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Name: Michelle HanleyAge: 22Gross salary: $25,900Born-and-raised Vancouverite Michelle Hanley has been a full-time barista at JJ Bean on Commercial Drive for a year and a half. She is also the sardonic wit behind the satirical Twitter account for Kingsgate Mall and writes Vanpooper, an unpaid monthly column for BeatRoute Magazine in which she reviews public toilets. A self-described “borderline coupon lady,” Hanley relies on her uncanny ability to sniff out deals and find scores in the discount bins to make that coffee shop income stretch.
Rent …… $600(Sharing a two-bedroom basement suite in Mount Pleasant)
Heat …… $58
Phone Plan …… $48(With Wind Mobile)
Internet …… $15(Shared with housemates)
Bank Fee …… $15
Donation to WSPA …… $18(“I can’t say no to those people with clipboards”)
Groupons …… $29(For Castle Fun Park and Inkberry Frozen Yogurt)
Scratch & Win Tickets …… $25
Gas for friend’s van …… $95(“He drives me everywhere. We’re like platonic life partners”)
Two Americanos and two vegan Doughnuts from Cartems …… $11(“I feel like my life entire life is a struggle between my hatred of gentrification and my love of artisan doughnuts”)
Clothes …… $73(Silk Hawaiian shirt from Value Village, jeans from Old Navy, and shoes from Payless)
Yard Expansion for Neko Atsume …… $1 (“It’s a game on my phone. The concept is you have a yard and you try and fill it with toys for cats. Would recommend”)
Ramen Packs …… $3
Steam buns form T&T Supermarket …… $9 (“I don’t really buy groceries”)
Bottle of Proseco …… $12
Beer …… $150
Eating out: McDonald’s, Bon’s Off Broadway, What’s Up? Hot Dog!, Hon’s Wun-Tun House, Bandidas Taqueria, Budgies Burritos …… $233 (“I spend all my money on burritos”)
Cabs …… $50
Christmas Presents …… $180
Mac Lipstick …… $20
Make up and shampoo from Shoppers Drug Mart …… $40
Movie ticket for The Night Before …… $9 (With a $2 coupon)
Cover for live music …… $50
12 trips on the SkyTrain …… $33
Two rides on Maxzone motion simulator ride at Metrotown …… $13
Spotify subscription …… $11
The Remainder: $149(“I do put money in my savings account sometimes. I’m trying to one day save up enough money for a bed frame so I don’t have to sleep on a mattress on the floor.”)