All Time Top Referring Blogs

I just want to say a big thank you to these inspirational blogs. Not only do they provide amazing advise and support they have welcomed me into the personal finance blogosphere family. Thanks! http://saving4later.blogspot.com/ http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/blog-roll/ http://shakingthemoneytree.blogspot.com/ http://ndchicscents.blogspot.com/ http://girlmakescents.blogspot.com/ http://w...

Christmas Budgeting

Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner?  Don't believe me...check out the Christmas Countdown Clock....at the time that I'm writing this post... wowza...only 62 days!! Jordan and I are going for an even more frugal Christmas than we normally have - trying to...

House Update Wednesday

Wow!  So it's been a few weeks since I've given you an update on the house...what a slacker. Sooo much has been done since my last update when I told you that the plumbing rough-ins were being done.  Since then the insulation and siding has been installed, the drywall has been installed and...

August and September Spend Report

I've been a bit of slacker lately with keeping up with my regular posts - so without further delay here is our spend report for August and September of 2011. I've cleaned up the categories a bit and made them more colourful - but other than that - it's the same basic spreadsheet. You can...

A Financial Year in Perspective

A little more than a year ago Jordan and I had merged our finances and were learning about each others money management styles.  There was one particular conversation that we had where we were both feeling a bit exasperated.  I felt like money was going down the drain and Jordan felt...

A, B, C's of Me

I've seen a few bloggers with this post, so I thought I would join in the fun! A-Age: 27 B-Bed Size - Queen C-Chore you hate – Folding Socks D-Dogs – We have Two! E-Essential start to your day – coffee!! F-Favourite Colour- purple G-Gold or Silver – white gold H-Height - 5'10" (always dreamed of being 6 feet, but never made it) I- Interests – reading, baking, finances, work J-Job Title- Human Resources...

Prioritizing

With possession of our new home about six weeks away - it's hard not to dream about all the things that we think would help turn our place into a home.  Some things we feel we need, others we know can wait - it gets a bit fuzzy in between when you're walking down the isles of Home Depot, Ikea...

Christmas Draws

I have a guest post over on Krystal's blog today, Give Me Back My Five Bucks, if you've come my way from there - welcome!  If you haven't seen my post there yet, I hope you check it out. It is that time of year where quite a few of us will start thinking about Christmas (if we haven't already). With Jordan and I buying a house, and getting out of consumer debt for the second time - I'm more...

School Lenders

Have you heard about Gail Vaz Oxlade's School Lender's Campaign? If you haven't heard of it yet, now is the time to find out what she's talking about.  She's asking everyone she knows, through her blog, twitter and facebook - to get involved.  She asserts that the lending system is broken and we all need to take action to implore our MP's to make a difference. You can - Join...

Accelerate - Vehicle or Mortgage

Over Thanksgiving I had the opportunity to talk to my family a lot about our upcoming Mortgage commitment - fixed or variable and accelerated or standard - there are so many options!  What we're stuck on right now is once everything is settled in the new house and we've paid off our credit...

Insurance!

I have a guest post over on Krystal's blog today, Give Me Back My Five Bucks, if you've come my way from there - welcome!  If you haven't seen my post there yet, I hope you check it out. For the last few years, I haven't had much luck when seeking out new insurance quotes.  I, unfortunately,...

Roommates

We knew this was coming, but I was hoping it was going to be a month later.  Our roommate has given us notice and is planning to be out for November 1st.  We should be taking possession of the new place in November and are tentivly planning on giving notice to our landlord for November...

quick debt load update

Things are getting pretty hectic on a personal level right now, so I won't be writing (at least I say that now) a lot in the short term.  That said, I did want to post a quick update. We've been sticking to our credit card debt pay off plan (just made $1,500 worth of payments this morning).  Jordan's...