when do I get my adult certificate?
Duck feet pedalling under the water kind of feeling into the holiday season. Spendings Report: $2, 726 Very low-key month in terms of finances despite how busy it is at work and personally. It’s quite interesting that although my life has changed a lot in November it’s not reflected as a much higher or much…
A rollercoaster ride this month. It was a lovely slow rise of successive highs, and then a sudden drop at the end. Spendings Report: $2,918 $1,000 of this was me getting the HPV vaccine. I should be able to claim $600 of that back in six months once the three courses are done and I…
Simple and short update for a beautiful month in Beijing. Spendings Report: $4, 668 Ouch ;( For the mathematically inclined, $4668 isn’t 54% of my salary, implying I make close to $9,000/month. My flight reimbursements ($2,300) came in from work so I’ve counted that as part of my savings, yay! Most expensive purchases this month:…
Happy to be back in my element. Spendings Report: $3, 964 It’s been a month of high spending, some of the top contenders: I’m happy that school has started again, it feels incredibly good to be back in a routine. The holidays are always enjoyable but it’s nice to return to a place where I…
Oops, a little late, I was in 4 time zones over the last two weeks so I’m a little out of it. Spendings Report: $ 6,521 See that -3%? Yeah. I spent my entire salary this month and then some. Believe it or not, this wasn’t terrible. I bought a new laptop worth about $3000,…
The days are long but the years are short. Can you believe it’s been 5 years since I started tracking my spending? That’s 60 months of records! I compiled a series of graphs along with notes about events in my life during those 5 years to put the Personal into Personal Finance. It’s a fascinating…
I’m back Toronto, baby! If any of you, my dozen of readers, are ever in Toronto or Beijing let me know, I’d love to show you guys around! Spendings Report: $2,867 It should surprise no one that most spending this month (and next month) is/will be on leisure haha! It’s summer vacation for us teachers…
Tax season. Spendings Report: $6,910 The spending this month is wild. The top three expenses were Canadian taxes, flights for the summer break, and a donation to the PCRF. This is a finance blog where I reflect on my spending each month in the form of spreadsheets, and I’m particularly satisfied with where my money…