My dad is asking me about the cheap cigars online that I bought last year for his boss. He is no longer employed in the said office but he sees his former boss once in awhile and he wants to bring something the next time they see each other. Great thing I bookmarked the site so I didn’t have any problems plus my mom is asking me to suggest nice gifts to friends, which I might look for online as well because I don’t have any time going around the malls these days. My own list is not even done yet and I struck out a few names but my list is still long. I need moolah too, Christmas is coming by fast.

We all know that Christmas is fast approaching. I am finalizing my list because I will be purchasing the gifts we will give on Christmas. I decided to be practical and just buy gifts for our immediate families but of course there will be names that we might forget especially with close friends who are a bit many so I will definitely keep more red envelope codes on hand because I will be buying extra gifts for the forgotten names, if ever the gifts won’t be used this year, I can always keep em for occasions like birthdays or maybe use it again to give it away next Christmas. Not a bad idea right?

When it comes to giving gifts, I always find it hard to choose gifts for men. I have no problems in choosing gifts for ladies in the family or amongst my friends but when it comes to men, they always remain last on my list. I always end up giving Gift Baskets for Men and though I know that it can be very nice to hand to your love ones, it can be very usual already if you give that every year. So this year, I am going personalized with water bottles that the men can take out to the gym or any sports activities they have, even just a simple day at work. I hope the boys in my life, whether family or friends, are not reading this. LOL.

I saw some really nice Chocolate Covered Fruit Baskets and I swear they are the best looking baskets for Christmas.I bet it will be a hit on the table. Speaking of Christmas table, my mom bought new mats and runner for our table. Our colors are red and green just perfect Christmas theme right? I am actually tasked to set the table come midnight and I want this to be perfect since I am actually making an album about our Christmas this year, my first actually and I want to make this a tradition of yearly albums in the future. Anyway, I’m excited about Christmas because it’s this year that we introduce Santa to our son plus making new traditions for the boys, that’s my nephew and our son. Merry Christmas to everyone! May God continue to bless us throughout the New Year.

I received my gifts from my Mommy Santa a few days back. I wasn’t able to blog about it and I know this is a bit late but still I want to thank her for giving so much. Thanks for your generosity. Anyhoo, what did I get? Well she gave me extra gifts, the Starbucks GCs was a surprise since it’s not in my wish list but I guess my Mommy knew how much I love coffee, I still don’t need Lunesta for sleep deprivation due to too much caffeine intake, even if the lunesta reviews are very promising. At least I know where to go if the sleep deprivation takes place.

You bet I will be getting my planner in no time. Thanks Mommy.

Plus of course, one of the items in my wish list…

Which I already tried and I love it. I think it’s effective.

Thanks again Mommy Santa!

Our Christmas Tree is up, thanks to Nanny (and my son who “helped”).

It’s still unfinished because it needs more light and a bit more decorations to make it even prettier. The tree is I think more than 10 years old already but my parents decided to keep it because it is still in top condition. Aside from that, most decorations are also the same age as the tree, some were already thrown out but some are still okay, they were just made into clusters to make a nicer statement than putting them on the tree separately, I guess mom’s idea is really nice. Look at the clusters:

I am still convincing my mom to replace the tree with a taller one for the house and buy new decorations, maybe next year I will be more persistent and accompany her to Divisoria to shop for nicer and cheaper Christmas decors.

Do you already have a menu for Christmas Noche Buena? I have a worry that I will bore my family with what I will prepare this season. Why? Since I don’t eat beef or pork anymore, the menu will be limited to just chicken, if we’ll get lucky maybe I can whip up something that has lamb but 20% possible since we don’t get fresh lamb meat too often. Like some of my friends who will be wanting creatine powder for this season’s stress, I would be wanting one for myself to get more power! I think it will be a very busy Christmas Season with some of the parties we will me attending plus the preparations for the celebration, I still want more power to do so much so I can accomplish more even if I have to really slow down because it’s the Season.