Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Monday 15th $103.79 groceries $13.02 Amazon.ca (Christmas present) Tuesday 16th No Spend Day! Wednesday 17th $18.79 White Spot (dinner for BF and I before the concert) $27.58 gas Thursday 18th $69.98 outlet mall shopping ($40 Christmas present, and the rest a shirt for my field hockey uniform) Friday 19th $33.52 pre-order of the new Ryan Adams & Cardinals album $25 Chinese food Saturday 20th $5.52 Tim Horton’s $423.08 round trip flight to Calgary (for BF and I) Sunday 21st $4.12 Tim Horton’s TOTAL: $720.28 WestJet was having a killer seat sale, so we had to pounce on it. Considering it … Continue reading →

Yesterday I dropped $31.99 US to pre-order the new Ryan Adams & The Cardinals album, III/IV. It’s a 2-CD set with 11 bonus tracks. You might have heard of me talking about the band before, so for those of you who don’t know, they’re my favourite band. Ryan Adams is best known for being one of the most prolific and most talented singer/songwriters in the world. He is also known for not marrying me, and marrying Mandy Moore instead. Despite that, I still think he’s great and deserving of my hard-earned money. The album itself was only $16.99, but I had … Continue reading →

Early yesterday morning on the drive down to Seattle I got a speeding ticket. It was right where the highway turns into the Canada/USA border area, and an unmarked police car was just waiting there to catch speeders. There was not a single car in front of me or behind me that I could see, since it was very early in the morning. Still, I was speeding, and I have to pay $196 for my ticket. I get a $25 “discount” if I pay within 30 days which brings it down to $171. This is my first speeding ticket ever … Continue reading →

Answering another Formspring question: Hi Krystal, do you know any good work from home, or online business which I could work on to earn. Me and my wife are eagerly looking for an online work, but failed so far. Thank you. Over the years I have been fortunate enough to earn a decent amount of money through my freelance business, through this blog, as well as with part-time jobs. Through these side projects, I have been able to boost my overall income by about 20-25%. I work from home through my freelance business on a casual basis. I do graphic … Continue reading →

Next year my family was supposed to take another vacation together to Cuba – much like our trip to Playa del Carmen this year. But my mom just spent a significant amount of money on some much needed home renovations, so that trip is on hold and talk is now of a much bigger trip to China in a few years. Now that Cuba isn’t happening, I have some vacation days to play with. I have 16.5 days allotted for 2011 (1.5 carried over from 2010). The breakdown right now goes something like this: 1 day – Calgary (February) 1 … Continue reading →