When the oil price is high, get all your errands in one day

Because of the recent oil price hike, we preferred staying at home since Sunday. Last Friday, we make sure to get our errands be done one time. Last week, my husband's recruitment agency staffs notified him that his new salary card has arrived and ready for pick up anytime at the office. Their office location is near MOA in Pasay City. We lived in Caloocan so going there would probably takes 1 to 2 hour drive including traffic. At first, he was thinking of commuting instead of using car going there because the fare for public transportation is much cheaper than the price of fuel. Then on the same week, I had mentioned about the package my bestfriend has sent to me. Half of those does not belong to me. She asked me a favor to send the rest of the package to her foster family who lived in Sta. Mesa Manila. She included her last 1000 peso bill on the package as a payment for the courier. My husband then suggested that he can take the package to Sta. Mesa since he is going to Mall of Asia. My friend agreed, then on Friday we left our home around 1 pm in the afternoon.

There was a little congestion along Quiapo Church then we realize it was Friday which means its Quiapo Day. Glad it didn't last long because after we passed on the church the road was clear. We dropped by at my husband's office and finally he got his new salary card. By the way, if you could still remember, this was the debit card that was hacked last February. The hacker got $350 from my husband account, and just a little update, earlier this morning, when he checked it, the money has been returned on his account. Hurray for that!

Going back on our errand last Friday, after my husband picked up his card, he asked me to put the address of my friend's foster family on google map. I typed it in and it says, we'll be on the location in less than 30 minutes. The map started to sing " if there's a place you gotta go, I'm the map, I'm the map" char! 😂 Kidding aside the map instructed us to take the fastest route to Sta. Mesa. We arrived at the exact location and met the person who is the recipient of the package. I actually knew them because everytime my friend is in our country, she usually met them together with me and the kids. We spent few dinners together and the kids used to hang out too. I gave them the parcel and stayed at their residence for a few minutes.

Since we were already at Sta. Mesa, we dropped by at some music stores to look for guitar. According to Anthony, there's a lot of music store that sells much cheaper instruments around that particular area and he was right with that. My husband wants my kids to learn on how to play guitar so that they can developed talent and be interested in music. They are too engaged with gadgets and we all know that it isn't good. Anyway, we were able to buy a beginner guitar for 1000 pesos only. It is locally made from Pampanga and we should love and appreciate local instead of imported products. That's the exact word that came out from the shop owner. Well he actually has a point.

I thought we were going home after that, but hubby took another route going to Cubao. He told me that he was going to meet his cousin to get the insurance paper needed for the registration of our car this year. He got it for free, because his cousin is working in an insurance company located in Cubao.

It was already past 5 in the afternoon and finally we were going to my in laws house in North Fairview. We were supposed to have a family dinner, however when we were at the Commonwealth road his brother called and told us that the dinner is cancelled. It was rescheduled the next morning though. We headed home eventually and was thinking on what to eat for dinner. I requested to have shawarma rice which is a little famous in Lagro, however they only accepted take out orders and the dining area is closed for renovation. We ended up eating in another eatery near Lagro. They have many varieties to choose from at a very affordable price. We finished it and finally went home.

So it was a very productive time because we were able to do a lot of errands in just one day. Now that the gasoline price is surging we have to lessen our daily activities,and make sure to do errands one time to save fuel at the same time saving nature as well. Just this morning the price of gas is ranging from 70 to 80 pesos per liter. I asked my husband that it is better to stay home so we can save money than going out and he definitely agrees with me.

That's it for my today's another gibberesh article. I want to give thanks to everyone who never failed to click on my article even though I am not able to do the same thing. I was busy the whole day because of my kids school activities however I am trying to interact little by little. Hope you guys understand it.

Lead image from unsplash while the rest of the images were taken from my phone.