December Summary

Well I haven't written much in the month of December because I've been super busy. Of course the first couple of weeks was dedicated to the last bit of my 'schooling'... I had the double-task of preparing for my finals at the same time I was preparing for our warehouse sale.

Our warehouse sale went pretty smoothly, unfortunately I fell sick after the first day (fever of 103F!) and I stayed home the second day. The good news is I lost quite a bit of weight. Then Richard's sisters came to visit from Indonesia. The next two weeks were basically filled with shopping, shopping, and more shopping. Shopping for Christmas presents, shopping for things to bring back to Indonesia, and well just enough shopping to make you sick :)

We took Anna, Richard's littlest sister, to Magic Mountain. For Christmas, we planned to take all of our sisters (Richard's 3 sisters Christina, Catherine, and Anna, and my 3 sisters Yona, Vina, and Joanna = total of too many girls to be hanging out with Richard!!!) to Disneyland but we arrived a little too late and heard the dreaded words... "Disneyland is FULL." So we ended up spending the day at Downtown Disney, eating, shopping, and watching "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (better than I expected)

The group left back for Indonesia and things have gotten much quieter here. I've been busy putting together a new "business deal" that I'll share more about later after I get rich quick. (Tee hee).

Other news...

I got a ton of Smashbox make-up for Christmas (thanks Ai!) and it has quickly become my new favorite brand.

I've been on a diet for a week and I'm always hungry. (Richard and I have eaten California Chicken Cafe three times in a row.. I'm stick of chicken)

My entire family's gone to Las Vegas for New Years' and I'm stuck at home watching Timmy. (Grrr!)

My beloved new car, Juju (named by my sisters), just got a full AMG body kit today. Pictures to come later, after I've made enough money for a new wing ~.~ and maybe some wheels to match.

Christmas Eve

Yes... that is Vina with her new Harry Potter gear... a Gryffindor mini skirt, a Gryffindor scarf, a Harry Potter wand (from famous wandmakers, Alivans.com), and her very own snitch.

Magic Mountain

"The Jump Team"


Vina: "I have to do WHAT?!"


The honest look of fear on Vina's face...


Up, up...


and away...


(See Vina, not so bad!)


At the end of the day, some of us were tired, some were still too enthusiastic....

The Love of my Life

On Lulu:
Lavender suede hair bows encrusted with clear crystals.
Crystal studed heart-shaped custom dog tag.
Pink crocodile leather collar with bone shaped crystal studded hardware all around.
Puppia pink floral dress with adustable tie shoulder straps.

All she's missing is shoes...

doo be doo...

Ho, ho, ho. Get ready to shop.
Featuring even more denim than before: RocknRepublic, Blue Cult, Frankie B, Grass Jeans, Miss Sixty, Von Dutch, Sacred Blue and more... at 50-80% off!

Dresses and other nice things from BCBG, Diane vonFurstenberg, Theory, Marc Jacobs, Betsey Johnson and other designers at ridiculously low prices.
This time around we've added bags, shoes and accessories... as well as more cashiers for your convenience.

Two full days of shopping with new items restocked on the floor at every hour. Score big on basics for your wardrobe (yes, you do need another pair of seven jeans) or shop for holiday gifts your oh-so-trendy friends (just don't tell them that you bought it below wholesale).

Details:
the WAREHOUSE SALE
2656 S. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034

Sat & Sun, Dec 11-12. 9am-4pm.
Free street parking available.
Cash, Visa & Mastercard accepted.

www.blvdstores.com for more info!

End of an era...

How do you say goodbye to the one that's been by your side for six years?

Six years of keeping you warm when it was cold outside.

Six years of loyalty, always there in times of need.

Six years of cheering up, bringing you to the mall whenever you need a pick-me-up.

Six years of spontaneity, putting up with countless road trips.

Six years of getting you from point A to point B.

I'm going to miss my Honda Accord.

Another Celebrity Sighting..

Should make this a weekly article huh? Anyhow, I passed by Nicky Hilton and her friend eating a late lunch at Barney's while I was walking out of the restaurant.

I didn't really get a good look at her, just a glance as I was leaving.

I mean, I didn't want to gawk or anything. :P

Happy Thanksgiving!

Blonds vs. Brunettes

There is a recurring theme in Soap Operas. Boy meets girl #1. Boy dates girl #1. They break up. Boy meets girl #2. Boy falls madly in love with girl #2. Girl #1 does everything in her power to get back with boy by trying to kill girl #2, trying to make girl #2 leave town, or trying to get pregnant with boy.

But where in the soap opera bible does it say that conniving evil manupulative girl #1 is a brunette and sweet innocent girl #2 is a blond?

GIRL #1:                  GIRL #2:
Passions~

Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald vs. Gwen


Kay Bennett vs. Charity Standish


Beth Wallace vs. Sheridan Crane

Days of our Lives~

Jan Spears vs. Belle Black

Isn't it sad that I know all these characters by first and last name.

