Being a bit of a gadget freak means I am always connected to the Internet. It’s my main library, my resource for all the information I need. I consider myself “wired” to it and I read the so called “news of the wired” to learn and track the latest gadgetry on the market. I don’t have to have the latest but it is always good to learn about new technologies.

I was able to steal a few moments to myself though and some of these moments were spent shopping online. I started shopping for some clothes and shoes online. I am not new to online shopping. In fact, I bought my MacBook from Apple’s online store and I bought my Wacom tablet and a lot of books from Amazon, but buying clothes online is something I haven’t done before. To me, I still like buying clothes the traditional way. I want to be able to try them on first before I pay for them. But lately, traditional shopping is becoming more and more difficult for me, because it’s time consuming and it is just so complicated shopping with a few months old baby—I dare not leave my baby outside of the fitting cubicle while I try on some clothes.

So anyway, my first order consisted of a simple top. I was not so sure if online shopping for clothes would work for me so I started with something small. I was doubtful about whether the top I ordered will fit me or not, whether the color is really the same like it is on the online catalogue or not, and whether the quality is good or not. But it turned out great. I didn’t encounter any problem at all so a blazer, a dress, and two pairs of shoes followed the simple top. I also started buying baby stuff online because they are much cheaper.

So far, online shopping is still working for me. I know that someday I’ll encounter some problems with it too. Maybe I’ll get something that won’t fit me, or maybe I’ll be scammed. Oh well, I just have to be careful and avoid dubious sites. Reading articles such as the dealfun.com scam articles will also help me avoid being ripped off online.

I also bought some belts to add to my accessory collection and later, I plan to buy hats. I am not really big on jewelries right now because I can’t wear them without worrying that my baby will accidentally pull them off. But when it comes to jewelries, I tend to choose silver and white gold over gold because the color is not so tacky. This is also the reason why I like tungsten.

When it’s time to wear flattering jewelries again, I’ll go ahead and get me a tungsten jewelry online. I could also buy it from a jewelry store but I have more choices if I buy it online.

My sudden interest in fashion is due to my frequent visits to a lot of personal style blogs. Oh how I love them! And since I can’t (or too lazy) to dress myself up everday, I created an account at polyvore.com (msmyla.polyvore.com) so I can create sets of different clothes. I can play around and put together a complete outfit that I think would show my personal taste and style. Here are some sets I made for autumn outfit.

Blue and gray combination.

I still need to get a blue bag and gray hot pants to complete this look. I don’t have the cute gray bolero but I have a gray cardigan. I also don’t have the red blue checkered top but I have a tops with such colors.

the color of autumn

I got to have that green bag and those shoes! But the question is, how long can I stand having those high shoes on?

Among other things, this check-up is to let me know if all the organs in my pelvic area returned to where they’re supposed to be. This is very important since childbirth can cause urine control problems and some other more serious problems such as inability to orgasm and POP or pelvic organ prolapse. I am not really concern about the inability to orgasm because it can be remedied by pilates and kegel exercises but POP is something I really consider serious.

Women who get POP have to a get vaginal mesh implant to slow down or to prevent the womb from falling into the vagina. But the problem does not end after getting a vaginal mesh implant because vaginal mesh implants are known to cause many negative side effects such as urinary problems, pain during intercourse, perforations within the bladder, organ injuries, and infections. The mesh can also erode in the vagina causing a much bigger problem. Many who went through a vaginal mesh implant find themselves filing vaginal mesh lawsuits because they are experiencing one or more of the side effects.

I don’t want to go through all that so I went through this check-up even though I am feeling all okay down there. Prevention is always better than cure and I strongly believe in that.

Once I toyed with the idea of making this to a personal style blog, because I am really inspired by my two favorite personal style bloggers, whatiwore.tumblr.com and kendieveryday.blogspot.com. I know I can’t be famous like them (even too shy to link up to them), but it would be nice to have a blog where I can also showcase my sense of fashion.

BUT.

Who am I kidding? I am not a fashionista. I am a wash-and-wear-kind-of-girl. I think that if I would be working in the fashion world, I would be one of those working in the background. Like the one who holds the camera reflectors in a photo shoot. LOL. But seriously though, there is also a girly part of me that wishes that I had some sort of “style” to showcase.

OR.

Maybe I just want to have a personal style blog not because I want to express my sense of fashion but because I am passionate about blogging and if could write about every niche, I would. LOL. Personal style is a very nice niche, if only my friend, Lamielle, lives nearby, I’d team up with her because she’s always dress to kill. She’ll be the model and I’ll be the photographer—not a bad idea since I also like photography.  That would be cool!!!

I am just thinking out loud. I like fashion and I do wish I could put a bit more enthusiam in dressing myself up BUT most of the time, I just can’t see the point. They say fashion is about looking great in clothes while feeling good. Well, I feel good in jeans and tees. Whether I look great or not is a question. LOL.

