuts

21 November 2009 | 1:00 to 6:00 pm 
PhP 3,500

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my business greeting cards to my suppliers and colleagues. Got to send it out early as you know, our postal service may cause some delays. Besides from that, I was able to get it at discounted price as well. Next week would be time already to search for nice giveaways of my company for this year. I have been thinking on what to give. Any suggestions? I want something unique so I really need to start looking for a valuable item. Aside from that, would also be busy buying gifts for our family and friends. I am starting a little late again because I’m just overwhelmed with my work. I should atleast start to hit the malls again to find perfect presents to all those on my list.

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Snagged this from Travel to Manila, who also snagged it from Nickle Tackle. Thanks girls!

GLORIETTA MALLS:

Trick or Treat around Glorietta Malls for Ghoulish Goodies in your Halloween costumes.
Starting point: Glorietta 3 Park
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 12 to 2 PM and 4 to 6 PM

SM HYPERMARKET:
For kids ages 3 to 10
Come in your kookiest Halloween Costume on Oct. 31, 10am to 5pm.
Register at the Halloween booth, have your photo taken and join the Monster Parade at 4pm.
Cool Halloween gifts for the scariest and original costume. (Winners will be announced at 5p
Time: 12 to 2 PM and 4 to 6 PM

Horrific Halloween Ball at SM MEGAMALL:
So fun, it’s scary!
Bring the whole family! And after all that bone-chilling fun, enjoy the wide range of dining treats and awesome shopping you’ve always loved at SM Megamall.
Mallwide Trick or Treat
Date: Oct. 31
Time: 1pm – 6pm
It’s free and guided by our kid-friendly staff.
Register at the Horrific Halloween Ball.

Bumblebee & Company’s Safari Halloween Party at THE PODIUM
Join Bumblebee & Company’s Safari Halloween Party.
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 10am
Venue: Atrium, The Podium
Get one (1) ticket* with a minimum P1,500 worth of Bumblebee or Halloween items to join the Bumblebee Party, Costume Parade, Parlor Games, Trick or Treat and Play at the Game Booth.
Promo offer good from Oct. 1-31, 2009.
*good for one (1) kid and one (1) adult

Freaky Fright-day at TRINOMA
Hang around for spell-binding treats at Trinoma!
Date: Oct. 30
Trick or Treat!
Costumes and Candies Oh My! Who’s going to bring home goodies this time?
Time: 10am-12nn

Once Upon a Halloween
Games, Treats and Surprises Galore. Fun activities that you can explore. C’mon and watch Miki Hahn and Freestyle perform!
Time: 1pm-6pm
Venue: Activity Center
Contact them for details: 901-3000

Wizards House of Wonders at POWERPLANT MALL
Venue: Rockwell Tent
Date: Oct. 31, 2009
11am: Halloween Activities Start
2pm-4pm: Magic Show
4pm-6pm: Trick or Treat
Magic Tricks! Potion Making! Toys! Video Games! Face Painting! Glitter Art!
Get your tickets now and get exciting freebies & treats on Halloween!
Tickets are P500.00 (1 adult + 1 child)
(Limited Tickets Available)

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Baby Birth Announcements

Are you one of those brand new moms who are looking for nice and cute Baby Announcements? Look no more as Cards-411 have wonderful selections for baby announcement cards. They even have photo baby announcements where you can add any photo of your new baby. You can even change or modify any design or color.

In fact, they even have new baby birth announcement cards to choose from. It’s really an amazing site. Check out what they have to offer at http://www.cards-411.com/ and be happy to see hundreds of design to choose from.  Will definitely book mark the site for my future use!  ;)

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I, too is on South Beach Diet already (improvised!) The husband finished his 14-days straight Phase 1. And he has lost about 14lbs for that span of time. We stopped ordering for the meantime and I am taking my own measures to prepare his food. I have patterned it still to the diet and is strictly following only the food allowed. Since I am now making the effort to prepare the food he would bring with him daily, I realized I should also try it myself so I’m on 3rd day already without Carbo, Bad Fats and Sweets. I don’t actually feel hungry at all since I made sure I am getting a good portioning for all my meals. No updates yet as to how many pounds I lost already but I will post it here soon. For the meantime, I need to make a research about Waste Management Software, since we need it for the new business we are venturing. We need something that has a low monthly fee and can be hosted online. Our new business would need it since we need all scheduling and tracking functionality of our invetories.

