Guide to back-to-university
I know. There are a lot of back-to-school help floating around the blogosphere these days but I’m here to give you some back-to-university advice. Because I care 1. Collect as much free frosh swag as...
View ArticleLast tuition payment!
I wanted to wait until today, the official first day of my last semester of university, to post this baby! MY LAST TUITION PAYMENT WAS MADE ON AUGUST 20TH! Anyone who knows my story knows how long this...
View ArticleThe Importance of Questioning your Assumptions #CPFC12
What a weekend! As most the people who read this blog/follow me on twitter are aware, this past weekend was Canada’s answer to FinCon — CPFC12, the Canadian Personal Finance Conference. Waaaay back...
View ArticleI paid HOW MUCH for my smile?
Serendipity and Savvy Financial Latina were discussing their braces last week and I got jealous that no one was listening to my braces stories (probably because it’s been a year and a half since I’ve...
View ArticleYou’re a paralegal — that’s like a secretary right?
Back in the day I used to be a paralegal and every time I would tell somebody what I did for a living I would receive a blank stare and a hesitant “What’s a paralegal?” Well my dear friends, today I...
View ArticleInkjet vs. Laser printer
N.B.: I had so much fun writing this post. Graphs! Functions! Intersections! Analysis! Reporting my findings in a quasi-scientific manner without fear of a grade! As many of you know, I work in...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Today in the wonderful land of Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving. Until our neighbours in the States, who have a clearly defined Turkey Day (Thursday), we sort of have a whole weekend during which I...
View ArticleFinal “after university” plan aka, what am I going to do come January?!
Ahem. So. Does everyone remember when I was all “I’m going to move to London and be an English and find a nice Scotsman and settle down and be British and OMG I see no downside to this plan at all!?”...
View ArticleMoney Pit #3: Have you ever thrown out dirty dishes?
I was washing up the other day when I got to a dish that I just could not get clean. So what did I do? I threw it out. This is my one really wasteful, unfrugal habit — if I cannot get a dish or pot of...
View ArticleLet’s talk pre-nups
If there’s one thing that I don’t understand about people it’s their aversion to pre-nups. I know the basic arguments against pre-nups – if he loved me he wouldn’t make me sign one, I can’t go into a...
View ArticleWant a plot of land for $10? Try Reston Manitoba
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 ArticleHow much does it cost to look fake?
I wrote a post over at Chic Darling this afternoon about fake girls. While writing it, I got to thinking about how much time and money these girls must spend on themselves to look that “good” I have...
View ArticleNew savings goal
This is going to be a bit of a personal post. Also, go check out my new About Me page! My entire working life has been dedicated to saving money for tuition. I got my first job when I decided to go to...
View ArticleResponse to “Should women work in male dominated professions?” and why I will...
I, like a few others that I know, first got introduced to the PF world via Fabulously Broke. For me, reading her blog was like reading a story of who I wanted to be — successful, pushy (but just enough...
View ArticleEI Benefits
While at Christmas dinner yesterday, a recurrent theme came up: What are I going to do now that I’ve graduated university. My joke response was “Well, so far, I’ve been unemployed since Thursday and...
View Article2012 year in review
Wow. 2012. Wow. Here were my 2012 goals: Rent a flute: Nope. I pretty much abandoned this goal in July Join the gym: Yes! I joined back in March when I noticed that my weight was starting to get the...
View Article2012 Financial Review
Ah yes! After having read through (or not) a 2000+ word post on my personal 2012 in review, I’m sure you’re excited for this — my 2012 financial year in review! I spent under $15 000. I am officially...
View ArticlePost-graduation student loan plan
As some of you know, I took out a student loan when I was back in Cegep for the purposes of investing. Currently I owe RBC $25 258 and, seeing as I finished my schooling last month, it’s become due...
View ArticleWhat if you had no support system?
Part of the reason that I wanted to move away from Montreal is because I am constantly surrounded by negative, unsupportive and judging people. I’ve accepted this for the most part and having been...
View ArticleDeveloping my parcel of land
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about something that I learned in one of my architecture courses: When you have a parcel of land, it is significantly more valuable than it will be once development...
View Article