Merry Christmas, Family!!!

Merry-Christmas

I cannot believe it’s Christmas Day. No, seriously, like how did that happen? Feels like we just got into 2012, and now we’re celebrating Christmas again, which only means one thing: 2013 is next week! I’m remembering what Christmas last year was like, and while I don’t remember the exact events that took place, I do know that I am at a different place. As I type this now, I don’t have any grand plans for Christmas. I don’t know {Read More}

Merry Christmas

This isn’t like any other Merry Christmas post I’ve ever put up. This one is historic – at least to Verastic. This one is the last anonymous Christmas post I’ll ever put up. Would I have included a picture of myself in this post if I were not anonymous? Probably not. But now that I am, I guess we’ll never truly know. I’m grateful to God for the grace to see today. I’m grateful for even being found worthy to {Read More}

How Was Yours?

The "before" picture

Mine went unexpectedly well. I had no plans, really. Christmas, for me, started off with attending a friend’s Christmas party which was advertised to start at 11:59pm on December 24th 2010. I had an issue with the time. I would have preferred it to start at about 8 PM, or 10 PM at its latest, so I could stroll in at midnight. But if it was starting at midnight, what time was I supposed to get there? I convinced Funmie {Read More}

Merry Christmas… And A Nigerian Terrorist???

All day yesterday, I felt guilty: I didn’t come on my blog to say Merry Christmas to you wonderful folks.  For Christmas, I had planned on cooking some pasta and calling it a day.  But Aribaba (of Jaguda dot com) happened.  And that was how I ended up cooking another pot of efo soup.  He came with his friend, AK, and well, I hope I fed them well— although I was unable to provide the fourteen virgins – seven for {Read More}

Ho! Ho!! Ho!!! Merry Discounts!!!!!

Conceiving the idea of offering discounts was a lot more fun and a lot easier than actually putting it into action. I had big dreams and grandiose plans. Oh, well. Each of the following vendors have given these discounts out of the goodness and generosity of their hearts. I did not twist their arms. Okay, maybe a little. The things I do for you. Here goes — in alphabetical order…

You Got What For Christmas???

When I was 14 (in Nigeria), my dad went to the store and bought me a Christmas dress – as was the tradition for Christmas and Easter. Big mistake for this particular year. Mom should have gone with him – as she usually did. He came back with a peach and ivory poufy dress. Not only was the dress a mama-tie-me-for-back dress, but it was also a Mary-Amaka dress. In other words, it had a very long belt that had {Read More}

Feliz Navidad!!!

***Vera singing*** “I wanna wish you a merry Christmas/ I wanna wish you a merry Christmas/ I wanna wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my ha-art! Feliz navidad….” While some of you might think that Christmas is just for celebrating the birth of Christ and his glorious entry into this sinful world of ours, there is actually something else that ought to be celebrated today: the upcoming of another EXTRA SPECIAL DAY – JANUARY 14TH!!! So what {Read More}

Some Break @ Last

I’m really tired of saying sorry for pulling disappearing acts, so I’m sure you’re just as tired of hearing me say it. We are finally at the end of the semester – thank God. I woke up this morning with a throbbing headache. I guess I have been keeping too many late nights again. This semester has been something else. I think I had somewhere to go or something to do every weekend, which is soooo unlike me. Blame it {Read More}