Senior Year: How to Make/Save Money

We all know that Senior year is the super expensive! Senior bondings, activites, dances, and gradnite!

Here are some tips and ideas on how you can start saving up money for senior expenses!

Extra Change

People really don't think that coins will do anything because they're coins and don't have as much value as bills do, but when you put away all the change you find lying around the house that no one claims that'll add up! Also, at the end of every week grab your wallet and take out all the coins that makes your wallet 10x heavier. Do this for a couple of months and you'll have lots of money saved up! 

The reason why I like doing this is because when you have coins saved up, you're less tempted to use it when you need money to go out. You wouldn't want to break up $5 in coins would you?

When you think you have enough coins stacked up in the corner of your room, go visit your bank or a local grocery store and find the coin machine!

Don't let your clothes go to waste

Is your closet filled with a bunch of clothes but you find yourself wearing the same clothing all the time? Maybe now is the time to start cleaning out your closet.

When you clean out your closet, keep this in mind "If I had the chance to repurchase it, would I?" Clearly, if the answer is no then you should get rid of it. 

Once you're finished with the two piles of "Keep" of "Get rid of" then you can take pictures of all the clothes and set up prices for each item and put them up on a social media site like Instagram, Facebook, or what I like to use is Storenvy! Just make sure that when you ship to charge the correct amount so you're not spending as much as the item is being sold for.

When an item is purchased, but that money aside in a jar.

Homemade snacks/lunch

If you love baking or cooking, this is such a perfect idea! 

I don't know if this is allowed at your school, but people at my school did it! Secretly or openly. At my school, it isn't allowed. But students who are going on the Europe trip selling snacks around school.

You can buy a big tub of cookie dough from Costco or any other grocery store and selling a pack of cookies - maybe 3 for $1. Or you sell spam musubi for $2 each.

At my school these were the top two popular snacks sold by student.

Another one was Tostitos with chamoy! 

So those are some ideas where you can start earning and saving up money for senior activites and events. Hope you guys found this very helpful! I plan on making more posts regarding senior year to help other fellow class leaders and officers out with saving, earning, and planning! I'll be tagging or labeling these posts with School or Senior Year.

Campaign Week! ♡

So, if you guys didn't know already.. I've been back to school for like a month now! It's my fifth week into school, and last week we found out who our new class officers were!

I was running for Class of '15 Treasurer! Last year, I ran for VP, but that didn't work out. And thankfully, I won Treasurer this year! If you look at the picture where there's two girls like piggy back riding a guy and a girl...? Did that even make sense? Anyway, that picture! The tall white boy is our class VP, Robert! The one on top of him, is the class treasurer! Me! To the right, the girl with the flower headband is Justine: Secretary, and on her back is our one and only, amazing 3 term prez: LeAnn! 

In one of the pictures, you'll see one of my ripped posters :( Sadly, I have haters at the school. But, it's okay. Because you guys helped me take down my posters! It's all good, I'm not mad or anything! :)

So yeah! I'm pretty sure this will be an amazing year because the other officers are so great and I can work with my bff, LeAnn! And reunite once again. ♡ ♡ ♡ I was too busy locking myself in the band room, I didn't bother to socialize with anyone; even Lily ;,( Worst friend ever. Gah..

Well, this post turned out depressing. Jk, it won't!

So, I guess I'll update you peeps about what class of '15 officers are going to be up to this year :)

First day back to school! ♡

Classes I'm taking/schedule:

A normal person attending my school will usually only have six periods, but of course.. I'm cool and have seven periods! I was originally not supposed to have an AP class, but I mean.. people said that U.S history was easier than world history. Percussion Ensemble and Marching Band is basically color guard. So yeah!

Also, I'm really sad that I'm only taking Filipino 1/2 so that means I'm stuck with all the freshmen and sophomores that are absolutely just rude to everyone. And I already understand most, just like.. I can't speak fluently. But, whatevs!

You guys, this is my bff and this is our 3rd first day of the school year picture :) It's our like tradition on the first day of school! And I mean, she beautiful and my face is just like as big as a volleyball ♡ 

 What I wore/OOTD:

I wore a tank top/button-up with denim and polka dots and it's from CLOSET. My black skater skirt is from H&M. My shoes are black chuck tay tay's! And my necklace are hearts and it's from Forever 21!

I'm also carrying my white iPhone 4 and my case says "LOVE PINK" obvi from Victoria's Secret, right?!

So, good luck to everyone else on their first day back to school-whenever it may be! And do your best guys!

