It seems like yesterday that I announced the birth of my daughter, Catherine. In less than two weeks, she’ll be turning one year old. I’ve given a bit of thought as to what would be nice for her first birthday. First of all, I booked the day off. I’ve never booked a day off for …
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Today marks the one-weekiversary of my life with roommates. For the past three months I’ve been riding solo in a four-bedroom house while desperately trying to locate good people (to keep my deal with my Mom to pass along rent money). By “good people” I mean roomies with whom I am likely to get along …
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#1: The Star Gets Called Out Two weeks ago, Susan Pigg of the Toronto Star wrote a laughably biased story that claimed the sky was falling on renters. Her piece was based on an anecdote, featuring a woman who — the piece didn’t disclose — works for a mortgage comparison service. In fairness to the …
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Last week I visited a Target in Canada for the first time. These are my general impressions. The store was impeccably clean and beautifully laid out. (Of course; they just opened it.) At the end of every few aisles was a little “help station” with a store map, price checker, and phone line for asking …
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In two weeks I’ll be using some vacation time to get away from the office for a week and enjoy the Spring. Lately I’ve been busy and feeling stressed, so I decided to use the vacation time I neglected to use last year. I want to continue saving money and paying off debt, but I …
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Justin Bouchard dropped me a line in February. He’s one of the co-authors of the new book “More Money for Beer and Textbooks”. The other writer is Kyle Prevost. Justin told me about the book’s release and asked if I’d like a copy for review, which I gladly accepted. Here’s my review. Before you pick …
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I recently stayed at the Sheraton Centre Toronto. I got a room for a low price on Priceline to stay over for a one night break mid-week. To help you avoid the same mistake, I’ve prepared a brief set of criticisms. Last year I did a review of the Marriott Bloor Yorkville; I’d recommend the Marriott over the …
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“Frugal Beauty: Drugstore vs. Department Store Products” is a post by Adina J in which she takes some new beauty products for a spin. I’m pretty low-maintenance, insofar as it takes me less than half an hour to get ready and dressed in the morning (and more like 10 minutes if we’re talking about a …
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I tend to shy away from saying very much about my day job in my posts on TimelessFinance, other than its consequences for my income statement and schedule. This week, however, has been very successful for me from a financial and professional development standpoint. Hence I thought I’d share a little bit about a raise …
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#1: Renting is OK The media continues to “get the meme” that housing is a looming disaster. The Globe and Mail published not one, but two stories about why renting is OK. First up: Preet Banerjee, a man who owns in the Burbs but is considering a move back downtown. (Notice how I didn’t specify that the “downtown” in …
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