I still have no clue of what to buy for Carlos and Diana yet. Maybe you guys can give me some idea? I've bought him so many watches so I am trying to get away from that :)
Friday, November 30, 2007
Christmas Baking
I still have no clue of what to buy for Carlos and Diana yet. Maybe you guys can give me some idea? I've bought him so many watches so I am trying to get away from that :)
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Black Friday Shopping!!!
First stop, Polo. I took a few items but the line at the cashier was so long and decided to put the items back and walk out. The next stop, Coach. There was a long line just to get into the store. Diana decided to wait in line while I went shopping at Le Gourmet Chef for some kitchen items. As usual came out with some baking pans because all items at 50% discount. Pretty good bargain.
We bought 2 bags and 2 wristlets at Coach. The handbags at a discount of 40% and an extra 10% for shopping before 5.00am. Not a bad bargain. We then went to Gap and Banana Republic but we didn’t get to buy anything because of the long lines again. We decided we had enough of the crowd and went home around 2.30am. By the way, Carlos slept through all the shopping frenzy and he only start his shopping at 6.00am while I get my beauty sleep.
We decided to go back there to the outlets again in the afternoon. This time it was not so crowded and we managed to buy what we wanted. Overall, the shopping was alright. Will I do it again next year? No way…too much hassle with the parking, people and waiting in line. Next year, I will shop at a more decent time.
People waiting in line just to get into Coach Store
Here are some of the items we bought :
Coach handbags and wristlets
DKNY Jeans and BR Pants and Sweater
Sweater from DKNY and BR and an LG Cellphone
Carlos got me a new blender from Home Depot. The old one 'kaput' because I blend too much curry and rendang paste. Hope this one will last longer :)
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thanksgiving Feast !!!
Diana's enjoying her meal
Yum, yum
Carlos busy taking pictures of us :)
Hold on !! Let me to take some pictures before digging into the dessert :)
Asuka and Carlos in deep discussion
Our 10 pound turkey. This was the small we could find.
Dinner rolls - recipe with be posted at my food blog soon
Individual Tiramisu - pretty or not :)
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Steal some time to blog. My turkey is in the oven, done my dinner rolls, stuffing, green bean casserole and tiramisu for dessert. Now what's left to be done is the bake potatoes and table setting. Will post some pictures tonight and after that SHOPPING!!!
Check out this link for the story of Thanksgiving : The Thanksgiving Story
Monday, November 19, 2007
Awful Weather
One thing I do look forward to is Black Friday. Just can't wait to shop till I drop ;-) We will be going to the Lancaster Outlets at midnight on Thursday with Nancy. Yeah, they open their stores at midnight. Carlos will be at home having his sweet sleep. He said it just doesn't make any sense to be going shopping so early in the morning.
So, any of you going shopping this Friday? Do let me know if there are good bargain out there :-)
Friday, November 16, 2007
Great Bargain!!
They still have plenty in the store
This what I bought. The roasting set for $9.99 (after rebate), 4 Mini Trifle Set for $9.99, Cake Serving Set for $7.99 (after 20% coupon discount), a set of 6 Shots Glasses for $ 7.49 and two coffee mugs for $1.98. Total money spent $ 37.44. Not a bad bargain at all. Thanks Cat for the call.
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I received this cute Salt & Pepper shakers from Cat two weeks ago. I won it from her Halloween guessing game. Thanks again Cat.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Top 10 Grouses of Woodworker Spouse
I came across this article from one of Carlos woodworking magazine and I think is really funny and I find my husband guilty of most of them.
10) There's never room for my car in the garage
9) He keeps bringing home pieces of wood that he's found, like stray animals. But he never uses them, so our house features an unusual 'woodpiles everywhere' decor.
8) He spends hours scouring antique shops for old tools and I'm tired of being dragged along and staring at dingy knick-knacks, worn-out furniture.
7) Nails and screws left in the pockets make an ungodly racket when they go through the washing machine and dryer.
6) A problem in the shop casts a gloomy pall over the entire house.
5) His 'good' woodworking tools are off-limits for the rest of us.
4) He's oblivious to the sawdust trail he leaves throughout the house
3) The outlines of his tape measure gets worn into the back pocket of his jeans, so people are always staring at his butt!
2) My hair is wet, I'm late for work and my hair dryer has disappeared from the bathroom. He used it to remove old glue.
1) He keeps saying he's going to build things, but all he does is buy tools.
I like to add a few more to the list.
1) He can spend hours at Home Depot, Lowe's , Habour Freight and Woodcraft.
2) Woodworking magazine everywhere i.e coffee table, family room, computer room, bedroom and basement.
3) He left a big mess at the basement and it looks like a tornado just landed there.
4) He keeps buying clamps and tools. He said a woodworker can never have enough of clamps.
5) He will go to each and every woodworking show here.
Some of their actions that seem perfectly resonable to them but to us it can be frustrating.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Green Tomatoes
I picked these last week
This was the first time I plant tomato and I am glad that it turn out really well . The 5 tomatoes plant has given me lots of tomatoes. I harvested some really huge ones and some small sweet ones too. I've given away quite a bit to my neighbor too. The only down side of all this was the tomato 'Hornworms' Is giving me the goose bums just thinking about it. Other than that it was pretty easy to plant them. Rita, any plan to plant some next year?
Back to the green tomatoes. Any suggestions what I can do with it?