from my mailbox: mary kay loots from SAHMOne

I guess I was beginning August (which is easily my favorite month for obvious reasons ;)) in the right foot as immediately after I went online on its first day, I received a good news from When SAHMOne Speaks! I won these Mary Kay goodies from Mummy Mitch‘s SAHMOne Post Blogversary Giveaway!

I received the goodies that same week + it includes a big black Mary Kay mirror and beauty loots which include some lipstick  + facial cleanser samplers, a liquid foundation (which I have tried once!),  + a lip gloss (which I have sampled, too!). They are all very chic + is enough to awaken the kikay in me (that persona is lying dormant around here somewhere ;))

Thank you so much Mummy Mitch + more power to your blog! 🙂

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chic in black monday 03: fountain

fountain

This photo was taken when we went to Subic last weekend. I kinda have this thing about fountains, I think they are grand + gaudy yet peaceful+ relaxing all at the same time.The cascading waters is a site to behold + the ripples of it are infinitely mesmerizing, they always seem inviting me to dip my hands in. Plus they sort of remind me of wishing wells too 😉

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preggy pictorial

I totally love this photo, it was taken when I was about 4 months pregnant with my baby. In my former work (a call center) pregnant women are transferred to the morning shift for convenience + probably more because of health considerations. Instead of toiling in my usual shift, which starts at 3pm, I was going to work as early as 9 am back then. This means I have less time on the phone since there are only too few callers around that time, but it also means dealing with drunk + a lot of prank callers! During my time there are about a dozen pregnant woman in the morning shift, aptly called the preggy ward! Can you imagine being surrounded by that many pregnant women all at the same time? For me it was sheer bliss + I had the time of my life 😉

Anyway, going back to the photo, what makes this all the more interesting is that, all the preggy mommies back then decided to drop by the next studio + have our photos taken + flaunt all our baby bumps (mine is just a bit visible around that time, since I started gaining a lot of weight into the 3rd trimester of my pregnancy) + cleavages. We  recruited Papa Byron to be our photographer (he is very good by the way;)) + he did a great job! I had about a thousand photos of all the preggy mommies stashed in a dvd from that pictorial, of course, not most of them are allowed to be posted here, so I chose the next best thing.

We planned to have another session when our tummies are a lot bigger, but, sadly it didn’t push through + I really regret it since I only have only a number of photos when my bump was in its prime.

Tell me about your preggy pictorial?

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