Give Me Back My Five Bucks

I have been really inspired lately by the personal finance world. After reading other blogs, I’ve been inspired to take more photos for GMBMFB, and after seeing everyone hop on the vlogging bandwagon, I’ve also been inspired to start attempt to try my own vlog. I’ve been unsuccessful so far, but it’s all a work-in-progress. :) New article ideas keep coming to me, and I remain happy and positive, despite a packed schedule. Anyway, here are two personal finance events that I’m really excited about: Financial Blogger Conference It seems like it just a few weeks ago that the Financial Blogger … Continue reading →

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you would have probably seen my angry tweets over the past few weeks about how hard it has been to try and find a talented, reliable WordPress designer. After I contacted 7 different designers (and having only 2 of them contact me back), going so far as to search “WordPress designer” in Google, and even posting an ad on Craigslist, I was about to give up. Then, my blog saviour (Mike Smith, @blogdesigner) entered the picture. I guess he had found one of my angry tweets on Twitter, and contacted me to offer … Continue reading →

I don’t recall my first interaction with Nancy Zimmerman (a Canadian money coach), but she has been a wonderful personal finance friend for as long as I can remember being a part of this community. So when it came time for her to launch the It’s Your Money program on her website, Your Money By Design, I was eager to take a look at it so that I can share with you what her program is all about. The It’s Your Money program is for those who need direction with their finances. If you spend more than you earn, are living pay cheque to pay cheque, maxed out … Continue reading →

I was tagged by Young and Thrifty to participate in the “My 7 Links Project,” which was started by Katie from Trip Base. The purpose of this project is to get each blogger to reflect upon some old posts, and dig them up so that they can see the light of day again. I think this is a great idea because I have a ridiculous amount of content on this site – over 2,200 posts, written over the course of 4.5 years. Too much crap to wade through to get to anything decent. :) So here you go! My 7 … 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 →