What is frugality? Frugality is…

What is frugality? Frugality is living below your means. Frugality is walking or biking to grocery stores instead of driving. Frugality is growing your own vegetables and herbs. Frugality is buying long lasting memories and experiences …

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Financial advice for a debt-ridden Vancouver couple

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Andrew Allentuck from Financial Post publishes an article on family finance week where the retirement readiness of a Canadian family is evaluated. This week Andrew featured Jack and Marianne, a recently married young couple from Vancouver whom are …

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How to survive a shopping trip to Costco

If you live anywhere in North America (and parts of Asia and Europe) you probably have heard of Costco before. Costco is a huge wholesale store that sells pretty much everything and anything you can …

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Frugal Tips for university students

I was a university student not so long ago. University was an interesting time for me, living on my own, studying and preparing for exams, and learning how to be an independent adult. Nowadays, attending …

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So my parents called me boring…

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When we moved to our current house in October it meant that we would be living closer to my parents. It used to take them about an hour to drive to visit us, now it only takes …

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