We Love Hello Kitty

I'm so glad to be blessed with two daughters. Girls are so much fun to have! I can pass on so many things to them. One of the many things that have rubbed off on my girls is my love for anything Sanrio, specifically my love for this 30-something year old cat

Note : There are conflicting reports about HK's true age. One write-up says, she was officially introduced in Japan in the year 1974. I was Sabine's age back then!

I remember that as a kid, she was my inspiration to do well in school. Why? Because Daddy promised to buy me stuff from Gift Gate if I had good grades :) I wish I had kept some of the things he bought for me. They would probably be collector's items by now. 

It's amazing how at 43 years young, I am still in love with her. No, I'm not addicted. I don't have a vast collection of HK things. I'm not one of those who will use anything Hello Kitty. I've seen someone driving along EDSA in a pink car painted with Hello Kitty's face all over, with matching seat covers! IMO, that's taking it way too far. 

But I like the small, cute but useful stuff. I have to be honest...I'm glad that China started producing Hello Kitty products. The ones from Japan are just too expensive sometimes! Since I'm not really a collector, I don't mind buying non-Japan made Hello Kitty merchandise. Besides, my girls love her, too. I can't imagine the expense!

I always say that eBay is a treasure trove. It's where I've found and bought so many things : from the useful to the ridiculous. :))

I recently went on a Hello Kitty buying spree because I found just one seller who carries so much of them in her listings

A set of pluggies (ear caps for cellphones), a tin case for contact lenses, handkerchiefs, a face towel which came with its own plastic container, ear plugs, notepads, a nail cutter. I would've gotten more except I was still trying to be kuripot.

I couldn't resist the pluggies because they came in a set of 6 for just P350 (yup, non-Japan). But they don't look "fake" at all, do they? I don't like it when characters don't look real. These are just sooooo cute, they were the first on my list. My girls have their own cellphones so all three of us are sharing. My most favorite is the one leftmost because she's wearing a really cute headband.

Here's Sabine's cellphone (which she hardly uses) all decked in our favorite kitty cat accessories.

Matchy matchy! 

Do any of my readers love Hello Kitty as much as my girls and I do? 

Please share your favorite Hello Kitty shopping sites if you do!

12 years and counting

Yup, N and I celebrate 12 years of togetherness today. I always think it's nice that our anniversary falls on the first day of the month --- easy to remember and always a reason to start the month right. 

I'm not going to be too mushy. I've had enough meltdowns lately, I call them my "looney moments". Today, I have a bigger reason to be happy (and I know my Dad is looking down on us and giving us high fives for staying together despite the odds). 

I feel truly blessed to still be counting and looking forward to many more years with this man. 

But this ... this was my greeting to him earlier

LOL!!!

He can't deny it! In fact, he's said so himself many times over. He can't wish for anything more.

I pray that this man doesn't wake up from the dream he's in. I'm not exactly easy to handle at times either. Hee hee hee. 

Other than that, I'm praying that this crazy weather decides to take a vacation. 

I really want to go out and celebrate with the kids tonight!

Hello, August!

OMG seriously, where did the time go? I wake up and it's August? No way!

A Twitter and FB friend, blogged about this too here but she actually made me realize something else

I haven't even looked at my Christmas list, much less, done any kind of shopping for holiday gifts. She says she's 3/4 done. WHAT!

Her blog post has challenged me, so much so that I've pulled up my Excel file from last year. Now I'm looking at each name to see if I need to cross anybody off my list (or add new names). 

At least, I'm doing something LOL.

As far as shopping for gifts is concerned though, I'm not sure I'm in the mood to do that just yet. I've promised myself every year that I would start earlier than usual. Has it happened? Neverrrr.

But hey, I can start looking online for ideas. Yeah? 

I also need to consider the following: 

1) Buy a new tree

2) Get new trimmings (change color motif?)

3) Get new outdoor lights - we do this yearly because I'm afraid of using old lights

4) Stock up on personalized gift tags/stickers : family, plus a set for each kid because they now have their own friends - THIS I am always, always excited about

5) Stock up on gift wrapping paper - I really, really wish I could go to Divisoria this year to buy rolls and rolls of plain white ones plus ribbons, too

I'm going to try my best to be excited about the holiday season this year for the sake of my children. But it will be hard. It will be the first Christmas without Daddy around.

Have any of you begun shopping yet? Please don't make me look so lazy!

Hahaha!