Adventures in Debt

Back from the Olympic Adventure

Hi everyone! I’m back from my wonderful Olympic adventure at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. What a spectacular experience! The city was alive with proud & loud Canadians, who were wooing and cheering their way to all the events. My friends and I had a great time, and I’m proud to say that I [...]

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The Numbers Have Been Updated

There you have it folks, over there on the right sidebar you’ll see my new Current Debt ticker. It now shows the one-and-only debt that I currently have, my consolidation loan. Yippee! You might also notice that the number is almost $9,000 more than my previous current debt, and that’s because we paid out my [...]

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The Pros Know

They really do! Remember how a few weeks ago I mentioned I was going to go see a financial professional to see if he could help me out? Well, he helped, he really did! I am now the proud owner of a 5-year open loan at prime + 1% (this is where working for a [...]

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Getting Some Professional Help

As we’re in full-on RRSP mode here in Canada (you can still make contributions to your RRSP now and have it apply to your 2009 tax year), we’re getting bombarded by ads for financial advisers and such. I usually ignore all of these, however this year I’ve been paying a little closer attention as I [...]

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Snowflakes are falling this January

The financial snowflakes have been falling fast and furious lately, so I’ve updated the Snowflake widget on the site. Each month’s snowflakes will be listed out as they happen, but once the month is over, they’ll be rolled up into the first line. Managed to sell off some of my brother in law’s comic books last [...]

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