The place where I am employed has partnered with a big bank to offer free quotes on house and car insurance. They are promising big savings and so far the quotes the co-workers have been getting don't look too bad. That being said a few people were sitting around today taling about switching companies. Not everyone want to switch their insurance companies. Many people like to stay where they are because it is "best life insurance for me" type of thining. ... Read More

I am writing from a recent experience with my pc computer. If you have ever had a computer hard drive crash or even a virus or spyware take over your computer you know how frustrating it can be when you lose all of your pictures and files. I recently lost everything I had and didn't have a recent backup. The cost to me was my time and work in trying to get all of my paperwork and important files back ... Read More

I came across some frugal living tips that might be of interest. Some of the of course may seem over the top or really cheap in nature but every cent counts and some of them will save you money. There is not doubt about. They aren't really categorized, sorry about that. When I get a chance I plan on elaborating on a few of these as there are some really good saving money tips here. 1. Wash and reuse foil ... Read More

I have blogged a few times in the past about how buying things off season can save you money. We just closed our pool and started to clean up the backyard over the weekend. While we didn't bring in all of our outdoor patio furniture I certainly notive that much of it was pretty rough looking and will need to be replaced by next year. Now would be the time to replace it as many stores are already in high ... Read More

If you are like thousands of people you have a gym membership that you are paying for and not using or maybe you buy diet pills that you never use. Either way you are throwing money away. There are lots of free or cheap ways to get exercise or to stay active. You can try walking to work or to the store. You can find cheap gym equipment on any of the free sites on the internet or trader columns in ... Read More

I noticed something this weekend. The newspaper flyer inserts were pretty thick this past week. I am not sure if it was the fact that school is back in or if it's fall but either way there are lots and lots of sales flyers. Our local free newspaper was about two or three times thicker that what it is normally is. That adds up to tons of savings on everyday things and seasonal items. You could find deals on everything you ... Read More

If you live in Canada time is ticking for your take advantage of your home renocation tax credit. If you did any renovations to your hosue between Feb. 27 of this year and before Feb. 1, 2010 of next year you can apply for a credit on your tax return. The stipulation is that your renovations must be over a thousand dollars in total and you can't go over ten thousand dollars. At the max you could be eligible for ... Read More

I am sitting here watching the Yankees game and playing around on the internet. Checking a few blogs and sports pages. What do you do when you are online? I find a lot of my friends online time is wasted, shooting meaningless messages around facebook and myspace. What purpose does that sever them? I can see doing it a bit here and there but spending hours is totally unproductive. Why not use some of that time online to do some ... Read More