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Money Goals, Networth, Etc.
Emergency Fund Goal: $6,000 Current: $2,162.18 Rainy Day/Condo Fund Goal: $5,000 Current: $163.54 Fun & Travel Fund Goal: $5,000 Current: $50 Wedding Fund Goal: $5,000 Current: $2,512.74 ————— This post written by Ginger at Ginger Won’t Snap. Like what you read? subscribe here!
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Financial Update
*sigh* things are not looking good! My networth seems to be steadily declining for several reasons: My RRSPs are tied to the market as mutual funds, and the economy/market is not doing well lately A combination of poor spending habits and my friend’s wedding created a huge CC bill to pay Lately I’ve been pretty…
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Ginger Sets a Budget?
This blog started out as a personal finance blog, and lately I feel as though I have been drifting away from that topic, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it’s time to get back to my roots! In a lot of the blogs I read, the bloggers challenge themselves yearly, monthly and sometimes even…
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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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Summerlicious is Delicious!
Sometimes I really love living in Toronto. There always seems to be something going on, especially in the summer. Right now, Summerlicious is on until Sunday. What is Summerlicious, you ask? Well, aside from being totally fabulous, Summerlicious is a span of 2 weeks when a large amount of the fancy-pants restaurants and bistros in…
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Splenda Fine, HoneyBunch!
You know that I love youuuuuu! I can’t help myself… I love you and nobody else! Dun Dun DunDun! (do you remember that commercial?) Haha I’ll bet you’ve got that song/jingle stuck in your head now! Sorry for the lack of posting lately. I’ve been simultaneously busy and exhausted. I keep getting home and falling…
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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…