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My dinner with Santa. An exclusive interview.

December 15, 2011

I would like to thank a colourful, wee elf named Undlin Neldth for arranging dinner last week between me and Father Christmas himself, St. Nicholas Claus (aka Santa). Undlin, who is in charge of Santa’s publicity department, recommended me to his boss for an interview after surfing the Net and chancing upon a blog I [...]

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Passport, check. Camera, check. Cultural differences with regards to money management, double check.

November 3, 2011

Having lived abroad for quite a few years, I’ve had the good fortune of immersing myself in a number of different cultures.  When it comes to managing money I noticed that different cultures can hold very different attitudes and ideas.  In some cases I was inspired and in others I was warned of what to [...]

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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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The long, hot summer.

May 12, 2011

So I’ve come to some realizations in the last month. One is that it’s the start of the summer driving season. Second, I am not Nostradamus or anything but I know gas prices will be soaring higher.  I know this because the media tells me so. In the debate, we’ve heard in all forms of [...]

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Moms and money. CFOs on the home front.

May 10, 2011

In the wake of Mother’s Day, I’ve been thinking about moms and money. Being a mom myself, I know all about money’s role in maternal matters, or perhaps I should say family matters, because it’s often us moms who handle the budget for virtually everything in the household. Call us Chief Financial Officers on the [...]

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Let’s talk about spiritual food and dining out.

April 28, 2011

Friend to the frugal, foe to the spendthrift – these are among my traits as Executive Director at Credit Canada. So it might surprise you when I say that one of the keys to managing debt wisely is to spend money on pleasures every now and then even when you don’t have a lot of [...]

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What’s your money type?

March 15, 2011

Here’s an exercise for you to determine what kind of “money personality” you have. No, I’m not suggesting that you are on the brink of experiencing multiple personality disorder. The truth is, we all have a money personality based on our attitude towards money, which stems from what we have observed concerning money matters since we [...]

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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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$2 litre!

March 2, 2011

Wrap your eyeballs around that dear reader because this is what’s ahead of us. Remember the glory days when a litre of gas cost $1? Oh how we chuckled when the gas stations had to add an additional digit to their signs to accommodate rising prices. If you’re like me your budget is as tight [...]

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What’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever done with my money and what I learned from it?

February 16, 2011

Back in November 2010 Credit Canada hosted our fourth annual Credit Education Week.  As in the past an essay contest was held for high school students.  The theme for the essay contest (as you may be able to guess from the title of this blog) was: What’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever done with my money [...]

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