Archive for November 17th, 2009

Yummie Tummie tops look like regular tops – tanks, t-shirts, camisoles – but they all have an invisible body shaper in the mid section. Their ad promises "no more muffin tops" or excess skin overflowing on to your jeans or bra.

It comes in many styles and colours.

Price list:

STRAPPY T: PHP 3299.75
TANK: PHP 2899.75
REG FREEDOM T: PHP 3299.75
SCOOP NECK-BASIC T: PHP 3499.75
REGULAR BASIC T V: PHP 3499.75
TUBE TOP: PHP 3624.75
BAREBACK: PHP 3399.75
BOYFRIEND: PHP 3399.75
SHIMMER TANK IN GRAY: PHP 4874,25
LACIE TANK: PHP 4215.75
SWEETIE TANK: PHP 4100.00
SKINNY TANK: PHP 3845.75
BODY T: PHP 4100.00

Available at:
SM MAKATI DEPARTMENT STORE
SM NORTH EDSA DEPARTMENT STORE
SM CEBU DEPARTMENT STORE

You need to know a secret from me – I am a giant of a woman with boat feet but I am extremely clumsy and flat-footed. My feet absolutely have no arches so balance is a test for me. It doesn’t help that I have size 11 feet so looking for comfortable and custom shoes for me is very hard.

I finally found one that may just work for me: the Adidas Supernova Sequence.

Now if only I can have the custom running shoe fitting at the Running Institute in San Diego I will be a happy camper. What they do is make sure you have reports on gait analysis, foot and ankle biomechanics, and running related injuries to put runners and walkers alike into the best possible shoe specifically for the individual. It will minimize the risk of incurring running injuries – it is only $25.00 per analysis and your exact form is kept on file!

Trattoria Acqua is an award winning Italian restaurant in La Jolla. It is known as La Jolla’s fine Italian cuisine with a Mediterranean setting. Their menu, boasting of authentic Italian cooking, is enjoyed with a great view overlooking beautiful La Jolla Cove.

La Jolla, a spanish term for “the jewel”, is located 15 minutes from downtown San Diego, America’s finest city. La Jolla is a beautiful combination of a southern European resort setting with a mixture of Southern California fun.

As a pasta lover, I am sure I will never run out of choices from their extensive pasta menu selection prepared daily with grilled fresh fish, free range fowl and Harris Ranch meats, seafood and salads! Their wine selection is very varied too.

I would love to try their Mezza Rigate alla Contadina. It is Rigatoni pasta laced with spicy eggplant, pancetta (Italian bacon), roasted tomatoes, cream and asiago cheese ~ and you know how much I loooove eggplant!

Trattoria Acqua
1298 Prospect Street in La Jolla, California.

If you know a friend who is a collector of everything cute and nice, especially Disney, you might want to get him or her some crystal accessories at Quality Overstock. There are huge deals on crystal collectibles right now.

Wouldn’t I be thrilled to get this for Christmas? Ever since I had a daughter who transformed overnight to become a huge Disney Princesses fan, I appreciate everything that has a Princess on it – just so I can see the huge smile and silent W-O-W on her face!

This is the Swarovski Disney Snow White Collection and retails for $1,025.00. I get this on Christmas, it is a sure sign that someone loves me very much. It also means that my daughter will not play with this up until she is 18 years old.

What is nice about collections are they multiply their worth over time, especially if they are well-kept and taken cared of and are in mint condition. Once you outgrow your love of collecting things, you can easily resell them.

Christmas is fast approaching and I still do not have one clear item that stands out among my wish lists as the item I want to receive from Santa this Christmas! It isn’t helping that what I want are items that aren’t necessarily cheap either.

You would be surprised how geeky the things I want are – no more wish lists of bags, shoes and make-up because guess what? I already bought them for myself! So I really just want an upgrade from my current desktop computer. I am sure there are discount computer accessories I can find – “Santa” only needs to assemble them.

Other than that:

• I really want a spanking new, good quality point and shoot camera. It is a toss up between Canon’s SD990 and Panasonic’s LX3. Eventhough I have the dSLR, nothing beats the ease and portability of a point and shoot camera!
• I want a printer. Because I want to be able to print whenever I like it!
• I want an iTouch. or the new iPod Nano.
• I want a Kindle!