Ramblings of a Perpetually Tanned Filipina

Yesterday, I found out that CVS is having their clearance sale on makeup - 50%-75% off. I rushed to the nearest CVS in my area and I felt like I was in makeup heaven! I wanted to buy everything that was 75% off, but I am no Paris Hilton, so I just settled for something I can afford. Here are the stuff that are on sale at the CVS that I visited today- prices may vary in every store.  Physician's Formula Prices:  Happy booster blush pink- $3.12 (saved $9.37) Happy booster blush warm -  $ 3.12 Cashmere bronzer - $3.62 (saved $10.87) Organic mascara (not in photo) - $2.49 (saved $7.50) Revlon  Colorburst lip butter pink -  $ 1.99 (saved  $ 6.00) Colorburst lipsticks -  $ 2.49 each (saved  $ 7.50/pc) Just bitten lipstains -  $ 2.32 (saved  $ 6.97) Super lustrous lip glosses-  $ 2.19 (saved  $ 6.60) Revlon nail polish-  $ 1.45 each (saved  $ 4.34) Revlon Colorstay Whipped Foundation - 3.49 (sa...

I'm on a standstill. I feel so lost - I have lost myself into oblivion and I don't know if I can find myself again. All I see is darkness - I feel weak and hopeless. When will this agony end?  I want to be thankful for the blessings I have received, but the pain and challenges over shadows all the good things that are happening to me.  I feel like there's a dark cloud above me that just won't go away. It just sits there and I think it waits for me to feel really down and rain will just pour and wash way everything that I have left - my strength, hope, determination... everything. This feeling is killing me. When will the sun shine again? I want to quit. I can't quit. I wish I was a kid again, so I won't have to worry about grown up stuff. Growing up is hard, no one told me it is going to be easy in the first place. Who was I kidding?  I have to get out of this rut and be my strong, sure self again. This feeling is tiring.  I need that little glimmer o...

Times are tough, that's why I was convinced by my friend to start couponing. I just started a week ago and bought a Lysol automatic kitchen soap dispenser for $1. I was like a kid who got a candy for free from the store when I went outside Publix. After that, it is my goal to save as much money as I can when shopping. I don't think I'd end up as a hoarder too, 'coz I am also giving most of the stuff I am getting with my coupons, to my family in the Philippines. Filling up a care (balikbayan) box is expensive if you pay full price for all the stuff you buy, and I don't have the budget for that. Thank goodness coupons exist!  Original price - $9.99 On sale for $8 Manufacturer's coupon for $3 Store coupon $4 This second trip I made, I made on my own without my friend's help, so I didn't save as much, but I'm still glad that I didn't have to pay $60 something for everything! SRP: $64.36 Paid after coupons: $24.82 Today, my friend helped me ou...