PART FOUR + SCHOOL SUPPLIES HAUL

So this is part four

[click them if you don't wanna miss out on the adventures]
PART ONE,
PART TWO,
PART THREE

This entry is for all our souvenir shops haul :D Do you guys buy postcards or fridge magnets as a souvenir either for yourself or for your family and friends? I do! And I love getting postcards from my friends too, it's touching to know that they remembered you while they were on vacation. :D

PART FOUR is all about some more food, postcards, magnets and my back to school haul.

FOOD

Who doesn't love to eat? haha

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These fed the four of us already.

SOUVENIR

 postcards and the pencil and the magnet I bought

more postcards

key chains, the red envelope you put money in to give as gifts for the holidays,

a dvd, and a travel journal for my sister.

BACK TO SCHOOL HAUL

I am saving the best for last! Most of our back to school haul are from a store in the Pacific Palace, it's not Sanrio but they are licensed to sell Sanrio merchandise. There are couple other stores that sell Sanrio stuff but they are the fake ones. How can you tell? Aside from the fact that the owners told us, you can easily spot fakes. Fakes of course are less expensive than the original and the Sanrio characters faces are just a bit distorted/it's just off and the texture feels weird too. 

Let's start with my HELLO KITTY

Hello Kitty bag, Hello Kitty pen w/ 6 different inks and a Hello Kitty pillow

[my dad's early birthday present for me]

My computer desk. [the COACH sling bag was a gift from my mom and the MAC book that you see is my sister's].

hmm here's the other stuf

there's a monkey pencil case.

a froggy post it.

Hello Kitty: lunch box [another gift from my mom], a hand held mirror, a mini notebook, a mini ruler, a paper clip holder, photo frame, a headband, coin purse and a mini clip.

Can you tell I'm excited and ready for school now?! lulz!

Then we went to the CrossIron mall and I didn't know there's actually a Sanrio store in there, went it and bought this.

HELLO KITTY WALLET!!

that's the front

the back

inside

The downside of the wallet? It's too small/tight for all my plastics and other garbage I keep in my wallet (like receipts, etc haha). I have other Hello Kitty stuff even before this haul, but I have more Paul Frank, and a lil bit of Tinkerbell. I fell in love with monkeys first before I fell for cats haha And the bf was surprised with the Hello Kitty gaga coz I am the girl who spazzes at the sight of Paul Frank or just any random monkeys and out of nowhere wave my hand with my imaginary wand at the sight of Tinkerbell. I told the boyfriend, I'm still loyal with my monkeys and Tinkerbell, the reason why I went Sanrio gaga was, there's no Sanrio store at the mall (there used to be one but they closed it already a year ago) unlike, Paul Frank and Tinkerbell they have a licensed store for them at the mall and there's a Disney store too. Sanrio?I dunno when I'm going next to Calgary, so while I was there, bought every thing I needed.

Now, let's see what my sister bought.

Doraemon bag

a coin purse

Doraemon: tissue holder, the small one beside it is a towelette holder (I think),

one of the boxes is a mug and I forgot what the other one is.

Yay! That's it for my summer vacay entries! haha School is gonna start in two weeks.

• How's your summer vacay?
• School started for you yet?If so, how's school treating you?If not yet, are you excited to go back?!

HIGHFIVES and HUGSHUGS if you made it 'til here! ;)

ONLINE SHOPPING

I missed this week's carnival entry on taking care of our nails, I was really overwhelmed with all my school projects and my finals, reasons why I can't collect myself into blogging an entry. Obviously now, I've bounced back and ready to be part of next week's topic which is....


Online SHOPPING!!(haha it just had to be bright red, come on! feel the excitement yo!) I am not gonna say, I live to shop coz that's not a fact, shopping is not my full time job either, I am a woman who loves to shop (if I have the moolah ocourse).

Whether in person or by clicking "buy" over the internet, that's me. I go to the mall to shop for clothes, shoes and make up, coz it sucks if you buy something online only realizing after you got the package that the dress or shoes doesn't fit you or your foundation isn't the right shade, all the hassles right?I mean, you've been excitedly waiting for your package only to send them back coz you want the right size. So if I buy my clothes, shoes and some of my make ups in store at the mall, what do I buy online? Where do I buy them?

• I usually buy from multiply sellers
  
• I buy Filipino crafts/products, products that I know will work for best for my skin.
  

The down side about shopping online:

• The waiting period. It usually takes 3-15 business days before you get your package (and on one instance, I had to wait for 2 months for two bottles of lotions).
  

• You really can't splurge on buying products online, because the heavier your box gets, the more money it'll cost you, so you try to limit your shopping on the minimum weight.

• You have to be careful, there are lots of bogus sellers out there now ready to swindle you.
  

But hey, there are also good sides about online shopping:

• I get discounts from my multiply "contacts" (they are the ones whom I've been dealing business with for the longest time). They give me discounts sometimes instead of freebies so it won't add more weight to my package.

• Haggling. something you can't do at the mall.

• If you're not a fan of crowded places like the mall but you adore buying things, then you will find online shopping more convenient.

And to sum it all up online shopping is actually as good and as bad like yourself shopping at the real mall. People has so many reasons why they both love and hate shopping online, probably the very same reasons other people has, on going from store to store to shop. That's my simple take on online shopping just like every single thing in this life, it has good and bad sides.

Whatever your preference is, enjoy shopping! It's your hard earned money. (: