Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Well, I am squeezing one last trip out of the summer – this coming long weekend, I am headed to Tofino! I haven’t been there in a few years, so I’m really looking forward to it – even if we’re only going to be spending one night camping We also plan on heading down to Victoria to spend a night in the city. It will probably be my last time home until Christmas. It won’t be a cheap vacation – trips to the island never are. But, we will be staying with relatives one night in Nanaimo, camping in Tofino, … Continue reading →

I know that when it comes to relationships and dating, there are three ways that couples generally split costs: Split evenly – expenses are split down the middle, or you take turns paying. Split according to income – expenses are split proportionately, based on income. One person pays for the majority – well, self-explanatory. :) When I was in college, I started dating someone who was already somewhat established in a career. He paid for most things, because he knew I couldn’t really afford to. Then, when I started working and our incomes aligned together better, we started splitting things … Continue reading →

As a short follow-up to my post about using coupons on the first date, over the past week I haven’t been able to subtly convince anybody to use a coupon with me. I even straight-up asked a guy on a first date what he thought about using coupons. He just laughed at me, then looked a little horrified when he realized I was serious. My official stance on using coupons on a first-date is that I would have a neutral-to-somewhat-positive reaction to it. I don’t think I’d be high-fiving the guy if he pulled out a coupon (like I previously … Continue reading →

As most of you know, I’m a single gal (James Franco, are you reading this?). And if you’ve been with my blog since the beginning, you also probably know that I’ve been in long-term relationships for almost six years (2 years, 3.5 years). So I’m a little out of touch with dating etiquette. Specifically the use of coupons on the first date. Six years ago, I probably would have considered it a little tacky to use a coupon on the first date. But then again six years ago, I was in massive debt, and using coupons probably could have helped … Continue reading →

Many of you saw a mysterious tweet of mine a few days ago, talking about big changes happening in my life. Now that the dust has settled a bit, I can share the news with you. I broke up with BF. This has come as a shock to a lot of people. We have been together for 3.5 years, and never really let on that anything was wrong. Even though for me personally, this has been a long time coming, it is still incredibly difficult to deal with as you can imagine. Of course, because mutual friends and loved ones read … Continue reading →