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Liberate Yourself from Debt then Start Saving

/ February 15, 2011 / save money / Permalink

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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Save $100 Extra A Month – Some Great Ideas!

/ October 26, 2010 / save money / Permalink

Just finished reading an article on some interesting ways to save $100 a month (or more) by doing some general things that you may do anyhow! I found the list over at balancemylife.ca and I must say that it’s a pretty darn good list. The bolded ones are methods which I try to save and [...]

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Why Do We Go For The Deals?

/ September 21, 2010 / save money / Permalink

Was online reading some news articles last night and came across one which I thought I’d share with you folks. It was from the Wise Bread blog and the topic was when it actually makes sense to search out for deals and coupon shop, etc. The article breaks down the “getting the great deal” process [...]

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I Beat Down My Debt – How Did I Do It?

/ September 20, 2010 / make money, save money / Permalink

Well I posted last Friday about how I have eliminated all of my consumer debt. As proud as I am of this fact, I am also well aware that not a lot of people have any clue on how I did it. So, I’ll tell you. The first thing I will say is that I [...]

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Oh My God I Did It! – Budget Update – September 2010

/ September 17, 2010 / awesome, save money, Technology / Permalink

Exactly 465 days from my first blog post here about how I was going to whip myself into shape and start paying off debts – I have completed my original goal. I have to admit that I haven’t given an update to the budget on purpose for quite some time (June 3rd, 2010 I believe [...]

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RBC Develops A Mint.Com Type Of Finance Tracker

/ June 25, 2010 / featured, local, make money, save money, Technology / Permalink

Do you know how much your pets cost you a month? Every 6 months? A year perhaps? Recently my bank (RBC) introduced a finance tracker which allows you to categorize and see exactly where you’re spending your money. For kicks, I decided to see how much my pets are costing me (seeing that I just [...]

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Store Brand (Cheaper) vs Name Brand (Expensive) Comparisons!

/ June 10, 2010 / food, save money / Permalink

Whilst wondering through the many webs of the internet, I happened across a financial blogger named ‘Len’. I was instantly intrigued by his blog. He has a great following and a number of really different, interesting articles – the one which I wanted to point out to you (or few I should say) are the [...]

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Debt Repayment Update – May 2010

/ June 3, 2010 / make money, save money / Permalink

Well not only am I trying to limit the groceries which we purchase and try to spend a lot smarter during the course of a month – as you may know I’m also trying desperately to reduce my debt – this debt being my line of credit, and any credit cards. My first update was [...]

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Do You Judge People With Nice Cars? Shame On You!!..

/ May 31, 2010 / make money, save money / Permalink

You know it’s hard not to notice a nice car, at least it is for me. It sticks out, it’s shiny, it’s sporty, it doesn’t have a roof, perhaps it’s absolutely enormous (think Hummer), whatever the reason for it sticking out – it does. I’m not sure about you, but as soon as I notice [...]

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When Do I Get To Relax? Lots Of Updates including the “Grocery Challenge”

/ May 25, 2010 / food, local, save money, sports / Permalink

Wow what a weekend! Photographed an amazing wedding on Saturday (see some of the pictures here), tons of yard work Sunday, monthly poker game Friday night, hockey tonight (plus some groceries), tried to touch up as many photos as I could on Monday… May is going to be over before I know what hit me! [...]

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