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I was able to skip our annual Christmas reunion (for the first time! ^___^) and spend some alone time in the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf with my favorite Café Caramel, a slice of Blueberry Cheesecake and read my sister's Christmas present to me:
I was really surprised. And ashamed, because I didn't get her anything T__T. I mean, okay, I'm a bum and she has a job, but that doesn't mean I couldn't buy her anything...
So I scourged Gateway for a nice blouse to give her, but given that I'm pretty much clueless on the specifics of what she likes (when I buy something for someone I'd rather know what she wants exactly than second guess myself), I just ended up coming and going from every store in there. I also tried to look for an outfit to wear for the wedding on Saturday, but that too went to waste.
Ended up - where else? - at Fully Booked where I finally texted my sister if she wanted Nigella's or Giada's cookbook. Ended up buying Nigella Lawson's How To Eat.
Saw & grabbed the third issue of Story Philippines.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lethologica (who I was texting to that day) though that they went under. Well, the website's back up.
When I was ready to check out my purchases I paused to look at their journal pile. Lo and behold, I saw a small Moleskine notebook there. Whoa. I immediately grabbed it and asked the guy behind the information section if there were other Moleskine notebooks. He pointed me to the journal rack beside me. On top of the rack were a bunch of black tomes along with the limited edition red Moleskine 2007 diary. Wai! I looked for a 13x21cm Lined notebook, but the only lined ones were the small ones. The medium ones were for watercolour, reporter's notebook and graphed. With the small notebook in hand I roamed the store once again, just thinking about the purchase. When I reached the counter I returned the small one and grabbed the medium plain version.
I am now the proud owner of a Moleskine journal. My sister wanted to look at it so I was forced to tear the plastic open T___T. It is a thing of beauty, the cream-coloured pages inside just waiting eagerly to be written on. It inspires one to write, which is a very good thing for me. I suspect this will be the start of many more purchases of said notebook, that which I am happily anticipating. I'm actually contemplating if I should buy another one now because I have this feeling I'll fill up my first Moleskine pretty quickly.
I was able to skip our annual Christmas reunion (for the first time! ^___^) and spend some alone time in the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf with my favorite Café Caramel, a slice of Blueberry Cheesecake and read my sister's Christmas present to me:
I was really surprised. And ashamed, because I didn't get her anything T__T. I mean, okay, I'm a bum and she has a job, but that doesn't mean I couldn't buy her anything...
So I scourged Gateway for a nice blouse to give her, but given that I'm pretty much clueless on the specifics of what she likes (when I buy something for someone I'd rather know what she wants exactly than second guess myself), I just ended up coming and going from every store in there. I also tried to look for an outfit to wear for the wedding on Saturday, but that too went to waste.
Ended up - where else? - at Fully Booked where I finally texted my sister if she wanted Nigella's or Giada's cookbook. Ended up buying Nigella Lawson's How To Eat.
Saw & grabbed the third issue of Story Philippines.
lethologica (who I was texting to that day) though that they went under. Well, the website's back up.When I was ready to check out my purchases I paused to look at their journal pile. Lo and behold, I saw a small Moleskine notebook there. Whoa. I immediately grabbed it and asked the guy behind the information section if there were other Moleskine notebooks. He pointed me to the journal rack beside me. On top of the rack were a bunch of black tomes along with the limited edition red Moleskine 2007 diary. Wai! I looked for a 13x21cm Lined notebook, but the only lined ones were the small ones. The medium ones were for watercolour, reporter's notebook and graphed. With the small notebook in hand I roamed the store once again, just thinking about the purchase. When I reached the counter I returned the small one and grabbed the medium plain version.
I am now the proud owner of a Moleskine journal. My sister wanted to look at it so I was forced to tear the plastic open T___T. It is a thing of beauty, the cream-coloured pages inside just waiting eagerly to be written on. It inspires one to write, which is a very good thing for me. I suspect this will be the start of many more purchases of said notebook, that which I am happily anticipating. I'm actually contemplating if I should buy another one now because I have this feeling I'll fill up my first Moleskine pretty quickly.
