If you’ve volunteered to put together a retirement party for a coworker or relative, you’re probably anxious to make it a great party, but if you don’t want to spend a fortune on it, you may feel like you have to compromise on the quality. With some creative thinking, you can come up with lots […]
Getting the Best Yang (or Yin) for Your Buck: A Guide to Finding the Best Yoga Class for You
In the past, those wanting to practice yoga had to find a guru to teach them, often uprooting their life to do so. But in modern times, particularly in North America, yoga is almost everywhere and there are a plethora of teachers, yoga styles and class format options to choose from. While having easy access […]
Anyone Want to Split $35M With Me? Dreaming of Winning the Lotto
On the drive home the other day, we got to talking about an unclaimed $35 million lottery ticket in Ontario. After a discussion about people doing crazy things to get a divorce after learning they won the lottery, we moved on to the natural topics of “what would I do” and “retirement.” We settled on […]
How I Use Tangerine to get FREE Money at Tax Time
If you have been hanging out in the realm of Canadian personal finance for a little while, you will have heard of Tangerine, previously known as ING bank. There’s a reason these folks are so ridiculously popular in the personal finance world. Yes, even a bank without physical locations is wildly popular. They offer free banking, […]
Free Audio Books!
Hi, friends. Quick post today: Amazon is giving away two free audiobooks as part of a FREE 30 day Audible trial (their audiobook site.) That’s pretty darn swell. Try Audible and Get Two Free Audiobooks I love listening to audiobooks (when I bother to download them) on my commute and sometimes at work when I’m […]
4 Ways to Save Money at Whole Foods
Whole Foods is a wonderful store filled with a variety of delicious, fresh foods of all sorts. But that variety comes at a high cost– at least it may seem that way at first. The prices of certain items in Whole Foods can be staggering. With ostrich eggs for $39.99 and some bottles of […]
Making 2015 Your Money Conscious Year
Making 2015 Your Money Conscious Year There are many things to be excited about in 2015, with the current trajectory of the U.S. economy at the top of the list. Unemployment dropped consistently over the past year, with 200,000 new jobs added to the economy each month for 11 straight months. For many, 2015 […]
Drawbacks to Using the Library
How can that be? Many personal finance bloggers, including myself, LOVE the library. Getting a library card and using it to borrow, rather than buy books is a great way to save money. Books aren’t cheap. In my honest opinion, they’re pretty darn expensive. Especially the hardcover books. It boggles my mind that people will […]
Preparing your Kids for the Costs of Driving
The costs of driving, as any car owner knows, include much more than putting gas in the gas tank. When I was a teenager without a car of my own, I did what many kids did to get around town — I either rode my bike, hitched a ride with a friend, or borrowed my […]
I Spent Money to Save Money
[tps_header] Lots of people talk about the fallacy of spending money on “great deals” when you really don’t need the items. That makes you worse off, in the end, because you really didn’t need the things to start with. In fact, I gave myself a pat on the back (not literally, I would have looked […]