I like watching 2 broke girls on tv.

It’s cute, really, the plot of the show is that a rich girl ends up being stripped off of her wealth because her father turned out to be a fraud and she’s living the life of a normal person and adjusting bit by it.

What I love about this is the certain episode where she discovers the wonderful world of coupons and the inhuman discounts that they provide. She ended up forcing her newfound room mate / friend to go shopping with her to the market and collecting all of the coupons from the newspaper stands.

I personally like coupons for personal creations and discount coupons for food on classy restaurants, but they rarely ever do that anymore. Haha.

The coupon queen fight on that episode was just plain brilliant.

Do you often use coupons? What shop and are the discounts worth it? Share it with us, we promise we won’t steal your coupons so much! Haha.

Usually, when you want to get huge discounts on items, we wait for the holidays. However sometimes, holidays are so far away. So what do we do? Well, maybe you should try searching for an online auction.

Actually, a friend of mine recently suggested this to me. I tried it and it was really great! A lot of items are on auction and they have very low starting bids. The process is simple, you just need to create an account to be registered. Then you are all set. Just find some items you which interest you then place your bid. The bidding continues for a few days and when the bid closes, the highest bidder gets the item. So you must be thinking how you can get a discount if only the highest bidder gets the item? Well, the process takes some luck too. Fortunately, if you are the only one who bid for the item, then you win the item for the price you prefer.

I am still waiting for the closing of the bidding period. Crossed-fingers, I hope I get the item I bid on.

Today is such a nice day! No boss to deal with, to tasks to do, just a free day to waste time and bandwidth on Youtube and Facebook. Anyhow, I’m not very fond of Facebook, and I hate wasting time. I’d rather do something useful on this free day like catch up on the newsletters and SEO trends. But then I remembered that I was supposed to tend to employees request for additional insurance benefits so I guess I’ll work on that one for today.

Good thing it is now very easy to get a full term life insurance quote online unlike before. A few years ago, even though the web was already available, insurance companies never utilized it for service. They preferred one-on-one conversations with clients. Now it’s just type your email and send! it’s that easy.

Anyhow, I won’t be doing that for the whole day. I guess I’ll just read the newsletters then. For now, it’s time for lunch. Later then!

It’s been a while since I last saw my credit card statements with zero balance due. Last month I settled all my debts to have a clean slate for the coming year. The problem is, the zero balance on my statement just made me even more eager to buy things!

So I thought, since I am debt free right now, I must be wiser in purchasing stuff. I have lots of things that I want to buy this Christmas but I listed down only the things that I really need.

On the top of my list is a netbook. I have been wanting to buy this one for a while because I had a hard time bringing my laptop everyday to work. Currently, I have a 17 inch HP laptop which weighs about 5 kilograms with the adaptor (talk about weight-lifting huh). A friend of mine suggested getting a 12 inch netbook – not too small, and not to big either. He recommended two brands, Acer Aspire or MSi. Both have basically the same price and specs, although Acer offers pretty good discounts and includes lots of freebies. I’m planning to compare the two brands tomorrow if I get a chance to go out early from work. I’ll keep you guys posted.

Again, my shop-a-holic instincts were uncontrollable. I can’t believe I already spent half of my midyear bonus after only two days! Last Friday I was looking for new tiles for my kitchen when I saw this beautiful kitchen set on discount. I was planning to get my kitchen renovated but since I instantly fell in love with the displayed kitchen set, I decided to buy it. Yeah, just like that.

It was a good buy actually; I got it for a much lower price than the discounted price (begged for a bigger discount). What I liked about the kitchen is that it is so simple yet easy to maintain and fully functional. The cabinets are made of aluminum instead of the traditional pest breeding plywood. Also, Instead of those hard to clean tiles and grout, it had metal tiles and a stainless steel backsplash. Now I won’t have to worry of staining the kitchen or even burning it. Hmm… I guess I’ll call my friends for a bragging party now!

After more than four years of working in the same company (It’s the first and only company I’ve been affiliated to since I graduated college.), our CEO finally partnered with a renowned HMO and gave all the employees a great medicard coverage.

Thank God. I’m actually VERY health conscious so I go to the doctor with the slightest symptom. Each visit to the doctor, as you know, costs a lot. This is why it’s a great relief to finally have that card in my grasp.

Now I no longer have to go over those cheap insurance companies just to avail of the medical benefits. To cap it off, the company’s paying for the entire medicard coverage! This means aside from the health-related peace of mind that I get, I can also use the rest of my money to just pay for my credit card bills. Hehehe…

Flowers are becoming stylish and are no longer just associated with courting and boy-girl relationships. It can represent all types of affection – a thank you from granddaughter to grandmother, appreciation of a student to his/her favorite teacher, a happy birthday of one girl friend to another, etc.

Unfortunately, and as always, the delicate and striking flowers such as Casablanca Lily, Hydrangea, Holland Tulips, Stephanotis, and the exotic Blue Roses are pretty expensive. For something ephemeral, I often think more than twice before buying flowers for someone (unless the recipient prefers Everlasting, of course). Then again, with discounts like Interflora’s voucher code, you will definitely see my family, relatives, and friends (perhaps even my colleagues) carrying a bouquet of flowers every now and then – from me!

For those interested, Interflora’s voucher code is “web123″ which is worth $4.99 off your order. Do take note that there is a minimum spend of $19.99 to be able to avail of the discount, and the promo period will last until October 31. The good thing about the $4.99 discount is that you can convert it as ”free delivery” or ”free chocolates”. Although chocolates are nice add-ons, I would go for the free delivery if I were you. It’s more practical.