What’s Going On: November
This is the month that I officially, 100% don’t eat anything with wheat. I’m super nervous because so far, every time someone’s offered me a wheat-y gravy or whatnot I’ve eaten it since I don’t want to...
View ArticleWhich House Would You Choose?
Inspired by Jordann‘s posts on which house to buy, I’ve decided to do my own for my tiny little town! A bit of backstory — the town is built at the bottom of a canyon, making it long and narrow. The...
View ArticleWhy Hotels Need a Credit Card
I made two mistakes when I started working in the hotel industry. The first was to assume that any city was a good place to launch a hospitality career (Calgary is not) and the second was that people...
View ArticleDon’t Think — Take A Gap Year
I was conflicted about taking a gap year after high school. Part of me loved the idea of taking a year-long holiday to backpack around Europe eating gelato and working in the UK. Unfortunately, the gap...
View ArticleDon’t Waste Your Money On Swarovski
I thought I was the smartest girl. When it came time to choose my engagement ring I only had two specifications: It had to be sparkly and it had to be emerald-cut. At Costco in Korea, we saw this...
View ArticleI’m not getting a name change after the wedding
In Quebec, women aren’t allowed to take their husbands’ name. In fact, it’s not allowed to have any kind of name change (save for unfortunate circumstances like if someone with the same name as you...
View ArticleHow much money have I earned in my lifetime?
I LOVED Jessica’s post “How Much Money I’ve Made After Working a Decade“! I wrote a more vague post awhile back on how I earned all of my money but I never thought to add up the numbers and examine how...
View ArticleHow I made a lot of money, lost it all and then made a whole bunch more
Financial stories seem to be all the rage these days and so I thought that I’d share mine Here’s an artist’s rendition of my net worth chart: I’ve been tracking my money since September 2008 — when I...
View ArticleMy advice to high school grads
I finished high school NINE years ago, about two weeks after turning 17 and I had my whole life mapped out — I was going to study languages, then film, then go to law school and move to Calgary....
View ArticleIt’s Cheaper to Live Abroad
Thanks to Vanessa for letting me do a guest post on her site. I’ve been reading Vanessa’s Money over the past few months, enjoyed the content and wanted to contribute. Be sure to visit my new blog...
View ArticleThe worst thing about being a Target shareholder
Being a shareholder is weird. While studying my first degree, I was taught how to build companies and structure shares to benefit the client. In my head, I have this vision that my 50 shares of Target...
View ArticleShould I make the switch to driving?
Remember when I was hit by a car? Yeah… Since then, I’ve been seriously considering buying a car. I don’t make a lot of money and I’m terribly cheap but, there has to be a point in your life when you...
View ArticleHow I scored a round-trip, cross-Canada flight for $407
I’ve been looking into going back to Montreal for a couple of months now. My mom has been in and out of the hospital since September and I’ve been going crazy not knowing how she’s doing. One of the...
View ArticlePeace at last! Freedom from iPhone slavery
While I was traveling Europe I did not buy a new sim card for my phone. The reason for this was two-fold — one, I couldn’t justify the cost. Who would I call? The hostel? My new hostel friends who...
View Article10 reasons why I (still) won’t buy a car
I was perhaps a bit naive when I moved from Montreal to Calgary. I had imagined my transportation methods would be the same as back home — I would walk to the grocery store, take the train to work, hop...
View ArticleHow to not spend a ton of money on a big move
On Monday, I wrote about how much it cost me to move from Montreal to Calgary. I mentioned a few times that, yes, I could have made the move for cheaper (bringing more food on the bus, not sassing the...
View ArticleHow much did it cost me to move across country?
One of my favourite phrases is “I’m not a millionaire” “Why aren’t you ordering a drink?” – “I’m not a millionaire” “Why don’t you have a car?” – “I’m not a millionaire” “Why are you taking a 3 day bus...
View ArticleReston Manitoba & the $10 Land Offer
By now you might have heard about Reston Manitoba — the tiny town of 550 people that is selling plots of land for a minimal price in order to increase population and tax revenue. The deal works like...
View ArticleDirty Dishes: Do you throw them out?
I was washing up the other day when I got to some dirty dishes that I just could not get clean. So what did I do? I threw them out. This is my one really wasteful, unfrugal habit — if I cannot get...
View ArticleInkjet vs. Laser printer
As many of you know, I work in printing and am surrounded by printers and printer-related problems for about 40h a week! Does this make me an expert on printers? No. However, I have noticed that a lot...
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