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FB in a Nutshell
other blog: the everyday minimalist
talk to me: contact me here
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
Family Archive
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$88,000 and a family becomes debt-free after 3 years
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 11 CommentsMy favourite line of the whole video was Carole Caroll (a slightly difficult name for me to say) saying that they didn’t want to declare bankruptcy: ”We made the debt, we should pay for it!” And Don Carroll — “You learn to live with what you... -
I don’t know enough about my parents’ finances
Posted on November 10, 2010 | 58 CommentsNormally, this wouldn’t bother me, but my parents have a history of being clueless about money. Recently, I’ve been slacking off in the Mom & Dad Money Monitoring department, and letting other siblings take over the reins of responsibility for that. It wasn’t until I... -
Very proud of my family
Posted on December 24, 2009 | 9 CommentsI don’t normally talk about my family in glowing terms, but this time I’m doing it. My brother cleared his student loans last week!!! Extremely proud. Naturally, I pushed him to budget (I must have been a really nagging, annoying sister waving my budget spreadsheet... -
Why can’t it ever be easy?
Posted on October 3, 2009 | 6 Comments…to visit my family? I get here, and already there’s drama with my mom rushing to go and help out my brother and his family yet AGAIN. They’re like slaves, at the beck and call of a king. I know it’s not entirely like that;... -
Trying to get rid of things, is futile.
Posted on July 21, 2009 | No CommentsIt aggravates me when I try and clean out things from my home and especially from my old room at my parents’, because all that JUNK inevitably makes its way back into my room and it looks like a freaking mess again. It’s because my... -
Looking into a hypothetical Stay-At-Home-Mom’s Pay
Posted on July 20, 2009 | 6 CommentsFB Note: Don’t get all up in arms about this topic, okay? This post is NOT MEANT TO MAKE ANYONE ANGRY or disrespect anyone. It is meant to generate discussion. If you can’t handle it, step away from the post and drink some tea. Here,... -
A morning in the life of FB
Posted on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments7 a.m.: Wake up. Check to see if it’s snowing AGAIN. No? Good. Head into shower. 7.30 a.m.: Start kettle for tea. Realize I have no morning fruit left to eat (clementines and the like). Contemplate eating BF’s beloved yogurt but decide against it. This... -
Frugal, Cheap and a Cheap Opportunist
Posted on April 7, 2009 | 32 CommentsFor the record, being frugal (a word I hate), means: being a conscious consumer spending your money only on what makes you (and only you) happy making choices with limited impulse buying searching for the best deal for the money and quality you are getting... -
What’s an average family size?
Posted on January 21, 2009 | 46 CommentsFB: I love the picture of that little cranky boy in the front on the left. LOL! The little girl up by her mom’s shoulder is adorable!! I don’t know if any of you are losers like me, but when I was in the hotel... -
I met Mr. Jones…
Posted on January 6, 2009 | 24 CommentsVisited my family the other day. Had a (rare) heart-to-heart with him about finances, life and even love. Which is really strange because we’re not close family members, but I think he’s trying to compare what he was like at my age, to what I...