Anyway, the bottom line is; I am a girl, so I do like to dress up sometimes. And if today will be a dress up day for me, I’d wear something like this:

www.msmyla.polyvore.com

Cute polka dot red dress and black sophisticated pumps. Red lipstick to make my full lips stand out and turquoise purse and accessories! Lovin’ turquoise right now…like.. it can go with just about any color.

Someday, I’ll start a personal style blog. Right now, My Pink Notes will have to stay like it is—a blog about my thoughts on things.

Now, I am confused. In one of my recent posts, I was complaining that this blog remains a PR 0 blog. That was just a few days ago. To my surprise today, I see that my google toolbar is showing a PR2 every time I load this blog. I loaded this blog several times just to make sure that it does not need a refresh. I also checked some pagerank checking sites if it’s true and it is! Does that mean, google is once again updating? But Google just updated two months ago.

Weird. But anyway, it’s great! Now, I don’t have to delete this blog. LOL.

And it’s cool, I can use this blog for something. If only I can get some sponsored posts that are paying at least 4$, it would be really perfect. LOL. A redesign is something pleasant to give to this blog but a PR is definitely more pleasant.

The WLAN router is downstairs which means, I have to stay downstairs if I want to connect to our WIFI. Right now, my baby is asleep in his room and I don’t like to leave his side because he is not really feeling very well. He has a tummyache and I have to help him to let some air out every now and then.

Now I am forced to use my internet dongle (USB stick).That also sucks because it’s a prepaid internet connection and it is a bit expensive to use it. I just use it when I have to go somewhere. This is just to make sure that I can always connect to the internet wherever I am (not at home).

I called my husband to tell him about it and he told me that this is not really a problem. If I want to use the internet, I should just do down or use my internet dongle. Other people have real problems and I should be ashamed of myself for calling this a problem. LOL. He is right.

Before I do anything so drastic, I will give a chance to this blog. Another round of PR update and if this blog stays 0 then, I’ll say goodbye to it. For the meantime, I should seriously consider posting more entries here and asking other bloggers to exchange link with this blog. But I am not sure if there are eager bloggers who wants to ex-links with a PR 0 blog. I will have to ask around (but before that, I’ll have to put the kapalmoks on).

Funny, when I learned that I am pregnant, I though I don’t have to rush about buying preggy clothes because I still can very well fit to my regular clothes and then, when I can finally fit in preggy clothes, I feel it’s not practical to buy them anymore because…well, what will I do with them after a month or two? I bought some of course but I will definitely not buy more. I am just a couple of weeks or so from my due date so buying preggy clothes now is not anymore an option.

But the problem is, I find it more and more difficult to find clothes from my closet that will fit nicely on me. Not only that! All my shoes seem to be smaller too. Blame it on the ability of my body to retain water. It’s incredible! I can’t wear most of my shoes anymore! And the irony of it all, the shoes I can still wear are those that are not really comfortable for a pregnant woman—shoes with heels! So last week, my hubby and I got these for me.

simple and comfortable flats

simple and comfortable flats

black puma ballerina-style shoes

black puma ballerina-style shoes

They’re nothing special but they will definitely serve their purpose. I can wear them with just about anything—shorts, pants, casual dresses, leggings and preggy tops. They are flat and comfortable too! Their sizes are of course a bit bigger than my regular shoe size but I think I will still be able to wear them after all the water from my feet drained out.

Now, I would like to write about people reading my blogs. It’s kind of weird how contradictory my feelings are on this topic. You see, I don’t mind being read at all even if I know that my post can get really personal and crappy sometimes. When I started blogging, I already accepted the fact that my blogs will be open books to all sorts of people to read. I know that and I am cool with that but somehow, the idea that people I know personally are reading my blogs kind of gives me a hesitant feeling.

Is it just me or does any of you share this very same feeling?

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I mean, I don’t mind if my husband, mother, sisters, close family and friends read my blogs but there are just some people who I’d rather not show my blogs to. Like a former classmate, a former colleague, a former neighbor, my husband’s friends and colleagues, or some random acquaintances who I met once or twice in my life. People who I think do not have to be updated about my life. That is why I am very hesitant to link my blogs and twitter account on Facebook. It kind of sucks because I think, I might get some hits if I connect my blogs to my FB account. If only I could tell the people on my FB list that my blogs are off limits to some of them, that would be great (LOL).

Like DMP. I created a FaceBook page for DMP but I don’t like to let all the people know in FB that I started something like that. Weird huh?

I guess, this feeling has something to do about the thing they say: it’s much easier to open up to a complete stranger. For me, it’s easy to open up to people who are very close to me and yes, to complete strangers BUT when it comes to those people who are in between (not so close and are not really strangers), I hesitate.