Category: personal

  • I might be gone for a while…

    I forgot to mention in here that tomorrow morning (Thursday) I might be having laser eye surgery again. If I do in fact have it, that means that I probably won’t be posting for a while. So. You’ve been warned. Wish me luck! ————— This post written by Ginger at Ginger Won’t Snap. Like what…

  • GWS Readers: Help me with this wedding crap!

    I’m not going to lie, I’ve been feeling a little stressed about my friend T’s wedding and related activities. Money has been tight with me lately and now I’ve got to get my eyes zapped again in the middle of the month (more on that later) and she has just told me of another cost…

  • Money Goals Update

    So umm, I’ve not been doing too well lately with money. I’ve incurred a lot of expenses for various things (NIN tickets, train tickets to Ottawa, T’s bachelorette, clothes) lately, and have jumped back on the diet bandwagon, so that spending has gone up as well. Although… I’ve just updated my progress bars, and things…

  • The Frugal Bachelorette Weekend

    In my post below I outlined a few of the things that we did for my best friend’s bachelorette weekend. What I didn’t mention is my surprise at how little it cost us in the end. Just for perspective, I was estimating the personal cost to be somewhere around $200 each for the weekend, since…

  • Do I deserve a raise?

    The topic of raises at work has been circulating around the Blogosphere a lot recently, and it got me thinking. I’m due for a “salary review” in July, and I have no idea what to do about it. At my last job I really had no idea what I was doing and I hated the…

  • I Wrote About YOU, Dear Bloggers!

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, and I feel guilty about neglecting my blog and readers! But I had good reason, this week has been crazy! I’ll just do a quick update on things and hopefully I’ll be able to write some more posts this weekend, I’ve got a few topics I’d like…

  • The Vespa Investigation

    A while back I blogged about possibly getting myself a scooter to get around the GTA in the pleasant months. I was hoping to get one pretty soon, especially since the TTC strike put a real kink in my plans. However, after a little investigation into costs and logistics, I’ve decided to put off my…

  • What’s In Her Purse?

    A while ago I was asked what kind of stuff (junk) I keep in my purse on a regular basis. I was out shopping today and purchased a new cheapie white purse and was transferring my stuff over, so I thought I’d take a photo to share with you all! I’m pretty sure I’m a…

  • Financial Update & Musings

    It’s that time again! I’m finally getting around to updating my goal bars. I’ve received my tax return as well as my GST cheque, so I’ve thrown it into my savings. I had to use about $900 of it to pay of the monstrosity known as my MasterCard bill (Signed up for the Jenny Craig…

  • Falling off the Bandwagon

    Oh man I am having some struggles, folks! I’m afraid I’m going to fall off the JC bandwagon today… lately I’ve just been wanting to eat and eat for no particular reason, and nothing is really satisfying me. Hellllppp! I don’t know what to do! I can’t tell whether it’s a craving or boredom that’s…