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Cracking the coupon code.

October 25, 2011

Everyone seems to have a system when it comes to shopping. Some have the swift skill of negotiating.  Others look for sales with flyers and stock up. Some have a shopping blowout at the dollar store. Some grumble under their collective breath about the state of prices at the supermarket, about the fact that everything [...]

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Santa never sleeps.

September 29, 2011

Sorry to bring this up but (achoo) cold, wind, sleet and snow will soon be upon us, and you know what that means – a rotund, white-bearded fellow in an outlandish red outfit will be crawling down chimneys to deliver gifts under evergreen trees in living rooms across the land. The old boy never sleeps. [...]

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A close look at invisible spending.

September 8, 2011

September is a time to buck up. And by that I don’t mean it’s time to start throwing bucks around. I mean exactly the opposite. It’s time to gird financially for what to most of us is the real new year. The kids are back at school. Work places are vibrating with plans and new [...]

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Food For Thought!

August 30, 2011

Statistics Canada recently trumpeted in the news, that food prices are getting higher around the world and that this is finally affecting us. Food inflation is alive and well in Canada and at its highest level in 2 years. As gas prices are beginning to soar they are having an impact on consumer’s shopping patterns [...]

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Its raining deals

June 7, 2011

Rain rain go away, little Roxanne wants to socialize! After feeling trapped inside my house for two weeks my bestie Tacha and I decided that the beautiful sunny weather meant some well deserved socializing. I, being the genius that I am, suggested we try out a new Thai restaurant downtown for some good food and [...]

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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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Smart grocery shopping. Food for thought.

September 27, 2010

Imagine knocking $100 or $200 off your monthly grocery bill. That’s money that will allow you to get caught up on your finances if you’re behind.  Or it’s money that allows you to enjoy other things in life, like a better car, an education fund for your kids, a vacation nest egg or even a [...]

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Ready, set, save for Black Friday shopping.

August 31, 2010

John Hussman (The Money Demand Blog, July 30, 2010) on Recession Warning – “Based on evidence that has always and only been observed during or immediately prior to US recessions, the US economy appears headed into a second leg of an unusually challenging downturn”. Recession or not Americans feel the tradition of holiday gift giving [...]

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Back to school with smart savings

August 17, 2010

It’s that time of year again. Kids are getting back to the books, and if you’re a smart parent, you will take steps to keep your own books in balance by looking for ways to save while shopping. You get high marks for it in a tough economy. Start by using the best modern tool [...]

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Coupon collecting hobby resurrected

June 30, 2010

I am one of those who clip and collect store coupons thinking, ‘I could save money’. At times, I would spend a half-hour cutting out coupons and piling them up in my ‘coupon box’. But I never used them- my collection became a hobby. One day as I was cutting out some, a light goes [...]

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