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 messages
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
* 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 purchases. Some
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 week. Life Under Construction Google-Fu and
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
Spring is in the air – time for a new wardrobe, right? How about scoring some money saving sweet steals without leaving the comfort of your own home? A hoax, you say? Nay, my Cents’er friends. Today we’re going to talk about the wonders of money saving with a swap party. A swap party, for those people who aren’t familiar, is a lovely little soiree
Hello Cents’ers, I hope you’re having a terrific Tuesday! Today, I’d like to share a fantastic challenge put out by Canadian Budge Binder – the Grocery Game Challenge! Mr. CBB asks us to look at how we spend our money at the grocery store and then find ways to live within a planned budget on a weekly basis. Whether that’s through cutting coupons, using points, writing