*Peace out girl scout!*

Another school supplies haul ♡

This is the rest of my back to school school supplies haul! I don't really know what I'm going to need for my classes except, I do know that I'm going to use a binder for my AP U.S. History class! I bought almost everything at Walmart, except for the AP U.S. History book.. I bought that at Barnes and Noble! :)

Btw, I noticed that College Ruled spirals run out really fast at Walmart, so stock up or something guys! I don't know about Office Depot or Target. But better safe than sorry!? Anyway, I hope you guys find this helpful or interesting or not.. Lol. 

I'm so sad because I don't think I'll be able to do my DIY for my binder, but maybe I can do it next time?!

I really like having a spiral with graph paper in it already. I use this specifically for math only! Regardless of whether we're going to graph or not, I just like having graph paper for math. I don't know why! But, I hope my math teacher this year lets us use whatever we want (i.e. binder, spiral, folder, etc.)

I got two of these spirals but I only really needed a picture of one since they're the exact ones. I thought I should just get two because I don't want to be looking for some when I got back to school and get a list of things I need and end up not finding any one subject spirals.

I got a five subject spiral because last year, I really needed one. Guess what?! I spent like two hours inside Walmart looking for a five subject spiral because thats what my Chemsitry teacher wanted and I got to school the next day and everyone in my class has a freaking one subject spiral. But, it paid off because she always commented on how beautiful my gigantic ten pound spiral was! ♡ I like this new spiral because they reinforced the folders so they can last forever; because they usually end up ripping after having it for the first semester.

 I needed printing paper because when you get the decision to type your homework or hand write them, I'm obviously going to type them! Lol. And then, I got a pack of glue just in case I'm going to have one of those teachers that make you glue everything into your spiral or something.

I didn't include this water bottle in the very first picture because it wasn't really something a lot of people use for school. Anyway, a little background to this brand! The brand is called Bubba. My first year in color guard as a freshman in high school, my captain had this gigantic water bottle container thingy that she used. It would keep her water super freaking cold all day long. Even when we were in the sun, it stayed cold. All you had to do was put ice in it! So, I bought myself one. I'll put a link down to show you how big it was! Anyway, that thing didn't fit in my backpack so I don't want to be carrying that thing around school when I don't have practice. But, I also wanted to stay hydrated and I always get thirsty these days.. So my mommy found this at Walmart and told me I should get it ;,) I'm so happy because the first month of school is always so hot and this will keep my water cold, yummy!

Okay, I almost forgot about these beautiful pens! I bought these at the little bookstore inside Mitsuwa! These are my all time favorite pens! They're like $1.36 each, I think? Something like that! But I really like them! They have three more colors that I posted in my pencil case post. I really like them because they're kind of like gel pens and I just like them! 

Back to school must-haves ♡

♥ Basics ♥

·         college ruled line paper

§  I prefer college ruled paper because the lines are narrow and you’ll be able to write a lot more than having wide ruled paper.

·         graph paper

§  I personally like to use graph paper for math! I like to use graph paper even if I’m not graphing anything. The reason why I like it is because when you need to calculate something out or do your number thing, it helps you to stay more organized. So you don’t go around getting confused on what is what and I don’t even think that made sense, but my point was... It helps to stay organized and make your paper look nice and stuff!

·         binder/folder

§  I prefer 1”-1.5” binders because they don’t take a lot of space in your bag

§  Folders can be used to put your homework inside of. You can make one side the “to-do” and the other side the “turn in/finished homework.”

·         pens

§  Basic colored pens most teachers require you to always have are black and/or blue ink pens.

§  Some teachers want you to have red pens for grading each others’ tests or essays.

·         pencils

§  You can have mechanical or just a wooden one? I don’t know! Whichever you prefer.

·         highlighters

§  I like having highlighters in case we take notes in class and I can highlight important things I might want to remember.

·         sticky notes

§  These are good for classes where it’s mostly book work and you can’t really write in the book so you write on the sticky note and just put it onto the page where you found that info.

·         eraser

§  Having a separate erase is good just in case you run out of it on your pencils.

♥ Other things ♥

·         water

§  It’s good to stay hydrated throughout the day! Also, just having some is better than finding a water fountain that has lots of germs.

·         snacks/lunch

§  Don’t starve yourself. You won’t be able to focus in class if you’re hungry. And it’s better than asking other people for food.

§  It’s better to eat smaller portions more frequently than to eat larger portions less frequently.

