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Have you gone through your dirty clothing while doing the laundry, tucked your hand into a pocket, and discovered a crumpled up bill? If so, then you know how delightful such a discovery can be. I have a friend who purposefully does this, actually. He’ll hide a bill somewhere, just so he can find it…
With Mint recently launching in Canada, they decided to run a poll to see how Canadians handle their finances. Overall, I think didn’t think we came out so badly, but there is room for improvement. The majority of us are dissatisfied with the current state of our finances, but wanting to improve our finances is…
Alan’s Take On Mint.com Just a little while ago, Mint.com officially launched in Canada. Originally only in the United States, Mint.com is a finance tracking service offered to consumers that have a hard time manually tracking their income, expenses, and budgets. They do this by associating your Mint.com account with your bank accounts, your credit…
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…
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…
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…
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…
