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Me and my husband have been saving money for our baby so instead of buying new stuff for the house and some extra expensive stuff for baby.. we went shopping at Off House (Recycle Shop/Thrift Store) near our house and I actually got some pretty cool cheap stuff there~ except the Disney frame/photo album thing that I got from a different recycle shop which was crappy! I'm not going back there! And it only costs me ￥410 and Disney stuff are usually expensive! This picture frame/photo album looks expensive and kinda new because it was in a box and there were no dents and scratches so I think it's a good find! I thought of displaying it and putting tons of our family pictures there!

Then I got me a Christmas decor which was a vase with a fake poinsettia inside and a floating candle~ You put water inside the vase and it looks really fancy! I'm going to post a picture of my dining table next time with the vase as a center piece so you can see how fancy it looks for only ¥540! Cool huh? I think this retails for ¥1,000??? or more? But I got it for cheap which was really awesome!

I also got an ashtray.. I can definitely buy cheaper ones at 100 Shop (Everything costs ¥108 there) but I'd rather get this ashtray which costs ¥324 'coz it looks fancy compared to 100 Shop ashtrays which look really cheap and tacky?? But for this fancy looking ashtray I think it's a good find!

Last is the Combi Quick Warmer which only costs ¥540!!! And this baby retails for about ¥3,000-¥4,000 and it's practically brand new! It even has a manual with it and I got it for super CHEAP! Which makes me really happy! I feel so lucky!


I also got a crib there which costs ¥4,320 only! And cribs usually retails around ¥10,000-¥30,000 or more! But it's pretty used but I can clean it and make it look it pretty again! I'll post it next time since I haven't done cleaning and assembling it.. plus we haven't bought baby beddings~ which we're going to buy brand new because I don't want no bed bugs all over my baby's bed!

Once I'm finished with my baby's bed and everything! I'll post a picture and the dining room~ and Christmas decorations?!?! Ahh.. I feel so overwhelmed! But, glad at the same time because I can finally see my house getting together!

In this picture I'm 27 weeks but now I'm on my 28th week but I'm almost on my 29th! Yay.. only a few more weeks then I'll be poppin' my baby out! I really want him to come out already.. 'Coz pregnancy is hard! Especially now I'm on to my last trimester.. this trimester has been the most exhausting! I can't sleep, my back aches A LOT! I feel so heavy, my clothes don't fit me huhu.. I get tired easily aaand I'm constantly hungry! And I wanted to eat sweets all the time but I can't 'coz I'm dieting while I'm pregnant! Can you believe that?! Well.. ask my doctor! 'Coz he told me so!

So last month, I had my regular check up and the doctor told me that there's a possibility that I may have gestational diabetes 'coz I gained 10kg and I'm only 7 months.. (WOW!) and my baby was also ginormous (Ok, I'm exagerating) for his supposed size so my doctor told me that I should get tested for GD in a week AND he gave me a DIET PLAN! Ok, so he didn't give it to me.. he made me have this talk with a dietician and the dietician gave it to me. (LOL) So from now on.. until I give birth! I'm only allowed to consume 1500kcal a day! So yeah.. no more sweets, byebye cola! No more snacks! Only 1/2 a cup of rice a meal and only 1 fruit a day! And I'm only allowed to eat certain types of meat so at first it was difficult for us because me and my husband LOVES eating but he didn't want me to have complications so my husband became super strict when it comes to food! We'd only buy low fat/low calorie foods and no more processed foods so I admit it did save us a lot of money.. and so far I lost 3kg! On my first week of eating healthy I admit it was difficult but in 2 weeks I lost 2kg already and this week I lost 1kg! (SO EASY HUH?! LOL) Last 3 weeks I guess.. I got tested for GD and then the results came a week later which was also my regular check up aaand the results came negative! I don't have GD and I lost 2kg that time and the doctor said my baby is healthy and he's not as big as he was before so I'm very happy! Plus, I'm getting used to this diet thing so I may continue doing this until I reached my weight goal.. for now, my doctor only told me to maintain the weight I have now so everything's cool! PREGNANCY IS HARD!

This is me now!

We still haven't bought stuff for our baby but I was lucky to receive hand-me-downs from my friend's brother.. (I don't have pics 'coz it's in the washing machine) and I'm so lucky that I have the nicest mother-in-law ever to get maternity clothes for me!


So that's it for my pregnancy update.. hopefully we'd get a bigger mirror soon! We're still lacking tons of stuff for our apartment but we're getting there.. can't wait for my next post to be about organizing! (LOL. what a dork!)

I decided to whip up some banana bread/cake after watching one of my favorite youtuber's video on how to make the EASIEST BANANA BREAD EVER! here's her video
You could follow her ingredients on her video or you could do mine! I've tweaked it a little~
so here it is! My BANANA BREAD ingredients!






It's so easy and it smells so amazing Oh my God! If you guys could only smell my house right now! So if you're like me who can't cook and hates doing complicated baking stuff then you'd definitely want to try this! Plus the ingredients are so easy to find you might already have it at home! I'm already imagining myself feeding this to my kid one day.. plus my husband loves it!

Yay I'm 22! And I'm really happy 'coz I'm going to be a mom at 22 with a baby boy we're going to name ♥Haruki ♥. We're really excited to see him ♥ Only 4 more months to go! I can't wait for my late birthday/christmas gift and it'll be my little boy ♥ Yeah, honestly ever since I got pregnant it's not about ooh I want this and that.. it all became ohh I want this for my boy! I want this for our house! I want my husband to wear this! I thought I'd become so selfless and I'm just so proud of myself! Haha.. which is why on my birthday.. it's actually 22nd of September, but we celebrated it on 21st with my family only! Except for my dad.. he couldn't come 'coz my mom and stepfather was invited.