·         cash

§  Just in case of an emergency, or you forgot to bring lunch and you’re hungry… At least you have some money to go to the cafeteria, ASB, or vending machine to grab some food.

·         lotion

§  Scented or unscented

§  If you’re feeling dry, at least you can moisturize yourself.

·         phone charger

§  In case you forgot to charge your phone last night or if you use your phone a lot during school, at least by having your charger you can always charge it during class or something.

·         headphones

§  If you need some peace during break or something, at least you can jam to your music and not have to listen to other people and other people don’t have to listen to your music.

·         pads/tampons

§  Better to be over prepared than under prepared? Hahah.

·         tissues

§  If you’re like me and you tend to get sick a lot throughout the school year from staying up late and just being tired, it’s good to have some Kleenex in your bag! You never know when your teacher will run out and at least you can freely blow or nose and whatnot whenever you want. You don’t need to wait to get to class or ask other people.

·         headband/hair tie/bobby pins

§  If you guys have some time to study or you guys are taking a test/quiz or taking notes and need your hair out of your face, then at least you have these handy!

What I kept in my pencil case last year ♡

In my opinion, I think that having a pencil is like a great thing. If I forget to bring my pencil case to school, I just feel like going back home and crying because my pencil case is like my best friend in my classes. 

What's inside:

• Hello Kitty lead (0.5mm) holder
• Hello Kitty paper clips
• Hello Kitty stapler
• Sticky notes
• Elmer's glue stick
• Sharpie highlighters (orange, blue, pink, yellow)
• Ballsign pens (baby blue, light pink, red)
• Jetstream black pen 
• Pink ibis Square Basic Sharp mechanical pencil (0.5mm)
• Blue BIC with matic grip mechanical pencil (0.5mm)
• Hi-polymer eraser

I'm mostly reusing everything in this pencil case. I also might add more things to carry in my pencil case since my new one is a little bit bigger :) I only use the pink pencil, and the blue pencil is for people who ask for a pencil in my classes. I use to carry other cute ones, but there was no point. Every time I let other people use my pencil, it either breaks, gets messed up, or they never give it back. So, I just use the big pack of pencils you get for cheap at Walmart or Target :) I like BIC mechanical pencils because when you take tests at my school, they always require you to use "ONLY a #2 pencil" lol. It's true guys.
I carry colorful pens because I can color code things. I use the red pen when we correct tests and what not. The mini stapler comes in handy when you forget to staple your report or something and your teacher's stapler is broken, in use, or your teacher doesn't even have one. So yup! I hope this helped you guys get an idea of things you could put in a pencil case.

Mini school supplies haul ♡

Since it's almost time to go back to school for me, I did a little shopping last week at the Navy Exchange! I told you guys that my favorite brand is Roxy. Anyway! I found the same backpack as my pink and white striped Roxy backpack but it was like blue and white but Jason and my mommy said that I should try a different one. And my mommy thought this was prettier. Lol. So I got this! The thing I like about this backpack is that there's a lot of pockets, my previous one had only three and then a small one inside. But, I still love them both. :p To the side of my backpack, I have an 8 pocket folder thingy! It's so cute! I think it's going to be my favorite thing ever. I like it because it's almost like the little file folder  but you can actually see the papers. I don't know how to explain it! I just think it's cool okay :p Another reason why I like it is because at my school we have six periods and I can use the extra two folders for like "homework" and " finished homework" or something like that, hahah. The maroon looking box is a little index card holder. I got this because it was like less than $1 probably :p I can also use it for my flash cards if I need to remember vocabulary words, little study guides before tests, and use it like flash cards?! Yup! My favorite last thing in the picture is like a little bunny pencil case. I didn't get this at the Navy Exchange. I got it at a store in Irvine and that's like my favorite store ever :3 Anyway, I bought this in like March/April haha. Just a little random fact about me, I'm obsessed with like school and office supplies. I don't know why. But yeah! I hope you guys liked this and have fun school supply shopping! :)

Cute backpacks for school ♡

Summer break is almost over for some of us and I thought it would be a great idea to share some cute backpacks I've found while shopping for my own.
I don't know what you guys like to use for school, but I personally like backpacks better. I carry a lot of things in my backpack so when I use a purse or just any type of bag you carry with only one shoulder, it really hurts that shoulder and like my neck and you get the idea! So yeahhhh! The first two years of high school, I've used a Roxy backpack (the first one shown below).

♥ Roxy ♥

♥ ebay ♥

♥ Vera Bradley ♥