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
Groceries & Shopping
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
Google-Fu and my Weekly Review: June 10-16
Spending Update: This week’s entertainment budget looks large this but it's including som extra purchases that I was reimbursed for: Under food and dining, I have $192 in spending. A hundred of that was for groceries for some cooking projects I had on the go this week. Other than that, entertainment and everything was on track over the past … [Read more...] about Google-Fu and my Weekly Review: June 10-16
Grocery Smarts: Go easy on the greens!
This week, I’d like to talk about an article that talks about grocery smarts that was posted on another PF (Personal Finance) blog that I am a big fan of – Making Sense of Cents. Jordann - a staff writer - talks about how she would buy up an excess of produce at the grocery store every week and be a veggie and fruit hoarder. … [Read more...] about Grocery Smarts: Go easy on the greens!