DAY 11: an expensive afternoon

I couldn't stand the restlessness I feel every time I stay at home for 24 hours, so I hied myself off to Limketkai  Mall (the shopping capital of Cagayan de Oro--no offense, SM) and told myself I had things to buy anyway. Yeah, right. I had to think of one.

Anyhow, I eventually decided to drop by Big R, where they had the usual 10%, 20%, and 50% sale on selected items. But what's the point of shopping with only P350.00 in my wallet? Barely enough to buy a single shirt, even with the halved price. I got away from temptation and went to National Bookstore instead, intending to buy art supplies now that I'm taking art seriously (for the summer, at least). Much to my chagrin, I found out that a Reeves set of 18 acrylic paints costs P404.75. Same goes for a set of 18 oil paints. A set of 12 costs P289.00. RAWR.

So I settled for a box of 12 tubes of watercolor that costs a mere P41.25 (because it's Best Buy, and therefore the cheapest one there), a set of four paintbrushes (two sable, two synthetic), and three Faber-Castell No.1 pencils. The total? P95.00. This is going down as one of my cheaper National Bookstore sprees. The moral lesson: Reeves is EXPENSIVE. *bow*

On another sad note, Starbucks has increased their prices by P10.00. Not sure whether that was something new or just old news. I had to pay ten pesos more for a Tall frappe. The java chip frappe was worth it, though. I finally tasted their java chip frappuccino! I've been longing to since December, but I had to prioritize the holiday drinks, otherwise I wouldn't have enough stickers to get me to the ultimate goal: my Starbucks planner. So now, with everything out of the way, finally grabbed a java chip frappe and understood why my mom raves about it. IT IS AWESOME. Creamy and sweet. But a little too mild. I think I'll change my summer dare from a Venti java chip frappe to a Venti dark mocha frappe. Coz the dark mocha...looks real dark. (Real profound.)

After Starbucks I dropped by Missy Bon Bon to buy bread. Really expensive bread. Though real tasty too. Still, it was a major major relief to get home and away from all those expensive price tags. Sheesh.

Anyhow, my sister downloaded Ramona and Beezus. GREAT movie, though the ending looked rather hurried and cliched. I can't get over how Joey King (Ramona) totally looks like she could pass for Selena Gomez's (Beezus) real sister, especially when she scrunches her nose. 'Tis amazing!

And that's two down, 13 more to go for my summer movie marathon.




Photo credits to Just Jared.