It's that time again...

Warehouse Sale!!

Because of the popularity of the warehouse sale the last time...
I'm throwing one again! Hopefully more of you will be in town for this one. It's December 11-12... TWO DAYS! (Sat + Sun) I know some of you were complaining last time because of the timing... so hopefully you'll be able to make it out to this one!

We are -expanding- so there will be new brands, more styles, and more importantly more denim!! Oh wait, and even MORE importantly... more cashiers! (So sorry about the line last time :P)

Again, please let me know if you are going to come by... this time I won't be busy at the cashiers so please say hi if you come!

http://www.dealblvd.com/ for details, directions, and list of brands.

I am taking requests! Since I am preparing inventory now, please comment below if there is anything in particular you guys are looking for... that way I can make sure I have it for the sale! For example... some people requested more Von Dutch Jeans and Frankie B. cord jackets...

P.S. If you absolutely cannot make it on these days, let me know. Maybe I can arrange a private shopping appointment before or after the event!

Shocker

I went jogging today.

exhausted...

What a day.

I stayed up until 5:30 am last night doing my Architecture/Urban Development research project... got a few hours of sleep then rushed to school. Sat through the longest/boringest lecture in the world for an hour and a half... and found out my paper wasn't even due today! The prof. extended the deadline until December 4th!

I hate losing sleep!

Not to mention my dishwasher broke so the TON of dishes I had sitting in the dishwasher all had to be rewashed including the new pile in the sink from yesterday's mini pre-xmas party and I literally scrubbed dishes and glasses until my fingertips were raw and hurting... and I was wearing gloves!!

Well no matter how annoying my day is~ at least I have a nice place to kick back and unwind now. I just pop in the Time Life Christmas Classics CD and watch my Christmas tree twinkle.

But I can't complain~ I had dinner from my favorite delivery place: Mr. Cecil's Ribs. Half a rack of baby back ribs and a double order of Hush Puppies on the sides is just enough to get me lying on the sofa sick with food coma. :D

As promised!

A pictorial of what our living room went through this weekend...


Here is the "before" picture... getting ready to tear out the carpet.


And here's a "during" picture. Sleepyheads.


Richard wiring everything back up, putting things back into place.


Ta-Da! Our pre-lit tree :-) With my lone Winnie-the-Pooh ornament.


Our new couch area.


My sisters' and I threw a "pre-Christmas" party. We watched Elf, started trimming the tree and picked names for Secret Santa.


Here is the centerpiece I made for the holidays. Unfortunately I haven't bought the right candles yet so these I pulled out of my bathroom :P.


Here's the gang! This is actually take 2... during take 1 Moley was so nervous about his close-up shot that he peed all over the floor and Vina. Good thing we have wood now!

Living Room 98% Done!!!

Our living room renovation is almost done! So far we've done everything ourselves (spent every weekend for the past month at Expo, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel and of course Home Depot) except for flooring & electrical, but here's a list of things we've done:

- Painted the walls, trim and ceiling 3 different colors and added a faux texture finish to the walls.
- Bought some new furniture: wooden ledge for behind sofa, iron/wood wall decoration, pedestal, vases, fake flowers, wood screen, drapery+hardware, ottoman bench, decorative pillows, house plant, floor lamp and 2 paintings.
- Take down our two dimmer ceiling lamps and installed a large fan/light in the middle.
- Take down custom drapes + valance and installed new curtain rods, curtains and sheers.
- Made a decorative floral arrangement to put in an old trunk.
- Replaced recessed lighting to spotlights designated to illuminate our 2 new paintings.
- Replaced white carpet with engineered bamboo wood floors!
- Rewired surround speakers to hide underneath flooring.
- Put up a Christmas tree! (We decided to go artificial... went with a 7.5 ft with pre-installed lighting. Convenient!)

There are still a couple of things we need to do before we move on to redecorate the bedroom:
- Install new fireplace frame/cover to match furniture.
- Find the perfect side table.
- Trim the Christmas tree.
- Make a centerpiece for the coffee table.
- Buy a white plush rug for center of the room. (I know, kind of ironic. Take out white carpeting only to buy a white rug to hide the wood flooring? Blame Richard.)
- Find painting and other decorations for the ledge behind the sofa.
- Buy new combination of decorative pillows for the sofa.
- Buy or make a Christmas wreath for the empty wall in the entry way.
- Paint the kitchen a light sage green color.

Pictures to come soon ~.~

I got sucked in...

My friends are getting free ipods left and right so I decided to jump on the wagon and try it out for myself.

