Give Me Back My Five Bucks

We have a change jar at our house that we put toonies, loonies and quarters in. We use it for getting a little treat when we’re out for walks (usually Starbucks), but the main purpose was to save up a little bit to have a nice anniversary dinner together. Well, we counted the change a few days ago, and we’re up to about $90. Sweet! I’m going to bring the change to the bank and take it out in US funds so that we can use it for a nice meal out in Vegas. Speaking of money for Vegas, BF … Continue reading →

Well, here is my budget for December. It’s not much more than what a usual monthly budget for me would look like (just $100 more than last month). The only difference is in the Travel and Car & Transportation category. That’s because we’re planning on going back to the island twice in December (once to see BF’s parents in a couple of weeks, and the other for Christmas). Plus, we’re more than likely leaving the city for the New Year’s long weekend. December Goals: Get away for the New Year’s long weekend. I think we’re set on going north up … Continue reading →

Well it’s the end of another month. I didn’t do too poorly in November, actually. Ended up almost on budget, which is more than I can say for a lot of other months this year. Financial Highlights of the month: I was able to save myself quite a bit of money (over $200) by dropping ICBC extended car insurance and going private with CDI, I bought a GPS for free, and I should have enough Swagbucks left over to buy most of my sister’s Christmas present. Notes: Clothing – I ended up buying a nice sweater from Aritzia, as well … Continue reading →

Over the weekend was BF’s work Christmas party. It was interesting. Met a lot of people I’ve already forgotten the names of. Typical Christmas party atmosphere. Wine was flowing, food was decent … I only knew one other couple, and we hung out with them for most of the night. I completely forgot the party was this past weekend, so I didn’t have much time to get an outfit together. I ended up wearing black trouser pants, black flats, a nice purple silk tank top and a grey wool cardigan – an outfit I’d probably wear to work on most … Continue reading →

Wow am I ever glad I waited a few extra days to buy that GPS I wanted from Amazon.ca. I check Amazon daily to see if the price of the GPS has changed, and today I saw that it was reduced by another $50 (check it out)! That is a HUGE price reduction. The list price of the unit was $402.37. And for the last few months since I’ve been monitoring the price, it has fluctuated between $249.99 – $219.99. But today? It was down to $169.99 so I snapped it up using $157.65 worth of Amazon gift cards from … Continue reading →