I was at a buffet restaurant yesterday and like most buffets there is a price plan for kids, adults and seniors. For this one in particular the policy was that any children ages 5 and under get to eat for free. There was one family/group in particular that caught my attention as it seemed like
Here where I live there is a public transportation called a Skytrain which is essentially a rapid transit system. A person was telling me before on how he decided to use public transportation to save money. It takes him about 10 minutes to walk to the station from his house each day which is a
I was at a supermarket today and in the store they were advertising these coupons where if you spent over $250 you could save $30. Those little things sure do have an influence on people as it seemed like so many people were trying to stuff their carts to reach the appropriate amount. I’m always
I was reading the news on how in 2009 anyone 18 years or older can place up to $5000 annually into what is being dubbed as a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) here in Canada. From what I gathered, you can essentially earn and withdraw money from these accounts without any worry of being taxed.
Over the weekend I was talking to a person who was looking to buy a GPS device of some sort for his car. He mentioned that he didn’t really need it but felt that it would make his car complete and may be useful in the future. I used to do things like that when
I have been getting some unexpected amount of money as a result of Chinese New Years and it got me thinking on how I usually treat these types of funds as invisible for the most part. What I mean by that is that I personally don’t consider it as reserved money to make planned purchases