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groceries

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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$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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My ham sandwich gave me financial freedom.

February 28, 2011

Being a student at one of Toronto’s finest Universities, I find myself very broke. I also find myself spending more time there then at home. I also don’t have the same class hours each day. Some days I start very early and I’m home mid afternoon. Other days I start in the afternoon and I’m [...]

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Hug a cow save some money.

November 11, 2010

I’m a vegetarian and usually get asked all sorts of questions about what I eat but the most common and surprising one is, “isn’t it really expensive to be a vegetarian?”  This line of questioning really confuses me because, unless things have changed from my meat eating days, meat is expensive.  I remember being outraged [...]

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