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Groupon Getaway: Hastings Resort
Our annual tradition over the Labour Day long weekend, is to go camping. The three night camping trip plus firewood costs about $150. A few months ago, I came across a Groupon for a three night stay...
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Cheap Bathroom Renovation
After renovating our powder room in the Spring, we’ve been itching to get the upstairs bathroom renovation completed as well. While we did a full gut (and brand new bathroom) in the powder room for a...
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Be Open to New Ideas, Opportunities and Habits
I truly believe that planning for, saving towards, and reaching your financial goals (or any goal for that matter) is all about being creative, flexible, and open to new ideas, opportunities and...
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Lottery Winners who Spend Big
We’re constantly hearing stories about millionaire lottery winners… and the things they’ve done with their winnings. Sadly – it seems so many winners go hog wild when it comes to spending… I can’t help...
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Protect Yourself from Insurance Fraud
This guest post is written by Nick. Nick works at a Forensic accounting company and enjoys sharing his knowledge of forensic auditing. Visit http://www.forthsonline.co.uk for more detail about these...
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Emergency Savings: A Disappointing Response
I recently read an article on Yahoo Canada, revealing the results of a study – which showed that 45% of Canadians don’t have any money set aside for emergency savings. While the article itself was bad...
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The Importance of Setting Goals
Goals – They’re what keeps us motivated and enables us to track our progress in life. When it comes to finances, I think most of us have already set some financial goals. Whether it’s to retire at a...
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Money Saving Strategies for Grocery Shopping
Grocery shopping – we all have to do it, and most of us do it at least once a week. Groceries are a necessity in life, but unfortunately they can be rather expensive (especially for big families)....
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September 2012 – Financial Update
This month we made some good progress with saving and investing, along with modest gains in our portfolio. Overall, it was a pretty good month! Here’s our financial update for September… The daily bank...
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Is Your Attic Costing You Money?
Today we have a guest post from Alex D., a DIY Home-Improvement blogger who works with a variety of contractors, home improvement and home construction companies including McKee Homes. One of the...
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7 Ways to Earn Extra Money
Even though most of us work a full-time job, we all have some amount of “free time” left to do other things. Wouldn’t it be nice to use some of that free time to make extra money? Especially if it’s...
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A Difference of $10,000 Can Change Your Life
$10,000, or (-$10,000)… what difference does it make? Truth is – it makes all the difference in the world! Having $10,000 dollars in the bank means unlimited possibilities. $10,000 can be a down...
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The Truth about Net Worth
So many people focus on how much money they (and others) earn. They look at someone’s income as an indication of their wealth. The truth of the matter is, wealth is not determined by the size of a...
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Budgeting… the Key to Success!
Budgeting. It can literally change your life! Budgeting enables us to live life, without financial worry and stress. Budgeting allows us to spend money without feeling guilt, shame or regret....
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What Kind of Money Is Your Time Worth?
Today we have a guest post from Carly Lance. Carly thinks of herself as a personal finance junkie and loves to blog about saving money, frugal living and getting out of debt. She believes a happy life...
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Young Canadians Want To Retire Early … But Aren’t Saving For It!
I came across this article the other day – which reveals some very intriguing figures when it comes to young Canadians and their saving habits. The article reveals that 41% of young Canadians (ages...
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Cheap Halloween Ideas
With Halloween just around the corner, I wanted to brainstorm some cheap and easy ideas to make our Halloween celebrations fun and festive – without breaking the bank! Halloween is one of those...
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20 Timeless Money Rules
I stumbled across these 20 Timeless Money Rules on CNN Money, and they really stuck a chord with me. Here are timeless words of advice from truly timeless people… 1. Be humble When you do not know a...
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I came across this article written by Jeff Macke, which outlines five ways to help your children become wealthy adults. While the article is specifically targeted to moms – it’s most definitely...
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Four Ways to Invest Your Money
We all have incentive “investment accounts” that are available for us to take advantage of. For Canadians this would be our RRSP, RESP and TFSA accounts. Americans may have a 401k account. The...
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