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A Financial Reckoning
So I’ve been whinging on here lately that I don’t know where all my money is going, my savings are depleting, yadda yadda. Well tonight I finally sat down and took stock of everything. I’ve had to reevaluate some things and cut others out completely, but I think I have a plan in place now…
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The Ways of Frugality
So earlier today I wrote about how I let my credit card get away from me recently… Now I’m not in debt and never have been, but I have certainly seen some lean times which cause me to go into saving mode. My recent stupid actions have pushed me into that saving mentality again. When…
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The Last Day of Freedom…
Well, today is my last relaxing day at home before I head back into the office. They’re not expecting me until tomorrow, but since the surgery and recovery went so well I was actually thinking of going in today, a day early. I even got up and dressed, but then… I just didn’t feel like…
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GWS Readers: Help me with this wedding crap!
I’m not going to lie, I’ve been feeling a little stressed about my friend T’s wedding and related activities. Money has been tight with me lately and now I’ve got to get my eyes zapped again in the middle of the month (more on that later) and she has just told me of another cost…
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Money Goals Update
So umm, I’ve not been doing too well lately with money. I’ve incurred a lot of expenses for various things (NIN tickets, train tickets to Ottawa, T’s bachelorette, clothes) lately, and have jumped back on the diet bandwagon, so that spending has gone up as well. Although… I’ve just updated my progress bars, and things…
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The Frugal Bachelorette Weekend
In my post below I outlined a few of the things that we did for my best friend’s bachelorette weekend. What I didn’t mention is my surprise at how little it cost us in the end. Just for perspective, I was estimating the personal cost to be somewhere around $200 each for the weekend, since…
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Wedding Update
So, this past weekend was a long weekend for those of us in Canada and was therefore the perfect weekend to have a bachelorette party! I’ve mentioned before that my best friend T is getting married in August. I am one of her bridesmaids, so me and M (another one) put our heads together and…
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Do I deserve a raise?
The topic of raises at work has been circulating around the Blogosphere a lot recently, and it got me thinking. I’m due for a “salary review” in July, and I have no idea what to do about it. At my last job I really had no idea what I was doing and I hated the…
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The Vespa Investigation
A while back I blogged about possibly getting myself a scooter to get around the GTA in the pleasant months. I was hoping to get one pretty soon, especially since the TTC strike put a real kink in my plans. However, after a little investigation into costs and logistics, I’ve decided to put off my…
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April Budget Challenge Update + May Goals
Well, it’s the closing of the month and the beginning of another, what a great time for an update on challenges! As you know, I’ve been participating in Krystal’s April budget challenge. I challenged myself not to spend more than $60 in the month on beauty products. For me, this includes things like shampoo, hair…