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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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I Have Closed My Line Of Credit

/ October 11, 2010 / photography, save money, travel / Permalink

RBC is retarded. Back when I paid off my credit card, I posted about how it was a 30 second phone call to get my credit card limit reduced to $2000 from the shocking limit of $16,000 it was before. Very ironically, I got a letter in the mail just yesterday advising me that they [...]

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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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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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20x Points at Shoppers – Now The Bonus Redemption Is This Week!..

/ June 2, 2010 / charity, local, save money / Permalink

Today I could use a lot of items that they sell at Shoppers Drug Mart. Not only do they now have lots of groceries at deal prices usually  much better or equal to the big Grocery stores, but they also have drugs.. and today .. I am sick.. I stayed home from work sick, and [...]

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Fighting the “Don’t Buy Anything” Urge Big Time…

/ April 22, 2010 / save money, Technology / Permalink

I guess I shouldn’t say that I’ve been completely successful with fighting the urge to buy anything as I’m expecting my Roomba robotic vacuum that I purchased anytime this week :S But I guess I can defend that purchase with the fact that I’ve been curious about them and have been looking at them since [...]

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What A Weekend – A New Idea We’re Trying..

/ April 5, 2010 / food, save money / Permalink

Holy record breaking temperatures! I’m not sure what you guys did over the weekend – but I tried to spend as much time outside as I could. I’m actually starting to think I may have jumped the gun on a few things – such as taking out the patio furniture, raking up the leaves, cleaning [...]

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Start Saving Money Now! I Will Teach You How (Part 2)

/ March 12, 2010 / everyday life, make money, save money, stocks / Permalink

So in part 1 of this series I wrote about basically how easy it was to open up an account with Questrade, and told you step by step on how to go about doing it. In this part, I’m going to show you how to fund your account, make it automatic and how to start [...]

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Need Shoes?? 50% Off At Payless!! TONIGHT ONLY!

/ October 30, 2009 / save money / Permalink

Yeah that’s right… got an email from my sister today with a link (don’t ask me why she sent it to me.. maybe she thinks I need new shoes).. Anyhow, its’ a 50% off coupon from Oprah.com but it’s only good till close tonight! http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20091016-tows-payless Here are the details! Payless ShoeSource In-Store Coupon Offer Payless [...]

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Follow Up Post – $8.00 Prescription Glasses..

/ October 28, 2009 / save money / Permalink

Well it’s been awhile since I posted about how and where to find $8.00 prescription glasses, so I figure I’d follow up with a post to let you know how good (or bad) the deal actually was. Firstly, I should tell you that I know of two people very close to me whom ordered and [...]

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