It was a bad idea from the start.. “Hey, it’s Saturday and we need to get out of the house.. let’s go to Walmart or something”. Yeah, great idea.. 4 stores and $200+ later we’re heading home with a brand new Keurig coffee machine. Talk about your impulse purchase eh? Ok, truth be told I [...]
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Last weekend was great. Not only did we have a movie marathon on Saturday night here at home, but on Friday night we went and had a fantastic evening with some friends of ours – including booze.. and it cost us the princely sum of $4.00. Ok that may not be entirely accurate – but [...]
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I’m always interested in others opinions, especially when they’re about topic which I enjoy as well. The following is a guest post written for lencurrie.com from an author whom contacted me and volunteered a post. Author Bio : Marc Brown is a financial writer, a Dad, and the frugal gatekeeper of his household. Frugality, Savings, [...]
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There’s an old phrase that “it takes years to win a customer and only seconds to lose one”…well, in my case, it took two hours for Canadian Tire to lose me as a customer. I will admit that before I tell you my brief story, that I normally try to buy from Canadian companies…unless the [...]
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I’ve found Lifehackers buying guide very helpful (even if I didn’t follow it at all) to figure out the best times for buying certain items throughout the year. For example, everyone knows that the best time to buy a fake Christmas tree is the week AFTER Christmas right? Yeah.. exactly. Too bad I didn’t get [...]
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Yeah, so I sort of missed the point I was trying to make with my previous post (which I deleted) which talked about how freely available things were online. The point which I wanted to make (and did a bad job at it admittedly) was that the next physical item which we use today which [...]
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I’ve reread the title of this article a few times, and I’m sure if you clicked on it you and you’re here reading you are wondering if Len has lost his mind and is going to selfishly talk about how he wants Christmas to be about himself. Ha, you would be quite wrong however, you [...]
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In the quest for perfect bacon – I’m always all ears. Recently Liz and I went shopping at the re-opening special at Co-Op and they had some bacon special on for $1.99 per package.. SWEET!! So we loaded up of course and stuck a bunch in our freezer. This tip however, really hits home as [...]
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I often get asked when I post a great deal online where exactly I find them. Truth is, you can get a lot of great discounts online and it doesn’t have to be difficult to find them. The latest craze for online savings are "group buying" sites like Groupon and TeamBuy. These sites are sort [...]
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Well I have to admit, I’m about to use my credit card a heck of a lot more than I usually do – and with no signs of stopping. It also has nothing to do with Christmas either, I’ve actually saved some money for Christmas, want to know why? RBC (my main chequing account bank) [...]
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