Have I stopped shopping?

by Penny on June 29, 2011

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Of course not! Who can ever stop shopping? It’s just that priorities in life change and therefore it changes the time spent on the things we do. The shopping has never stopped but the writing has taken a big step back.

I just wanted to pop in today to say that I’ll try, as and when time permits, to drop a post every now and then. Especially when there’s a useful iPhone app for blogging :)

I would also like to make a note to readers of this blog and customers of Penny’s Online Shop that I thank you for your wondrous support. Penny’s Online Shop is now run by new owners, and had been since March of this year.

It was something I enjoyed doing thoroughly but time has to give way to life, and I’ve chosen to do just that. Hopefully with this new phase if life I’m enjoying I will have mire time to do the things that bring satisfaction to my life. Like writing again :)

Till my next post, have a great time living life everyone. And happy shopping!

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Any recommendations for fish oil supplements?

by Penny on September 23, 2010

I’ve been on the lookout for some fish oil supplement as I’ve read that it’s a pretty balanced supplement for a woman’s health. I haven’t been taking supplements for a while now and am thinking of resuming. But instead of the usual vitamin Cs and multivitamins, I’m thinking of starting on fish oil.

I was contemplating taking evening primrose oil but then I read an article that claimed that fish oil is a better supplement as it has a more well-rounded benefit to a woman’s health than the evening primrose oil. Is that true?

Anyone has any recommendations for a specific brand or type of fish oil supplements? I was looking at the shelves of the pharmacies and came across various types, including Omega-3 fish oil. Now I’m a bit confused and not very sure whether there’s any difference amongst them. If you have taken the different types, please share your feedback and which one worked better for you, ok?

I’m in my mid 30s already so it’s high time to start taking very good care of myself in terms of food intake, health supplements and also some skin care regime in order to maintain youthfulness. Most of us ladies want that, or at the very least to age gracefully, right?

On a separate note, has anyone tried taking any supplements with collagen? I was chatting with a lady who has nice complexion and she says she takes very good care of her skin and hair by taking some supplements and one of them include some collagen pill. I suppose it’s all working out pretty well for her since she doesn’t use any anti wrinkle eye cream and I don’t see any fine lines appearing on her face although she’s already in her 40s.

We sure take pain and effort to maintain ourselves, health and beauty wise. But I think it’s a good thing. Of course not to the point of being obsessed with it. It’s good that we want to take care of ourselves as most ladies, after becoming mothers, tend to forget that they should take care of themselves apart from their family.

I also had just started to realise this and want to do something about it after reading a quote by the famous Jim Rohn. This is what Jim Rohn said: “I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me”. Get the message behind the quote? So if you haven’t already done so, start to take care of yourself for your loved ones if not for your own good :)

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