10 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 ArticleFinally — a grown-up job and a grown-up paycheque.
I haven’t had a real, grown-up, full-time job since before university (summer 2010) of boy, oh freakin’ boy am I glad to be getting regular paycheques again! I’m a paranoid person by nature and so, I...
View ArticleI’m not repaying my student loans
Last January I wrote a post talking about how, even though I had the money to, I decided to not pay off my student loans. I did this for a variety of reasons — one of which was my paranoia and need to...
View ArticleForced spending freeze
So a funny thing happened last Saturday: My debit card was declined. “Weird”, I thought. “Surely it can’t be my fault, I have money in that account… Well, let’s put it on Visa!” This morning, when I...
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 ArticleWeddings are not investments
This post is short, to-the-point and not-so-sweet. Enjoy! I see a lot of weddings at my new job. A. Lot. I’ve seen tacky brides, simple outfits, outrageously expensive ceremonies and I talk to grandpas...
View ArticleUpdate on the whole moving-to-Calgary adventure
Last month at the Canadian PF Conference, I was absolutely floored at the number of people, people who I admire, that read my blog. As we got to talking, a common theme emerged — I had moved the...
View ArticleOctober Link Love
Happy November! September and October flew by in a wink and a flash and I literally cannot remember what I did :/ I worked a lot… does that count? I was about to write that this month marks the first...
View ArticleA short dash to Toronto
About a month ago, I got a peculiar email from Melissa over at ING Direct and, once I confirmed the email was legitimate, I couldn’t refuse! Basically, ING was flying some Orange Ambassadors to Toronto...
View ArticleWhy I don’t need a million dollars to retire
A million dollars is touted around the PF blogosphere as the magic number that people aspire to have when they retire. I get it — it’s a milestone amount of money and it’d pretty cool to be able to...
View ArticleNovember Link Love + Updates
Guess who just bought an absolute ton of makeup? Me! I’d been looking for awhile now for a palette of eyeshadow colours to indulge my feminine side and start copying things that I see on reddit. Mix...
View ArticleI spent $18 760.44 this year and it was fabulous
Oh 2013. I started the year off as a great ball of confusion — at the beginning of January I had just decided to not move to Edmonton and was living on a futon in my friend’s laundry room. I was...
View ArticleThe cost of being hit by a car
Before writing my yearly update, I debated for awhile as to whether or not I would blog about the accident. On one hand, I use my blog as a type of archive for my life — I like looking back at old...
View ArticleI splurged on new glasses
I am, self-admittedly, one of the cheapest people alive. My running shoes are riddled with holes, I wait until 4am to take the metro home if I’ve missed the last one at 1am, I can’t even remember the...
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 ArticleA day in the life
Last week, The Asian Pear wrote a blog post called “A Day in the Life” and I thought that it was such a good idea that I’m going to copy her. Without further pre-amble, I now present, February 11th:...
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 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 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 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....
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