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The hubby and I want to have a pair of watches that match.

I like a certain brand for a pair of silver Swiss-made watches but I think the hubby has another idea and his idea includes saving for more than what I like calls for.

A pair of TAG Heuer would be great though with three children still in school this pair will probably be better as a “great job” gift when they have all graduated.

Who knows, maybe we won’t purchase these ourselves but one of them will give these as gifts. 😀

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Hands down, our children love the cheeseburgers from another burger chain but for breakfast, nothing beats Jollibee Breakfast Joys.

So yesterday we had these when it is usually Saturday mornings for this kind of out of the house breakfast date.

I always order the Bangus meal because the other breakfast treats make my tummy feel uncomfortable because of the oil used.

Photo first posted here.

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Am not really a baker but I am a frugal mom.

For the boy’s birthday, home-baked brownies and butterscotch bars were brought to school along with steamed hotdogs, huh, I know this is a *rolled eyes reaction* but the children loved the snacks we brought.

It warms my heart to hear the boy’s classmates say they love the brownies and these tasted good.

I really want to learn to bake well and so I look at different websites to learn how to do this properly. I also do the “Become a Fan” in different Facebook pages about baking and other stuff regarding food preparation.

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I am a big fan of groupon sites though I have stopped buying for now. We’ve bought several restaurant deals, food deals and tech gadget deals. One of the latest we got was an Archos Key MP3 player for my youngest daughter. The son’s MP3 player was also from another deal though it is a different brand name.

The kids expressed wanting to have an Archos tablet for browsing (mostly watching YouTube videos and playing online fun games) but we missed the deal on this one. I think it was because I already ordered and paid for the MP3 player when I saw it.

Maybe next time, we’ll get this for them. In the meantime, they are using the my and my hubby’s smartphones since they are on vacation with our parents.

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We make our own gift tags. Although gift tags can be purchased at a minimal price, from Php5.00 – 15.00, making your own does not just make you creative but these gift tags have a feeling of being more personalized.

Below are samples of basic gift tags we’ve made last year:

All you need to make gift tags are the following:

• special papers in various colors, could be new or scrap from school projects (yes, do not throw these yet)
• craft scissors
• scrapbook embellishments (with adhesive would be better)
• glue
• one hole puncher
• different kinds of ribbons

You can also design your own gift tags and print these out. I don’t want to do this though because ink is kinda expensive 😉

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Last night, when we had an unexpected trip to the mall, I chanced upon a sale on shoes and bags (and clothes too) at Debenhams TriNoma. I was trying to try shoes that should perfectly fit me but I wasn’t able to get a pair. I wasn’t able to get a bag too.

First because the shoe sizes were a tad too big. Second, the bags, I can’t choose which one I like best among 4 choices. Third, the kids were complaining they want to have dinner already. But I didn’t complain when they were choosing their books at the bookstore, lol.

If not for the three factors, the barcode labels of at least a pair (or maybe even two) and a bag would have been scanned for me.

I’m going back tomorrow. *crossing my fingers* I hope I can still get one of those bags I’m eyeing.

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