Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Sorry for the sporadic posting. I thought I’d be spending most of the last few days holed up in my hotel room, catching up on work. But it’s been a pretty fun trip. As soon as I got to my hotel on Tuesday night, I didn’t even have time to go up to my room before I was in the bar drinking beers with the sales guys. Because I try to keep a bit of a dividing line between my work life and my personal life, it’s always such a great experience getting to socialize outside of work hours with … Continue reading →

Yesterday on Twitter, an interesting conversation developed over this tweet (linking to this article): Here are a few of the responses: Which brings me to my question for today: in terms of presenting yourself at work, where do you draw the line between expressing your individuality and staying professional? It might surprise some people to know that I have 7 piercings (6 in my ears, 1 body) and 2 tattoos. Probably because when I’m at work, you’d never be able to see them. While I understand that these days, it’s becoming more and more acceptable for people to have visible body … Continue reading →

Lately it seems as if my worlds have been colliding, and it’s all been happening on Twitter! My real life friends have been connecting with my PF blogging friends, my sister has been chatting with a boy that I’ve been seeing, and I’ve also randomly met a neighbour on Twitter who lives a few doors down from me. It feels weird to be so connected, and to see those connections happening right in front of me is kind of crazy. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum, I went and met a colleague over the weekend who was … Continue reading →

Monday 4th $23.69 groceries $0.66 postage Tuesday 5th No Spend Day!  Wednesday 6th No Spend Day!  Thursday 7th + $450 freelance/side income $7.72 Thai food (dinner date with a girlfriend) $55.95 Winners Friday 8th $45.36 gas $25.34 Tomokazu Sushi Saturday 9th $25 Café Medina $22 Shark Club Sunday 10th $14.23 groceries WEEKLY EXPENSES: – $219.95 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME*: + $450 TOTAL: + $230.05 This was a so-so week for me in terms of spending. It could have been a lot cheaper, but my sister was in town over the weekend for the NKOTBSB concert. She doesn’t come over often, and we … Continue reading →

This has been a great weekend so far, filled with a lot of fun things to do – because my sister is in town! Friday night, we headed out for sushi with my cousin and her boyfriend. Then yesterday we hit up Café Medina for brunch with a few friends, hung out downtown, and then headed to the NKOTBSB concert (which was amazing). Today, I’m headed to the MEC Paddlefest today to check things out and combine a little work with play. It should be a good time. Send me a tweet if you happen to be at the event too! :) … Continue reading →