Guide to back-to-university
I know. There are a lot of back-to-school help floating around the blogosphere these days but I’m here to give you some back-to-university advice. Because I care 1. Collect as much free frosh swag as...
View ArticleLast tuition payment!
I wanted to wait until today, the official first day of my last semester of university, to post this baby! MY LAST TUITION PAYMENT WAS MADE ON AUGUST 20TH! Anyone who knows my story knows how long this...
View ArticleCPFC 12 Budget
Confession time! I did not have a CPFC 12 budget. I knew that I was going the moment that Krystal announced it and I knew that it would cost a couple of hundred dollars but, in a very bad PF-move, I...
View ArticleHow a good library can save you tons of money
NB: This is a repost of something that I wrote in July 2011. What? I have an exam tomorrow As many of you know, I live in Québec, a predominantly French-speaking province where English is somewhat...
View ArticleI hereby allow myself to be a spendaholic for the rest of the year!
I have decided to increase my allowance. No, I haven’t taken on any new chores, nor have I been doing anything more than the bare minimum in life (sleeping, eating, breathing etc). I know that I don’t...
View ArticleReader suggestion: The Vanessa’s Money Guide to Road Trip Eating
A reader query! I received an email this weekend asking for advice and I decided to make a post about it. Amber writes: I’m going on a trip with [touring company] to Toronto, the zoo and Wonderland...
View ArticleFinally — a grown-up job and a grown-up paycheque.
I haven’t had a real, grown-up, full-time job since before university (summer 2010) of boy, oh freakin’ boy am I glad to be getting regular paycheques again! I’m a paranoid person by nature and so, I...
View ArticleThe real secret to not spending money
I’ve seen a few posts around the blogosphere lately doling out tips to not spend money and so, I’ve decided that I’m going to share my super-effective way. Simply put: Don’t. Spend. Money. I really...
View ArticleI’m not repaying my student loans
Last January I wrote a post talking about how, even though I had the money to, I decided to not pay off my student loans. I did this for a variety of reasons — one of which was my paranoia and need to...
View ArticleThe Cost of Hunting in British Columbia
This is a guest post by Anne at Unique Gifter. My first thought after reading this was “holy freakin’ cow, is Anne ever an intimidating bad ass”. Proceed. Is it cheaper to hunt for meat? 99% of the...
View ArticleWhy I don’t need a million dollars to retire
A million dollars is touted around the PF blogosphere as the magic number that people aspire to have when they retire. I get it — it’s a milestone amount of money and it’d pretty cool to be able to...
View ArticleI spent $18 760.44 this year and it was fabulous
Oh 2013. I started the year off as a great ball of confusion — at the beginning of January I had just decided to not move to Edmonton and was living on a futon in my friend’s laundry room. I was...
View ArticleApril net worth, budget and life updates
Oh hiiiiiiiiiii middle of May! Nice to see you here all spring-like and wonderful. What? April’s update should have come two weeks ago? Unfortunately, I’ve been busy doing a whole bunch of stuff and...
View ArticleMay updates and links — now with more silicone
Happy birthday to me! I celebrated my birthday this past month and it was delightful and completely cry-less for the first time since I turned 20. Finally I’m starting to feel like my life is on track...
View ArticleJune, July and August updates. With pictures!
Hey everyone! I wrote last week’s post on the first day of my sleep diet (more on that later) and COMPLETELY forgot to insert the photos. They were all uploaded and the story was written around them...
View ArticleWhat to do with my extra money??
I accidentally published this today instead of Wednesday. Please ignore the random reference to a post which is not yet published. In Monday’s post (that will only be published next Wednesday — oops!)...
View ArticleKorean English Teacher Budget
I have literally a million reasons why I haven’t blogged in over a month — I don’t like sitting on the floor to write, I have no time, I’m uninspired, trolls are mean, etc. Honestly though, those...
View ArticleSeptember and October Updates
It’s 10am and Le Monsieur is still sleeping! Do you know how great this is?! We live in a tiny one room apartment and he always wakes up before me but NOT TODAY! Today I get to sit here on my computer...
View ArticleNovember Updates — 75% savings rate and ~$3000 NW increase
The Office has absolutely consumed my life these past two weeks. I watched seasons 1 and 2 last Saturday, season 3 last Sunday, season 4 this week season 5 on Saturday and am currently on season 6....
View Article2014 — I saved 52% of my net income
This has been the best year ever! I started this year off with really low spirits. Historically, even-numbered years have been my undoing and thankfully, that worry was misplaced however. After the...
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