Here's Aya and me! She's my cousin's wife and she's pregnant aswell!
I honestly don't know what's up with this year, 2014.. I mean, probably half the people I knew got pregnant! I can name dozens of people who got pregnant this year! It's like this year's pregnant season!

And here's my cousin(right) and my husband(left)
We just got married on Sept. 19 and we just had our 1st anniversary of being together on Sept. 23 ♥ Haha.. Idk how but everything just went quickly with him! Haha.. but I'm happy and I have no regrets marrying him 'coz he's the best!


Our marriage was pretty simple! We just signed and passed the paper on our City Hall and that's it! No ceremony nor celebration 'coz he's going to work after. (He's on nightshift for the week.) HAHA! We didn't even took a picture of us 'coz we're literally wearing clothes we normally wore around the house! And look at our marriage paper! Super dirty! Lots of erase marks! Haha..

The ceremony will have to wait once the baby comes out and we have the money and most importantly is when I can fit in a wedding dress! HAHA!

Aaand that's it! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Btw, this icecream cake is super yummy! Husband bought it from Baskin Robbins.

I've been neglecting this blog for a long time.. and honestly, I really don't know what to post anymore that's why. I have been busy with moving with my boyfriend.. getting married and stuff so yeah.. I haven't been blogging but nooow, I've thought of the things that I want to post in my blog from now on.

And that is.. Organization tips and Home Decorating! (Wow!) I promise you it won't be boring! lol. Lately, I've been to organizing and how to decorate our new apartment 'coz finally, we have our own place and my boyfriend (fiancé) doesn't know anything about decorating and organizing so he's allowing me to buy anything I want for the house! He even allowed our bed sheets to be pink! lol. Even our carpet! and I thought that it would be easy since our place is not that big.. but it's a start! I mean, we're going to live here for a long time so even tho it's not exactly OURS 'coz it's an apartment.. since we live here already we might as well decorate the place as we please! Because, when I used to live with my dad.. we used to live in an 'unattractive' apartment and altho I want to decorate it and stuff.. my dad would say, why the need? We're going to move anyways.. we're only living here temporarily! But we ended up living there for 3 years! So, imagine the stress.. for 3 years you're living in a cluttered home.. everything you see is unattractive to you.. my dad won't let me paint my room or anything. So it's stressful! No wonder I don't want to go home as much back then. So yeah.. even though you're only living in a place where you're only going to be there 'temporarily' might as well personalize the space.. make it yours! So you won't feel stressed in your own home 'coz u never know, you might end up living there for years! I actually made my first tip today! Hehe!

So.. we've only been here for a month so.. we still have missing furnitures.. I still have a lot of stuff I left in my dad's place so it's a good thing I can start this blog now so I can show you guys before and afters! And I might make a video about it 'coz I was inspired by these youtubers, OrganizedClutterbug, DoItOnADime, AnneOrShine and GlamourMakeUpByNancy. They're my favorite 'coz they have budget friendly ideas to decorate the house and turn ugly furniture to new pretty furniture on a budget! So I think it's convenient and I wanted to do it as well.. that's why I've been to buying craft stuff lately instead of make up! Haha.. I'm blabbering.. but yeah, one of the reasons why I also want to do this blog is because of the TLC tv show Hoarders. Have u seen that show? Yeah? Well.. now u know why I want to be a clean freak! Why I want to make my place look presentable and all.. 'coz I don't wanna end up like those people in the show.. tho, I know they have mental issues and all and I shouldn't be judging them.. but if you've seen that show you know what I'm talking about and it's just wrong.. so wrong! So yeah! End of rant! I'll be back with new ideas! Bye bye~

After neglecting my blog for about a year (I think?) I figured I'd do a throwback and show you how pretty you'd look with long hair if you've always had short hair! Like me! I'm the type that would always want my hair cut especially when I feel hot and I feel like my hair is bothering me! But one day I decided I wanted change and decided to grow my hair! But since my hair growth is pretty SLOW! I did the shortcut! I had extensions! I went to the salon and they braded fake hair together with my real hair and here are the results!


At first when I had extensions I totally ignored every irritation I've felt having it on me! (By irritation I meant the itching, the tangling of my hair, and the fact that it gets frizzy everytime the wind hits it!) I took care of my hair but it only lasted for almost 3 months but atleast it lasted for ALMOST 3 months 'coz the lady at the salon said it should last for 3 months. But I've noticed at 2 months the cotton candy pink highlights I had totally faded into platinum blonde.. the color was okay though.


And then I removed my extensions and back to short hair! Removing it by yourself is a pain! So I had help from my dad.. I didn't want to go to the salon to have it removed because the salon I'm going to is kinda far from where I live and I just wanted it removed! Fast!
And then for the sacond time I had extensions again! This time I didn't like it much because compared to my first extension.. I had a lot of hair! This time I think they didn't put a lot of hair on me even I paid for the same price I paid for the first session..


The color was cool though.. but I only had it for almost 2 months! By that time I decided I don't want no more extensions and if I wanted one I would just buy me the clip ones!
In my experience after having extensions.. I feel like it made my hair a lot thinner because when you remove the extensions.. a lot of your natural hair would be removed aswell. And the itching oh god! I can't stop scratching the back of my neck! And I had rashes! So no more extensions for me! I think.. I think I'd buy the clip extensions from now on.
Besides.. I've already grew my hair up to this length.. and I'm keep growing my hair up to my belly button! No more haircuts for now!


And btw, this is what I look like now!