Nickel by Nickel
My name is Renée. From mid 2010 until September 2012 I blogged under the name Andrea, you can read about that here. I am 26 years young and currently live on the beautiful East coast of Canada.
Why Nickel by Nickel:
I have a strong interest in personal finance and on this website you will find my rantings and ravings about money among other things. This blog started out in 2010, primarily as a chronicle of debt-repayment, since then it has evolved to cover life, travel, finance and just winging it as I jump from trying to save money to learning how to invest to seeing the world to renovating my fixer-upper house on the cheap. Wealth creation; nickel by nickel and one penny at a time. You see, progress doesn’t have to come in millions, as long as you keep moving.
My ultimate goal is financial independence and FREEDOM. What’s yours?
More about me:
I am an ambitious introvert who’s been called curious, cheap, funny, too ambitious, sweet, shy, a workaholic, complicated, smart, stupid, wild and arrogant. But… I’ll let you make up your own mind about me. I’ve moved quite a few times, I have some serious wanderlust, saudade, if you will. I love to travel and there are quite a few places left on my must-see list. I bought a small fixer-upper house in 2008 (by myself) that I’m trying to finish renovating which you’ll also find recorded on The Littlest House page. I have many interests and few true hobbies – I like to try new things! I thrive on your feedback so don’t hesitate to give me a shout!
Through blogging, I’ve found many great resources, websites and other personal blogs some of which you will find linked on the Link-Love tab. I’ve also found a great community of personal finance bloggers on the web that have been supportive and helpful every step of the way. Check out Yakezie when you get a chance.
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Hey, Andrea! Thanks for leaving a comment on GRB today!
I look forward to reading through your archives and hopefully "getting to know you." (As much as you can through a blog anyway!)
Posted by Red | December 29, 2010, 10:57 pmHey Red, hope you're still around to read, I miss your blog!
Posted by Andrea | April 14, 2011, 5:06 pmyeah, me too!
Posted by J$ | July 15, 2011, 7:16 pmYou're Canadian too! So am I, a West coaster though.
Posted by Daisy | January 8, 2011, 12:42 amis it bad that that makes me want to say something really stupid like "EAST COAST WEST COAST, represent?' Errr, yeah.
Cool! I've been as far as Banff but never really into BC, I will venture there in the next few years, you will have to hook me up with the best places to check out
Posted by Andrea | April 14, 2011, 5:07 pmHey! I'd recognize that pink spot anywhere! Haha… j/k. Cool you're from CA — lots of PF bloggers from there. See ya around the webs, my friend!
Posted by J$ | April 13, 2011, 11:23 pmThanks for the visit Jmoney!
Posted by Andrea | April 14, 2011, 5:40 pmI saw you on Yakezie. Nice website
Posted by Everything Financet= | August 15, 2011, 7:38 amThank you for stopping by
Posted by Andrea | August 15, 2011, 10:16 amHi Andrea! I agree… I really like your nice, clean set-up for your website
Posted by World of Finance | December 15, 2011, 8:24 pmThanks girl
Posted by Andrea | January 15, 2012, 11:03 pmMmmmkay, unexpected. Stumbled in off of google and definitely not related to what I was trying to find (tech stuff), but I read it all. Good stuff, I guess?
Posted by Kenia Aragaki | March 3, 2012, 10:43 amHey you stuck around so that is great.
Posted by Andrea | April 3, 2012, 1:19 amI found you from Yakezie too – nice site, fresh design and some great writing
Posted by Savvy Scot | March 15, 2012, 4:01 pmThank you!
Posted by Andrea | April 3, 2012, 1:18 amHey Andrea! I realized I never commented on your about page. Thanks for all the supportive back and forth e-mails. I really appreciate that. Also, buying and fixing up a house on your own is very ambitious. So I give you lot of credit there. Glad to hear that you're enjoying your trip in Europe right now. Don't eat too many croissants lol.
Posted by Modest Money | July 21, 2012, 7:14 pm