when do I get my adult certificate?
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:…
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…
I cooked the books this month. There were expensive purchases that I held off until it hit May 1st so I didn’t have to record them in April haha… But now my May spending will look like I’ve gone off the deep end. Stay tuned for my May update! Spendings Report: $2,664 Better than March!…
Many good things this month! First, my credit score is doing super well! I checked it on leap year day but forgot to include it in my February review. What am I going to do with it? Apply for a mortgage for a shoebox in Toronto lol. For reals tho, no plans to use it…