Life Under Construction: Happy Friday, fair readers! Do you ever dream of reliving your glory days in college? You know, skipping classes that start before noon; writing papers until 4am the night before they're due; pretending you're not completely hung over when you write your finals. Just living the dream. Next week I start school. I’ll … [Read more...] about Friday’s Sweet Savage Love: College Edition
Dining Out & Food
Spend Less Money & Weekly Review
Weekly Spending: Spend less money on groceries This week I spent about $75 on entertainment. Of that, $50 was on books and $15 was on bank fees that really could have been avoided. After that, I spent $10 on a pizza for my daughter and her friends one day. I packed my lunch all this week and brewed Tim Horton’s coffee at home which cut down … [Read more...] about Spend Less Money & Weekly Review
Weekly Review: July 8 – 14
Weekly Review: Spending This week’s spending was….not great. The big expense was my husband’s birthday; we went out for dinner and to see a comedian for about $100.00. It was a fun night and a planned expense. However, I got more than carried away with summer fun spending this week. Patio lunches, Stampede celebrations, more patio lunches, and … [Read more...] about Weekly Review: July 8 – 14
How to Earn Rewards Points without a Credit Card
* The gracious host, Ms. Thrifty, of this week's Carnival of Personal Finance has been kind of nice to feature my article in this edition's fine selection of PF articles. Please head on over to check it out. Last week, I wrote a post about Visa's #smallenfreuden campaign and some of the problems I saw with using your credit card for every day … [Read more...] about How to Earn Rewards Points without a Credit Card
June Challenge & Goals
Good evening everyone! Looks like a lot of my fellow bloggers have many noble goals for the month of June and I thought I'd contribute with my own monthly challenge! In May, I had challenged myself to track my spending using Quicken. This has been a super-fabulous-success and I think it was reporting back to you, readers, every week that … [Read more...] about June Challenge & Goals