No More Paper Receipts - How to Eliminate & Organize Your Receipts

Do you ever have the "Big Fat Wallet" Syndrome?  It's when your wallet has so much stuff in it, that you can barely close it and it is seriously about to BURST!!!  We wish it was because there is too much money in your wallet, but we all know it's because of those pesky receipts that we keep in our wallets.

I try to clean mine out every so often, but I always end up throwing away the receipts that I needed, or never throwing it away.  I used to throw all my receipt in a box.  But I never got around to throwing them away, so it just piled up.  Usually I shop frequently at few stores who are willing to give you store credit for items you don't have receipts for.  Sephora was one of them.  However, recently, they have gotten very strict about even giving you store credit if you don't have a receipt.  And you all know I shop a lot at Sephora! 

Recently, I found two helpful iPhone apps to help you scan your receipts/ more like take a picture and organize your receipts for you. 

1. Shoeboxed (FREE on iTunes)
You can take pictures of your receipts and you can add notes.  You have to create a user account before you can start using the app.  But you can also access all your receipts and information on the web account.  So if you ever need to print out your receipts.  Or you can use a scanner and add it on-line using a computer as well.

 2.  Lemon.com Wallet (FREE on iTunes)

This app actually does more than keep copies of your receipts.  You can scan your membership cards, create reports, keep track of budgets in each categories.   Also you create an account which allows you to access your account on your computer as well.  And this app has auto detection which detects the amounts of your items from your receipts.  You don't need to create an account to start using (which I like).

 

Both apps were very easy to use.  I haven't decided which one I like better, so I'm going to continue to use both for awhile.  And in the meantime, I'll continue to ask each stores if they would be willing to take copy of the receipts, so I know I can eventually eliminate all my paper receipts.

Will you switch to electronic copies of receipts?  Is this the future?

Bracelet/ Watch Organization

Happy Monday everyone!  Getting closer to my 100th post!  Which reminds me I need to start picking out the gift for the GIVEAWAY!  Also to all my friends, subscribers, and any readers... thanks for stopping by and leaving me messages.  I know I started the blog to just write and share information, but it's nice to get feedbacks! :) 

Anyhow... Just bought something for organizing my bracelets and wanted to share with you because it ended up looking nicer and neater than I initially thought when I bought this.  I was never really a bracelet kind of person, but now adays, there are so many cute arm candies and I think stacking bracelet is very trendy!

I also should do other jewelry organization post, but my other jewelries are actually not organized as I like them to be at this time. :)

I bought a three tier velvet wrapped bracelet/ watch holder from eBay for $18 and change.  It was shipped from Hong Kong but I got it in about a week, which is pretty fast (considering shipping was free too!)

But when it arrived there was a little tear on one of the rolls.  I was afraid it will continue to rip, so I put a tape on it and hid the area.  I contacted the seller and they told me they'd credit me $3.  I told them $6, so they agreed.  So I actually got this for $12.  Not bad. lol 

I can't say it's the greatest quality in the world, but it will do the job and it actually looks like some sort of decoration in my room. :)

Once I organize my rings, necklaces, and earrings, I will do another post on how I organize those.

Hope everyone is having a fabulous Monday! ♥

Confessions of a Product Junkie

What kind of problems does a product junkie have?  Major overcrowding in the bathroom!!!

I have too many hair, skincare, cleaning, makeup products in my bathroom and my bathroom countertop isn't very big.  So I've tried couple different ways to arrange my bathroom and it always turns into a big ass pile of products...

Last Friday, I was on a mission.... On a mission to clean up my mess and come up with a system that I can maintain!!!

So I went to Marshalls... Why? So I can buy MORE stuff to organize my bathroom! hahaha  Oh the life of a product junkie... or is it a shopaholic?  Well, shopaholics buy things they don't need.  Product Junkies buy things they DO need. haha So there!

I wanted something to help me stay organized.  So... I ended up picking up three things.

One:  A Black Letter/ Magazine Wall Organizer for $9.99.  I wanted to use this to put miscellaneous skincare stuff.  Isn't it cute?  And CHEAP!!!

 TWO: I happened to find same set as the letter/magazine holder.  This one was two pen holders that happened to be joint together.  This one was $6.99!!!  Boo Yeah!!!

 THREE: Pink/White Hand Towels (set of four) for $7.99



And I turned my mess into this.  I know it still looks kind of crowded, but BELIEVE ME when I say it did not look organized before!!! I really like this set up!  I've maintained the cleanliness since Friday, and it works well with my routine. 

I have my lotion, sunscreen, cotton/tissue, q-tips in the letter organizer. Then I have my hair brushes and the blow dryer in the pencil holder.  It holds my blow dryer in place and it fits perfectly!!! I lined the bathroom counter with the towel to stop the water from sneaking into my metal organizers. 

In the middle, I have my elf makeup brush holders to hold all my makeup brushes, mascaras and eyeliners.  BTW, I'll do a post on the cheap useful E.L.F. items.  As a sneak peak to my future post, that brush holder is only $15, while Sephora sells the same one for $40!!! What a deal!!!



Well that's all for now!  Two posts in one day to make up for lost times!  :)

I'll be doing a picture tutorial on how to curl your hair (loose waves) and show you my hair tool collection.  :)  Coming soon!!!

From straight to wavy hair

And I'll show you the cool stuff I discovered at my last visit to The Face Shop!

Here's me signing off in my " I'm so happy, I'm not going to work on a Monday (President's Day) Look!" I love wearing whatever I want!!! hahaha  Till next posts readers!!!  Thanks for reading!!!