dressing older than you really are

Raine was remarking the other day that some of her friends’ mothers look old, as in older than they should. I’m not sure that there’s a standard of how old mothers should look .

But given that people are getting married later than they used to a generation or two ago, I’m not surprised. Then again, like they say, the clothes make the person. Your choice of clothes, hairstyle and makeup can affect how old you appear to be.

In Asia, many mothers of teens believe they have to dress their age or older in order to be dignified and respected. I have friends in their late 30s and early 40s tell me they can’t wear red or they can’t wear tank tops because they’re only for younger people.

What do you think?

dream on

I was watching this documentary on the Discovery Channel where this couple was showing off their dream home. Well, to be honest, my dream home is every single one of those dream homes that I’ve seen.

Wouldn’t I love to have one of those bathroom vanities where they have twin sets of everything! That would really solve the problem of ‘fighting’ for the bathroom in the mornings which usually ends up with me resorting to using the kids’ bathroom .

You can keep dreaming but if your bathroom is only big enough for one of everything, then it’s clearly going to remain a dream .

my ideal vacation

Now that it’s the holiday season and everything, I guess everyone is looking to go some place where they can relax and kick back and take their minds completely off work and daily stress.

I hate to say this but to me, a holiday isn’t a holiday if there’s no shopping on the agenda. I mean, I rented one of those Pigeon Forge cabins in the mountains, I know the scenery and fresh air would be beautiful but then again, if I had no means to get to a shopping mall, then it won’t really be my kind of vacation.

am I a shopaholic?

Okay, here’s the real test. Time and time again, I’ve confessed that I am a shopaholic.

Am. I. really?

I had to find out even if it means confessing that I’m not the shopaholic I profess to be.

I took the “Are you a Shopaholic?” quiz and the official results are in. Here goes:

Slightly Addicted but Nothing to Worry About:

You’ve been known to go crazy on occasion, but for the most part you keep it in check. You pick out the few trendy pieces each season that you need to update your wardrobe, and you work your closets around that.

You definitely own a few more shoes than necessary, but you’re responsible enough to avoid a fiscal crisis from overshopping.

Friendly warning: Slightly addicted shoppers have been known to cross over into shopaholic territory ?- so think twice before you indulge in that next two-for-one sale.

See, I told ya, I’m not beyond redemption – yet :lol: !

seeing a sea of ads

I can’t believe how the whole city is turning into one huge billboard. There are ads every which way you turn. I know advertising is the lifeline of business but surely there’s a limit.

It’s bad enough that the backs of buses and vans are plastered with ads, even the pillars at the shopping malls and walls of elevators have not been spared.

In the same way we have popup ad blockers online, I so wish we could have an offline popup blocker as well. I’m not sure how that would work but it’d be interesting to see someone actually invent that .

for sports enthusiasts

Come football season, you can find practically all the guys on leave from work glued to the TV. Now they don’t have to wait for that once a year to hook up with other sports enthusiasts on a social network like Odds Breakers.

These diehard sports enthusiasts can meet others like them to share and post football picks, basketball picks, in fact any kind of sports picks you can think of.

Personally I’ve never understood what the excitement is all about but as long as they keep it strictly as a channel for entertainment and not a habit, I guess it’s okay.