Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Monday 9th + $191.60 expenses refunded from work + $51 refund from ICBC $129.09 Superstore (groceries) Tuesday 10th No Spend Day! Wednesday 11th $17.62 Taco Del Mar Thursday 12th No Spend Day! Friday 13th $17.70 dessert (whoops) $24.63 T&T $38.96 gas Saturday 14th $21.61 breakfast & snacks (for drive to hike) $13.38 map $31.80 groceries for hike Sunday 15th $5.80 ice cream $10.77 Subway $39.78 gas TOTAL = $108.54 Well our hiking trip over the weekend was a huge bust – more on that in another post. Because of that, we ended up car camping and touring (driving) a whole … Continue reading →

So my sister and I are planning our annual Sister Trip for the year. Last year we went on an Alaskan cruise, and this year we went to Mexico, but that wasn’t a real Sister Trip. So we’ve decided just to go up island to Coombs. :) Although, for those of you who’ve been to Coombs, you know how cute and awesome a day trip there can be. We try to go every year to wander around and see the goats. Plus we’re in love with their jalapeño cheese bread from the bakery and salt water taffy. Oh, and we always make sure … Continue reading →

Well after our epic long weekend hiking fail, we’re planning an overnight hike tomorrow with 2 or 3 of BF’s friends. It’s about a 3.5 hour drive from Vancouver, then onto some logging roads. We’ll hike in and camp by a gorgeous looking lake (none of us have ever been into that area before), and then summiting at least 1 mountain. There are a couple of others that we might do if we have enough energy. The area looks great – lots of alpine hiking. I really dislike bush whacking or hiking in the forest for too long. There’s just … Continue reading →

Yesterday as I was driving home from work, I got rear ended while sitting at a stop light. I wasn’t hurt, but my poor car has a bunch of scratches and a huge hole in the bumper. :( And the guy who hit me didn’t even say sorry! He acted as if I was being a nuisance, asking for his license and insurance. And he was tapping his foot impatiently as I wrote down all of his information and took photos of the front of his car. I was worried because I have private insurance through CDI and didn’t want … Continue reading →

So for the last year or so I’ve been using an Excel spreadsheet to track my finances. The only reason I’ve been using Excel is because my PC emulator on my iMac kept getting an error so I couldn’t access my Quicken program in Windows XP (Quicken was the only reason I even had a PC emulator on my computer in the first place). I had Quicken for Mac that I could have used, but for those who have tried it before, you know just how awful it is. It is seriously just a piece of garbage. Quicken also had … Continue reading →