Jing-Jing's Journey to Frugality: January 2015

Friday, January 23, 2015

Belle De Jour Power Planner 2015 Has Arrived!

Hi,

I should have written this post yesterday but I was too busy with work, I have sleepless nights this week :( .

I have received the Belle De Jour Power Planner 2015 yesterday at 9:00 am in the morning. The mail man buzz our doorbell and he handed me the package, yay the smile on my face was very wide when I received it. :) I consider this planner as a gift to myself this year since I really need to be organized. I've been very disorganized last year and this planner would be the answer for this attitude this year 2015.

When I open the package I was impress on the cover of the planner, it was hardbound, girly and classy, my type of planner. I've been eyeing on this planner for about a 2 or 3 year already and been wanting to have this very badly but i am not financially capable at those times, so this year is a blessing because I had it finally on my hand. I've also join the contest of Kristine on her Real Asian Beauty blog but I was not pick as the winner, so I've been a bit sad about that. But the hope I had to have this planner has not banish so I did order on the I Love BDJ website via paypal payment. Actually I had joined the contest of Kristine for me not to be able to buy this anymore, the frugal lady attitude of mine strike me that is why I joined, hehe. But for this planner, I am willing to spent PHP 598 just to have it. I also want to reward myself this time around. I actually loved to write and read, I have my notebook which is given by a friend to me where I usually wrote my feelings if I am sad, happy or anything but that notebook has few pages left for me to write on so I decided to buy this planner.

At first glance on the pages, I am quiet confused on the pages, haha. I don't understand the MIT section of the planner at first but when I browse their FB Page, it was meant to be a "Most Important Task" haha now I know what it is. The planner has a section where you can write your goals for 2015, a Happiness List, the Dream Board, 2015 BDJ Checklist, and many more. For a PHP 598 Planner, this is really worth it :) and I love it very much!Yay I am soo happy :) I take some photos of it, see below:

The cover

First page

I started 4th week of Jan, I started Jan 22.

Then put my schedule for this month, this is not yet complete.

Thank you God for letting me having this power planner this year 2015 :) I am looking for a better Angelie this year. My motto this year is "Worry less = Happy Angelie" :)

Till my next post.

Cheers,

Friday, January 16, 2015

Late Christmas 2014 Update

Hi,

How are you? It is now January 2015 and this post was very late for me to do but I think it's better late than never, right? :)

My 2014 Christmas celebration was a blast!!!I cannot compare it to the other Christmas celebration I had because this Christmas was being spent with my entire Dag-uman family, my mother's maiden family name is Dag-uman so it was very rare for us to be together especially during Christmas. Most of my cousins and aunt are already living far from us so it is very impossible that we can be together often but this time it became possible. I am very blessed and happy it happened last year. God is so amazing! :)

My mom's sister's and brother came into our house to celebrate Christmas with us, it was not actually planned but it happened, it does not only surprise me but it does surprised my mom a lot, seeing her happy make me a happy daughter too. I then immediately went to the city to buy gifts for them and I don't care how much I spent but as long as I can share to them the blessings I have in this precious moment of the year. We had a little games played during the evening and it was very fun. My Auncle, Cousins and Aunt's danced in our very small living room area. Below are some of the photo's I got during the Christmas evening.