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Thank You Christmas Cards

Thanksgiving is just around the corner so it’s time to order your Holiday Thank You Cards. Have you decided on what to prepare for this thanksgiving? Well, you can inform your guests on what to look forward to your feast when you give out your holiday thank you card.

Unique and Exclusive designs are available only at Invitations-Shoppe. They have Christmas thank you card, business holiday thank you cards, holiday invitations, anything you might need for any occasions. You can modify any card design that you may choose, change the content, the color and even the font. Check out what they have to offer at http://www.invitations-shoppe.com/.  This is the right time to order for your cards.

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This is for those planning for a trip to some asian destination soon…

Snagged from PAL Website…

Available at www.philippineairlines.com or call PAL Reservations at (02) 855-8888 or visit PAL ticket office.

For sale and ticketing from 25 to 30 October 2009 only. 

 Book and buy your tickets now!!

Prices listed below are EXCLUSIVE of government taxes (in the Philippines and foreign destinations) and other fees that are to be collected at the airport. 

APPLICATION:

• Valid for round trip travel on economy class.

TRAVEL VALIDITY:

• Valid from 04NOV09 to 10DEC09 and 11JAN10 to 04FEB10 for OUTBOUND TRAVEL

MINIMUM and MAXIMUM STAY: 

• 2 days/8 days

SALES RESTRICTIONS:

• Tickets must be issued on/after 25OCT09 and on/before 30OCT09
• Extension of ticket validity is not permitted

RESERVATIONS, PAYMENT AND TICKETING:

• Tickets must be issued 24 hours after confirmed reservations or on/before 30OCT09 whichever is earlier
• For reservations confirmed on 30OCT09, tickets must be issued on 30OCT09
• Changes are not permitted 
     – rebooking/rerouting/reissuance/upgrading/endorsement are not permitted
• Fares and surcharges are non-refundable
• No child/infant discount

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS:

• Mileage accrual and Service Class Upgrade award do not apply on this fare
• Free Baggage Allowance is 15 kilograms 

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Wedding Invitation

Do not be suprised if you would receive a number of Wedding Invitations this time. It’s the season of the year wherein weddings are abundant. A number of soon-to-wed couples are choosing December as their wedding month so there would be wedding announcements left and right. So now, it is important  to actually release wedding invitation atleast minimum a month before the wedding so that guests can plan ahead their attendance much more their gifts for the couple and even their attire  And because of trying times, others are just inviting and sending shower invitations to friends without inviting them to the wedding itself. But this is kinda unethical actually. So better do your guestlist planning very carefully.

Speaking of wedding invitations, you can find unique and exclusive designs availble only at Express-Invitations. You can even put a photo, a monogram logo to whatever card you may choose. Nowadays, ordering wedding invitations can also be done online. Check out their site at http://www.express-invitations.com/ to see fabulous pieces that may interest you.
shower invitations,

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yes batch 1 for me…so there could be batch 2 for me?  ;)

Here are my favorites from what I bought…

Next batch, I want to order those wool jackets!  Hope there’s a trip where I can use those though!:P

Check all about Causeway Clothes here.

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The husband would so “not like” this since he is on South Beach Diet.  Unless, he would just eat the patties since its grilled!  :P

If you are near the area…you might be interested with this:

On October 30, Brothers Burger Capitol Hills is again having the much-awaited Hamburger Day, a special day when the half-pounder burger is offered at 50% off! (This time as our Halloween treat for you!) Avail of this big juicy burger at only P87.50 (from original price of P175). 

They do accept advance orders if you like. Call 9314011, 9323840.

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Photo Announcements Cards

Don’t you agree? The kid is so lovely on such Photo Stationery Invitations. It’s a perfect photo announcement for a graduation. I’ll definitely bookmark the site of Announcements-Shoppe as I also like to have something like this for my kids in the future. I may be over-acting but I would really make some stationery photo cards for them, say when they graduate from Kindergarten?

