2017 was a year of huge upheaval for me. Marriage, moving to a new city, trying work in a new sector, leaving that, and then finding a dream job in my old sector. Overall, it feels really good. Jordan and I have a very strong marriage and I finally feel like I am settling into… Read More Financial Year in Review
As I mentioned in my last post, Jordan and I did the Frugalwoods Uber Frugal Month challenge for July. Unlike January, we were able to do the challenge for the whole month! It was an interesting experiment and we definitely learned a lot from it. I wanted to give you all a quick update about… Read More Our Uber Frugal July and Beyond
You may remember that I attempted to participate in the Frugalwoods’ Uber Frugal Month challenge back in January. I say attempted because I was also planning for our wedding at the end of January and preparing to move to Calgary in February. So keeping up with the challenge got to be too much, on top… Read More The Uber Frugal Month, Round 2
Self-care has been a topic that has come up again and again throughout the past few years, in everything from my social work education to articles on my favourite cooking blog. If you search for it, you can find a zillion articles on what self-care is and tips on how to practice it. My problem… Read More Self-Care Through Frugality
Years and years ago (in 2009) I came across the idea of listing out all the things I didn’t want to spend money on, as opposed to the one I did. I thought this was a great idea and wrote my own list. Doing so helped me to identify what were my spending and financial… Read More Frugal Habits: The No Spend List
Before Christmas, Mrs. Frugalwoods (aka Liz) had sent out an email linking to this massive post about homework to be undertaken before the Uber Frugal Month Challenge started. I got a bit behind on everything not immediately related to Christmas or the wedding in December, so I am only starting to go through it now. I… Read More The Homework
Those of you who read the Frugalwoods as religiously as I do know that Mrs. Frugalwoods is running a Uber Frugal Month Challenge this January. The idea is that you are as frugal as possible for an entire month in order to save money, change your spending patterns, and to create lasting change in the way… Read More The Uber Frugal Month
The truth is, I haven’t done a lot of travelling (I supposed you could call that my number one frugal travel tip – don’t travel much! :P). However, I’ve done a few small trips that I’ve planned and been on larger trips with my family (and my mom, the ultimate frugalista), so I feel mildly… Read More Frugal Travel Tips
Ok everyone, I have a confession to make: before today I had never read a personal finance book all the way through. Believe me, I’ve tried, but it just hasn’t happened. The books I’ve tried to read have been too dense, too boring, too repetitive, or too snooze-worthy for me to get through them. I… Read More Book Review: Wealthing Like Rabbits
Hi everyone. I’m still here. Still alive, and still thinking about this blog. I just haven’t posted in forever. My life has been a crazy whirlwind over the last two months and lots of my normal things, like writing, have fallen by the wayside. August was basically dominated by my trip to Europe, which was… Read More Checking Back In
Frugal Can Be Fab! 