If you haven’t seen the film “Food Inc” yet, I suggest you go and see it. It will outline the true cost of the foods you buy and consume on a daily basis. It has been said by the author of book entitled “The Value of Nothing” that a fast food burger actually costs $200 [...]
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What I Really Wanted in Paris
A couple of years ago I spent 11 glorious days in Paris, France. It was a lucky break for me, a friend of mine who grew up there was having a birthday and decided that his big bash would be at his mom’s home. All I had to do was buy a plane [...]
A Bottle of Spaghetti Sauce
Last night my partner made dinner; spaghetti and meatballs. He used a bottle of Ragu Pasta sauce and added chopped green peppers, mushrooms and meatballs. But he also added water. It would have been an awesome meal except for the added water in the sauce. Instead of a lovely sauce that [...]
Is Fast Food More Affordable Than Healthy Food?
McDonald’s, Arby’s, Jack in The Box and other fast food joints have some good deals. $1.35 for a burger here, $6 for any four items on the menu there, super size your order for just 19 cents more… Definitely way easier on your wallet than eating a $12-15 salad at a sit down restaurant. Or [...]
Who Pays for Dinner?
So, you’re on a date with someone for the very first time. You got to a nice restaurant then the bill comes. Who pays for dinner?
Just curious what everyone’s thoughts are about this…
Does the man pay?
If it’s two women or men on a date, who pays?
Or should the one who asked the other out pay? [...]
Free Entertainment at the Casino?
Last night my boyfriend and I decided to go to the casino. We are not gambling folk, the most gambling we do is buy the occasional lottery ticket and play poker with our poker group with a $5 buy in and a $20 a night limit. We went to the casino because we wanted to [...]
The Price of Being Lazy
Recently we had a our regular once-a-month poker game at my partner’s best friend’s house. The poker group decided we wanted to have dinner together too and so it turned into a potluck event as well. I think potlucks are a great money-saving idea (see Potluck), but this night it didn’t turn out so economical [...]
Pack a Lunch
When I first started working, I would buy my lunches. Then I realized that $5 a day on lunch would add up to roughly $100 a month. I was only earning $8 per hour then and after taxes, paying rent, sending my kid to daycare and shelling out cash for other monthly expenses, I really [...]
Spoiled Food, Wasted Money
Do you find that you regularly find spoiled food in your fridge and have to throw it out? Spoiled leftovers, rotten veggies, mouldy cheese? It’s either your fridge isn’t doing its job or you’re buying too much food. Either way, that’s money down the drain. If you determine your fridge is fine, you’re gonna have [...]
The Price of Being TOO Cheap
I know this blog is all for saving money, but sometimes one can be too cheap. And when one is too cheap, she, or her boyfriend, often pays a high price for being so later on as the story below illustrates…
True story, I almost killed my boyfriend once.
This happened when I was around eight months [...]
