A lot of how my week went can be seen in how I spend. I'm trying to save money right now because I just spent most of my allowance paying for my credit card dues. I wanna start the next month on a clean slate without any debt. So yeah, watch me struggle lol.
- Dinner at Mary Grace - 1,188.29
- I had bangus silog with rosemary rice, carrot cake, and hot americano. Urielle and I shared cassava chips, which was lovely! It's like very thin kropek with a delicious onion dip. Definitely will try agin.
- Coffee at Starbucks - 190.00
- My usual tall vanilla sweet cream cold brew. Strong, creamy, not too sweet.
- Parking at Three Parkade - 170.00
- I'm getting used to parking here.
- Lunch at Nono's - 783.48
- I had coddled egg with truffle mash, hot long black, and waffles. I loved it. Their chicken and waffles is also good! Jeckie got the one with southern rub, kinda like cajun. It was delicious! And so today, Nono's got redeemed. We really didn't want to eat here as we were disappointed twice already in the past. It seems like breakfast is their strength, and third time's the charm. Their waffles are more like croffles (waffle shaped croissant) so I can't compare it to my favorite waffles (Pancake House) hehe. They're very good though!
- Dinner from Hia Lek (Grab) - 480.00
- I had a lot of meetings tonight so we decided to order in. As usual I got krapow with rice and egg, lemongrass juice, and mango sticky rice! Love it!
Wednesday - 1,375.36
- Lunch at Poco Deli - 675.36
- I had pulled corned beef and hot americano. I just realized today that I actually love corned beef. From the cheap carne norte ones to the more expensive brands like Delimondo/Palm/Tulip. There's nothing to hate. And the homemade ones, pulled beef or slab, so much better. 👌
- Parking at Unimart - 50.00
- Dinner at FitFuel - 650.00
- Fetched Koomi at daycare. It was evening rush hour so we decided to park at Pioneer Center instead and grab dinner. Boy is it crazy in this side of town. As usual, Pioneer was filled with stupid and undisciplined drivers, blocking yellow boxes, counterflowing, overtaking, and lane grabbing. It look us like 15 minutes just to get inside PC and we were right at the crossing!
Thursday - 1,072.00
- Day pass at Anytime Fitness - 500.00
- Coach isn't back until mid August so we had to workout ourselves. Tried Anytime Fitness nearby and it was okay. But it's a bit expensive to do it 3x a week. Will try other options. Condo gym can get crowded, and has less equipment too.
- Coffee at Starbucks - 190.00
- The usual!
- Sous vide container - 382.00
- Jeckie bought a second hand sous vide machine from a neighbor and we're very excited to try it! Thus, the container! And ziplocs to follow! 😊
Urgh why can't I have a sub-1k day for once??
Friday - 50.00
- ClassPass trial - 50.00
- This is the only thing I spent on today. ClassPass trial gives you 28 credits for just 50 pesos, good for 14 days. We figured since we don't have PT sessions for now, we'll just get open gym access to wherever our trial credits take us. So far we've booked open gym time at Activate. There aren't a lot of nearby open gym options for the trial credits. But I've seen promising ones like The Health Club at Makati Shang, Rockwell Athletica, and Devarana Fitness at Dusit Thani Hotel.
Saturday - 1,824.38
- Yoh Yogurt drink - 155.00
- As post-workout. Yoh Yogurt used to be where Koomi is at SM Light. It's tastes good, but not as good as Koomi. We feel like those that replaced Koomi took over their inventory so they have the same Australian style yogurt which has a great tanginess to it. Joee in Unimart Capitol Commons is a good example. Tastes almost like Koomi but they offer less variety. Koomi used to be in their place too.
- Dinner at Maisen -1,029.38
- Had katsu set and potato salad. Yum!
- Dessert at M Bakery - 465.00
- First time to try tres leches and OMG it's so good!!! It's not too sweet and it pairs so well with strawberries. The sponge cake was sitting in milk which I found interesting but grabe the milk is so good. I love it.
- Coffee at Highlands - 125.00
- I can't help it! We bought something from Landmark and I knew there's Highlands Coffee just across so yeah, got a medium iced mocha.
- Parking - 50.00
Sunday - 674.00
- Merienda at BRTO - 340.00
- I had birria burrito and house blend iced tea. So good! Went to Promenade at Greenhills to have my dyson submarine serviced. The mop attachment is having issues with leaking and sucking water in. I hope they fix it, better if they replace it.
- Red mango - 95.00
- First time to try Red Mango. Finally! It's sweet and creamy and almost like White Hat but it's too sweet for me hehe.
- Parking - 50.00
- Badminton - 114.50
- Spider-Man Homecoming - 74.50
- We couldn't find it streaming anywhere so we had to rent a copy at Apple TV.
So how did I do last week?
Grand total - 7,807.51
I'm averaging 1.1k per day which is uhm, not ideal lol. That's gotta change, but also, I just need to clear my current debt so that I can afford a 1k/day spending. Maybe that should be my limit. I think the major culprit it heading out, as it opens a lot of temptation to spend money on food.