The unexpected news… death of a coworker
The other day, I received a work email that shocked me and made me tear up – a coworker of mine passed away unexpectedly. I didn’t know this coworker very well but I had worked …
Save-Spend Balance
Save-Spend Balance – Find the personal balance between saving money for the future and spending money to enjoy the present moment.
Are groceries getting more expensive in Canada? – Costco vs. Walmart vs. Superstore Comparison
According to CBC, Canadians should expect to pay a lot more for groceries in 2021 with the price of vegetables and meats to increase as much as 6.5% thanks to climate change and COVID-19. Are …
20 Baby Freebies in Canada 2021: Get Free stuff and Save money!
When Mrs. T was pregnant, we knew having a baby would require us to buy a few baby things, despite us being frugal. While we have the belief that kids are only as expensive as …
Are we going to see a roaring ’20s?
Some say that history repeats itself. Are we going to see a repeat of the roaring ’20s a hundred years later? The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 influenza pandemic, lasted from February 1918 …
2020 Financial Review: $48,908.74 CAD Spent & Net Worth +5.28%
For the past four years, at the beginning of the year, I have written an annual financial review to analyze the previous year. I have decided to continue that tradition. These annual reviews are useful …
PC Insiders Review – Is it worth it? Updated 2021
When I first published the Canadian grocery store comparisons, some readers pointed out the benefits of the PC Insiders subscription program. Since we have been doing more and more shopping at Superstore, the idea of …
Reviewing our 2020 dividend stock transactions – $115k added.
It is an understatement to say that we had an extremely weird year for the stock market in 2020. The stock indices were firing on all cylinders in mid-February. The global pandemic uncertainties then quickly …