Happy Birthday to GMBMFB!

This blog turns FOUR YEARS OLD today!

The personal finance blogosphere sure has changed since I first started blogging. A few of my favourite blogs have disappeared over time, but in their place have popped up so many personal finance blogs written by new, interesting and eager bloggers. It’s actually kind of exciting knowing that all of a sudden, personal finance has become cool. :)

For long-time readers, you know that things have changed a lot since I started blogging! In the past four years, I’ve gotten out of debt, gotten a new job, got fired from new job, gone through a break-up, started a new relationship with BF, got a new job, moved to Vancouver, quit job, got another new job, had LASIK eye surgery, crashed and totaled BF’s car, moved in with BF, planned to go traveling around the world, canceled world travel plans, bought a new car, got fired from my job, found a new amazing job, stopped blogging anonymously, started blogging for Toronto Star/Moneyville.ca, and am now saving for a house. Whew!

This blog began on February 25, 2007, and since that time this is what has happened …

• Over 2,200 posts
• Over 1,500,000 page views
• Over 880,000 unique visitors
• Been featured in the Financial Post Magazine, Globe & Mail, MSN Money, The Consumerist, Wall Street Journal, and of course the Toronto Star/Moneyville.
• Did my first radio interview on 103.5 QM/FM
• Made some great PF friends along the way – and met some of them for the very first time this year!

Also, to throw in some link love, here are my Top 10 all-time referrals!

1. Saving 4 Later
2. An English Major’s Money – Even 2 years after she stopped writing, she’s still #2 on my all-time referrals list!
3. Budgets Are Sexy
4. Well-Heeled Blog
5. Ugly Debty
6. I’ve Paid For This Twice Already – this blog that has fallen to the wayside. So sad. :(
7. Jessie’s Money (and Jordan’s Too)
8. Saving to Pay Down My Home
9. Budgeting Babe
10. Fabulously Broke in the City

Thank you to all the GMBMFB readers out there. You guys are fantastic. It’s been a great 4 years, and I’m excited to see where the next year takes this blog!