Gastos!
October 13th, 2006 by C.Posted in Life at Cosmo | 33 Comments »
Working inside a mall is starting to take its toll on my pocket. Daily lunches out, fastfood meriendas, and P100 coffees have been my life since the Summit office moved to Robinsons Galleria a couple of years ago.
It’s not a very frugal life. When I check my wallet each night, I cringe at the sight of just a P20 bill and a few coins, hidden by the various receipts of my numerous food purchases.
This has got to stop, I told myself. But I was reluctant to let go of my resto lunches; it was an essential break for my day and a chance to catch up with officemates about their lives, and actually catch up what else needs to be done at work.
It’s been a struggle to curb my spending, but I’ve gradually learned how to be less galit sa pera when eating out. With the help of my trusty officemates/lunchmates, here are 3 tipid tips we’ve come up with:
I was met with a cool treat last Saturday when I came into the office to do a little work: a film crew was set up for shooting in our offices, with Bianca King and Cosmo cover girl Angelica Panganiban! Fun! Bianca explained that the movie, called Karma, is part of a horror trilogy for the film fest in December. Bianca and Angelica play magazine editors of “Celebrity” magazine, and they each become trapped within an old locket that puts them under its curse when worn.
I totally missed the bagyo. The day the storm hit Manila, I boarded a plane for Singapore for a press trip sponsored by the Singapore Tourism Board. We were the last flight out. And believe me, it was an incredibly bumpy ride. So bumpy that I wasn’t able to eat the food served on the plane…which I usually polish off in 10 minutes, haha.