A&D's Early Christmas Shopping Guide 2nd Edition

Hey there! Once again, I'm doing another edition of my Early Christmas Shopping Guide. Read about the first one here. Now that the Holiday season is approaching, I'm constantly thinking of gift ideas while working, pumping, nursing, bathing, eating... you name it! Sabi ko nga sa inyo, excited na ako mag Christmas! Our neighbor nga already had their Christmas tree up!

For this week, it's all about gift ideas for moms! (Read: things I want to receive too!)

1. The Souq Organics
The Souq Organics is a virtual house of organic skincare brands sourced from a variety of countries around the world. One of the very "uso" now is the Moroccan Argan Oil. I've been hearing great reviews about it! You can use it on your hair, face, and other body parts. I want to receive a bottle of this! You can also give this to your mom, sister, aunt and even to your husband!

Php1,500 a bottle

The Souq Organics also offers other products from Hair Care, Skin Care to Baby and Children bath products. What's so great also is they now have Christmas Gift Sets available and you can just choose what best suits your receiver! Here are some of their gift sets, click here to see more!

Gift Set C: Includes: Fushi 100% Pure Essential Oil (one bottle only) + Burner

Gift Set E: Includes: Pangea Shower Gel + Body Loofah or Bath Net

Gift Set G: Includes: Pangea Body Oil + Massager

All of the gift set comes in an exclusive, elegant, hand crafted, eco-friendly, signature chocolate brown box that you can recycle and re-use. With satin.ribbon, gift card and tote bag.

Free shipping / delivery nationwide for orders Php5,000 and above

2. Grandma's Secret Products

Grandma's Secret Spot Remover is a heaven-sent product for moms! Promise! I gave this to my mom and siblings last Christmas. We love this product and it really removes hard stains! I call this my magic! Hehehe... I think Grandma's Secret has more products available already but have to double check first!

Check their stockists to know where you can purchase this!

3. Daphne Home Scent
Ever since Daphne Home Scent was launched and had been reading raves, I also want one! This would be a great Christmas gift too for your girl friends and mommy friends! Available in three scents: Acres of Lavender, Homemade Lemon Tart and Mint Jasmine Infusion. Pick the one you like or get one of each and give them away for Christmas!

Photo from Daphne.ph

Got any great gift ideas you want to share? Just leave and comment and I'll put in the list if I liked it!

It's a payday weekend, start shopping na!

Happy Weekend!

Things I Love!

Things I Love as of the moment..

1. Indigo Baby's Jar of Hope and Jar of Love

Y's first mosquito bite on her neck. Wawa.

With Y's bad cough last week and mosquito bites in between, the Jar of Hope and Jar of Love were a lifesaver! I rubbed some Jar of Love on Y's chest and back. She was also taking medicine but I think rubbing this helped. And for Y's mosquito bites, I just dabbed some Jar of Hope and they were a gone after a day or two. Yay! Next on my to-buy list is their sun block!

2. Grandma's Secret Spot Remover

I L-O-V-E this product! As in LOVE talaga. Now that Y is seven and a half months, and learning how to resist and slap and remove our hands when I feed her her vitamins. It is chaos! Vitamins splattered all over her beddings, shirts, lampins, and her burp pads, this product is heaven sent!!! Just drop on stained part, have it washed, and stain is gone! Works on vitamins syrup stains, and that kind of stain is hard to wash, so it means it really works!!!

3. Board Books!

Y enjoys being read to and looking at pictures. She reads with me, making humming sounds. Cute! Most of her board books are bought from Book Sale and Books & Mags. Just make sure to check out the book first for rips or torn pages. My favorite are the Curious George books! Each board book costs around 95 - 125 pesos. Not bad at all, considering some of them are in good condition! I try to buy her a book every month. Now she has Guess How Much I Love You, Goodnight Gorilla, The Runaway Bunny, and three Curious George Look and Feel books!

4. Caffeine Free Coca-Cola

Yes, I'm a Coke drinker/lover. Since I breastfeed, I have to limit my caffeine intake. Pag regular Coke, isang sip lang. I knew about this variety of Coke for a while now. It's available in S&R and I also saw it in a grocery store in Ongpin. The taste is almost similar to the regular one! Solve na ako! So when I'm craving for Coke, I drink this instead. Or I drink 7-Up if this is not available. Hehe!


5. Weekends with Y!
With me being a working mom, I always look forward to weekends and holidays because it means I get to spend my day with Y! And just take pictures and more pictures of her. I get so gigil everytime! :)

Trying out our Combi carrier!

In Zara Rockwell with my papa!

Sleepyhead

Mornings with my cutie patootie!

What things do you love as of the moment? :)

Belated Birthday Shoes and Baby Oxfords

I got my London Tan Brogues last week. After seeing it at Manila Fashion Observer, I knew I just had to! It's BOS birthday present to me. Yeah it's late but I don't care, I LOVE IT! I found "the one" brogues at last! It's so soft and comfortable! You have to trust me on that, with my wide feet, I have to be maarte when it comes to shoes. I never learned until I met Anthology! I love Anthology! Cape Town and Tokyo, you'll be mine soon! I'm officially an Anthologist. Haha! 


Last month, my sister was bugging me to buy her stuff at UO! She told me pick anything I want, nothing over $50 (haha!), as my birthday gift! Of course, I picked shoes! And after a month of emailing Johnny Air and UO Customer Service because I put the wrong address, package finally arrived last week! Yay!


So presenting to you.. my birthday shoes!!!

Wore it yesterday to work!

plus my new Dwell Studio pouch and Grandma's Secret Spot Remover!

I saw this baby oxfords at Gingersnaps last month! I'm bit so tempted to buy one for Y but decided not to. Sayang lang kasi. Maybe when she's a bigger! There's also floral brogues! Ang dami ko gusto bilhing shoes for Y!

Cute! Sorry for the crappy pic, took it from my iPhone!

Mommy would just have to wait for awhile before buying you shoes again! On my list too are Stride Rite and Saltwater Sandals and Tom's for Kids.. Oh no.. I'm turning into a shoe-holic!


More on Grandma's Secret Spot Remover from Manila Fashion Observer.


P.S. I ordered my London's online and it was hassle free! I even ordered one for my sister. They ship for FREE nationwide!