Give Me Back My Five Bucks

So apparently flights to Michigan have gone up in price since I last lived there. I remember back in the day, flights used to cost $700. Now, I’d be happy to pay that kind of price! Most flights I’m finding are closer to $900, maybe a bit less if we cross the border and fly out of Washington. I’ll keep an eye out on costs, as the wedding isn’t until July. Fingers crossed there’ll be a seat sale in the next few months! Not to mention we’ll have to pay for accommodation while we’re there. Where the wedding is, there … Continue reading →

Well, according to my January budget, I had $225 to spend while in Calgary. Here’s how I did! January 13 $38.50 – dinner & beers at the Flames game. (-$22 BF) January 14 $5.75 – cost for 2 hours of parking in downtown Calgary. $34.41 – lunch downtown Calgary. (-$20 BF) $66.04 – Chinese dinner for 4 adults & 2 kids (we treated BF’s brother’s family to dinner). (-$33 BF) January 15 $15.74 – bought The Lovely Bones b/c I finished My Sister’s Keeper on the plane. $21.80 – lunch at the mall. (-$10 BF) January 16 $43.24 – lunch … Continue reading →

So I’m back from my Alberta vacation. It was nice to get away from all this miserable rain here in Vancouver. Calgary was bright and sunny the entire time we were there – and warm! I didn’t need a jacket the entire time … which was really strange. The Flames/Pens game was really good. Even though we were in the 3rd deck, we had Row 1 seats, so the view was decent. Definitely worth the money for those tickets. I think I did pretty good with my budget, but I’ll have to add up all the numbers tonight. Parking at … Continue reading →

Well, in 5 days I’m headed to Alberta to spend some time with BF’s family. I’m excited to go – we haven’t been out there since last February. We don’t have much planned, except the Flames/Pens game, and a lunch double date with my friend and her BF who just moved out there. As for a budget, I kind of forgot to include this trip in my January budget, but not to fear! I had initially budgeted a weekend trip to Whistler which didn’t end up happening (we made it as a day trip instead). So there’s $225 that I … Continue reading →

Today is my last day of vacation. I’m very sad. The past 10 days have been glorious and relaxing. I’ve never had a stay-cation before. Every time I’ve gotten vacation days, it was always to go somewhere. So this was nice. We’re going to the climbing gym today – which I’m really excited about since we haven’t had the chance to go in a few months. We’ve decided to really ramp up our rock climbing sessions because we’re planning a trip to Thailand at the end of this year. Potentially right after Christmas, so we’re out of the country for … Continue reading →