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You ain’t dead yet. A bucket list for financially challenged Torontonians.

March 11, 2011

Can you die a happy soul when your entertainment budget is already six-feet under? Yes you can. In fact, I’ve developed something for financially challenged Torontonians called “The No-Spend Bucket List.” It consists of a raft of free, entertaining activities that must be undertaken before you and that proverbial bucket take a final tumble. Though [...]

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When a great deal makes for a good feeling.

February 4, 2011

Shortly after this blog was launched about a year ago, I put in a plug for Value Village here in the Toronto. At that time, I had just visited the store after a long absence, and I was surprised by the pleasure of the experience. Such an array of wares and duds to choose from [...]

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Bed, bath, and beyond your budget

January 21, 2011

These days it seems like it’s getting harder and harder to keep expenses down to an absolute minimum. That’s why many of us develop our own rules of thumb when shopping.  Personally, I’ve developed an almost intuitive strategy which I practiced to help keep me on the good side of my bank account. However, a [...]

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You may know my husband Colin Farrell…

September 22, 2010

I met him last year at TIFF.  I locked eyes with the back of his head at the screening of his film, ‘Triage’, and it was love at first sight.  He did a question and answer period after the film and is hilarious.  Hilarious and extremely handsome.  An eagle eyed friend and I managed to [...]

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Chuck the cheapie. “Ugh” is the word.

September 8, 2010

Is there a cheapie in your life? You know the type. Let’s call him Chuck. He’s invariably late with rent money and he will short-change you on the bills (then meekly apologize for the oversight when caught). He’s often a mooch. Chuck helps himself to the food in your refrigerator and cupboards and he’s always [...]

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The Queen and I have something in common!

July 8, 2010

Once I was told, ‘Don’t leave the room or they’ll talk about you when you’re gone’. My response was, ‘I’m sure whatever it is, it will be all good’. Well now that the Royal Highness and her husband have left, I too can talk about the Queen’s frugality, in a good sense of course. I [...]

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Some food for thought…

June 28, 2010

For some of you who were declined credit due to five or six credit cards you own, let it be a lesson to others. It’s not the number of credit cards and the amount of credit limit on them that ensures another approved credit. The reality is on the contrary. You say you have three [...]

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Money, Men and Women

March 3, 2010

A peace plan for the financial war of the sexes The artillery sounds from the shores of the Atlantic to the beaches of the Pacific. But it is not the boom of cannons that can be heard across the continent; it is instead cries of frustration and anger between couples – married and unmarried alike [...]

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Thank Heaven for Guardian Angels

December 14, 2009

Come the holiday season, I can’t help but think about George Bailey of Bedford Falls. Otherwise known as actor Jimmy Stewart, George and his townsfolk have become a staple of Christmas viewing as TV and cable networks air what the American Film Institute has labeled the most inspiring film of all time, “It’s a Wonderful [...]

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Staycation. A different kind of blockbuster summer.

June 24, 2009

    There’s a new word on people’s lips this year: Staycation. And, no, it’s not a summer blockbuster starring Eddie Murphy as the unemployed patriarch of a family of misfits played by none other than Eddie Murphy. Staycation is the term for sticking around home this season and finding ways to enjoy yourself at [...]

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