Nospendver Days 15-30
A week or so ago a recapped the first quarter (15 days) of my no-spend challenge that I started on October 20th. At that point I had only spent $18. While the time seems to have flown by between then...
View ArticleNovember 2014 Spending Recap
Oh hi there…. you remember me right? No …. sorry for my absence, each and every day I promise myself I’m going to blog but then I cannot believe how busy I find myself at work, coping with my attempt...
View ArticleNospendver Days 31-45
Time sure is flying, I can’t believe it’s December and that this no-spend challenge is flying by so quickly. This set of 15 days was pretty easy because of the huge exam I had to write in the middle of...
View ArticleDecember 2014 Spending Recap
I finally got around to recapping December and like I mentioned in my last post I was waiting on over $13,000 of expenses to be reimbursed which gave me many mini not so mini heart attacks. Anyways the...
View Article2014 in review
Yes, I realize it’s mid-January already, I feel like since the start of 2015 I haven’t been able to catch my breath! We rang in the new year with a kiss at midnight and clinked our glasses to the start...
View ArticleNot falling trap to lifestyle inflation
I’ve been in Calgary for a little over 6 months at this point and it feels both faster and slower than I expected. Part of me feels like I never left but the other part of me misses home and misses not...
View ArticleDon’t get offended by people’s money choices, they aren’t personal
Other people’s money is a funny thing. It honestly and truly is. I think the personal finance community is such an anomaly because “normal” people definitely don’t act the same way the rest of us...
View ArticleWe are practicing living off one income
As of March 1st we have officially started to “live” of one income. I put the word “live” in brackets because my paycheque is basically just sitting in a savings account earning a small sum of...
View ArticleFalling off the blogging bandwagon: I had no idea where we stood financially
Some of you may have noticed that since October I’ve been blogging pretty sporadically. Life has been busy, oh so crazy busy but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Since October I’ve been travelling...
View ArticleIt’s supposed to be tough when you’re young
I live in Alberta’s largest city, and most expensive by far. I moved out of my parents house at 21 to live with my boyfriend who is now my loving husband. I’m 24, a recent Alberta School of Business...
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