(Savings) GOOOOAAAAAAAALS!
This is how excited about saving money I get – I make a reference to a sport I don’t even watch. It’s crazy that this time last year I didn’t really have any financial goals other than to save my...
View ArticleBlogiversary!
That’s right – today marks one year of writing this blog. Now, are you ready for a super sweet amazing awesome fantastic giveaway? I hope not. This is a small time blog, and there are no giveaways...
View ArticleAchievement unlocked! My emergency fund is fully funded.
It’s been a big week here on the blog! I had my blogiversary on Tuesday, and now my emergency fund is done. I never thought this day would come (on the flip side I also can’t believe it’s already...
View ArticleBetter late than never: October goals.
I know, I know. What’s the point of a goal post halfway through October? To remind myself to set some damn goals already! September was a busy month for me and I didn’t actually set any goals for that...
View ArticleNovember goal: plan ALL the meals!
Remember earlier in 2012 when I was struggling to even plan one week of meals? It was on my goal list for months, yet I never managed to make it happen (mostly because of the difficulty in planning...
View ArticleNovember success: we planned ALL the meals.
We did it! November’s major goal was a major success. We planned our meals for the whole month. Naturally, we went out for dinner last night to celebrate. We did go out once in November, but it was on...
View ArticleMy Personal Finance Hero. Will be here. Monday.
Well, thanks to all of Bridget’s hard work, I will be attending a very special free lecture at the UofA on Monday. GAIL VAZ-OXLADE IS COMING, YOU GUYS. Money Truths. Image from moneyaftergraduation.com...
View ArticleMoney truths nobody else will tell you.
So in the whole lead-up toward MoneyAfterGrad’s event, Money Truths Nobody Else Will Tell You, I kept wondering to myself: was Metric right when they sang that we should never meet our heroes? Nope,...
View ArticleI had January goals – they were just secret, that’s all.
You know how sometimes you set a goal for yourself, tell everyone about it, and then fail miserably and have to tell everyone how you were on the front seat of the fail bus all the way to Failtown?...
View ArticlePaying the stupid tax and goals for March.
I’m still mad at myself for this, but on February 4th I did the dumbest thing I’ve done in a long time: I lost my bus pass. It must’ve fell out of my pocket on the bus, therefore I had absolutely zero...
View ArticleThanks but no thanks, BMO – Part Deux.
Remember a few months ago, when I got an offer from BMO for a line of credit I didn’t need? I do, because Gail tweeted it and I died, but that’s not the point. Read up on it here. Well, they did it...
View ArticleWhoops, forgot about a goal. Or two.
So we all know I have a history of setting goals and not putting them on the blog, right? I’ve taken it to a new level. I set a goal, and I met it, but I completely forgot I’d even set it in the first...
View ArticleHow my savings landed me my dream job.
In July, I decided to take a huge risk. I left my unionized, secure position in health care to work at a digital marketing startup here in Edmonton by the name of Kick Point. Over the past year, I’ve...
View ArticleFinancial Lessons from Brooklyn Nine-Nine
When Brooklyn Nine-Nine won not one, but two Golden Globes this year, many people were surprised. How did this Andy Samberg-led comedy, still in its inaugural season, win over the likes of Modern...
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