When you’re trying to balance socializing with maintaining a budget, you can run into problems pretty quickly. You’re first thought might be that you have to become a hermit and avoid answering the phone for the next two years to pay off your debt, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Before you move out to the isolated shack in the mountains, read this article! Socializing &
I love to declutter and I live with a self-proclaimed “collector” (read hoarder). My husband enjoys squirreling away random items for potential use in the future. The time and place for the assumed “use” of said item will be determined in some mysterious way that only my husband can discern. We actually have a box in our basement entitled “Box o’ Wires” which is full of old adapters for
When I think about impulse spending, I think about those moments when I’m teetering on the edge of buying something I know I shouldn’t buy. There is that build-up of tension that comes from the indecision, that see-saw feeling of “Will I? Won’t I?” and then sudden relief when I let go and just spend the money. There’s the swell of pleasure and gratification followed shortly by
This week, I’m profiling an article by Crystal over at “Give Me Back My Five Bucks”. Crystal recently wrote an article about lifestyle inflation which got me thinking about how this might apply to my own life. I never thought about myself as someone who fell victim to this idea of “trading up” or “keeping up with the Joneses” but it turns out that I
Wouldn’t it be great to save the world – one child at a time – and get a free gym membership at the same time? This week’s money saving tip involves helping others and saving money at the same time, how’s that for a feel good recipe? Money Saving: Find creative solutions The YMCA in my home province offers an awesome deal – volunteer with them
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
