Hi Jea,
What type of learner are you? do you learn better by seeing or hearing? I am someone who studied for the CA bar on her own (no barbri course, etc.) and I passed on my first attempt. Now, I am a tutor helping (mostly repeat) bar takers with study plans and execution. As I would tell them, what you need is a good MBE program (PMBR Red Book or MicroMash PC program), a good essay program (BarBreakers by Jeff Adachi-- the book coupled with old essays which you can get on the calbar.gov site), and perhaps some reference materials for when you are having trouble with a concept/specific area of law-- so either used BarBri convisor/CA subject books (see craigslist or ebay after March 1 and i bet you will find TONS of them for sale).
If you learn well by hearing, I suggest PMBR's MBE subject CDs. They can be expensive, but you should be able to find a used set. I put them on my ipod and went walking, or when i was in the car-- keeps your time efficient and makes gives your prep. extra "umph."
Best of prep-- as luck is something that only helps a bit in this case-- and please do not hesitate to contact me at
cabartutor@gmail.com or via studyfor if you have more questions or anything else.
:)