MORE KITCHEN THINGY'S - a gift from my mother...

During the last Christmas season, I was unable to buy many gifts for my loved ones…partly because of the economic crunch (well the Big Boss did not give us as much as he used to then the office too had a bit of belt-tightening and did not give out as much cash gifts last year) and then too the fact that we incurred so much expenses and debts from our house construction in BP which commenced since September 2012 pa. Up to now it is still but partly finished and we are foreseeing more expenses pa in the year to come before it can be truly called completely livable. So for the first time in such a while, we did not give out the usual atsara or espasol that we usually give to our friends in the office during Christmas. Well, I sure hope they understand in much the same way that we understand too that some of our officemates did not give out much gifts to one other…. after all,we are all in the same boat…this is why with the dearth of gifts we received this year, it is just as natural that we would tend to appreciate the few gifts that we did receive from family and friends this Christmas… like this gift I got from my mother. I am not really sure if she saw me ogling that cute pepper grinder at Gourdo’s last year…maybe she did which is why this is the gift she gave me…I am not even sure that it came from Gourdo’s but nonetheless it is truly, truly appreciated! I just love this clear crystal salt and pepper shakers and they are now a permanent fixture in our dinner table. Thanks a lot Ma!