The joy of sharing shoes

While it's a challenge to be Mom to an assertive and outspoken 16-year old (hello teenage hormones!), there are perks to having a child at this stage. One of the biggest advantages, in my opinion, is the fact that we can exchange fashion ideas, swap and share clothes and shoes, raid each other's closets and shoe cabinets! Although her feet are slightly bigger than mine, all I need to do is slip on some Dr. Scholl's insoles and I'm good to go in her shoes!

I've always wanted to buy a pair of Sperry Topsiders, particularly the colored ones. When the striped ones came out, I fell in love the minute I saw them in the display window! I definitely wanted the red ones! Recently, Anissa celebrated her 16th birthday. We had dinner with the family and went to the mall for dessert and coffee. My Dad who spoils my kids to death asked her to go around to choose a gift.

Guess what she chose? :))

Okay, I have a tiny confession to make. I encouraged her to get Topsiders. Why? Because she tried on my Sebagos recently and was disappointed that they were a bit snug. So I knew she wanted boat shoes, too. I didn't, however, force her to get the striped ones. They were her choice. My girl has good taste! Haha!

I won!!!

I've never ever ever won an online contest. It's the same story with raffles and the like. Well, maybe once and that's it. I joined Ichigo's blog giveaway for the following reasons:

I'm a regular Ichigo customer

I'm a shoe lover (always will be)

I liked the sentence they asked contestants to complete

Here it is:

The woman I admire/look up to is _____ because _____.

And my answer:

The woman I admire/look up to is any woman who manages to take care of herself and look fabulous despite the demands of motherhood!

It didn't take me long to think of what to say. And I meant it, 100%. Motherhood is no laughing matter. So when I see a Mom who's so put together and presentable all the time, I'm always tempted to go up to her and congratulate her.

I'm excited to get my prize!

I'll blog about it soon!

In the meantime, here's wishing everyone the safest of travels this week.

Advanced Happy Easter, too!

To perm or not to perm?

This is the question I've been asking myself these past few months. I've been rebonding my hair once a year since about 3 yrs ago and although I love having straight vs my naturally wavy hair, I've wondered what it's like to have curls. My last rebonding session was in July last year. I don't like getting it done more than once a year because I also color my hair regularly. Scared I might abuse it and feel so sorry for doing so in the end. It's been about 8 months since the rebonding, so you can just imagine what state my hair is in. There's that annoying regrowth at the roots and my waves at the back are now so obvious when I don't make an effort to blowdry or use my hair straightening iron. In short, I can only achieve the straight hair look now by going to the salon to get a blowout. But I'm being patient and I'm sticking to my original plan which is to not get a rebonding just yet. While waiting, I've also been trying to decide whether to get a digiperm for a change.

I don't own a curling iron because I never needed one. Then I recently had a bright idea haha! I've been asking the girls' Yaya to braid my hair (it's been hot too) and when one time, I took the braids out, I was pleasantly surprised with what I discovered. *insert shallow squeal here*

Anissa says they look too tight but I've discovered that I can make them look more like beach-y waves after brushing my hair a bit. Yesterday, I had it done again and I was so aliw with the effect I achieved. Have I finally decided to get that perm in July? Not just yet. I need to figure out if I want curls long term because I also like the way my hair is layered.

Until I finally come to a decision, I can rest my tired brain for a bit and go DIY for now.

P.S.

Loving this summer necklace made of wood (some wrapped in cute fabric) from Geraonline in Multiply. Would you believe it only cost me P149? It's a pretty accent piece for the summer!