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Cyber Monday – Great Deals Today

/ November 29, 2010 / save money, Technology / Permalink

I’m pretty sure that they are eventually they are going to fill up every day of the year with some sort of catchy name to get people out spending their money needlessly on a day to day basis. Today is “Cyber Monday”, and I’m trying to remember when this new “day” came into place? Don’t [...]

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Free Stuff With Brandsaver!

/ September 13, 2010 / everyday life / Permalink

Yep, I’m all about getting stuff for free, or at the very least on sale . This is why I grab coupons when I can, this is why I frequent save.ca and this is why I signed up for brandsaver. They send me on a semi-annual basis all kinds of great little mini toiletries and samples. Right [...]

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Why Do I Keep Fighting The Urge To Buy A Netbook?..

/ May 30, 2010 / Technology / Permalink

I’ve had a netbook before – for those of you whom don’t know what a netbook is, it’s basically a laptop – but very much smaller, and more limited. The biggest difference generally is the lack of a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM player in it. They’re pretty slick and I keep thinking that I want one… the problem [...]

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Wear Something Red To Old Navy – Get 30% Off!

/ January 26, 2010 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

Pretty sweet deal if you ask me, especially since it’s pretty easy to wear something red or something with Canada on it. Old Navy will give you 30% off your entire purchase if you wear something red, or that says ‘Canada’ or has a maple leaf. Only available this weekend, from January 29-31. That’s a [...]

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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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Goodbye WDTVLive, Hello again XBMC

/ December 1, 2009 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

Ok, I should be good for a long, long time. I now have what I would like to believe as the perfect home movie theatre setup. I followed the following guide almost to the letter and created my own silent XBMC (Xbox Media Center) on a small Nettop computer which I was only able to [...]

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I’m Not Going To Have My Shopping Done!

/ November 23, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

Wow what a weekend.. talk about going by way to fast, eh? I’m happy to report that I have started my Christmas shopping, and that between both Liz and I we do have a lot of people that we’ve completed shopping for, however unfortunately I have to say that it doesn’t look like I’ll be [...]

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