Smart Cookie Sandra Hanna is sharing her savvy spending tips that dispel the myths about couponing in Canada today. I've had the pleasure of meeting Sandra and always enjoy her advice on saving money, plus she has a unique Canadian perspective that makes all the difference when you are talking about coupons and deals on the web! Couponing 101: Spending More to Save More Couponing Myths and creative ways to leverage coupons and promo codes Myth 1: Couponing takes too … [Read more...]
Couponing in Canada 101
Saving Made Simple comes to an end #savingmadesimple
Well, February has come and gone and that means the P&G Saving Made Simple campaign has come to an end. But that doesn't mean that we stop all of our good work at saving our money, right? We work hard for our money and if we take care of it, our money can work hard for us too! What I've learned most from the experience, was that there is always something to learn. Whether it be lessons and rules from Gail Vaz-Oxlade's new book MONEY RULES - Rule your money or your money will rule … [Read more...]
P&G Family Financial Challenge
So earlier this month I told you all that I was jumping in on a P&G Family Financial Challenge featuring tips from Gail Vaz-Oxlade. The month is half over now and things are going pretty well! Truth be told, we are pretty good with saving money around here. Both my husband and I are naturals at watching what we spend and are really good at tucking any extras away. So I picked up Gail's book Money Rules: Rule your money or your money will rule you, thinking that I would dance … [Read more...]
Family Financial Challenge featuring Gail Vaz-Oxlade!
The month of December can wreak havoc on household finances, from over spending on gifts, to high grocery bills and taking in all kinds of festivities that we hadn't plan for, it's easy to get carried away! Did we need those killer new heels? Possibly not, but they matched the New Years Eve party dress perfectly! lol By the time those credit card bills start rolling in come January, we are already feeling the buyers remorse. That's okay, Febuary is a whole new month to get back on track and … [Read more...]
CouponCodes.ca is a great place to start on a hunt for a good deal!
When I started my maternity leave with my oldest son, I started looking at ways to save money without leaving the house. Knowing the price of diapers alone were skyrocketing our grocery bill, coupons seemed like a good place to start. The hard part was getting my hands on the coveted little slips of paper to save me money, coupons don't grow on trees ya know? They are elusive little suckers and love to hide amongst the grocery aisles and only one or two ever showed up in the local paper, where … [Read more...]