A Breather

I miss writing in this blog already. Today, I am taking a breather as work has been so demanding the past few days. Lots have happened already and several ideas are in my head, waiting to be transformed into writing. Most of all, I have lots of updates that I've been itching to share to everyone.

I have started selling online again and will be adding toys as soon as I am able to take photos of them. (This is really taking so long!)

It's really funny on having this feeling sometimes of wanting to buy extra time, just to be able to do things that I want to be doing. Then sometimes I feel like wanting to end a day immediately. 

Will be going out of town this weekend, and I am planning to bring several toys with me for pictorial. Will be bringing the laptop with me. 'Till next!

Integrity Dolls: Janay and Alyssa

I fell in love with these girls the moment I saw them on eBay US! During the time when I was so active in purchasing dolls online, I made sure that I buy them. So armed with a laptop and credit card, I bought these girls and waited for them to arrive in the mail.

In as much as I wanted to immediately open them upon claiming them at the post office, I had to stop myself from doing so in order to maintain their pristine condition. However, they were kept in the attic for sometime until such time that I decided to let go of some of my dolls. They were one of those I listed online; through our local ebay. Given their rarity, I immediately have gotten a buyer the first time I posted them. 

I sold them lower than the amount that I got them. I am not sure now on why I did that: (1) letting them go and (2) selling them low. Part of me have a little regret, but another is saying that it's okay because they might be in better hands rather than being kept in a dark attic.

I have more dolls that I need to let go, mostly are Barbie dolls. Soon!

TK Sale at Megamall

This is an overdue blog, but I am posting it for reference.

Doc M received a text message last week, advising him of the Toy Sale, being a credit cardholder of the event's main sponsor. There was also a "preview" exclusively to cardholders last October 31st. I asked Doc M to go there after office, but he declined because traffic was bad that day, given that people were all busy going everywhere!

I tried to resist, but yes, I wasn't able to. So the next day, Saturday, we went to SM Megamall together with Baby G, Couz D and Doc M's Couz J.

Bad idea!

Unlike the one that we went to last July at the SMX Center, Megamall's location had smaller isles and I think more participants. We went at 12nn, the mall's opening hour since it was a holiday, and yet it was swarmed with people already when we went in. I asked Doc M and the kids to just stay in one area while I tried to scout the place. Oh boy! Few seconds after going in, I had to find my way out already because people were literally bumping into each other and there were times when I had to squish into the crowd just to be able to forward, and sometimes I had to just let myself be dragged by the crowd. There was not time to look into the kiosks as stopping a bit will mean a terrible traffic. Yes, it was that bad! I wish I was able to take a photo of the event.

After finally going back to the area where I left Doc M and the kids, we heard a commotion near the area, 2 women shouting at each other for a toy that both of them held on. So without thinking twice, we exited the place. It wasn't a place for kids at all. 

Now I know that I should not go back to Megamall anymore for sale events. The crowd there seems to be different than those who go to SMX. 

Lesson learned.

It's 2014!

Happy New Year!

My resolution for 2014 is to Aim for Simplicity. It is vague, but I guess being simple covers almost everything that I would like to achieve this year.

2013 has been a liberating year for me. It felt as if I had to do things as I please. Like eating out all the time, buy toys and dolls that I've gotten interested in, acquire things that I don't really need, so on and so forth.

I guess 2014 entails being smarter when it comes to my actions, with my finances. Being simple means being able to convince myself that I have all the basic things that I need to survive on a daily basis. Being simple means controlling my urges to go into retail therapy. Being simple means lowering down my expectations from people in order not to get disappointed later. Being simple means cutting down on being impulsive (cutting down is my term because I know that this won't happen immediately).

Being simple also means being minimalist. This covers my toys. I have been saying over and over through several blogs how I wanted to let go of some of my stuff in the attic, but I ended up having more.

So it's really a challenge that I am taking right now: being able to let go of toys that I do not intend to keep anymore, and at the same time being able to stuff my wallet and my bank account. 

I really hope that I will be able to do so!

I also hope to be able to constantly update this blog page!

Happy 2014 to all!!!