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Christmas Widget

I know my blog is sooo gray. But today, I decided to add some color to it and found this nice Christmas countdown widget from widgetbox.com. I went to the site, found the widget that I liked and voila! I was the given the codes that I easily installed.

But I actually wanted a smaller widget, so I tried to make it smaller. Instead of scaling it down, it got cropped. So okay, I am placing it in its original size, 250 x 250 pixels.

Isn’t it nice? Christmas is just sooo near and I am sooo excited. After all, this is my first Christmas with my husband and daughter because she was born only this year. So 26 days to go and counting. I am done with my Christmas shopping and done with the gift wrapping.

Just waiting for Christmas to arrive. :D

Black Friday Sale

Many people are running after the Black Friday Sale after Thanksgiving because it signals the traditional start of Christmas shopping.

But thankfully, we don’t have to get into the holiday rush because we are already like 75% done on our Christmas shopping. We have already bought gifts for our baby and the kids of our friends. At least, we only have a few more people to get gifts for this Christmas. We have saved ourselves the trouble of lining up behind long queues of people paying for their last-minute Christmas shopping needs.

Additionally, I have finished wrapping each and every item that I have bought. It may be too early, but I also have other things to do and I don’t want to be pressured doing it. I want the wrapping to be done leisurely, not on a panicky mode. And I really enjoyed doing it today. Actually, it is not too early to do something. The time will surely come when you need to do it anyway. Why wait the last minute?

Christmas Shopping at Toys R Us

We are already done shopping for Christmas presents for the children of friends and our godchildren. And most, as in 95% of the toys we bought, were all from Toys R Us. They have a wide assortment of toys for kids of all ages. They have branded toys as well as affordable ones.

Last October, they had a giant toy sale up to 70% off!!!! We really got great bargains from their store, especially educational toys for our baby. The last time we went there, which was just last week, we didn’t notice the time, but we actually stayed there for three hours! We were surprised to hear the mall’s announcement that they will be closing in 15 minutes. If not for that, we would not have noticed that we had been there a long time. We did not even get hungry with all the interesting finds there. Everytime we go to Robinsons Place, we really make sure that we pass by Toys R Us.

One more thing, it is really good to have a look around the aisles because sometimes, they have marked down prices that are really steals. Last time, we went there and got soft blocks made by Shelcore. The original price was P350 but we only got it for P100! The only thing about it was that the box was no longer shiny and had chips on the side. But who cares??? My daughter will be playing with the toys and not the box anyway. hehe

We also went to Toy Kingdom, the newly opened toy store at SM City Bacolod. But we did not enjoy what we found there. But we did see a robot that was on sale and that was the only thing that we bought.

Thankfully, we are almost done Christmas shopping. Just a few more for friends and family. But with the kids, we are done. And we are very pleased with what we got.