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Have a Soft Luxe Stay Even in a Budget Hotel with These Hacks

  Hi, everyone! I was out for a few days because my son and I went on a staycation. I didn't write yesterday because my country was being pummeled by a huge typhoon and it didn't feel right to write about happy, light things when a lot of my countrymen are struggling due to the weather. 

My Quest for the Perfect Travel Bag

We just got back from a week's stay in Baguio. This is our third time there in the last 6 months. It was both work and vacation for me and my family. A few days before going there, I looked for a crossbody bag to bring. When we went there in March, I had a hard time bringing all our stuff. It was just my son and I with my mom and sis. My son can't do a lot of heavy lifting yet. On our first trip, I bought my big tan Charles and Keith bag thinking that I can use it as both my personal bag and shopping bag. I was wrong. I ended up with sore shoulders because the bag itself is already too heavy. On our second trip, I used my burgundy Charles and Keith bag but that too proved to be a failure. I needed free hands and free shoulders because of my backpack and other things that I needed to hang there like totes and stuff. A bulky shoulder bag is not the way to go. So, on our third trip, I was determined to find a crossbody bag that was light, small enough not to interfere with the oth...