Week in review

Well it's been almost a week since I posted. The week went something like this:

Monday: worked til 4 pm, ran errands after work (spent $5 or so on groceries), ate dinner, relaxed (it was absolutely freezing today, people had jackets on!)

Tuesday: worked til 4 pm, stopped at the store after work ($15.02 groceries), ate dinner, relaxed

Wednesday: worked til 5, ran errands at lunch ($43 gas), ate dinner, enjoyed the sunshine FINALLY

Thursday: worked til 5, bought lunch cuz I forgot mine at home ($3.50 and $5 something at the fruit/vegetable stand), ate dinner, watched Big Brother

Friday, worked til 5, finally managed a no spend day, relaxed

(Conclusion: Pretty boring when I work all week!! Not much time for fun!)

I have the weekend off :D Since the lady I'm replacing at work didn't come in all week, I put in my full hours at that office and found someone to replace me Saturday morning, and while I was at it, I asked for the 18th also.

Today is very nice, sunny, so going to take advantage of it. My friend's birthday was on Thursday (44 years old!) so we're going to get together today to celebrate a bit. She requested coconut cupcakes instead of a "real" cake, so I have to finish those up (icing and top with coconut).

I also managed to finish book #52!!! So that goal has been achieved a bit more than half-way into the year! I'll try to post my list soon.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

No pressure

I like the feeling of not having to blog on a regular basis if I don't want to... but I do log on daily and I still update my sidebars, stuff I always enjoyed doing. I think too I am a little tired of always working full-time. I had chosen to work part-time and did OK financially, but now I'm facing another 2 full months of 40 hour weeks and it's like I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am not doing back-breaking work or anything, but it's not exactly what I signed up for. Not yet anyway.

Of course the money is good and I'm trying to put more in savings. Right now, ING is offering 3% on its TFSA for a while so it's worth putting the whole $5,000 in there if the money is available. (This is more than double their regular savings rate).

I have been spending some money at the local fruit stand, I like buying fresh and healthy but it's costing quite a bit... I'll try not to go as often as I don't leave there without $15 worth of stuff, at least. Today I managed another no spend day, my first in 5 days.

GST checks are in the accounts!

For those of us that get them via direct deposit :-) I've already updated the 2010 travel fund accordingly!

Happy Canada Day !

I'm really proud and happy to be Canadian... we truly do live in a wonderful country :-) I wish a Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!

I was especially grateful for the day off (and chance to sleep in!!) as I've been working 6 days/week for a long while. And I do so for the next 7 weeks. Oh well, gotta work when the hours are available.

Financially, I had a nice surprise when I checked my net worth and I'm now over the $50,000 mark. This is all cash and investments, no other assets (as technically my house isn't mine yet). Not bad considering I was at -$40,000 or so in 2002.

I didn't spend too much in June, I stuck pretty close to my budget. It's not like I stopped blogging and went wild.

I'm going to be blogging again from time to time... I owe some garden pics and I also want to post my list of books read in 2009 (so far) as I'm on #50 right now. I guess in way both can be pf related, as the garden should cut down on grocery costs and I'm saving tons of money by using the library for books (and magazines!).

Hope everyone has a great start to July! It's been wet here and I don't know if I remember the last time I saw the sun, but at least we don't have unbearably hot temps.

Unmotivated

I'm thinking of taking a break from blogging... I've been kind of unmotivated for the last couple months. I feel I have nothing interesting to post about, and I don't feel like writing how-to posts, so am running out of ideas.

I'll keep my side bars updated and will keep tracking on my own, but I probably won't post more than once or twice per week. I hope to take some garden pics soon that I'll put up here though.

I will read blogs and hope to get a bit of time off soon, although my coworker broke her coccyx bone today at work... she's off until July 6th. I broke my coccyx when I was in grade 10 and I never missed a day of school even while popping Tylenol 3 pills (but my behavior changed quite a bit... I was HYPER!). Anyway... I'll do what I can.

7 things about me too!

I was tagged by Sunflowers at The Debt Chronicles .

The Rules:

1. Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they've been tagged.

1) I had my first take out pizza when I was in college... we always had homemade when I was growing up (my friends thought I was so odd!)

2) The first time I went to Paris was my first time on a plane, a train, a subway and a taxi (when I was 16)

3) I speak french at home but much prefer to read in english.

4) Both my grandfathers died before I was born (one on 6/6/66) and both my grandmothers died in their 90s. (hope I get their longevity gene)!

5) I'm a huge Big Brother fan and have been watching since season 1.

6) I haven't worn a dress or skirt in 19 years.

7) My cell phone is almost 10 years old!!

I won't tag anyone as this has been widely done on the pf blogs in the last week. If anyone feels like doing it and hasn't been tagged yet, feel free to :-)

You know you're in Canada when...

... it's June 22nd and you're wearing a fleece and watching smoke come out of your neighbor's chimney.

Yes, it is this chilly!

Today was a no spend day... I'll be running errands tomorrow and/or Wednesday instead.

No spend: 105/200 (12 in June)
No drive: 45/100