Current Brain Melt

I'm a stress case, so I'm hoping that writing all of the things in my head will help keep them out of there for a while so I can get some work done :)  Wedding to do List:Confirm with caterer that she did the walk through of the facility confirm she's happy with the resources Contact fire department re: hosting the twoonie bar  Sort out who our MC is going to be Get some pictures...

Economical Center Pieces

One of the small ways that Jordan and I intend on saving money for the wedding is flowers, center pieces, and decorations.  Typically people spend a tonne of money on these items - and it makes sense, to a point - they have the potential to significantly impact the 'feel' of the wedding.  That...

Making More Money

...guess who's getting a raise effective April 2, 2011? I am! I'm pretty stoked about it!  Will share more so...

quick update

I am so all over the place these last few weeks.   Everything is coming to ahead with the wedding and with the house - I will share more later, but we are on track...

Where the Money Goes - Life Pie Ratios

I had a good conversation with my supervisor yesterday as he's also planning on buying a house.  We wound up talking about budgeting and his suggestion was that  no matter how much money comes in, or where it comes from, you come up with a family rule - like 50-25-25 and so 50% goes to saving,...

CMHC Mortgage Insurance Rebate Programs

Mortgage loan insurance is typically required by lenders when homebuyers make a down payment of less than 20% of the purchase price (Jordan and I are putting 5% down which means our insurance premium will be at least 2.75%). Mortgage loan insurance helps protect lenders against mortgage default, and...

Stamps...

Who knew stamps would be the source of so much anxiety.....really, who out there has recently had a wedding and stirred up some sort of controversy over the use of stamps on RSVP envelopes. I had originally thought (much like the twoonie bar) that a way to watch our spending would be to create...

Monthly Spend Report

February was an expensive month - we spent far more in grocery's then we have in quite some time (which is a good thing) but we still managed to spend quite a bit on eating out - though not as bad as we have been in the past.  Booze could have been less, but again not too bad considering where...

New Home Purchase Budget

Jordan and I have done a lot of budget crunching around our upcoming New Home Purchase. We have broken down the total price with nearly every consideration we can think of - I didn't want to just come out and say 'our new house will cost x' - so here are all the details: The upgrades we have chosen...