MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! It's the 24th and I hope everyone had a great Christmas Eve~ ours was pretty simple this year since both my mom and dad are sick! ;_; but, still, a simple celebration but with the family is still the best! Plus, Mike spent the 24th at home so yay! Tomorrow I'll spend Christmas day with his family~



I finally convinced everyone to bring out my mini Sailor Moon Christmas tree! and my mom displayed the 4 mini Santa Clause figurines we've had for years!

Our celebration today was pretty simple, we had tasty dinner, awesome desserts, present opening and of course midnight snacks! I wasn't able to take a photo of the Christmas dinner since I just woke up that time and was super hungry lol but my mom prepared classic Filipino dishes for a change! Her specialty Sinigang na Baboy, our all time favorite! Crispy Pata, and Lumpiang Shanghai! My older brother also bought food from their house which he made himself! He made Spaghetti, Fried Chicken, and Chicken Macaroni Salad!

We had tons of Chocolates for desserts since we weren't able to buy a cake (last minute lol) but my mom bought my 2 week request... DUNKIN DONUTS WITH CHOCO BUTTERNUT! lol



We also had cake slices and Pizza for midnight snacks! that I was able to take a picture of lol but my mom and dad had to rest early since there were both sick! ;A; so we weren't able to go out, but Mike came and we watched the latest Dragon Ball movie (anime of course lol) with my brother, it was so sudden and random, we played 3ds and we also played card games!

When Mike went home, I binge watched Yuri on Ice, AGAIN!


It's just so beautiful! *sniff sniff* I HOPE THERE WOULD BE TONS OF DOUJINSHIS FOR THIS!!! *AAA*


Christmas eve was so far quiet and peaceful, but still very relaxing and calming~ which is what I really need right now due to all the stress and changes at work~

But still! hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas eve!



Merry Christmas from my family to yours! ~

Happy December!! Recently, my mom and I went to Empire Fashion Cafe in maginhawa! It was an awesome experience! It's a boutique where there are a lot of different items available and sold such as shoes, tops, dresses, shorts/pants/skirts, make up, accessories, bags, cute items, and a whole lot more! They also have mens shoes and clothing so you can absolutely bring your boyfriends there! And that's not the best part... they also have a cafe inside the shop! It's a super convenient store where you can bring you boyfie, husbie, and even your kids since there's a kids section!






This is a perfect one stop shop for your shopping needs and it's the perfect time since it's Christmas! I bought a couple of things from this store and it was all so worth it! One thing I like about this place is that there's a cafe, which means, if you ask someone to go with you, they can relax and eat while waiting for you to shop, and if you get tired, you can eat after shopping!





My mom got the Carbonara and Root Beer float, and I got the humongous double dinosaur chocolate float-shake-mug thingy! The Carbonara was super good! I love pasta, and I've eaten out A LOT... but for this particular recipe... I'd give this a 10/10! It was so creamy, the noodles were well cooked, it tasted really rich, and the bread was also super delish! The root beer float also had this huge ice cream scoop inside! The Carbonara was 140 php, and the Root Beer float was 85 php if my memory serves me right~

The shake I got however, WAS SO GOOD! It's good for 2 people and it's worth 240 php if I'm not mistaken~ the kitkats, wafers, chocolate balls and chocolate syrup are not just designs, the are edible! it was sooo good!! I'd really recommend trying this cafe even if you're not a shopping type of person! The food is undeniably good!




The place itself was pretty big! you'd have a lot of choices when it comes to different styles of clothing, different make up brands, types of shoes, and even cute accessories! The prices of the clothes were overall okay, I got a 2 t shirt dresses, one for 100 php only and the other was for about 380 php~ both had different styles and patters and the material was also different~ I also bought a blouse for 150 php and it was the thick silk type~

They also had a wide range of cute socks! I didn't buy one since I just recently bought a Haku x Chihiro pairing socks ;_;

Here's a picture of my mini haul though!


I also bought a big pom pom keychain to put on my favorite Michael Kors bag! I tried to match the color~ I also bought a couple of Chokers! I will be uploading a blog post about my current Choker collection as well! so look forward to it!

I spent about 1500 php in this store, I bought 3 pieces of clothing, a couple of accessories, high quality keychain, (I bought my mom a pair of socks too lol), and had great food! The staff were really accommodating and nice plus the ambiance of the store was really relaxing...

This is one of my favorite "to-go-to" cafes and shopping places! I really recommend this to everyone who loves to shop and eat!

DETAILS:
Address: 143 Maginhawa, Diliman, Lungsod Quezon, Kalakhang Maynila
Phone:(02) 501 2853

Visit their website as well!
http://empirefashioncafe.com/index.html

I hope to see you there enjoying when I go back to shop and eat for more!