Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Here are the new blogs that I’ve added today: Saving Not Shoes My Money Journey Extraordinarily Ordinary Forest on Finance Piggy’s Blog Frugal Dreamer Jack + Jill Fabulous But In Debt Broke and Not So Fabulous Over the Cubicle Wall Moneymate Kate Money Churner Retire at 40 Going through the link requests, I did see that a lot of people who e-mailed me for a request didn’t leave their blog address! So if I missed your blog, please send me an e-mail and I’ll check your blog out! :)

Alright, so I couldn’t wait for Blogrolling to come around, so I just made my own Blogroll, which looks basically the same. I deleted all of the outdated links (blogs that haven’t updated in over a month), and my next step is to add all of the people that have requested a link exchange. I just want to let you know that I don’t add ALL of the link exchange requests I get. I generally add most of them, but I’ve been declining blogs who aren’t writing about personal finance. If you were previously on my Blogroll but I accidentally … Continue reading →

I am finally getting my act together and applying for my passport. I’ve filled out the paperwork, but I can’t find the passport photos I had taken of me about 3 months ago. I’m going to have to go back to London Drugs and get them taken again, which is a pain and a waste of $10. Oh well. Then, I have to mail the paperwork and the photos to my guarantor back home. Who then has to mail it back to me. Once I’ve received all of it, I will have to take a few hours off of work … Continue reading →

A friend of mine just broke up with her long-time BF of 5 years, and she asked if I wanted to go to Vegas with her in January. I declined. Not only do I not have the vacation time, but I just don’t have the money. Which is too bad, because I would have loved to go away with her. I had originally invited her to come to Vegas with me and my friend when we were planning the trip, but she said she didn’t have the money at the moment and couldn’t find another friend to go with. So … Continue reading →

Back on November 23rd, I was interviewed by FB of Fabulously Broke in the City. She has an awesome blog that I read regularly. You can read my interview HERE. Thanks, FB! P.S. Oh, and this is a picture of the Canadian Tuxedo I was talking about in the interview. Except, missing the red plaid overcoat. :) It’s basically jean pants with a jean jacket/shirt.