The last time I went to Divisoria, I was with my blockmates and had only 400 pesos to spend. Although I wasn’t new to Divi (Been going there with my mom on several occasions), it was my first time then to visit the famous 168 mall.

Completely overwhelmed by the multitude of clothes, shoes, accessories and what-have-yous I saw the moment I stepped in, I froze for about 10 seconds, took a deep breath, while my friends rushed to get their shopping finds.

I walked at a slow pace, scanning the different shops to see if there’s something that interests me. Of course there were. Lots actually. Ironically, that was the reason why it took me quite some time to buy something—there were too many items to choose from that I simply don’t know where to start and which ones to get.

Add the fact that I have limited funds. I held on to my 400 bucks for quite a while before I made my first purchase which was, I think, a skirt I bought for around a hundred. I can’t even remember. :oops:

What I remember is that the day ended well. With sore feet and empty pockets, but happy nonetheless. Carrying big plastic bags full of goodies well-bargained for.

I tell this story because a while ago, I had a chance to go back to 168. I was with my mother this time and with more money to spend. (thank you ninong and ninang ;) )

I bought a new wallet because my old one’s too worn out to serve its purpose (coins kept dropping out of the wallet even if it’s closed—haha that’s how kawawa my wallet was. Asked my friends). Two pants and two shoes—formal ones for my OJT. And inner blouses. Most of them, as I mentioned were for my OJT since I’ll be required to dress up in office wear. And belts too, since I only have 2 and they’re also about to retire. I think I spent around 1500. Not bad.

I didn’t buy earrings (which were all over the place) or those “uso” necklaces or those metallic step-ins. I was about to buy this nice brown jacket but decided not to the last minute.

Gosh, you know what I’ve just realized? That I’m such a KJ shopper. I’m not really impulsive and that I *think* I’m actually frugal. Especially if I’d be spending something that I earned. (even though this one’s aguinaldo) I don’t know.. maybe cause I’m always told to spend money wisely as the country is in crisis and only buy things that I need. That, or because I was fed with too much Economics.

Though I’ll never be a good shopping buddy (since I’m dead boring), I’m still happy that at least I’m mindful of my expenses. With only a term away from graduation, I’m inches away from working and earning my own money. Thus, I need to learn early on how to
spend my hard-earned salary wisely. ;)

In other news

My transition from Blogger to Wordpress went well except for minor but forgivable errors (missing titles, quotation marks and apostrophes not showing up on older, blogger entries). I downloaded a theme somewhere and tweaked it around a bit. I have this current penchant for the colors pink and green, floral and Damask designs, and anything that has to do with flying. Thus, the look of my current theme.

Hope you like it.