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Be Honest, Do You Use Princess Math?

Deborah Nixon | Posted 01.28.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Feelings, Emotional Triggers, Women and Shopping, Shopping, Guilty Feelings, Emotions and Money, Spending, Stress and Spending, Women and Money, Saving Money, Deborah Nixon, Stress and Holidays, Budgeting Canada, Debt Canada, Emotional Shopping, Compulsive Shopping, Emotional Spending, Canada Business News
Deborah Nixon

What is princess math? Your favourite department store is having a half price sale. The gift was originally $200 but you are saving $100. Princess math says -- I was going to spend $200 anyway so now I can buy that purse. The reality is, though, most women aren't flush with money. The problem is that deep down, we know our actions have consequences.

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What We Can Learn From These Modest Celebs

Posted 07.23.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Video, Celebrities Who Spend Sensibly, Celebrities-Fortune, Celebrity Spending, Spending, Sgc-Td, Smart Living, Slideexpand, Canada Living News

Spare a thought for celebrities, will you? Sure, they make millions on their various acting/modelling/sports/socialite jobs, they get free gifts galor...

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To Tip Or Not To Tip?

The Huffington Post Canada | Karolina Weglarz | Posted 01.17.2012 | Canada Style
Read More: Hotel Tipping, Tipping Help, How to Tip, Money, Salon Tipping, Canada Spending, Tipping Etiquette, Restaurant Tipping, Tipping, Canada Style News

We've all experienced this quandary: we swipe our credit card after stepping out of that salon chair and debate whether to leave a tip... or not. And ...

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Jim Flaherty: Time To Get Spending Under Control

CP | Hugh McKenna, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.25.2012 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Despite calls from some quarters to increase economic stimulus, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the government must continue doin...

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B.C. Voters Can Send City Hall a Message: Less Taxes, Control Spending

Jordan Bateman | Posted 01.17.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Property Taxes, Taxes, British Columbia, Taxpayers, Spending, Municipal Elections, Christy Clark, BC Budget, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Canadian Politics, Canada Politics News
Jordan Bateman

Municipal elections are notable for their small turnout. In many communities across B.C., a few votes can make a big difference, which is why people concerned about high taxes and bloated spending need to vote to change the culture of their council -- and then hold their new leaders accountable for their decisions.

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Loonar Eclipse

Andrew Pyle | Posted 11.26.2011 | Canada
Read More: US Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Credit, Imports, Bank of America, Spending, Bonds, Exports, Loonie, Wells Gargo, Manufacturing, Parity, Greenback, Election 2012, Citigroup, Canada News
Andrew Pyle

For snowbirds looking to make their annual sojourn to southern U.S. climates, this recent weakness in the canuck buck couldn't have come at a worse time. My advice for those who are going to be looking to convert Loonies for greenbacks is to stagger those purchases over the next few months.

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