-
Financial Update & Musings
It’s that time again! I’m finally getting around to updating my goal bars. I’ve received my tax return as well as my GST cheque, so I’ve thrown it into my savings. I had to use about $900 of it to pay of the monstrosity known as my MasterCard bill (Signed up for the Jenny Craig…
-
Beauty Budget Challenge Update
So I’m participating in the April Challenge over at Krystal’s blog. This month I have challenged myself not to spend more than $60 on health & beauty products. I know that seems like a lot, but with spring here it’s time to refresh everything. And I’ve also been running out of some of the things…
-
Geek it out! Jenny Craig Style
Ok so maybe this is going a little bit overboard (?) but I’m setting up an excel spreadsheet to calculate my proposed Jenny Craig menus so I can control costs better. I didn’t mention this before, but it costs on average $150/week or $600/month to eat on JC. It sucks the big one for sure!…
-
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Mother’s Day is coming up soon, so I’ve been thinking of what I can get mummy dearest for her special day. In the past I’ve gotten her spa packages, pedicures, manis, etc. but it’s getting a bit old in my opinion. And also now that I’m on Jenny Craig I just can’t afford that much…
-
Think in Pink?
Spring must be in the air… I am finding myself oddly attracted to pink again! Today I volunteered at a marketing conference all day, and in return they gave me a $50 gift card for the Eaton Centre! Yay! So I went with my coworker N to blow our cards on something frivolous. We were…
-
Financial Update
So, I’ve updated my progress bars to the right, there. I’ve made a couple of stupid moves lately, so I’m in money-saving mode right now. I’m not in debt and probably never will be, but right now I feel as though I haven’t been diligent enough in managing my money. Bad Ginger! Anyway, since I…
-
Can you live without TV?
Dear FB wrote an excellent post the other day on the true costs of watching and owning a TV. I thought this was a truly excellent post because I, myself have realized the cost savings of not having cable. When my roommate and I moved in, she had already been without TV for a while.…
-
Stupid Spending!
Ack! I’m in hot water now! So, you know this weekend how I bought all those lovely new things? Yeah umm… I guess I can’t really afford them at the moment. *sheepish* I just looked at my MasterCard bill and it’s over $1000. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it that high before, other than…
-
Easter Weekend
Well, I had a great Easter weekend this time around, but unfortunately I’ve blown not only my diet but my budget to hell as well! Bummer. The diet woes started on Thursday, I went out with the people from work to Hooters for the night… much beer and fried chicken products ensued. Friday I had…
-
Wedding Costs + Personal Update
Ok, for those 3 imaginary readers that may or may not visit my blog—I’m sorry for the lack of updates! There was a period there where I simultaneously got busier, had nothing to write about and just didn’t feel like writing at all. Hopefully now I can get back on the bandwagon. I don’t think…