Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Monday 14th $21.89 Boston Pizza (work date) Tuesday 15th + $110.17 freelance/side income $4.87 Starbucks $25 The Red Pocket (group deal – all-you-can-eat hot pot for 2 people) $15 BC Ferries (reservation for Dec. 23) Wednesday 16th No Spend Day! Thursday 17th + $750 freelance/side income $2.45 Waves Coffee House $0.54 Staples Friday 18th No Spend Day!  Saturday 19th $44.28 gas Sunday 20th No Spend Day!  WEEKLY EXPENSES: – $114.03 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $860.17 TOTAL: + $746.14 This was a bit of an easy week to keep my spending down, because I was sick for 4 days (Thursday-Sunday). I … Continue reading →

Most of you know that I really want to figure out what I should do about my (lack of an) investment strategy. It’s been really bothering me over the last 6 months. In fact, a goal of mine for November was to read 10 articles about investing. Well, I figured I’d be reading about mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, and some sort of basic strategy. But instead, I found myself researching investment advisors. I personally think an investment advisor is the best way for me to go. I decided to look into a “fee-only” advisor, because I’m confident that – once … Continue reading →

NOTE: This is a guest post by Steven Zussino, President of GroceryAlerts.ca, Canada’s Source for Grocery Deals, canadian coupons, and printable coupons. They match coupons with the latest grocery flyer specials. Many people have access to car-sharing services like ZipCar, but the question is do these services save money and how they compare to renting a car. Car-sharing is similar to a traditional car rental service, however, car-sharing differs where you would only need a car for a short period of time (less than 1 day). Additionally, you only pay for the usage (typically the length of the rental and … Continue reading →

This past weekend, Nic and I hit up the Salvation Army for a 50% off sale. And I was reminded of a post I once read on Budgets are Sexy: Should only poor people shop at thrift stores?  In that post, J$ spoke about a friend who told him he wasn’t allowed to shop at thrift stores because they were only for poor people. When I first read the blog post, I scoffed at the idea. I’ve always shopped at thrift stores. That’s where I get the most for my money, and it’s fun to peruse the aisles looking for … Continue reading →

Monday 7th No Spend Day! Tuesday 8th + $720 freelance/side income $19.02 pizza Wednesday 9th No Spend Day! Thursday 10th + $350 freelance/side income $3.53 Tim Horton’s $41.41 groceries Friday 11th + $450 freelance/side income $9.02 Starbucks $6.46 Salvation Army (50% off sale!) $56.09 Costco Saturday 12th No Spend Day!  Sunday 13th $45.16 gas WEEKLY EXPENSES: – $180.69 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $1,520 TOTAL: + $1,339.31 Another good week for freelance income. Makes up for the $450 I made last week. Someone commented in last week’s spending recap, that in terms of freelancing income, I seem to have one good week, followed … Continue reading →