My 2015 "52-Week" Money Challenge!

Last year, this money saving post by Kuripot Pinay went viral and I definitely took notice yet at that time I wasn't too keen on doing any saving up. Definitely a choice I regretted later on. Now that I'm 23 and it's 2015, I've decided to try out the money saving challenge till I encountered a little glitch. 
The challenge was pretty simple. Start saving for the first week at P50 then add the same amount for every week after. At the end, you could save up to P68k! I thought to myself that saving P50 is pretty easy but then having to add fifty to 51 more weeks gets pretty heavy especially for someone like me who still has no stable income (I'm a reliever nurse. No work=no pay.)
If you do the math, I'd have to save P2k per week around the "BER" months. Duele comigo! So I kept looking online for a money challenge that's easier for me to actually accomplish. I then stumbled upon Minimum Compliance's post. She mentions in her post that @emridao (Twitter) came up with the modified table with several options such as saving P20, P30, P40, P50 and P100 per week. You can save at least P27.5k and as much as P137k with this modified table.
Then I stumbled upon a table that was even easier. This time it was posted by All I Can Handle. This modification allows people to save on increments of P5! Yes, you end up with only around P6k by December but that's not bad at all... Right? 

I've decided to use a P20 per week scheme and I hope to save P27k by December 2015 because I plan on using the money for my thesis expenses. Wish me luck!

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DIY : Cute Bow Flats

Hello sweethearts! I know I've been M.I.A the past few days. Life has been a bit busy for me but today I'm back to share a quick D.I.Y project...

I'm more of the "flats" type of girl because I find them easy to walk & run in. I'm a busy body and need  to wear footwear that help me accomplish my errands without giving me that *ouch* factor I get when I wear heels.

One of the basic flats I have in my collection is this random pair of black flats that I got at the local mall a few months ago for only P200. As you can see it's just a plain black color with a bow in the front. That bow used to have golden "clasps" which fell off after two weeks. (LOL!) So now my once "pretty" flats are pretty DRAB and BORING.

Since I'm a bit low on funds and can't afford to buy a new pair of flats, I decided to look for a way to spruce up this old pair and make them look a bit "new"... And all I really needed were this clip on bow hair accessories which cost me P36/3 pairs!

I got a baby pink pair, a teal pair and a bright coral-peach pair.

They are super easy to use too! All I did was clip them onto the bows on my flats and *poof!* instant "new" cute bow flats!

I initially wanted to glue them on, but decided against it so I can go between different bow colors without having to deal with possibly ruining my flats with the glue... Cool, eh?

Watch out for my next D.I.Y project where I turn another pair of old flats into a pretty glittered one! 

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