Sparkly Streets

Oh Christmas! If not for the hellish traffic and the wall-to-wall people at the malls, it's definitely a most magical season. Every year, I look forward to all the twinkling lights that dress up the streets. I love walking down those streets, bathed in their shiny sparkle.

Unfortunately, there's none of that sparkle at our home this year. By the time I realized that I should be putting up Christmas decorations, I was at the hospital with my youngest son. When we got home, I remembered that the Christmas tree got lost in the move to our new home. And I was just too exhausted at the time to go hunting for the box that says "Christmas decor." Oh well...

To be honest, Christmas caught me quite by surprise this year. The season was already right smack in my face when it dawned on me that I should already be doing some shopping. And so, in between meetings and deadlines, I've taken quick trips to the malls, hoping to finish my list a week before D-day.

Yesterday was supposed to be my last day of Christmas shopping. Because I was going to be in the city to pick up stuff for a shoot on Monday, I thought I could finish my shopping then. But when it took me 90 minutes to get to White Plains from Makati, I knew that I wasn't going to make it, and that I would have to join thousands of other people dashing to the stores a few days before Christmas. And so, not wanting to go back to the sparkly streets and face mind-numbing traffic, I went to the salon and had my nails done. The shopping would just have to wait :)