Why create a budget in the first place? It began about the time we graduated from university. I was researching methods to track my income and expenses with the intent of paying off my $30K student loan as quickly as possible. I read about…
Emily and I celebrated a new milestone this weekend. Five years ago, we got hitched. Every year we like to the take time and reflect on just how far we’ve come. In this case, we’ll talk literally. In these last five years, we’ve been…
There are many things to love about autumn in Canada. Leaves start to change their colors, apples are ready for picking and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. It’s also when kids return to school. Fall is a time for new beginnings and new ambitions –…
It’s been quite an eventful launch weekend. In the interest of full disclosure, we initially scheduled our blog to start later in the year but scored a wait listed ticket to the Canadian Personal Finance Conference 2013 for this past weekend. We threw a…
So after four seemingly endless years of late nights, my $30k of student debt and a pair of engineering degrees later, Emily and I waved goodbye to the student life and were excited to get on into the real world. We moved back to…