Posted by Sheryl on May 17, 2013 in Consumer savings, Portfolio/Saskatchewan Pension Plan |
16 May, 2013
By Sheryl Smolkin
SHUTTERSTOCK
Do you buy new clothes every season and then realize you already have a similar item in your closet? When you are trying a new recipe, do you check the cupboard first to see if you have all the necessary ingredients or do you automatically add them to your shopping list? Are toys your children have outgrown still cluttering up the house?
Cleaning closets and purging are no fun. But every now and then you can no longer avoid the inevitable. And...
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Posted by Sheryl on May 13, 2013 in Consumer savings, Portfolio/Saskatchewan Pension Plan |
13 May, 2013
By Sheryl Smolkin
The May 4th article Not your grandfather’s financial website: The new, fresh face of money sites in the Financial Post by Melissa Leong highlights a new wave of bloggers and personal finance gurus who are shaking up how young people get information about money.
She says some of the sites get millions of hits on any given month, embracing readers’ voyeuristic penchant for personal stories and catering to their anxiety about money and hunger for...
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Posted by Sheryl on May 10, 2013 in Consumer savings, Portfolio/Saskatchewan Pension Plan |
9 May 2013
By Sheryl Smolkin
SHUTTERSTOCK
Kids grow up and many eventually have the means to shower their Moms with expensive dinners, jewelry and other luxury items.
But if you ask most mothers which Mothers Day gift they treasure the most, they will probably tell you it is the first handmade card thier child brought home from nursery school, or the breakfast in bed delivered at sunrise that she made all by herself.
Here are some ideas for Mother’s Day gifts, in no particular order, that...
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Posted by Sheryl on May 6, 2013 in Consumer savings, Portfolio/Saskatchewan Pension Plan |
There is lots of interesting reading in the blogosphere this week.
Squawkfox Kerry K. Taylor counsels husband Carl on what to do with the $100 bill he found.
On boomer & echo Boomer comments on senior discounts vanishing from our banks.
Marissa is a 20-something recent grad with credit card debt and student loans. On Thirty Six Months she talks about being a good consumer by voting with your wallet.
Timeless Finance blogger Adina J. says if she had the choice, she would earn more instead...
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Posted by Sheryl on May 6, 2013 in Consumer savings, Portfolio/Saskatchewan Pension Plan |
By Sheryl Smolkin
SHUTTERSTOCK
Once the snow finally melts and the first tender shoots of green grass poke through the mud, I can’t wait to see beds of beautiful flowers on my street. But a garden can be expensive to plant and maintain unless you know what you are doing.
To give you some tips about putting in an inexpensive, low maintenance garden, we talked to Jill Umpherville, the greenhouse manager and third-generation owner at Dutch Growers Garden Centre in Saskatoon. Here is what she...
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Posted by Sheryl on May 6, 2013 in Consumer savings, Portfolio/Saskatchewan Pension Plan |
Last week we linked you to blogs exploring the road to retirement. Today we present resources for younger readers who may be just starting to get their finances in order.
On Darwin’s Money you can five novel ways to save money. One option is to cancel services you don’t need.
Timeless Finance wonders if you would date somebody who’s in debt. She says almost everybody has some debt so if debt is the deal-breaker there wouldn’t be much dating going on.
Do you and your partner have only...
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