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The Hardest Lesson!

April 29, 2014 by Sara 2 Comments

Do you remember when you first realized how expensive things are? I've been racking my brain to remember but I honestly can't. Well. Will won't have that problem. He'll have this blog to remember the day he did. I decided last week to establish a chore chart for Will. I listed a few things he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Finance, Life Tagged With: allowance, chores, Lego, saving money

One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Fire Pit

October 16, 2013 by Ryan 1 Comment

I have been accused (and justifiably so) of being cheap, or as I like to say... frugal. I can’t help it, I hate spending money unless I have to. I don't even know where it comes from, we never lived an extravagant life but we didn't pinch pennies either. My parents spending habits were right down … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Furnishing, Life Tagged With: Acton, Cheap, Fire Pit, Frugal, Halton Hills, Junk Day, saving money, Thrifty

The Cost of a Sustainable Lifestyle

June 7, 2013 by Samantha 4 Comments

(c) Can Stock Photo It's an ongoing debate in this house between my husband and I - are we really saving money with all this "green" stuff that we do? He likes to point out all the money that I spend, but I try to point out all the places where I'm actually saving us some cash with some of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Finance, Green Living Tagged With: green living, saving money

Austerity Measures

July 30, 2012 by Kath

So, I did a household budget last week. -GULP- How can three people spend so much money just...living? I mean, yes: we go on vacation, I drive a new car and we don't buy our clothes at thrift shops. On the other hand, we're not flying first-class to Rome, I have a Toyota not a BMW and I tog the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: budget, couponing, extreme couponing, household budget, saving money

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