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summer

‘Waste not’ those fresh zucchini handouts! Store-bought pickles are pricey so why not make them yourself.

August 11, 2011

Summer is quickly coming to an end and the weather is still sizzling hot (not counting today).  Plants love the sun so if you have a vegetable garden there’s likely an abundance ready for harvesting, especially the zucchinis and other summer squash, and it should last into fall. So what should I do? For anyone [...]

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Movies in the Park.

August 9, 2011

As the weather gets hotter you can’t help but want to have some good old-fashioned summertime fun but these three long awaited months can be a very expensive time for those of us who can’t live without a social life. I completely understand, and the ‘Bargain Queen’ aka ‘The Diva On a Budget’ is here [...]

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Thanks Jill for saving me a bundle on my recent staycation.

August 4, 2011

I’m finally friends with Jill, the navigator who gives directions to Never-Neverland addresses I call flea markets, antique stores or garage sales, where my husband instantly changes into a child again! I am done contemplating whether or not buying a GPS was worth it; it turned out that it was. I spent my last vacation [...]

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A little birdie told me so. Cheap, cheap, cheap summer holidays.

June 23, 2011

I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again. Today’s Internet is a powerful, wonderful tool for money-related problem solving, including finding answers to the pressing question, what can a cash-strapped family do for a fun summer holiday? Start by thinking cheap and free. Then get your Google in gear. Type in cheap [...]

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School’s out children. Time to make some money.

May 17, 2011

In my experience, most university, college and high school students are hungry for full-time work come summer time. It’s not that they’re particularly keen about securing jobs to trim hedges, shampoo poodles, or sling beer, it’s just that they relish the idea of bringing home something besides grades for a change. They want to start [...]

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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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CEWC celebrates student essays, including the “Lemonade Debacle of 2001.”

November 19, 2010

It warms my heart to announce that Credit Canada and Capital One – along with other Credit Education Week Canada (CEWC) sponsors and participants – presented scholarships to a bevy of talented high school essayists at this year’s Credit Education Week Canada, which rounded out activities a few nights ago with a terrific Dinner Gala. [...]

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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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