Are you familiar with layaway? I was not until my husband told me years ago this was a form of payment accepted at some stores. The concept is that you pick an item, bring it to the cashier and tell him/her that you want purchase the item using layaway. You will need to pay a […]

It is not easy to put together a photobook yourself. It takes a lot of time. My first photobook which I did took me more than a month putting the pictures together before I can get it printed out. My second photobook was a little faster but still took me two weeks.
When I showcase the […]

Do you shop at Kmart? I do. We have a brick and mortar store about 5 miles away from our home. I like to shop there as their prices always lower than most other compatible stores. And for this Christmas, you will be able to find 25,000 gifts under $25 from Kmart. If you don’t […]

My youngest cousin turned 21 when I was in Malaysia. And to celebrate this special day for her, I order some personalized cupcakes from my blogger friend whom also owns her own cupcake blog - I Love Cupcake.
My cousin is an animal lover. She especially loves dogs and cats. She has a pet cat - […]

Last month I bought close to $100 (including shipping fee) of stuff from Oriental Trading.  If you are buying from them, remember to search online for coupons which I forgot to do while shopping for the items at 2 o’clock in the wee hour.  I could have saved $10 for the shipping because there were […]

During the toddler’s class last tuesday, we were asked to bring in Valentines next week to give out to the other kids in the class. Valentines are small little cards using for kids to pass around in the class to share their loves.
Initially, I checked the Valentines at Walmart and found their […]

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, have you thought about what to get for your girlfriend or wife? I am wondering what my husband will be getting me this year. Last year, he surprised me with a box of sweet treats - chocolate dipped strawberries, and I love it.
Do you know one of the safest […]

I guess most people like to be a winner of any contest, online or offline.  Well, I know I do.   And I would love to win something from Overstock.com’s Valentine’s Day Game contest this month. This Game O Love will run from January 25th (THAT’S TOMORROW!) to February 11th, 2008.   
When the clocks turn 12am tonight, be sure […]

We bought several boxes of Japanese Rice Crackers from Marukai for Christmas gift for our friends and relatives. These are good as gifts as the boxes have been wrapped. All we needed to do was to tear out the outer plastic wrap and take away the display picture and the box is ready wrapped as […]

When my uncle visited us in October, he brought with him a big box of curry mixes from home (Malaysia) and gave them me. I really miss these delicious dishes, and will find the time to use them for our meals. In this box, it has so many packages of different curry paste (sauce) and […]

I personally put together this gift basket from purchasing the items to finish it with the curling ribbons. I enjoy doing all. It has a bottle of wine, a box of cranberries and nuts biscottis, two boxes of crackers (all three items from Trader Joe’s) and a box of Chinese Dragon Well organic tea leaves […]

I need some cellophane wrappers for some of my gifts to my friends. I went to 99 cents store and found they have this item. Of course each was for only 99 cents. I bought two cellophane rolls. One is plain green and the other has the gift ornaments on the […]

ecently I had placed an order with Streichs dot com for some packaging items. Here you see above are the 5 different 4″ twist ties I bought from them. Actually, they have the lowest price in packaging items but the shipping is expensive if you only need 1 or 2 items from here. That was […]

I made all these pretzel candy sticks! Ingredients are quite simple. You will need: Rod Pretzel, Wilton Candy Melts and Christmas sprinkles/sugar decorations. For wrapping, I bought some 2″x11″ cello bags along with seasonal twist ties.
Now they are ready to be given out to my friends and relatives.  They are very good.  I had some […]

One evening while shopping at Marukai at Pacific Market, I saw they have boxes of Guylian Sea Shells Chocolates out on the table for sale - good item Christmas gift. I always see them when I shop at Airports Duty Free shops. They are pretty expensive and I always wanted to buy one for myself […]