Spending Review: Greetings dearest readers, I am hoping the first day of December finds you still financially solvent. So far, you’ve had to dodge many money missiles, like Black Friday sales and festive season flyers and events. As you can see from my Quicken pie chart, I have not escaped the wrath of Christmas and winter shopping without a few … [Read more...] about Christmas Spending & (Bi)Weekly Review: Nov 18 – Dec 1
Groceries & Shopping
Decrypting the Cryptic Price Tag: Lifehacker tip for Shopping
Have you ever wondered why the price at your favourite store always seems to end in a $--.99? Or $--.97? No, not really? You haven’t? At least if you’re me, you haven’t. But then I read about it in a recent(ish) Time article and started wondering. The truth is that most retailers use a pricing system that demarcates their regularly priced … [Read more...] about Decrypting the Cryptic Price Tag: Lifehacker tip for Shopping
Financial Vertigo: Making Better Choices with Fewer Options
I woke up this morning dizzy. No big deal, I told myself, it’ll pass. Well, it didn’t. I wasn’t fainting or falling over but it was definitely presenting a problem. After a trip to the medical clinic, the good doctor did his thing and diagnosed me with vertigo. He explained it had something to do with crystals in my inner ear sending mixed up … [Read more...] about Financial Vertigo: Making Better Choices with Fewer Options
Spend Less Money & Weekly Review
Weekly Spending: Spend less money on groceries This week I spent about $75 on entertainment. Of that, $50 was on books and $15 was on bank fees that really could have been avoided. After that, I spent $10 on a pizza for my daughter and her friends one day. I packed my lunch all this week and brewed Tim Horton’s coffee at home which cut down … [Read more...] about Spend Less Money & Weekly Review
How to Earn Rewards Points without a Credit Card
* The gracious host, Ms. Thrifty, of this week's Carnival of Personal Finance has been kind of nice to feature my article in this edition's fine selection of PF articles. Please head on over to check it out. Last week, I wrote a post about Visa's #smallenfreuden campaign and some of the problems I saw with using your credit card for every day … [Read more...] about How to Earn Rewards Points without a Credit Card