How important is dealing with nice, courteous sales people to you? I didn’t think it was all that important to me since I usually know exactly what I want and what I am buying before I go into a shop so my contact with the sales rep is minimal. But then I noticed avoiding a [...]
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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 [...]
Borrow Instead of Buy
As I mentioned in a previous post (titled Bad Weddings, Too Expensive to Attend), weddings, whether bad or good ones, can be expensive not only for the couple getting married but for the guests as well.
This summer I had been invited to three weddings. Since they are all required different attire, I needed 3 different [...]
Keep your money and purchases safe while shopping
Mid-August is a good time to shop for Canadians. Our retail stores are putting a lot of their inventory on sale and getting ready for the back-to-school rush. One can definitely find some bargains on shoes, clothes, furniture and pretty much all summer (last season’s) items. But with the sales come the crowds, and depending [...]
Is That Costco Membership Really Worth It?
I currently have a Costco Membership which expires end of this month. It cost me $50 CDN buy-in fee for the priveledge to shop at that store for one year. I initially decided to join the Costco Club because I wanted to save some money. I thought buying some of my food items in bulk [...]
Some tips and benefits of holding a successful yard sale
I have a yard sale every 3 to 5 years. It seems to take me around that time to accumulate enough stuff to hold one. I like having yard sales, they are hard work but fun and can be very gratifying. What usually happens is I do my spring cleaning around May each year and [...]
FREE CLOTHES FOR A $5 ENTRANCE FEE
Roughly twice a year I attend the Vancouver Swap-o-rama-rama, a clothing swap meet held at many cities throughout North America. The way it works is you bring a bag of your unwanted clothes and $5; these serve as your entrance fee. Once inside the hall, you see a bunch of clothes displayed on hangers or [...]
