Addiction

When do you consider something an addiction? Addiction as defined by Merriam-Webster is to devote or surrender oneself to something habitually.

So do you consider yourself addicted to Starbucks if you can't resist the urge almost everyday to visit the coffee shop and spend your hard earned money over their drinks? Even when it's almost closing time? Seriously, we have to submit ourselves to Starbucks-buying-ban soon! I was just blogging about saying NO to it and here we are again, enjoying our sinfully good treats from Starbucks. Again, how can we be a millionaire (refer to previous postings) if we keep on spending over their coffees? Anyways, I am not addicted to it, its hubby but whenever he asks me to drop by at Starbucks, I at first say no but when we are already there, I see myself ordering as well. :( Talk about self control. Each time i say its enough, he would tell me that he just want to enjoy the time that we can spend a day/night normally and do a little celebration. I am not a coffee drinker and yet can’t resist gourmet coffees hehehe. But I go for tea blends.

Pictured below are sinfully good Hot White Choco Mocha, Strawberries and Crème Frappe and a Mocha Waffle.



On our less than an hour stay in SM, I was able to buy some hair treatments. For a non rebonded hair like mine, my hair can really get so frizzy on bad days. It sucks. My hair can look rebonded after a cellophane treatment which is advisable to be done every month but would it be wise to spend P2,500 each month for that? Of course not. That’s about P30,000 in a year you can spend it instead over a retirement pay. So other than opting once in a while for an organic treatment of honey and olive oil (which is kinda messy) I decided to try other easy to use home treatments. Seen below is a one minute milk hot oil treatment. It smells so sweet, like a powdered milk but I still don’t know if its good. I also bought 2 trial packs of Yogurt treatment wax in strawberry flavor. It says it can tame frizzy hair, lets see. I hope they are effective salon treatments at home. I will post reviews once I’ve tried them on.



Talk about addiction, I used to be addicted to buying rubber shoes. But I was able to control it now. Just recently, I have blogged about the nice wedges that I have been looking for. I found one that fits me so well but…. there seems to be a problem, one shoe is bigger. There must have been a problem when they packed it because seriously the other one is a size bigger. So they are not really a pair. Too bad that I really like them that I cannot let it pass again. But how the hell would I wear a pair that is not really a pair? So I opted for the next size. I bought the wedge one size bigger than my regular and they seriously are big for me. When I tried them on, it’s not really comfortable when walking so I decided to remedy it with 2 corks each shoe instead. Hehehe.

See although I don’t like Shaina, I love her wedge here:



I’ve got the same one just like Shaina! I love them. I can see myself maturing (in terms of shoe preference only) already, because I am fascinated with girly shoes nowadays.



This is so OT. I was watching American Idol’s Top 4 earlier and I can see Jason Castro saying goodbye this week. He is still my favorite but I don’t see him in the top 3 spot anymore. I hope he survived this week but its either him or Syesha. He did not get a very good review from the 3 idol judges. I am just so sad. He did not exert extra effort. He sings well but not very competitive. Sad Sad Sad.

Hafta end this now.

Xoxo,

Ace

I Just can't help it!!!!!!!!!!!!

I asked hubby to take me to Starbucks just this afternoon (he also likes it naman eh,lolz). I just miss it, though I had it quite a number of times this week already. I still crave for it.

Other than my craving, I am happy that I was able to beat my deadline for this week for a very very short side job. I miss the long hours of writing, the rewarding feeling of finishing a project and of course the regular pay. I sometimes wish that I can give up my current job now and just focus on something that I really love to do. But I need to be practical, how can I be a millionaire ( refer to my other blog entry) if I am giving up now?

Just this morning, I am happy to see my mom's househelps. I get to appreciate everything they do to help her, like clean the house, our clothes and other favors that my mom needs. I am thankful that we can afford to have someone do this for us. Only means that we are blessed in many ways. But since every reader of my blog knows that I am full of irony, I still have this nonsense problem again eventhough I am happy. I just want to vent. Actually I just create my own problems whenever I am bored and not busy. I would often look for something that I lack (mostly in my personality) and would endlessly think about it. Perhaps most people are like this, never contented. I know that I have almost everything that I need, even beyond what I need. Hayyyyyyyy life. I just feel like, I've been like this eversince I can remember. I look the same 5 years ago, nothing exciting. I want to do something different but the big question is What??? I also want to learn another language but I've been to lazy to look for a program. I think I haven't improved at all. But hubby told me that I have changed and improved a lot, he seriously think so. Nwei, I hope everything would change by tomorrow, I hope I would have a better perpective by tomorrow. For the meantime, I am dropping my worries and just focus on all the nice things that God has gifted me with. See, I know how to boost my self esteem. :)

tata for now

xoxo,

Ace

Its Just Too Hard To Say NO

Yes, corny as it may sound, it was just too heartbreaking to say no to Starbucks. Hubby and I have been binging on Starbucks frappes for 3 straight days. We are never satisfied with the Tall size and would always order the Grande (never dared to try Venti, one of these days perhaps). Upon seeing the receipt (after all the add ons that cost P30 plus each), I get so guilty knowing we spent so much again over a beverage. But once the Barista calls my name, a devilish smile slowly forms on my lips and just one sip of my specially concocted beverage makes me forget even my name (Who am I? Hehehe!). Its feels like you're in heaven. I can almost see hubby's expression of satisfaction when he sips his trademark, Caffee Mocha. But.... just this afternoon, I painfully uttered the word NO when he asked me to go ahead and order even just the Strawberries and crème frappe (our new shared fave). I suddenly realize that its just too much and too expensive (that is to make it a daily habit). Even when we are almost broke (meaning Starbucks is not within the daily budget), it seems like out of magic more than a hundred extra bucks appear in our pocket awaiting to be joyfully spent. Anyhoo, I am willing to wait this weekend to have my Starbucks fix. Maybe a White Choco Mocha this time?

My fave among the signature blends is the Green Tea Frappucino with Java Chips or perhaps the Blackberry Green Tea. I've tried the Green tea Latte but it did not taste really good. I would prefer the Chai Lattes of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf instead. Oh by the way, hubby says Coffee Bean's Iced Mocha is his new bestfriend hehehe.

When ordering a Starbucks drink, you will never go wrong with their Frappuccinos. Did you know that Frappe actually means a blend of milkshake with cappucino? You can choose from the Blended Frappuccino, Light Blended and Blended crème.

A brief history about Starbucks and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf:

It is said that all the Starbucks chain in the Philippines are actually owned by the Rustans' Group. The Starbucks Coffee house is the largest coffee house in the whole world established in 1971 in Seattle, Washington by three partners (two teachers and a writer). Their revenue for the year 2007 alone is US$9.411 Billion.



Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is a coffee chain which originated from Los Angeles, California. It first opened in 1963. Its revenue for the year 2007 is US$130.1 Million.



So what are you waiting for, order now!!!! Btw, this is not a paid opps of these two coffee chains. :p

xoxo,

Ace