Category Archives for finance
Car Follow-Up
Well, I went home and visited my folks last night.
I started to discuss the idea of taking the car with my dad and boy oh boy did he start throwing out the reasons I should NOT take it.
I think we [...]
Should I Buy The Car?
I got some news yesterday in a call from my mom.
Turns out they’ve taken my Granny’s license away (The whole Granny situation is another story… *sigh*), so mom and dad now have her car plus their other two. My Granny [...]
Financial Update
Updated all my bars and stuff again. Things are looking better, but just barely. Everything went up a couple of points, but it really only equates to a few hundred extra.
What a bummer.
I can tell that the banks changed their [...]
President’s Choice MasterCard?
Hey folks,
I’ve become a little unhappy with my current BMO Mosaik MasterCard lately. Right now I have the freebie option where I get 0.5% of my spending in cash back. The only problem is that I’m spending loads on this [...]
EF Question
I had a thought about my emergency fund:
I’ve been contributing to it regularly and will continue to do so until I reach my goal of 3-6 months of living expenses.
So when I reach that goal, what do I do with [...]
Financial Update
I’ve just updated my tracking bars on the side and have also decided to make a few changes.
Primarily, I’ve decided that right now is just not a good time to buy a Vespa, what with the economy the way it [...]
Ginger’s Tip Featured on FruGal
Check it out guys, FruGal has included a personal finance tip from me over on her blog post: Top Payday Moneysaving Tips.
She’s compiled a pretty good list of tips and it’s definitely worth a read!
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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 [...]
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 [...]
