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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 is [...]

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Haggling is fun, but it is not for me.

August 25, 2010

Off on our routine 40-minute walk to our favourite coffee shop last Saturday morning, 15 minutes in and my husband says, ‘Wait a minute, let’s check out this big yard sale’. Uh-oh, what can I say, but, ‘OK, let’s go’.
He was checking out a fascinating item – a little pewter collectible.  He asked, ‘How much is this doggie [...]

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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 available, [...]

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Heat wave induced savings!

July 13, 2010

Surprisingly, there was one benefit to this H-E-double hockey stick-ISH humidity heat wave that hit Toronto this past week. Being a winter person, I only ventured outside to get to work and to get home. No need for morning coffee, too scared to go outside and buy lunch, no evening adventures either. Evenings were instead [...]

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Hot town, summer in the city. For cheap.

July 12, 2010

So maybe you’re down this year about a lack of dough for some summer fun. Forget about it. Tuck those credit and ATM cards away for the time being. There are lots of great things to see and do in cities and towns across Canada this summer that cost you nothing, or next to nothing. [...]

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Love has no price tag.

June 15, 2010

Appropriately, I’ve been thinking about love in relation to money.
Recently, I did some window shopping. My journey took me to Toronto’s Yonge Street just north of Davenport where I happened upon a little store called Belle Epoque. Here I discovered a wonderful hodge-podge of modern furnishings, appliances, art and knick-knacks that lightened up my day. [...]

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