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Emotional Money
It’s amazing how little changes in your financial life can throw your way of thinking into a tailspin. Take for instance, my recent purchase of a new to me car. I finished paying off my consumer debt...
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The Flip Flop
I wrote a post a little while back about not really having an interest in being wealthy, because I’d be reasonably well off if I just kept doing what I was doing. You know what’s funny? When I was in...
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Monthly End Recap – December 2012
Last recap of 2012! I’ll be honest, I was a little nervous about this month’s recap. Not only because my spending got a little away from me towards the end of the month, but because it’s the end of the...
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Well This is Embarrassing
I’m not going to be able to make my $2000 line of credit goal this month, and the reason is a little bit embarassing. I’m going on vacation. No, I didn’t get sucked into a last minute group trip or...
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Monthly End Recap – January 2012
Back in my early twenties I set myself two money goals: I wanted to be worth $100,000 by the time I was 30, and I wanted to be worth $1,000,000 by the time I was 40. I’ve written these goals down a...
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Stressometer Rising
We got a bit of bad news at work recently. Due to the economic climate of the industry we’re in, the company is going to be laying off a number of both hourly and salary staff across all departments....
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#Tag: Getting to Know the “Person” Behind the Personal Finance Blog
I first read this #Tag post over at Girl Meets Debt, so I figured I’d play along 1) How did you come up with your blog name? It was a play on words with what is essentially a really overused blog name...
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Monthly End Recap – February 2013
I wasn’t expecting leaps and bounds this month seeing as I was on vacation for most of it… and by most of it I mean that I was only in the office for 4 days during the month of February. Some days I do...
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Some Things Matter More Than Interest Rate
First things first: Four months after buying my “new” car, my line of credit balance is back to $0. *happy dance* When I pay off my biweekly credit card balance on Friday (that I haven’t paid interest...
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Month End Recap – March 2013
I’ll be honest, I’m still reeling from my credit card payment screw up last week. I knew I would have a decent increase this month, but I don’t know how much of an increase it would take to make me...
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Opportunity Knocks Quietly
If you’ve been reading personal finance blogs for a while, you’ve probably at one point in time or another come across the concept of opportunity cost. Take for example the tug of war between paying...
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The Debt Shadow
I’ve been more than a little frustrated the last couple weeks. My bill payment oops, which is still as of yet unresolved, put me back on the debt treadmill. An interest free treadmill, but a treadmill...
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Month End Recap – April 2013
Today was an up and down day for me, which realistically is a fair way to end the month. The up is that I received a small raise at work today (WOO HOO!). It’s not a lot, but it’s better than a kick in...
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Month End Recap – May 2013
I’ll have to preface this month’s end report with an apology to nzmuse. I know how much you hate hearing about 3 pay period months, and, well, this is one for me. I love these months. I get into a...
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For Love or Money
I have to give kudos to Nelson for pointing out that we PF (lifestyle, whatever) bloggers aren’t exactly “normal”. We’re definitely a societal fringe group. There’s certainly worse fringe groups to be...
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Month End Recap – June 2013
Ugh. … Yeah, ugh pretty much sums it up. I knew Murphy would be giving me trouble when Cait told everyone I was good with numbers I can’t blame Cait and Murphy for it though. The period of time between...
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Tension at the Corner of Thurlow and Alberni
The great thing about travelling is that it offers a unique opportunity for introspection that doesn’t often present itself in day to day life. Given that I’ve only travelled one province over, to a...
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Month End Recap – July 2013
Can I just say I’m incredibly glad that this month didn’t go like last month? I’d be having a bit of a hard time if I had two financially rough months in a row. 31-Jul-12 30-Jun-13 31-Jul-13 Chequing...
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My Hands Shake Less When They’re Holding Money
This past weekend was a bit of a working weekend. The Boy and I spent the majority of the long weekend picking up supplies and working on my house. We managed to knock a reasonable number of tasks off...
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Month End Recap – August 2013
That was a little bit of a disappearing act on my part wasn’t it? Sorry about that. I’ll elaborate a bit on Wednesday. It will definitely be impacting September’s numbers. In the meantime, it’s an up...
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