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location: canada/usa
works: business consultant
net worth: ~$155,000 as of Dec 2011
eats: sashimi, tartiflette, pho
drinks: earl grey cream tea
gadgets: macbook pro 17", ipod touch (pda)
beauty: fb's list of toiletries/makeup
wants: roland rd700-gx piano
reads: ayn rand, tom stanley, sophie kinsella
watches: bones, mentalist, castle, top chef
wears: wrap dresses & necklaces
loves: minimalism, $$ management, traveling
hates: wearing shorts & being late for anything
Archive for December, 2009
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Happy New Year!
Posted on December 31, 2009 | 6 CommentsHappy New Year! And cheers to a successful 2010! My New Years Resolution: Being on a wardrobe shopping ban just to see if I can do it. What are some of your resolutions? -
2010 Money Goals in Pictures
Posted on December 31, 2009 | 44 CommentsInspired by The Oatmeal, and clearly nowhere as awesome as his comics, I present to you: I loathe budgeting for the year, because I don’t see a dentist or get a haircut every month. But nevertheless, here it is as approximated. Mostly, I will try... -
December 2009 Budget Update (with real numbers)
Posted on December 30, 2009 | 7 CommentsSolly for the double confusion. BF just handed me the invoice for December 2009 and we did a lot better than I had originally thought! Areas that changed highlighted in yellow. Sweet. $131 = a dentist’s visit or a round trip train ride back to... -
The Musical Year in Review
Posted on December 30, 2009 | 1 CommentI don’t love all the songs individually, but together they are certainly like musical gold in this fabulous mash-up by Billboard Top 25′s DJ Earworm. Via The Breaking Time shared in my Google Reader by the awesome L. K.! Thanks. -
The Fabulously Broke in the City Year 2009 in Review – $55,516
Posted on December 30, 2009 | 18 CommentsTHE DECEMBER 2009 BUDGET The last one for 2009. BF is slow in getting me the numbers for groceries and utilities, so I overestimated them just to be sure. I spent under $1000 this month with around $48 to spare. A real improvement from my... -
Review: Galenic Argane Nourishing Oil a.k.a. Why you should ALWAYS read ingredient labels
Posted on December 30, 2009 | 13 CommentsI’m in the market for some argan oil. This “liquid gold” has had high praises sung about it. Even the goats are wild about this stuff: This is a real photo by they way. The goats have learned how to climb trees. Reviews range from:... -
Philip Niemeyer: Picturing the last 10 years
Posted on December 28, 2009 | 1 CommentEnjoy! (I love the Lady Gaga one under 2008) Click on the image to go to the site and see it in full. -
The Idiot’s Kids are in for a hell of a time!
Posted on December 28, 2009 | 18 CommentsInvesting Newbie suggested that I do a regular “Idiot Mondays” series, but I don’t have enough stories aside from when we chat occasionally. But it would be a fabulous feature no? Okay, moving along, I have one sort of short story about his 3-year old... -
You know what..?
Posted on December 27, 2009 | 9 CommentsThe Boxing Day deals weren’t that great. I tagged along with BF when he went on a hunt for something he wanted, and the deals were so-so this year. There was a huge line that snaked around the Future Shop on Ste-Catherine on the 26th... -
You just can’t win them all
Posted on December 26, 2009 | 5 CommentsThere are people who are going to disagree, dislike or even proclaim that they hate your guts. And there are others who are going to tell you to keep doing what you’re doing because you’ve said what they’ve been feeling and thinking all along. We...