When we try to save money, we usually look at the usual suspects, like groceries and clothes shopping, and we attempt to cut back on those expenses. However, sometimes it’s not the typical offenders that are wreaking havoc on our monthly expenses. Sometimes it’s just the little things that we don’t even think about that…
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Category Archives: Budgeting
How To Start Planning For Christmas And Save
It’s that time of year again! Time to start focusing on a Christmas budget and putting some money aside for the holidays. As October fades away and November takes over, the days tick by like clockwork and you need to get rolling on your financial Christmas planning. Christmas planning tips Here are some tips that…
Theme Your Christmas
Everyone is always looking to save money for Christmas. Not during Christmas, of course, when the Bailey’s infused coffee and Kahlua drenched eggnog get to your head, and when the Black Friday/Boxing Day sales are pumping everyone’s capitalistic heart to the max. Before Christmas, when the dawning realization of just how quickly it is coming…
Learning to Fail Fast
Nobody likes to make mistakes. However, the simple reality of life is that at some point, all of us are going to be wrong, do something bad, or somehow screw something up. That’s just life, and it has been since we learned how to walk, write out the alphabet, and do calculus. We are going…
Mint.com Has Added Canadian Banks
Back in September I wrote about how it was expected that Mint.com was coming to Canada in early 2010. Then a week later it was announced that Intuit was buying Mint. This led to more speculation on whether Canadian banks were still in the cards and if so, when would it happen? Well now we…
Crafting a Gas Budget
Now that we are in the heat of summer, there’s nothing quite like the open road. During the winter, roads are dangerous, unforgiving, and generally quite frustrating to deal with. Getting from place to place is such a hassle. However, now that the sun is up far longer than it is down, and there’s nothing…
Preparing For Christmas in June
I know, I know. It’s barely hit June, the sun has just finally become warm, you’re thinking about camping, swimming at the beach, and mosquito bites, not Christmas. Not only is Christmas over six months away, we just got through a long cloudy spring, desperate for those warm summer nights, campfires, sunburns, and popsicles. Now,…