All you have to do is join, complete an online offer, and refer 5 friends to do the same. And that's it~ I just did the Blockbuster offer since it's free, quick and painless. Other offers were to sign up for credit cards and other free trials... I think the Blockbuster one was the easiest.

http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=11951369

Please use my referral link! (Seriously... it only takes 30 seconds to sign up :D)

Lulu's Haircut

Somehow her face looks like she shrunk :-(

Celebrity Sightings

This week's Celebrity Sightings:

Earlier this week I saw "Bree" (Desperate Housewives) at the Bed, Bath and Beyond on Olympic Blvd. Ironic, isn't it?

The funny thing about her was that she looked exactly like her role as Bree on DH. Her hair was perfectly in place (and didn't move!) and she just pushed her cart around with perfect posture... exactly like her character would.


(Gabe, I bet you're jealous...) Another celeb probably only I would notice... I saw Jaymee Ong at Sawtelle Kitchen on Saturday. She's a Chinese/Australian model/actress, she did some Jackie Chan films in Hong Kong (Gen-X Cops, etc) as well as Aaron Kwok music videos... you might recognize her from "Las Vegas" she was in an episode a while back.

One thing I love about winter: I get to dress up the doggies :) Here's Moley in the only shirt that will fit him and Lulu in a new pink "American Pup" T-shirt.

My bath bar

Remember that mebath ice cream I've been raving about? Well I've recently found more of the same at LUSH (3rd Street Promenade). They have bath bombs in different flavors and functions: lavender to relax or butterball to soften your skin. They also have bubble bath chunks, when dipped in running water they foam up to create a very bubbly bath.

I found this cute vase at Pottery Barn and decided it would be a perfect way to serve up my bubble bath. Here are the bath bomb flavors I picked up today: Avobath, Sex bomb, All That Jasmine, Softy, Waving not Drowning and Butterball. And the bubble bars are Hot Milk? and Creamy Candy. I try to stay with the softer colors because I read a horror story where someone tried the Hot Java Bomb and it left a permanent red ring around her tub. =(

Little Lulu's Song

CLICK HERE To Listen To The "Little Lulu" Theme Song in MP3 Format (63K).

"Racing through the pantry, sliding on the floors,
Hiding in the closets, slamming all the doors
How can a lady as little as you,
Raise such a rumpus and a hullabaloo?

"Little Lulu, Little Lulu, with freckles on your chin,
Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in.
Using Daddy's necktie for the tail on your kite,
Using Mommy's lipstick for the letters you write.

"Though the clock says 7:30, it's really after 10;
Looks like Lulu's been repairing it again.
Though you're wild as any Zulu,
And you're just as hard to tame,
Little Lulu, I love you-Lu just the same, just the same,
Little Lulu, I love you-Lu just the same."

Vegas, here I come!

Well, not til January :-D

I've just finished booking our mini Vegas getaway... the entire strip is sold out for CES! Called up Amex Platinum and they got us a room at the Bellagio...

Our flight is set... now I just need to find good seats for "O"!

Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait...

Aww poor lulu...

All doped up on Petromax... doggie equivalent of vicodin?

Lulu just got spayed yesterday. Poor girl has a 3" scar on her tummy :-(

Fall Fashions

All geared up for a walk in the rain.

Lazy Monday

What a long and tiring weekend! I spent the weekend at Pottery Barn, Z Gallerie, Restoration Hardware, Expo, and Home Depot: we're redecorating! With the painting all finished in the living room, we decided to go shopping for some furnishing.

We bought new pieces to mix in with the old pieces we've been collecting. We also got new window coverings to match. Well, I won't spoil the surprise! We're about 80% done so I'll post a picture soon!

Resolutions: Day One

1) Woke up at 10am
2) Spent 1 1/2 hours cleaning the bedroom, vaccuuming and deep cleaning the kitchen.
3) Cleaned the living room, put furniture away (still a mess from painting), and measured empty pots/vases.
4) Took care of phone chores, calling credit card companies and other financial institutions to get my $$$ in order.
5) Went to Century City to buy my lasik prize: new sunglasses ~.~
6) Went back home to open the door for Richard, who forgot his key.
7) Went to EXPO in Westwood to look at window treatments and pick up a replacement bathroom mat for the master bathroom.
8) Had lunch at the Farmer's Market.
9) Went to Fred Segal's to pick up my own pedicure kit -- screw going to the foot spa for $60 when I can get a set of foot stuff for $60 and reuse it at least once ~.~
10) Went to Sephora on an impulse because I can't control my impulses. Got a gift for my freezing friend in Illinois. (Yup-- that's you Spark*)
11) Went to Michael's to buy foam and fake flowers to make 2 arrangements.
12) Bought Anton's bday present.
13) Went home and finished my floral project (see below for picture)
14) Cooked a meal for four: 3 main dishes, all Indonesian.
15) Washed dishes and cleaned the kitchen after I cooked.
16) Baked honey scones for Moley & Lulu.

... and that brings me to right now :) If I can only convince myself to crack open a book... imagine how productive my day would be!!!

My first floral arrangement for our *new* living room:


View from the couch:


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