Frugal ways to get married – Part 2
This is a 3-part series to demonstrate that you can get married 3 times for less than the Canadian national average of $31,685. In part 1 of the series I showed you that Mrs. T and I only spent …
Save-Spend Balance
Save-Spend Balance – Find the personal balance between saving money for the future and spending money to enjoy the present moment.
Frugal ways to get married – Part 1
Weddings, the reunion of two people, is one of the biggest celebrations and happiest days in our lives. This is why a lot of people justify spending a ton of money on their wedding day. …
How to Budget with a Variable Income
We are a single income family where we allocate my full-time salary into the different budget categories. For our side hustles, we save everything that we earn (after taxes) into our financial freedom account (FFA) and …
The unexpected news… death of a coworker
The other day, I received a work email that shocked me and made me tear up – a coworker of mine passed away unexpectedly. I didn’t know this coworker very well but I had worked …
Are groceries getting more expensive in Canada? – Costco vs. Walmart vs. Superstore Comparison
According to CBC, Canadians should expect to pay a lot more for groceries in 2021 with the price of vegetables and meats to increase as much as 6.5% thanks to climate change and COVID-19. Are …
Are we going to see a roaring ’20s?
Some say that history repeats itself. Are we going to see a repeat of the roaring ’20s a hundred years later? The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 influenza pandemic, lasted from February 1918 …
2020 Financial Review: $48,908.74 CAD Spent & Net Worth +5.28%
For the past four years, at the beginning of the year, I have written an annual financial review to analyze the previous year. I have decided to continue that tradition. These annual reviews are useful …