Category Archives for budget

Bye-bye, JC

I’ve decided to stop doing Jenny Craig for a while. There are 2 reasons for this:

The food sucks

I simply cannot afford to particiapte anymore, at $50-65/week minimum.

I don’t know where all my money seems to be going these days, but [...]

06. October 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, food, goals, health, money | 2 comments

Financial Update

*sigh* things are not looking good!
My networth seems to be steadily declining for several reasons:

My RRSPs are tied to the market as mutual funds, and the economy/market is not doing well lately
A combination of poor spending habits and my friend’s [...]

06. September 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, finance, money | 5 comments

Ginger Sets a Budget?

This blog started out as a personal finance blog, and lately I feel as though I have been drifting away from that topic, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it’s time to get back to my roots!
In a lot [...]

03. September 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, finance, goals, money, personal | 2 comments

Wedding Budget Quickie

I’m planning a total recap of the cost of being a bridesmaid shortly…
For now though I will list the most recent spending I have done that falls under my “Wedding Costs” umbrella:
Facial, eye brow/lash tint: $89Gift packaging: $6Makeup/supplies: $128
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This post [...]

17. August 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, wedding | Leave a comment

Delicious Roast Beast

That’s right, I said beast! It’s a family tradition, after all…
I love roast beast, it’s actually one of my favourite meals, come to think of it. It’s right up there with a turkey dinner with all the fixin’s and pizza. [...]

05. August 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, food, personal | 4 comments

A Financial Reckoning

So I’ve been whinging on here lately that I don’t know where all my money is going, my savings are depleting, yadda yadda.

Well tonight I finally sat down and took stock of everything. I’ve had to reevaluate some things and [...]

23. July 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, finance, goals, money, personal, saving | Leave a comment

Splenda Fine, HoneyBunch!

You know that I love youuuuuu! I can’t help myself… I love you and nobody else! Dun Dun DunDun! (do you remember that commercial?)
Haha I’ll bet you’ve got that song/jingle stuck in your head now!
Sorry for the lack of posting [...]

08. July 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, coolness, health, money, saving, shopping | 1 comment

The Ways of Frugality

So earlier today I wrote about how I let my credit card get away from me recently…
Now I’m not in debt and never have been, but I have certainly seen some lean times which cause me to go into saving [...]

18. June 2008 by Ginger
Categories: budget, finance, goals, money, organization | 3 comments

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