Category Archives for finance
Setting up the business bank account
…was surprisingly painless.
After taking a quick look around to find the best account, I settled on the $6 RBC small business account.
It’s basically pay-as-you-go, but it was the cheapest one out there. All the rest of the banks wanted to [...]
March Hosting Recap
I’ve decided to start tracking my income via hosting on Airbnb. I knew I was making money, but didn’t know how much! I also wanted to see if the money I sunk into redecorating recently was worth it.
Here’s the rundown [...]
Managing my budget while unemployed
As many of you know, I left/was laid off from my ad job this past Tuesday. I’m not thrilled that I don’t have a job anymore, but it wasn’t too bad of an exit. They didn’t really want to let [...]
Surgery Payment Problems
I write this post at the risk of getting a lot of flak and coming off as an entitled, ungrateful princess.
But I need to write it anyway.
Secretly, I was counting on my grandad to come through with all or most [...]
Roommate Update
PHEW.
As of yesterday, my roommate is totally paid up in terms of rent.
I feel SO MUCH BETTER.
It’s just a band-aid solution right now since she still doesn’t have a decent job to pay the bills, but we discussed the possibility [...]
$$$!!!
Wow. I just checked my credit card statement online and somehow this cycle it has gotten up past $900.
I…just…wow.
I guess a bike is out of the question for me right now. This is ridiculous. I’ve officially never had a bill [...]
Carnival of Twenty Something Finances
Welcome to the July 20, 2009 edition of twenty something finances.
This is my first time hosting this carnival, and boy were there a lot of submissions! There are some fantastic articles in here that are sure [...]
Frugal Horoscope!
Ahahahah I just had to share this with you! This is my horoscope for today, and it is so fitting for me and my personal finance blogging:
May 12th for Ginger
Being more frugal will help you [...]
Credit Card Fraud!
So today I was doing the responsible thing and checking all my banking and credit card accounts. Since I’m travelling to Las Vegas this week I wanted to have a note put on all my credit cards so they wouldn’t [...]
Update your Credit Card Number
In a very timely post, J. Money of Budgets Are Sexy just wrote about all the things you need to consider when you change your credit card number or receive a new main card.
Like J. Money, I use my credit [...]
