If a person is in the habit of tossing their PJs in the wash each morning, they could save close to $100 per year just by wearing them three nights. $100 per person. So a family of five could save almost $500 a year. Put them to the smell test. If they smell like sweat, put them in the laundry. If they don’t smell like sweat, they are ready to be worn again.
A frugal celebrity is a financial anomaly. Here are five celebrities who are well known for being frugal.
You want to go out and do things with your date, but not nearly everything you both want to do is free.
I set out to put together a short study of the various sources of protein readily available and their cost, as much for my own use as for blogging here. The goal is to find out how I can get a complete serving of protein for under a dollar.
Anybody can save money on one's car the tried and true way - and why not? But it a special person can really have fun saving money. All it takes is some discipline and the willpower to be quirky. Do you have what it takes?
In honour of the release of our fast-selling book for Canadian students More Money For Beer and Textbooks last week, I thought we’d take a fun look at some personal finance principles applied to students’ beverage choices today.
Owning a car is an expensive proposition. It can add several thousand dollars per year in expenses to an already tightly stretched budget.
The main concept behind DirectBuy is that they are an “insider’s club” where members can purchase brand-name goods directly from manufacturers’ warehouses and by doing so avoid the large retail markups that we see on most products.
If you plan to get fit in the New Year (or any time of year), it can help to have a plan of attack. Here are 3 tips for improving your fitness in a way that is more likely to stick with you permanently – without breaking the bank:
If you’ve ever looked at your credit card statement and wondered how it adds up so quickly, the answer might be in your gas station habits.
