Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Monday 29th $134.80 groceries $3.62 Tim Horton’s $46 fitness pass to rec centre (10 classes) + $14.11 sold Amazon book Tuesday 30th $34.37 gas $2.89 groceries (hoisin sauce) $2.30 Amazon.ca (bought 3 Christmas presents for $32.30, but I had $30 worth of gift certificates thanks to Swagbucks!) Wednesday 1st No Spend Day! Thursday 2nd No Spend Day! Friday 3rd $8.50 lunch Saturday 4th $48.74 sushi dinner (this was our 3-year anniversary dinner) $16.58 cupcakes for dessert (4 – yes I know how expensive they are!) Sunday 5th $11.31 Starbucks (for BF and I) $15.67 car wash TOTAL: $310.67 Not a … Continue reading →

Monday 8th +$80 freelance $28.49 gas $17.12 lunch w/co-workers Tuesday 9th No Spend Day! Wednesday 10th No Spend Day! Thursday 11th $6.42 Tim Hortons $46.86 Amazon.ca (cables for my Macbook, and a few Christmas presents) $22.93 T&T Supermarket Friday 12th +$250 freelance $13.45 ferry Saturday 13th No Spend Day! Sunday 14th $8.40 Starbucks (for sister and I) $15.27 Shoppers Drug Mart (lip gloss and mascara) $68.60 hair cut $30 sushi lunch (for sister and I) $3.52 candy $2.02 coffee $13.45 ferry TOTAL:  +$53.47 Note – my freelance income does not include my PT job income. It is strictly from my … Continue reading →

Monday 1st $36.29 gas Tuesday 2nd No Spend Day! Wednesday 3rd No Spend Day! Thursday 4th $6.94 Starbucks Friday 5th No Spend Day! Saturday 6th $40.50 brunch (for BF and I) $122.24 car servicing Sunday 7th +$139 Google Adsense $4.23 Wendy’s $14.10 liquor store (mmm, winter ale) $104.36 groceries TOTAL: $189.66 Well the weekend was spendy. I took my car in for its 12-month servicing. I can’t believe I’ve already had it for over a year already! While we were waiting for my car to be ready, I treated BF to breakfast. It was kind of impulsive (and expensive!), but … Continue reading →

Monday 25th $8.95 pet store Tuesday 26th $4.66 Tim Horton’s Wednesday 27th $13.18 pet store Thursday 28th No Spend Day! Friday 29th $9.04 Tim Horton’s (bought co-worker lunch b/c I owed her $5) Saturday 30th $10 corner store (movie snacks) $9.90 iTunes (bought Jeremy Fisher’s new album) Sunday 31st $166.82 groceries TOTAL: $222.55 Nothing out of the ordinary here. I did not need either trip to Tim Horton’s or the corner store snacks. As for the pet store trips, one purchase was for meds (the fish died anyway), and the second was to buy a new fish. One fish is … Continue reading →

Monday 18th No Spend Day! Tuesday 19th $34.90 gas Wednesday 20th No Spend Day! Thursday 21st $4.69 Waves Coffee (spicy pumpkin chai latte) +$175 work expense (dinner out in Maui) Friday 22nd +$125.04 medical expense reimbursement Saturday 23rd $25.25 Vietnamese dinner $10.38 corner store snacks Sunday 24th $158.55 groceries $43.93 personal care items $5.59 pet store $40.38 gas TOTAL = $23.63 Nothing really out of the ordinary this week in terms of spending. I regret going to Waves Coffee for their disgusting spicy pumpkin chai latte, and I also regret going to the corner store for late night movie snacks – … Continue reading →