Budgeting for a Mortgage

On my recent post detailing some of the upgrades Jordan and I are considering for our new home we were rightfully called out on the fact that if we chose all of the upgrades I described, we would be at $20,000 beyond our original plan and there are still additional upgrade options we are waiting...

Eating Out: Our Ongoing Battle

I think that this would be a very boring blog to read if we didn't have any ongoing struggles and challenges to deal with. Our biggest spending challenge is eating out, as most of my frequest readers know.  I think one of the ways to continue to battle this is to be transparent. Here is our updated...

Pay Raise!

I was recently awarded a pay rise during our annual salary review at my company.  My level within the company increased from a junior to an intermediate and as such I moved salary bands - yay me! I've been working very hard the last few years to acheive this! I received a 11.32% increase which...

Libraries = Awesome

Huzzah! Today, I discovered my public library. I'm getting geared up to study for my first of two CHRP exams and needed some reference material.  I didn't want to purchase textbooks, just wanted to supliment some of my old ones from University - so off to the library I went.  I haven't gone...

Building our House - Upgrades!

I'm not sure how many of my readers have built a house, but those who have are well aware that the 'base model' of a home lacks a lot of the finishing details that turns a house from a home.  Jordan and I have been very conscience of our budget and have still managed to reach our cap before all...

My Boots - 1/2 Done!

Jordan and I stopped by the Boot store on Thursday to meet with the Best Man who is buying the same style of boot that Jordan is.  They same sales person was working and showed me the progress on my boots.  The colors look amazing!  I honestly wasn't 100% sure that...

March Wedding Spend

Yesterday I posted the total March Spend Report, but I wanted to break out the wedding category for those who are also planning their big day. It doesn't take very long before you've spent $1,052.49...

March Spend Report

Here is the summary of our where our variable dollars went in March. We spent a tonne on eating out...again.  Booze was a lot, but I'm not really surprised. Annual Expenses included renewing our tenants insurance and Jordan's truck registration.  Home Maintenance included some adapter thing...

Where the Money's At: House & Wedding

I had a great visit with my mom and grandma on Sunday/Monday we got a lot of errands run for them and I got to decompress and talk wedding talk.  A few conversations in with my mom had me admitting that I've been ignoring the money a bit because I know it's really tight - which of course,...

Custom Cowboy Boots

A few people seemed interested the other day when on my frantic 'to do' list they saw that we were going to be wearing cowboy boots for the wedding.  Jordan was able to find a pair that fit perfectly and were the right colour!      My boots will be be 15 inches instead of the standard...