An Afternoon at the SM Shoes & Bags Sale

Summer is almost over and parents like me are most likely preparing for the start of the new school year. You bet I am talking about having to buy stuff for school. I kind of feel bad that IGM Kids Hub will have their sale over the weekend and I'm back here in Bacolod. I remember buying my son's rubber shoes (Hotwheels) for only Php 150 (super sale!!) and that very same shoes is still being worn by my son. I hate that I had to miss that -- not anymore!

SM will have their shoes and bags sale from May 14-17, 2015 at the SMX Convention Center. We went there earlier because they had a preview of the sale. We want to see what we can find for the kids. It was a last minute decision after seeing a post from my friend May from SM. My husband and I are anticipating the crowd tomorrow so being there at the preview will give us a chance to shop better. I guess you can say we made the right decision because we managed to shop and pay for everything in less than 2 hours. We didn't even wait in line to pay for the items.

We were greeted by rows of bags and shoes (as expected) as soon as we enter the center. I was hoping to see Florsheim shoes in one of those alleys but I guess I didn't pay much attention to the poster because it wasn't there. I am so glad to see Fila, Chicco, Fisher Price and Hotwheels though.

Had to try on too many shoes so he decided to go barefoot.

I didn't get too many photos because the guard says it is not allowed. Nevertheless, here is a rundown of my loot.

                             Item                                    Sale Price                        Original Price
                         Backpack                                  Php 575                           Php 1149.75
                     Black Shoes - Hotwheels          Php 199                           Php  500 *
                     Rubber Shoes - Hotwheels        Php 199                           Php 500 *
                       Slippers - Disney Cars               Php  80                            Php  179.75
                         Socks                                         Php 150                            Php  169.75
                       Small Purse - Belladona            Php  290                           Php  799.75
                       Wallet - Kimbell                        Php  250                           Php 499.75
                        Biofresh Socks                           Php  160                           Php  229.75
                        City Lady Socks                        Php   199.75                     Php 199.75 **
                    Rubber Shoes - Fila                   Php 1599                          Php 3198

Both of the Hotwheels shoes do not have tags so I don't know how much the original price is. I put an estimate of Php 500 since their shoes range from Php 500 - Php 800 anyway. As for the City Lady socks, this is the first time that my daughter got this brand of socks so I don't have an idea how much this normally costs so I'm putting in the same amount as original price. If we had bought everything in full price, we would have paid a whopping Php 7426.25. But because of the mark down, we only paid Php 3701.25.

We saved Php 3724.50, which is actually 50%. If this ain't a steal then I don't know what this is.

Toddler Art with Googly Eyes

It's amazing what a child can do with a pair of googly eyes (at least that's what my son calls it.).

When my daughter and husband left for the Math training in Boracay, our 4-year old toddler was left in my care. For those who know my son, he can be quite a handful. It can sometimes be a challenge to keep him preoccupied while I am logged in to my online job. My solution -- GOOGLY EYES!

Most of the art materials are those that were unused in school so I gave him crayons, paste, scissors (with my supervision), bond paper and art paper. I just bought a 2 packs of googly wiggly eyes for 10 pesos at Lopues east. I set up a table beside mine so I can see what he's doing and gave him just one instruction -- surprise me with his artwork.

Here are some of what he did for the entire day:

From the top left: happy face, silly little alien, pou, shadow monster

He was extremely proud of what he did. I was even surprised that I was managed to complete my 8-hour shift without him bugging me too much. Thank you googly eyes. Now I just need to figure out what activities he can do next.