Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Monday 26th $248.25 The Bay Tuesday 27th $17.56 Bin 4 Burger Lounge $79.15 BC Ferries $35.26 gas Wednesday 28th + $269.59 freelance/side income $9.02 Moxies (1 drink) Thursday 29th No Spend Day! Friday 30th No Spend Day!  Saturday 31st – Quebec No Spend Day! Sunday 1st – Quebec $26.01 Siboire (restaurant) $52.88 gas WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $468.13 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $269.59 TOTAL: – $198.54 There’s no denying that this was an expensive week. Like I mentioned in my December 2011 Goals: Recap, I ended up buying a few things on Boxing Day – all 3 of which I love and am glad I … Continue reading →

Monday 19th + $479.45 freelance/side income $15.39 Amazon (Lonely Planet e-book) Tuesday 20th No Spend Day! Wednesday 21st $12.24 Shang Noodle House $42.25 gas Thursday 22nd No Spend Day!  Friday 23rd $64.55 ferry $26.16 Pho Ever Restaurant Saturday 24th $4.50 parking $14.62 Azuma Sushi Sunday 25th No Spend Day!  WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $179.71 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $479.45 TOTAL: + $299.74 Well, I guess it’s the holidays so I can’t complain that I haven’t gotten any freelance income. It’s all billed out, I just haven’t gotten paid yet. :) Hopefully the cheques come soon, so I can cash them in before I leave … Continue reading →

Monday 12th + $350 freelance/side income $29.10 East is East Tuesday 13th $41.46 gas Wednesday 14th + $117.35 freelance/side income $470.40 work visa application (purchased through Swap) $432 travel insurance (12 months) $648.14 flight to Paris $0.66 postage Thursday 15th No Spend Day!  Friday 16th $11.07 Thai food $12.88 groceries Saturday 17th No Spend Day! Sunday 18th + $150 freelance/side income $9.86 groceries WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $1,614.11 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $617.35 TOTAL: - $996.76 So clearly this was a crazy week of spending as we had to put down a lot of money towards travel expenses. We went through Swap for our … Continue reading →

Monday 5th No Spend Day!  Tuesday 6th $7.95 Fraser Park Restaurant Wednesday 7th + $600 freelance/side income $42.41 gas Thursday 8th + $350 freelance/side income $5.58 groceries Friday 9th $18.34 Burger Heaven $15 drinks Saturday 10th $4.47 Subway Sunday 11th + $50 freelance/side income $7.97 groceries  WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $101.72 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $1,000 TOTAL: + $898.24 I’ve been working hard and earned a decent $1,000 in freelance income this week. I have also invoiced out for over $4,000. I doubt I’ll see most of it this month, but it’s coming soon, and that’s a good feeling. On Friday, I went to my … Continue reading →

Monday 28th No Spend Day! Tuesday 29th + $150 freelance/side income No Spend Day! Wednesday 30th No Spend Day!  Thursday 1st $41.49 groceries $44.42 gas Friday 2nd No Spend Day!  Saturday 3rd $19.56 Five Guys Burgers Sunday 4th No Spend Day!  WEEKLY EXPENSES: - $105.47 WEEKLY SIDE INCOME *: + $150 TOTAL: + $44.53 This week was relatively slow in both the money making and money spending department. My sister came over for the weekend with her boyfriend, and we all went to the Canucks game on Sunday night. I had a really good time, but this month I’m probably the busiest I’ve ever … Continue reading →