Nothing is worse than shopping at the grocery store and leaving with a depleted bank account. Apples, bread, peanut butter and other food goods aren’t exactly exciting fare. In fact, there are probably countless other items you would rather spend your money on (ahem, travel). Even though it may be painful to drop a few hundred dollars during a grocery store trip, the truth is
The average Canadian spends $3,503 per year on clothes and accessories. That means that on average, Canadians spend $291.92 per month. Ouch. In other words, your shopping habit could be costing you…a lot. But the truth is that looking good and feeling good doesn’t have to break the bank. In fact, it shouldn’t. My closet is carefully curated and filled with high quality pieces that
Please welcome my new staff writer, Taylor Milam, to the Cents, Sense & Sensibility team. She’ll be filling in for me this week as I’m moving house and will be keeping us company every Tuesday from next week forward. It doesn’t need to cost a lot of money to impress your honey. In fact, nothing is sexier than a woman (or man) who isn’t afraid to get
There’s a clear line when people talk about debt – there’s the good kind and the bad kind. When you borrow $800,000 to buy a million-dollar home in Vancouver, people congratulate you and throw you a housewarming party. On the other hand, wrack up $8000 in credit card debt and people are standing in line to boo and hiss. God knows I’ve fallen victim to
Hey everyone, welcome to Friday’s Sweet Savage Love. I take this time to talk about my favourite link loves for the week and then highlight only the finest cheesy romances that Harlequin has to offer (I love cheesy romances and see no reason not to inflict them on my larger audience). Check out my favourite blog posts below: Blonde on a Budget is one of
I don’t know about anyone else but 2015 was a crappy year for us. Like seven plagues of Egypt crappy. There was the rain and hail storms that punched holes in our roof and siding. Then there was the economic downturn that cost my husband his job – twice. And then there was the family crisis that ended with bitter words and abandoned relationships. Needless
I think couponing gets a bad rap. Whenever I thought of coupon-hunters in the past, I thought of tense, grabby women in grocery stores pushing carts loaded down with fifteen boxes of off-brand detergent and a fistful of sweaty coupons. I always imagined them in front of me at the grocery line, waiting to inflict their numerous “75 cents off” vouchers on some hapless sixteen
