Posted by clair on August 6th, 2008 in freebies, shopping, tips & ideas
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed for our latest posts of weekend ideas and more.Do you have any vouchers or coupons that will be expiring soon? Better use it fast. If you wait till it’s too close to the date, you’ll find yourself shopping out of desperation like [...]
Posted by clair on August 6th, 2008 in save money, shopping, tips & ideas
I love warehouse sales but not in this kind of weather. Can you imagine breathing in the haze in one of those open-door warehouses with barely-there air-conditioning?
Okay so while we’re fighting the heat and haze, we mustn’t forget that warehouse sales are mostly aimed to clearing old stock, outdated or discontinued product lines, sometimes even [...]
Posted by clair on August 5th, 2008 in outdoors, tips & ideas
The haze is back! I’m sure you can smell it and you’re probably switching on the lights in your house by late afternoon because it’s so gloomy outside. I don’t have to tell you what to do but here are a few reminders just the same.
Keep your windows closed to keep the dust and smoke [...]
Posted by clair on July 12th, 2008 in tips & ideas, travel 'n transportation
I confess, these days I’m starting to get impatient at traffic lights, slow drivers, basically anything that gets in my way and makes me a sitting duck. I’m going, hey hey, we’re burning gas here, people!!
That aside, here are the few more tips I promised.
I plan my travel logistics ahead and grouping my errands so [...]
Posted by clair on July 7th, 2008 in tips & ideas, travel 'n transportation
Well, here we are, a month into that ridiculously high fuel hike and still reeling from the shock of seeing 3 digits whenever I fill up my gas tank! Some weeks, a full tank lasts me less than a week. Gah!
I’m on the road a lot running Mom’s taxi so I don’t have a choice… [...]
Posted by clair on July 4th, 2008 in food 'n drink, tips & ideas
It’s been ages since I had a girls’ day out. My mommy friends and I have been so busy we hardly have time to organize anything.
What I’d really like to do is a potluck. I think that’s the easy thing to do since everyone does their fair share and gets to show off their chef-ly [...]
Posted by clair on June 26th, 2008 in , rest & relax, tips & ideas
A great idea for a girls’ day out is to go to a spa. There’s spas a-plenty popping up all over the city and I’m pretty sure everyone knows at least one person who is a spa fan.
I’m not, so don’t ask me . I’d rather relax with a great workout at the gym. [...]
Posted by clair on June 20th, 2008 in , save money, shopping, tips & ideas
I was out shopping for a baby gift the other day. It’s been a long time since I bought baby stuff since my kids are all teens now. I couldn’t believe how expensive some of the items are. Well, not that they were cheap back then, but they certainly didn’t cost as much.
If you’re looking [...]
Posted by clair on June 20th, 2008 in food 'n drink, save money, shopping, tips & ideas
I’ve never had a day out without food being involved somehow. I mean, how can you crawl the malls and not feel hungry and then decide to get a bite to eat? Only problem is quite often, that bite to eat turns into a full-fledged meal of some sort.
Recently when my nieces were in town, [...]
Posted by clair on June 19th, 2008 in entertainment, tips & ideas
We’ve been going to the movies a lot lately. Five movies in three weekends? You’d think we’re on a movie marathon here . When there are free movies, we’re there. Times are bad so we gotta take what we can get.
But not all the movies we watch are free. Movies don’t come cheap either. [...]