Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Okay, well I’ve had a bunch of you ask to post details about my trip, so here it goes. The first 2 days we were there, we ran into a tropical storm. It was super windy and rained like hell. But it was still so humid that we were in the ocean every day anyway. The temperature ranged anywhere from 30-35C during our trip. And then the rest of the trip was sunny and beautiful. We knew we were taking a risk by booking at the beginning of storm season. The weather could have been better, but it was still … Continue reading →

This was a weird month. I still didn’t adjust my budget to account for taking on more of the household costs now that BF is in school. So I went over on my budget. Plus I did a lot of driving around with my parents in town before we left for Mexico. BF has some tree trimming jobs lined up for July, and we’re thinking he’ll probably have to get a PT job while he’s in school. June Goals: $600 into Retirement Portfolio (RRSP & TFSA). CHECK! $200 into Emergency Fund. FAIL! I used most of my cash flow this … Continue reading →

Monday 28th No Spend Day – vacation! Tuesday 29th No Spend Day – vacation! Wednesday 30th No Spend Day – vacation! Thursday 1st No Spend Day – vacation! Friday 2nd No Spend Day – vacation! Saturday 3rd $125 8 days parking at Vancouver airport (that’s the price WITH the online coupon in the Economy Lot) +$50 (Mom gave me some $$ for parking) Sunday 4th $33.89 gas $5 Subway TOTAL = $113.89 I wasn’t originally going to park my car at the airport because it’s just so expensive. But it turns out BF wouldn’t have been able to pick me … Continue reading →