Yesterday I got home and checked the mail. One of the bills was a credit card bill. I open it up just to review it and I found something oddly strange about the statement, it appears that my credit limit had been decreased to $5000 from $7500. The most interesting part was the reason included in the statement:
NOTE: Due to [...]
This year was the first time I ever did my own taxes (it was my fiances actually). She only had a few slips which made it simple enough to enter it into Quick Tax. I still went to an accountant to have mine done because of all the investments. I was also hoping to enter all of my figures into [...]
This week I did a review of my credit score and what I can do to make it better. I also looked at a goal that I failed miserably and the steps I can take so that I don’t fail it again.
Carnivals
What is Cheap? was in Carnival of Personal Finance over at Mighty Bargain Hunter. It also appears that this [...]
A few weeks back I talked about attempting one of my financial goals. The goal seemed simple enough, keep my discretionary spending to under $100 a month. Well I’m here to say that I failed that goal miserably. I blew through that $100 dollars in less than 10 days and am now on my second $100 allotment. So [...]
A couple of weeks ago I did a credit report and much to my surprise my score went up. This isn’t a big achievement since the previous year my score took a big hit. I decided I wanted to do a review of my credit history for the last 3 years and determine what caused my credit score to change [...]
This week I asked the question “What Is Cheap?“. I also started a corresponding thread on Canadian Money Forums to garner some additional opinions on cheapness. Unfortunately this was the only article I wrote this week. It seems birthday week has thrown me off my rhythm but I’ll be working hard to get going again this week.
Carnivals:
I’m 30: Has The [...]
One of the first posts on this blog was “Frugal Tip – A Big Mac My Way“. The premise was you can pretty much get a Big Mac at half the price. This article had disappeared into obscurity until a reader posted the following comment:
daveking on April 12th, 2009 12:10 am
No offense, but this is getting on the borderline of [...]
A bit belated but here is the week in review. By the way Birthday week was a blast :
This week I put a plan into action to accomplish one of my financial goals and I’m contemplating getting rid of my TD GM Visa card. I also turned 30 this week and came to realize that my personal finance [...]
No posts people. Enjoying the long weekend and finishing the last of my birthday celebrations tonight. See you all tomorrow.
-mfd-
Growing up my father always had a large garden in the yard. During the summer months it supplied most the herbs and vegetables that we ate. When winter came around my parents would freeze things like tomatoes for sauces. I always took this for granted but now that I’m older I’ve grown to appreciate the satisfaction in growing your [...]
Yes today is my birthday and yes I am now 30.
Are things different? No.
Does something feel different? Yes!
Up to this point I’ve just been watching my expenses and saving/investing without a clear plan. It’s never concerned me before because of where I stood financially in comparison to other people in my age range (see the money sense article) . I [...]