Call me obsessive compulsive but you should see how much I make it a point to capture every milestones of my kids so creating a photo invitation like this from http://www.announcements-shoppe.com/ is something I would really like to do. Besides, I can really add any photo of my kids to whatever cards I have chosen. I also can modify the colors and even change a bit the design.  I urge all mommies to do the same, to make an effort to create such beautiful cards.  Makes you very proud of what you children have become.

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I really wonder when I could go to El Nido???!!! It is one of my dream destinations!  

They have a promo again…

Take advantage of El Nido Vacation Package from
October 12-December 19, 2009!
 
Slots are limited so book your vacation now!
Please forward to your friends who might be interested to avail.
 
Miniloc Resort for 2 Nights / 3 Days at the Garden Cottage

Triple Sharing – P25,000
Twin Sharing – P27,000
Single– P32,000

Lagen Resort at 2 Nights / 3 Days at the Forest Room

Triple Sharing            P32,000
Twin Sharing             P34,000
Single                      P38,000

Rates are inclusive of Roundtrip airfare, accommodations, full board meals and activities.
 
FLIGHTS TO/FROM EL NIDO

Daily Flight Schedule are as follows via chartered flights with Island Transvoyager, Inc (ITI) from Manila.:

Manila~El Nido   ETD  0730H 1130H  1500H

El Nido~Manila   ETD 0930H 1300H  1700H

Note:  Children 2 – 6 years old sharing room with adults get free accommodation,
meals, tours, and transfers. Children 7 – 11 years old sharing room with adults will
automatically be charged Child Supplement of PhP 2,000.00 nett per child per night.
Children 12 years old and above are considered adults and shall be charged adult rates.

For inquiries, please call  Tel. No. 401-3511 or 638-3296
adventures@travelrewardsclub.ph 

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Wedding Thank You Cards

I always remind my clients, my brides in particular not to forget to send out Thank You Cards to their wedding guests. That is a particular etiquette that most of the brides are neglecting after they are done with their preparations. In fact, I do recommend that they should order their cards the same time that they are ordering their invitations because that can save them eitheir in shipping or they can even get some free thank you cards.

I have recommended the number of unique and exclusive designs available only at CardsPersonalized to most of my clients. I have trust and tested their products and services already. I actually ordered baby thank you cards and business thank you cards from them as well! What I like about them is that if a customer does not find exactly what they are looking for in their website, http://www.cardspersonalized.com/, they will create a special design for the client’s preference.  Do check them out if you need to send any kind of thank you cards!

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Snagged this from Mai.

Ten Things You Want but Can’t Afford…(at this time!) 

1st being the least I could afford…

1.  An island in Palawan

2.  A Hermes bag (i don’t think I would ever get one in my lifetime! )

3.  A swimming pool in the lawn with a polycarbonate sheet like lexan so the kids and me won’t be under the sun when swimming! 

4.   A new car for me

5.  LV Luggagesss!

6.  My own parlor or spa salon!  (waaah, ultimate business dream!)

7.  Caribbean Cruise with the Husband

8.  Travel to Europe

9.  Designer shoessses like Manolo Blahnik or Christian Louboutin

10.   Travel to Bella Roca (I want!  but no more travel budget for the year!)

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Snagged this from Katrice Wear’s multiply site…

Marissa (Katricewear) posted on her site that she would also be there. I want to check it out as I want to get another set of blouses for me and the kids. (oh, i have yet to post our picture for the pink blouses we got from her).  

KATRICEwear will be at the Big Outlet Sale, Big Tent, meralco ave, ortigas. (beside renaissance and alexandra condos, and near st paul pasig) fri to sun, oct 16 to 18. 10am to 9pm.
I will have at least 400pcs of sale items (very good items but in broken sizes) at “everything php400″ and also my new arrivals.

this is a great bazaar as even the husbands would enjoy bec there are “men-brands” such as Nike, PowerMAC, NJ sneaks, Rayban and Puma also at big discounts.

 

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