I have reached a point in my life where I am in a need to update my skills and pad my resume with some courses. For the past few weeks I have been looking at some Online Schools to take some distant learning courses. It's not something I want to do but I started to look at it from a saving money point of view. Here are some benefits of taking some online courses: the cost of the ... Read More

I love to save money. This week I did some bargain hunting on a few items we needed for the household and I saved quite a bit of money on my purchases. The reason I saved so good coin on my buys was because I had a plan right from the start and never deviated from that plan. I sat down and wrote out what I wanted to do, what I was going to spend or what I could spend and ... Read More

Saving money is at the heart of all of your financial goals. Want to get out of debt? Want to save for retirement? Want to just make ends meet each month? You are going to have to learn to save money. It can be hard to learn, but is actually quite easy once you get the hang of it. Here are a few tips for getting started. First, you have to start organizing your finances. This will help ... Read More

With the economy changing as much as it is, one has to wonder if a new car is really worth it. Is it worth spending that extra money when you could get a used car that is in good shape? When people buy a used car, the sticker price is not the only thing they save on. There are many ways you can save when you ... Read More

I am not talking about competition between retailers who are lowering prices and having sales to lure you into buying their goods. I am talking about competition between you and those around you. If you are buying things because your neighbours have them or your friends are buying new items and you can't afford or need them then you need to rethink things. In short, you need to live your own life on your own terms and within your own ... Read More

I was helping an old friend clean out his basement last week. He had quite a collection of garbage ready to be hauled off to the dump. Amazingly he had a few boxes of old books. Some of them novels and some of them text books from his old days as a student. I asked why he was throwing them out. He thought that they wouldn't be worth anything. After a brief discussion I convinced him to drop them off ... Read More

I was walking by a co-workers desk today and she had a calendar on her desk with eating healthy and living right tips. Some of those tips were about saving money. They were some of the usual tips about shopping smartly and turning down the heat but one stuck out in my mind. It stated that to save money you have to tackle one issue at a time. At a quick glance I thought okay but the more I ... Read More

I was at a friends houes last night watching hockey. He is a bachleor. I noticed a ton of little grey plastic bags all over his kitchen and I asked what he was buying that he would have so many bags. He told me they were from the corner store because that's where he does his shopping for bread and milk and whatever. As one who is trying to save money I was beside myself. You don't get any ... Read More

I am not suggesting about being one those people on hoarders but I am suggesting to look things over before you throw them out and think about if they might be useful in the future. Case in point. I am in the midst of tearing my basement apart and putting a new frame up so I can have it spray foamed for insulation purposes. Tonight I tore out all of the old baseboard and trim. I cut it up ... Read More

Saving money when you are behind the eight ball is probably one of the toughest things in the world to do. It's kind of like reducing belly fat. It takes alot of hard work, self control and among other things time. Saving money and changing your spending habits isn't something that is going to happen overnight. It's a lifestyle changes that takes a commitment from you. If you have made the decision to start saving money don't expect to ... Read More

I spent most of the weekend inside. I had a few home projects I was working on but found myself in front of the computer quiet a bit. I caught myself on ebay more than a few times for no reason. Do I really need prenatal vitamins? Obviously not. No more than I need anything else I was looking at. I was just shopping because I was bored and had nothing better to do. If you feel the urge ... Read More