Tag Archives | Money

No Credit Card Debt? Time To Save More Money..

/ August 19, 2010 / save money / Permalink

So I just got off the phone with Mastercard as I decided that there was really no benefit from me having the fees associated with my card anymore. I was paying $99 a year to have the gold air miles Mastercard, and I was also $35 a year to have the lower interest rate from [...]

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Wish Me Luck – Going To Try Giving Up Coffee..

/ July 14, 2010 / everyday life, food, health, save money / Permalink

I post a lot about coffee.. I talk about how profitable it must be (seeing the huge amount of coffee shops around town), I blog about how expensive it is, how I save money by making my own, even talked about how we should stop drinking it and instead save some money and drink beer! [...]

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Beer For Breakfast …

/ June 21, 2010 / everyday life, food, local, save money / Permalink

Wow where does the weekend go? The PEI TweetUp on Friday night, Wine Show Saturday night and Fathers Day on Sunday – I guess that’s where the weekend goes eh? For those of you whom don’t have a clue and are wondering what the hell the PEI TweetUp was.. well, to put it simply – [...]

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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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75 Ways to Save Money – Every Single Month

/ March 30, 2010 / make money, save money / Permalink

I’ve found a great new site with lots of tips and tricks for saving money every month. As frugal as I think I am (not very), frugaldad.com is a GREAT resource and definitely a blog to bookmark or follow in your RSS feeds. I found a post with 75 tips to save money in a [...]

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Tax Refund – What to do with it?

/ March 2, 2010 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

If you’re one of the lucky people whom end up getting a tax refund year after year, I’ve a question for you.. what do you do with it? I filed my taxes last week via Netfile, and generally the turnaround for the cheque to come in the mail is around 2 weeks (if I remember [...]

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I Made It To Payday! Budget Update for January 2010!

/ February 5, 2010 / save money / Permalink

Over two weeks ago, I posted that I was ‘broke’ for two weeks as my paycheck was already spent. Well, I’ve reached payday after those two weeks.. and well, I’m no further ahead. I was hoping that my laptops screen was lying to me, but alas.. it was not this morning when I checked it [...]

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I Haven’t Even Gotten Paid Yet, And I’m Broke For The Next Two Weeks..

/ January 19, 2010 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

Here at work, we get our pay stubs a few days before we actually get paid. It’s kind of nice actually to know what to expect on Friday – even if it is only Tuesday. Today however, I think I’d rather not know. I just took a peek at my paystub and started deducting the bills that [...]

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Want To Buy A 100x Leveraged ETF?

/ November 19, 2009 / make money, save money, stocks / Permalink

Make sure you read the whole post… found at Jason Kelly’s Blog. Kelly Capital is proud to announce on Friday the 13th the world’s first pair of 100x leveraged ETFs: Kelly Daily Nasdaq 100 Bull 100x Shares (SOAR) and Kelly Daily Nasdaq 100 Bear 100x Shares (SINK). The investments seek to replicate, net of expenses, [...]

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Read Any Good Books Lately? You Know, All These Finance Books Say The Same Thing..

/ November 18, 2009 / everyday life, make money, save money, stocks / Permalink

I’m becoming a library junkie, but I’m sort of proud of myself for doing so. Hell, up until a few years ago I barely read anything if it wasn’t on a glossy page with Maxim on the cover. Lately I’ve been picking up a TON of finance books and I have to be honest in [...]

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