Give Me Back My Five Bucks

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I headed to Seattle to see two concerts – Ryan Adams and Death Cab For Cutie. It was a really great trip, despite the rain. We even took side trips to Ballard (super cute area), and tried to go to Red Mill Burgers (which was featured on Man vs. Food), but apparently they only take cash or cheque. We didn’t have either, so that sucked. Maybe they should have mentioned that on their website. Just a thought. So, we ended up going to Five Guys Burgers instead. It was my first time there, and … Continue reading →

NOTE: I’m in Seattle today, so today’s guest post is by Robb Engen, who writes about personal finance at Boomer & Echo. I like to think I’m a fairly successful person. I have a beautiful wife and daughter and a fulfilling career. I live in a nice house, spend less than I earn, and have managed to put away some money for a rainy day. Things have turned out pretty good for me so far. Yet when I’m asked how I got to where I am today, I struggle to come up with an answer. I wish I could say this … Continue reading →

I’ve received a couple of questions via Formspring, so I thought I’d take the time to answer them here. What advice can you give to someone who’s just starting out a blog? Were there times you just wanted to give up on your blog? There were more than a few times where I wanted to give up on my blog. In fact, some of you might remember when I was still blogging anonymously, someone publicly outed my identity in a comment this blog. I couldn’t believe someone would be so cruel, and decided that I was going to kill this blog. I … Continue reading →

Over the weekend, my boyfriend took me to Whistler for my birthday. We went zip lining and had lunch at a pub in Whistler Village beforehand. Well, because we were in a rush to pay for the meal, Nic was distracted and forgot to add in a tip on the receipt. Not only that, but he forgot to write in the total after tip either. So basically he left those two lines on the receipt blank. He didn’t realize what he had done until it was too late, and we didn’t have time to turn around. But we figured we’d head … Continue reading →

Monday 10th – Victoria $24.75 Noodle Box (x2) $77.25 ferry Tuesday 11th $14.07 London Drugs Wednesday 12th No Spend Day! Thursday 13th + $416.17 freelance/side income $17.90 pizza (what!?) Friday 14th $838.88 iPhone 4S Saturday 15th $10.96 Booster Juice Sunday 16th $4.31 Starbucks $31.67 gas $44.40 Handi Cuisine of India $19.01 Shoppers Drug Mart WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $1,083.20 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $416.17 TOTAL: - $667.03 As most of you know, my big purchase of the week was the iPhone 4S. I didn’t get as many invoices in for freelancing as I would have liked, but I do have about $2,200 due to … Continue reading →