I've been reading a text on personal finance that was loaned to me by a friend of the family (finance instructor at a local college). Good read, nothing really groundbreaking. I noticed that the "case study people" had to allocate much less of their income to rent. Their rent allocation was around $850 in most case studies (Canadian dollars, printed 2005), where as my rent is a whopping $1120! I suppose that's neither here nor there.

Oh yeah, and no eating out today. Also, no exorbitant phone usage.

In other financial news, I was checking in on my student loan account and the balance will offcially be down to $6500 as of Tuesday. My goal of having it paid off by summer is really coming together!