I remember the loooongest receipt I have ever had was during the book grab event I was fortunately able to joined. That event was by FullyBooked, a Filipino chain of bookstores, where they handpicked people who sent out entries where I was luckily picked to join. During that event I have gotten around Php 50,000+ worth of books! Hence the reason why our bookshelf contains 80% of my books, and just 20% of my sister's. That was one dream that came true 😍

Anyway, we are obviously being steered away by the main purpose of this post, which is a show-and-tell of the books I have bought in a significant price slash. You see, National Bookstore, the rival bookstore of FullyBooked in the Philippines, usually has these massive book sales which enables a lot of Filipinos to stock up on amazing titles.

Nuff said

Their most previous one, the Great Warehouse sale (which I have also blogged about HERE), which happened last March was a feast for bookhoarders bookworms like moi. But what's good about this sale was the fact that they did not only sell books but also school supplies, and that includes art materials-I'll get to that in a bit. Soooo, wothout further ado, let me share my haul to inspire everyone to go to the next booksale with meeeee😍 damay damay na ituuuuu 👍


Big chunk of this haul goes to kids' books! For those who don't know, I have the most lovable 4 year old niece, Julianna, to whom I am trying to influence my love of books.

My mini me

Since it's here moving up day in her school the next day, I decided to gift her with books! Lelssss para ma-justify yung ginastos.

This is actually the first book I saw amongst the myriad of children's books that time, and I remember being instantly smitten by it because of the beautiful art style done in this book. Original price was around Php 300 to Php 400, but was able to score this for only Php 70+!


I think originally this was around Php 300+ as well, but got this for less than Php 100

From Php 450 to Php 100+

Not sure about the original price, but I got this for only Php 33! 😨

Pretty sure this is around Php 120-ISH

Around Php 120-ish as well

I, for a certain moment, was actually thinking if I should keep the Alice in Wonderland for myself! Wahahaha 🙃🙃🙃🙃 I mean, the art style done on this illustrated book just sparked one of my #lifegoals, which is to illustrate a children's book! Since I have already read this as a young kid, perhaps it's time to introduce Julianna to this lovely tale.

 I am a huuuge sucker for fashion books, so when I found out that there are also fashion coffee table books scattered around for me to loot, my heart (and bank account) were #shooketh. One particular book that I have always had my eye on was this Map My Style activity book, which I find quirky, informative, and slightly pricey. But lo and behold, from its original Php 300 to 450+ price tag, I got this for less than Php 100! Such a steal, indeed 😍

From Php 890 to Php 60, I kid you not.

Now, now this one has the most ridiculous price slash amongst the goodies I have acquired. This book is originally priced at Php 1,290, which is a norm for fashion books to be honest. Since I have always had this vision of acquiring a lot of fashion books then have a sprawling collection of fashion reference in the future, I am always on a hunt for books like this. At first I thought probably the lowest price this could get would be around Php 200+, oh but noooo! I was wrong, thank God! Believe it or not, this book is only Php 7! I kid you not, this book is basically a giveaway already! 😂 Who am I to say no to this???

Drumroll pleeeeease! Amongst my purchases, this is my most favorite! The last time I bought coloring stuff was last October during my Japan trip, and since then I refrained from buying anything else given that I haven't really used up all my tools recently. But my art material spending dryspell had come to a quick halt when I saw these babies! A piece of Sennelier I'Aquarelle is around Php 300+, so imagine if you wanna build a palete of 12 colors just how much your wallet would suffer and cry? But lo and behold, I was able to see these babies from a discarded pile of junk near the entrance! Since the box were full of packaging of folders, people did not give a sh*¥ to it. Luckily for me, my gut told me to check it out, then tadaaaaah! These babies were retailed for Php 60+ each! What's good is it fits perfectly to my existing Prima Watercolor palette 😍🖌🎨

There are more stuff that I bought, but since most of them were gifts I was not able to take a photo it. Anyhoooo, I can't wait for more book sales in the future-but then again, my reading pile is already bursting, so should I stop myself?

Duly noted, Mr. Trump

Love Always,
Nicole 😍