My Weekend in Instagram

I just discovered the beauty of Instagram.  How wonderful it makes the task of documenting and sharing the goings-on in the daily grind through photos.  Lemme tell you all about our busy, busy weekend via Instagram: 

We started Saturday with an early visit to the organic market for our weekly supply of veggies.  Along the way, we naturally had to stop at some stalls for sweets and savoury treats!

On the drive back home, we passed by Nic's Gourmet Desserts located along A. Mabini street in San Juan.  The bakeshop offers breads, cookies, cakes, and even some filling sandwiches.  Should you not be able to wait to eat there creations, there are also some bar stools available for you to enjoy the treats right away.

In the afternoon J's friend invited a handful of girls for THE spa party!  It was a FULL afternoon of of whole body massages, nail pedi and nail art and hair salon at the Little Lamb's Kiddie Spa.

We had about just 30 minutes to rush home AND get ready for a cousin's 18th birthday party!

Sunday is another busy day so we start it with a hearty breakfast and Sunday worship.  Then we take a balikbayan cousin to Nuat Thai in Libis for a pampering body massage, then a meet up with my side of the family for an early dinner at Romulo's.

That was my weekend!



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J's 11th {A Pampering Party}

There are new things coming up for this blog. And in preparation for the exciting times ahead, the blog will be moving to a new home!  While I will still be writing about our phenomenal life, it will now have a new name. 

From now on, I will be doing all of my posting at The Phenomenal Mama

I hope you could all bookmark the new site and follow me there!

I will still be keeping this blog open so you can read all of my old posts.  But you won't miss a thing with the new blog as it will have all of the old posts, as well. 

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For J's 11th birthday, she requested for a spa-themed party.  You know that I do not indulge in spa treatments, so looking for a suitable (read: clean interiors, good quality of service and affordable rates) nail spa proved to be quite tricky as I had no idea where to start looking.

As my days are quite hectic, I just decided to look up a list at spot.ph.  I made a few calls among the nail spas on their list, and Posh Nails seemd to be just perfect for J's party.  I made reservations at Posh Nails along Connecticut st. in Greenhills.  For 2 hours, J and her friends had the entire spa all to themselves.  

My girls and I managed a quick photo-op before the guests started arriving.

The guest soon came one after the other, and everyone was treated to an hour of foot soak and cleaning, foot massage and pedicure, too!

The customary group shot

B had herself a good time, too!  She invited a few of her friends... and together, the young girls kept on giggling and chatting.

 

Initially, I thought of bringing the girls to a restaurant for some after-spa snacks, but since I booked the spa for an exclusive event, the management was gracious enough to offer to set up a buffet table at the reception area.  Here is J taking charge of decorating her buffet spread:

Brie and I helped a little, too...

...to bring the reception area from this...

 .....to this!

I designed her invite, cupcake toppers, birthday banner and other party labels using photoshop and some graphics I just grabbed from the internet.  

 

To ensure that we do not leave the spa too messy, I served finger foods.  Chips and cookies to munch on while having their nail spa.  For the snacks proper, I ordered a 36-inch pizza from Big Guys Pizza and several boxes of Chicken Charlie.   As is our custom, the birthday cake is from Estrel's.  

 

My friend, Meng, is a heaven sent as she made the best-tasting cupcakes, which were a nice and perfect addition to J's yummy spread. I just added my own cupcake toppers which I hastily made on the day itself.  Just look at those beautiful cupcake towers!

And of course, I also served my Chocolate Chip Cookies!  I always get compliments whenever I make this, and J's friends are ALWAYS craving for this and begging for more.  And I am not one to disspoint, so...

The birthday girl blowin' the candles on her cake

I am very happy with how Posh Nails Greenhills handled our event.  I definitely recommend them to anyone planning for a spa-themed birthday party.  Thanks to Ms. Kelly for coordinating! 

J was very happy with how everything turned out.  She just loved the experience of gathering all her good friends in one place and having lots of girly fun with them.  She enjoyed taking on a more active role in decorating the place and of course, in the hands-on practice of how to become a good party host.  At the end of the party, she commented how tiring it was to move from one group of friends to the next, but that the compliments and the smiles on her friends' faces were more than enough to wipe the weariness away!

Let me end with a shot of the girls' colorful pedis!

Posh Nails Spa

2nd Level, Fox Square Bldg.,
Connecticut St., Greenhills,
San Juan, Philippines

Tel: 496.8713

Big Guys Pizza

G/F Madison Square Ortigas

Madison St. Cor. Ortigas Avenue

Tel:  570.8603

Chicken Charlie

15 J. Abad Santos st.

Little Baguio, San Juan 

Tel 477.7422

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