Give Me Back My Five Bucks

I’m going home this weekend (again) to work. I’m getting sick and tired of traveling so much (I’ve traveled 7 weekends in a row), so I’m kind of glad that after this weekend, I won’t be traveling home again until the weekend before Christmas. Although, next weekend BF and I are going hiking, and the weekend after that we’re going camping for our 1 year anniversary. BF is driving me to the ferry terminal and picking me up, so transportation will only be $27.30 round trip. I don’t plan on doing much this weekend. I want to get a lot … Continue reading →

This evening was fun. BF picked me up from work, and we went to a little Vietnamese restaurant around where he lives. This was our 3rd time there, and it’s quickly becoming “our place” for dinner. The staff are super friendly, the food is healthy and delicious, and the price is cheap! You can get a bowl of Phở for about $5.50. Anyway, after dinner we bundled up and went for an hour-long walk. We talked a lot about where we were going to go traveling, and the best way to see all of the places we want to see. … Continue reading →

Damnit. I accidentally made a $100 online payment to a credit card that I don’t even have activated. I think the only way to get that money back is to activate the card and use it for the next $100 worth of purchases I need to do. Although now that I think about it, I don’t even know where the card is. I might have cut it up. Hmm.

For the past couple of years, I’ve been using Elizabeth Arden 24 hr. Perpetual Moisture face cream ($49) and eye cream ($39). Definitely expensive, but it works. Previous to Elizabeth Arden, I was using Avène, which is specifically for sensitive, dry skin. Anyway, I was in London Drugs shopping for a new moisturizer and eye cream. They had an awesome deal where if you buy an Avène face cream, you get the eye cream ($22 value) for free. I bought the Hydrance Optimale Light for $34. Which is so much cheaper than the EA stuff I’m used to using. Plus, … Continue reading →

I was talking to a friend yesterday about money. I was lamenting about not having saved as much as I would have liked to save this year. I don’t like talking about money with friends, so I didn’t really go into detail about it, I just casually mentioned it. He told me to look at my good friends. He asked, how many of them could we really call “successful,” 2.5 years out of college. I mean, he’s right. Most of my friends are still up to their eyeballs in debt, and working low-paying jobs that they despise. Not that finance … Continue reading →