I’ve been officially unemployed now since early February – about 7 months. If you’re wondering why I’ve been unemployed so long – check out this post. I know it’s now time to start looking for a job again but my brain is spinning in circles thinking about I want to do, so I thought I… Continue reading Career Confusion
We spent some time in South America earlier this year so I thought I’d share how much we spent. I am NOT trying to be a travel blogger (actually maybe I am – sounds like a dream job). However, travel is a passion of mine and I’ve always enjoyed reading about other people’s trips and… Continue reading What We Spent in Argentina (and Uruguay)
Something really cool happened in July. I was nervous to check our Net Worth this month because we spent quite a bit of $$ in July, and of course, didn’t have any income. Fortunately, I had a nice surprise. We spent almost $8,000 in July – I know, that’s gross. While we didn’t have any… Continue reading Net Worth – July 2020
When my husband and I moved to California, we only brought his car with us. I sold/donated my car to my brother because we were going to be working together so we figured we’d only need one car between us and it would save us $$$.In hindsight, this was a mistake, as we only ended… Continue reading Get Rid of Your Car Payment
Money and personal finances for the most part, are still considered a big taboo. Most of us don’t know the salaries or bank balances of our coworkers, friends, or even family members. We can try to guess based on their occupations and lifestyles, but we really have absolutely no clue. Since my husband and I… Continue reading Sleeping in til 2pm, living off of beans.
We had a small credit card win the other day! Here’s the backstory – since we recently moved back to Canada from the US, we still have our Chase Sapphire Reserve card. We had about $1,300 worth of cash rewards or $1,900 in travel rewards. As you can see, the rewards are worth 1.5x more… Continue reading Credit Card Rewards Win
I’ve been hesitant to start this net worth series. I plan to update our net worth details at the end of each month. However, I’d of course hope to see our net worth increase every month, and I know that’s not going to happen for us for a few months yet. We’re unemployed and aren’t… Continue reading Net Worth – June 2020
For some reason this morning on my walk I was reminded of a moment that has stuck with me all these years. About six years ago I was working in an office making $38,000. I was in a fairly entry-level position but as I continued to take on more responsibility I of course started to… Continue reading An Out of Touch Boss
We currently live about four hours away from where we both grew up and since we’re new to the area we don’t really have a social circle – which is great for our finances. While we’d love to have our friends closer to us it does mean that we aren’t going out to restaurants and… Continue reading Find Thrifty Friends
Life doesn’t always go according to plan. After spending four years living and working in LA, my husband and I decided in the Summer of 2019 that it was time to move back to Canada. We always knew we wanted to take time off of work to travel. The timing felt right, we would leave… Continue reading Our Failed Travels