Dear Santa: MY CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

      Things are starting to get quite busy with Christmas just a few weeks away.  As I am beginning to wonder what my kids will be asking for this Christmas, I thought how about me? Yes,  guilty as a charged! A mom like me thinking about what SHE wants for Christmas? Cliche as it is off the bat I would say, duh I have everything. But for this post can we remove the every in everything and just focus on thing in its plural form = THINGS?

    Yes, I am really gonna do this......Here goes:

#1  
Decorate Workshop: Design and Style Your Space in 8 Creative Steps [Paperback] 
Holly Becker (Author), Debi Treloar (Photographer)

     I am a fan of Holly Becker's blog and I already have her first book. So why not want the second?

#2  

Dinner: A Love Story: It all begins at the family table [Hardcover]  
Jenny Rosenstrach (Author)

     I have read good reviews about this book. It is also an off0shoot of a popular blog of the same name. 

#3   
New Paris Style [Hardcover] Danielle Miller (Author), Richard Powers (Photographer)

     Since my family and I went to Paris this year, it has been a dream of mine to do a modern Parisian style home. Maybe ours?

#4  
Cupcakes and Cashmere: A Guide for Defining Your Style, Reinventing Your Space, and Entertaining with Ease [Hardcover]

Emily Schuman (Author) 

     Another book I am really curious about but it is the cover that had me. Pretty!

#5 

Kindle

Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display 

     Reading from my iPad is giving me major eye strain and headaches. I would love to get a Kindle. 

#6 

A King Size Senso Memory Topper from Uratex Philippines

     I have been wanting one of these but it has been on the list of things we want to buy but never got around to actually buying stuff.

#7 

Washi Tapes!

    http://minibu.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/020111-washi-tape.jpg 

     Need I say more. Washi is love!

#8

Cath Kidston Spot Travel Bag 

     I love Cath Kidston still! The only way I can buy this though is online. We often take off on weekends so this would be great. 

#9 

A Red Wallet - Any Cute Red wallet

     Red wallets have always been lucky for me. I think my current one is ready to retire.

 

#10

Alice Blue Candles 

 

     Alice Blue candles, room sprays and oils are the best smelling ones among the local brands here. They are also so pleasant on the nose and won't give you a headache

     Are you disappointed? No Birkin, Repetto Shoes or LV Bags on my list? I am not that hard to please really even coffee and cake would be great on this list. 

     This was actually fun! Now to post this on H's facebook wall.....Just a few clicks away.....Or if you're reading this, mom? MOOOM!!! MAAADER!!!(She reads my blog.)

     Ho!Ho!Ho!.... to me! Hopefully. =-) Wink!

Stacy's: Dining With Cath Kidston

    I was one of those girls who could not be happier when floral and other dainty, vintage fabric designs popped back in the design stream via British fabric designer, Cath Kidston. I loooove her stuff!!!

     Sadly, fakes are all over Manila. In fact only one or two stores sell the original ones here and with limited, count-with-your-fingers-in-one-hand supply. So the Cath Kidstons most people in Manila know are the knock-offs. I have reluctantly stopped using my Cath Kidston bags ( I have four.) since they are not given the proper respect they deserves here. =-((( But I still use my wallet, make-up kit and cellphone case. =-)))

     I read about this little cafe, close to my house like Felicity Patisserie, Stacy's. The kids and I decided to check it out one morning after church. H was away. 

     The aprons hanging on one of its walls caught my eye instantly....CATH KIDSTON!!! Of course my kids had to get excited and began fussing over the familiar prints around the cafe. "Mom, it's your bag!", "Mom. it's your wallet!" Sheeesh!!! Inside, I was pleasantly thrilled myself.

The place is oh, so pretty, American country too.=-)

Great a big jar of Tootsie Roll Lollipops....of course my kids will want some. 

Pretty touches everywhere.....(SIGH!)

Yep, and a pink SMEG ref. How can this place have everything? No fair!

     But we were here for the food....Good old, hearty comfort food...Need I say more?

Vanilla Milkshake 

Potato Chip Fried Chicken  
P 165

Monkey Toast P 145.00

     You also get two pieces of Butter Ball candies with your receipt,just like the way our grandfathers would bribe us with candies when we were little.

     We were back a few days after for dinner, H with us this time. It was a rainy, evening and we were all in jackets. It was just the perfect place to be... and we ate too much....(heck!)

Check out Cath Kidston here.

Stacy's
Capitol Greenstreet Commercial Center,
1 Capitol Hills Drive, Quezon City
Email: abynachura@gmail.com
Mobile:  +63 927 326-2244 | +63 933 442-7661 | +63 917 847-2229
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