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other blog: the everyday minimalist
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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
Money Archive
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What are you NOT spending on groceries?
Posted on October 21, 2011 | 13 CommentsI had this question posed to me by a fellow colleague who was stumped as how we could live on $300/month for the two of us eating in groceries. He says he spends about $700/month just for the two of them. I basically said that... -
The King of Cheap
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 31 CommentsStory time! My father was the King of Frugality. I like to call it being the King of Cheap because there were some pretty questionable things he did when I was a kid that appalls people (especially BF) when he hears of what my dad... -
The sooner you start the better: Why procrastination just delays the inevitable
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsAs it is with life, finances and things everyone hates to do — the sooner you start, the better. Procrastination just delays the inevitable. If you have $4000 worth of debt and one Saturday night you think: OMG I should clear that!, then you decide... -
How I got out of debt
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 10 CommentsI think the question people ask me the most is: How did you get out of debt? These are the 7 steps I followed: 1. Deciding one day, to get out of debt & stay out of it 2. Tracking all my debts down to... -
Cut everywhere, not just what you want to buy
Posted on September 26, 2011 | 54 CommentsWhen people don’t have money, they tend to cut out what they want to buy. New couch? We’ll hold off on that. Daily coffees? We’ll stop that too. Upgrade to a new car? Maybe net year. But where people should really cut, is everywhere in... -
Does holding or wearing designer anything, automatically mean you’re a high maintenance shopaholic?
Posted on September 21, 2011 | 11 CommentsI firmly say: NO WAY! to that. I once had a friend carry a Louis Vuitton purse to a bar, only to have a guy lean over and slur: “You’re too expensive to maintain for my tastes!” And to elicit that, all she did was... -
Collecting: Hobby or Money Pit?
Posted on September 12, 2011 | 14 CommentsI used to collect unicorns as a kid. No, not REAL unicorns, but anything with a unicorn on it. I didn’t want a normal real-live animal to collect likenesses of. No no. I wanted a UNICORN. Especially if it was purple. I had a unicorn... -
Can you really afford to tithe?
Posted on September 7, 2011 | 38 CommentsThis is inspired by Financial Uproar’s post: “God wouldn’t approve of this post.” He wrote: Giving away 10% of your income is a pretty poor way to get rich. It doesn’t matter who you give it to, it’s gone. It can’t be invested for long... -
The War Menu: Living with $100 a month for food
Posted on September 5, 2011 | 19 CommentsInspired by my West Coast girl Krystal, who caught some flack for mentioning wanting to try out an emergency food budget of $100 a month, I thought I’d post BF’s war menu. See, this idea came about when he saw our food budget rise *... -
Waiting for our debts to disappear
Posted on September 2, 2011 | 18 CommentsEver think to yourself: When I am 65 and ready to retire, I’ll be debt-free? I just have to clear this car/mortgage/line of credit all in due time. Well I read in the August 30th’s issue of the Toronto Metro that CIBC (a Canadian bank)...