Little Miss Miera: May 2017

My First Thrift Shopping Experience (Tips and What to Bring)

I don't know how I stumbled upon TheThriftyHannako's Youtube page but I did. The pieces she bought inspired me to go thrift shopping. To be honest, I was a bit skeptical about it at first but after a couple of thrift haul videos from different people and research, I finally gave in. One of the reasons why I haven't gone to any thrift store prior to my recent trip is because my mom forbids me to - for safety and sanitary reasons. I understand where she's coming from but... sorry, mom. Curiosity hit me!

One afternoon I just decided to ride the train and go to Lolo Oboy's, a thrift store/building mentioned in a couple of vlogs/websites. I got a bit lost since I thought it was located near MRT Cubao station. Apparently, it's located near LRT Anonas. Thank goodness for Google!

Lolo Oboy's is a 4-story building with different thrift stores inside. What I like about it is that aside from the fact that there's a wide array of selections, most of the stores are air conditioned.

Tips:

Make sure your stomach is full and you are hydrated before you go thrift shopping.
Wear comfortable clothes. I wore leggings and a simple shirt. Leggings make it easier for you to try on shorts and skirts.
Make sure you don't wear any flashy items. You wouldn't want to attract snatchers. Plus, sellers may not give you a lower price when you haggle because wearing flashy items will give the impression that you can afford the items at a regular (or higher) price anyway.
Check out the items on sale first.
Better to speak in Tagalog.
Try your best to haggle especially when you buy a couple of stuff from the same store.
Thoroughly check the items you are about to get. One thing you wouldn't want to happen is come home and realize that the item you got is damaged or has a stain on it.
Be patient. Check each item because you might miss on a good one.
Set a shopping budget and account the items you bought. Sometimes we get too caught up buying pieces at a cheap price but when you total everything, you might be surprised. Be disciplined and know when to stop.
Only get the items you know you're going to wear or use. Do not buy something just because it's cheap.
Sanitize and wash your hands after. You may not notice it but your hands will get dirty from rummaging through all those clothes. I was surprised at how dirty my hands were after shopping!

What to Bring:

I didn't end up buying a lot but I'm happy with the pieces that I got. Stay tuned for my thrift haul! Also, if you know or have any favorite thrift shops, let me know by commenting down below. I'd love to go thrift shopping again!

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My #LaBaler 2017 Experience

Baler

For this year, I spent my Labor Day weekend in Baler. If you want to know how you can go to Baler or what went down on my first trip to Baler, check out my previous post about it here.

The Arrival

We left Manila at around 12:30mn and arrived in Baler around 7am, I think. We stayed at Kahea's Lodge which is a budget-friendly hotel. You may check out and book Jamjets and other hotels in the area here. Since check-in time was still 12nn, we decided to have breakfast first. Of course, I had my favorite - tocino with rice.

Since we were all pretty sleepy from the 7-hour ride, we ended up sleeping the whole afternoon. We woke up at around 3pm, ate merienda, took a couple of pictures, and ate dinner.

We decided not to go to the Nalu Music Fest anymore so we just headed back to the room right after dinner. That's basically how our day one in Baler went.

Cunayan Falls

We initially planned to go to Ditumabo Falls or what the locals call, Mother Falls. However, we knew that there will be a lot of people there so we headed straight to Cunayan Falls instead.

film by Jolo

Cunayan Falls is smaller as compared to the Mother Falls but it's still worth visiting. As expected, there were quite a lot of people when we got there. What more if we went to the Mother Falls!

film by Jolo

I like it better when beaches and falls aren't that crowded so it was a good thing that we got to talk to one man who showed us that there's another waterfall apart from the one near the cottages. It was just a short hike away from the one fronting the entrance and it was worth it! There was even a point wherein we were the only ones there.

Nalu Music Fest

Day two of the music fest ended up to be free of entrance since Parokya ni Edgar didn't perform. Sad that we didn't get to hear Parokya ni Edgar perform live but the cheapskate in me was happy that we didn't have to pay for the entrance anymore. Haha!

Goodbye, Baler!

For our last day, we just took a bath, ate breakfast, fixed our things, and off we went back to Manila. We were supposed to have dinner somewhere along NLEX but lines for the restaurants were too long and there were just too many people. Cons of travelling during the long weekend! Since we weren't famished yet, we decided to just eat somewhere in Quezon City.