Of course not! Who can ever stop shopping? It’s just that priorities in life change and therefore it changes the time spent on the things we do. The shopping has never stopped but the writing has taken a big step back.

I just wanted to pop in today to say that I’ll try, as and when time permits, to drop a post every now and then. Especially when there’s a useful iPhone app for blogging

I would also like to make a note to readers of this blog and customers of Penny’s Online Shop that I thank you for your wondrous support. Penny’s Online Shop is now run by new owners, and had been since March of this year.

It was something I enjoyed doing thoroughly but time has to give way to life, and I’ve chosen to do just that. Hopefully with this new phase if life I’m enjoying I will have mire time to do the things that bring satisfaction to my life. Like writing again

Till my next post, have a great time living life everyone. And happy shopping!

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I’ve been on the lookout for some fish oil supplement as I’ve read that it’s a pretty balanced supplement for a woman’s health. I haven’t been taking supplements for a while now and am thinking of resuming. But instead of the usual vitamin Cs and multivitamins, I’m thinking of starting on fish oil.

I was contemplating taking evening primrose oil but then I read an article that claimed that fish oil is a better supplement as it has a more well-rounded benefit to a woman’s health than the evening primrose oil. Is that true?

Anyone has any recommendations for a specific brand or type of fish oil supplements? I was looking at the shelves of the pharmacies and came across various types, including Omega-3 fish oil. Now I’m a bit confused and not very sure whether there’s any difference amongst them. If you have taken the different types, please share your feedback and which one worked better for you, ok?

I’m in my mid 30s already so it’s high time to start taking very good care of myself in terms of food intake, health supplements and also some skin care regime in order to maintain youthfulness. Most of us ladies want that, or at the very least to age gracefully, right?

On a separate note, has anyone tried taking any supplements with collagen? I was chatting with a lady who has nice complexion and she says she takes very good care of her skin and hair by taking some supplements and one of them include some collagen pill. I suppose it’s all working out pretty well for her since she doesn’t use any anti wrinkle eye cream and I don’t see any fine lines appearing on her face although she’s already in her 40s.

We sure take pain and effort to maintain ourselves, health and beauty wise. But I think it’s a good thing. Of course not to the point of being obsessed with it. It’s good that we want to take care of ourselves as most ladies, after becoming mothers, tend to forget that they should take care of themselves apart from their family.

I also had just started to realise this and want to do something about it after reading a quote by the famous Jim Rohn. This is what Jim Rohn said: “I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me”. Get the message behind the quote? So if you haven’t already done so, start to take care of yourself for your loved ones if not for your own good

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One of my favourite pair of jeans used to be one that is a high waist cut jeans. I bought it in the year 2001 and I wore it right up to last year. It’s so comfortable and seasoned that it was a shame to finally throw it out because the jeans was getting out of shape and didn’t look good on me anymore.

Since then I’ve been trying to find a similar cut jeans to that pair but can hardly come close to getting a pair just like it. All the jeans that I come across these days are low waist cut while what I really want is a high waist one.

I guess the trend these days don’t favour high waist designs anymore. It’s a pity because I prefer to wear those compared to the low waist ones. Not very comfortable especially after having a kid because the tummy area isn’t exactly flat now. So when you wear a pair of jeans that’s low waist, sometimes the unsightly tummy shows.

Seeing that it’s almost impossible to find that kind of jeans anymore, maybe the only solution is for me to reduce belly fat so that I fit more comfortably into the jeans of today!

It’s going to take a while to do that, so if anyone knows where I can find some high waist jeans, please tell me so!

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Have you shopped in many of the latest boutiques sprouting up in various parts of town? I’ve seen so many in Bangsar, Hartamas, Damansara Utama, Puchong and even in some smaller towns I recently visited down south.

I was quite impressed that these boutiques actually have nicer decorations and layouts than the bigger chain boutiques. They really take the pain in dressing the place up with modern sofas, pretty wallpapers, soft and warm lighting and unique pieces to spice up the place.

I think I would prefer to shop in such places rather than chain boutiques these days simply because it seems more inviting. Price wise, it may not always be cheaper. But it also depends on what you can find, some are really unique and nice, so people won’t mind paying the price for such pieces.

Where do you shop for clothes these days? Department stores are pretty out for me, what about you? Or do you shop online? I surely do…well, from my own online shop!

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It’s already mid September, and this year I thought of starting the year end shopping early. By that, I mean to shop for Christmas presents. Year after year I tend to spend quite a fair bit because some gifts are last minute purchases and when you really run out of ideas what to buy, you just buy what you see because you are desperate. And these are the expensive purchases versus the ones well planned earlier.

I’m also thinking what will be cute gifts for under the tree this year to make it all lively and colourful. My son loved last year’s Christmas deco we had. It was his first time helping to put up the tree and he had a ball of a time. I don’t think we’ll buy more Christmas tree decos this time, we’ll just re-use the ones we bought last year.

How about you? When do you shop for festive gifts? Way in advance of when the time comes?

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