Grocery Store Price Comparison
Once a month for the past year, CTV Calgary has been creating a shopping list to compare grocery store prices at major Calgary grocery stores.
Read MoreThe Best Laid Plans
The question of staying home with the kids was quite open to debate. I happily stayed home taking care of my babies and getting to know the neighbours in our new housing development with distant thoughts of getting a part-time job when the kids started school. Unfortunately two events occurred that changed all my plans:
Read MoreThe Risk Of Inflation
When you prepare a long-term financial plan for your retirement or a child’s education fund, a 2 – 3% inflation rate is factored into the total.
Read MoreGetting The Job Done
The concept behind ROWE is that employees will no longer be responsible for showing up to work at a certain time, or to attend particular meetings, or even show up to the office at all…
Read MoreSwitching Banks
What would it take for me to switch banks? There are advantages to using a full service bank, such as negotiating for free banking when renewing your mortgage…
Read MoreSweating The Small Stuff
One of the drawbacks of tracking every penny that you spend is that when something comes up that you didn’t plan for, you have to make a decision whether to stick to your budget or to loosen your purse-strings.
Read MoreEarly House Hunting
As I have mentioned in previous posts, one of my medium term goals is to upgrade our house. If you have been keeping an eye on the news, you would have noticed that this is an interesting time in the Canadian real estate market.
Read MoreMe & My Money: Echo
Thanks to Larry MacDonald for contacting me and conducting the interview for Me & My Money, which was posted in Saturday’s edition of the Globe & Mail.
Read MoreHobbies Are Expensive
By all means, enjoy your hobbies. Have fun. Some people can even turn their hobbies into a lucrative business. But don’t waste your money on something that may seem like a good idea without further investigation.
Read MoreThe Cost Of Starting A Franchise
I’ve often wondered about the cost of starting a franchise, and whether or not the initial capital investment and time involved would be worthwhile.
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