Let’s talk do some grocery talk here. How do you budget your grocery lists? Do you shop for groceries weekly or on a monthly basis? Food eats up a huge chunk of our monthly budget and if we bring the kids along to the grocery, it can easily shoot over the designated budget for groceries! Sometimes when I get to have time, I stick to my list (if I can make one) and literally peruse every aisle to look for better deals, coupons and savings. One thing I like about grocery shopping in the US though is the abundance of grocery coupons or even coupons for better (and bigger) savings in general. When you shop online, you can google for coupons to have discounts and you can easily find them. I stick to tried and proven free coupon sites though. One of them is MySavings.com.

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Printable Grocery Coupons is one of the great amenities you can save with. You just need to sign up with them for FREE and they will give you free access to printable coupons, coupon codes, grocery coupons, online coupons, restaurant coupon vouchers, and even free samples!

Back to grocery talk. I really need advice here. I want to be able to efficiently grocery shop for the family. Do you do grocery shopping in bulk – meaning, you buy food, personal items (like toiletries) and household items in one go? Do you sign up with wholesale grocery shops (like Makro, S&R, Puregold)? What about food for menus? Do you buy them there or do a separate trip to the market? I need help and tips people!

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Aside from endless house chores, I also am so hooked in watching Coffee Prince. So hooked, in fact, that I will troop to Quiapo without Edil so I can finally watch it on DVD. I cannot stand being “bitin” everynight. It has been doing some damages to my dreams. LOL.

What’s keeping you busy?

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Paypal members in the Philippines and Indonesia gets a very early new year’s treat with the introduction of direct local bank withdrawals made effective yesterday. I an email announcement to all users on both South-East Asian countries, Paypal will now accept funds in their respective local currencies.

This feature was only previously available with US-based bank accounts. This is now possible for Paypal members in Indonesia and the Philippines on top of the existing methods (credit card, debit card or prepaid cards).

For Indonesian users, withdrawals of IDR1.5 Million (Indonesian Rupiah) or more are free. For withdrawal amounts of less than IDR1.5 Million, there will be a fee of IDR16,000. For Philippine users, withdrawals of Php7,000 or more are free. For withdrawal amounts less than Php7,000 there will be a fee of Php50. If you still have a US-based Paypal account, withdrawals to a US-based bank will incur a $5 fee.

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Uh-oh. Our desktop computer has shut down by itself three times for the past week already – and then when I restart, it shows a windows failure error message. I think this old desktop is due for an overhaul (or even a new replacement) anytime soon – we wont even consider doing a computer memory upgrade anymore. I just hope and pray this trusty PC will stay strong until after we can have funds for its replacement. I cant afford to lose internet connection.

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Edil is off to Baguio for their company’s business review, Martha is at my parents and all that is left in this lonely house is me and my boy. It gets incredibly lonely and silent here, and me and Matthew stick like glue, even cuddling in our king-sized bed. If it’s hard on me, it is harder on the boy. He cried so much on the way home from Amadeo. He cried at school. He said he just misses his Lolo and Lola so much and that he doesn’t want to stay at the house anymore. My heart breaks, because we really cannot do anything for us right now but stay still, wait it out and pray everything passes soon.

So Ive lost my drive to do anything .
No scraps, no nothing.
Just me mechanically doing chores all day.

Ill try to scrap tonight.

In other news, the construction of a house near our home is nearly finished and I just love how they got Hinkley lighting for their terrace. It led more to its terra cotta painted walls and rustic appeal.

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Yep. That’s where I go to most of the time when I get so sleepy at work. All I read about is Britney’s latest paparazzi-escapade. I feel sorry for her though – she must be really depressed without her kids. Apprarently, drug rehabs werent able to help her so she might have some mental problems. Bipolar is really a strong indication of her mood swings. I hope she gets help soon.

I love looking at photos X17 too. Any Hollywood celebrity sites I can look up as well?

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My Dad has been thinking of getting a plasma TV for themselves. I have been requesting him to just give their TV to the kids so they can have more exclusivity with watching Sesame Street (and I can watch other TV programs!) so he has been thinking about it. There have been nice plasma lift stands that come with package offers for it at the malls. I hope they can have some money for it so I can have another TV for the kids

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This month has been crazy!! CRAZY!!! CRAZZZZZYYYY!!! I tell you. I cant stress that enough.

I just got home from Amadeo. March cant come soon enough.

And I need to work on some work duties online. Then work, really “work” later. Then it’s my best friend’s wedding, out of town, the day after. I now have such a deep appreciation and sincere gratefulness for people who really took time to attend to our wedding, especially my attendants who took care of their own and didnt give me a headache!! I swear!!

Ok. Im rambling. Back to work

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