Save on your next getaway

10 Ways to Save on Your Next Local Getaway

Looking for tips and tricks to save money?  If you are like me, getting away on a trip that is more than a few hours away is just not in the cards for us right now. Having two kids of a “bickering age” in the…

Do it yourself and save money

Easy DIY = Saving Money

Do you find yourself spending a lot of money on items for their convenience.  There are lots of items that are cheaper to make at home but some items are just might not be worth the time it takes to make them yourself.  There are…

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Saving Money with Online Grocery Shopping

We all spend hundreds of dollars at the grocery store. With prices going up we need to find ways to bring down the bill. Some of the items I buy regularly have gone up $0.50 to $2.00. This adds up. When I went to the…

Instilling Good Money Habits in Kids

Instilling Good Money Habits in Kids

  If we want to give our kids the best chance in the future, teaching them good money habits needs to be on the list.  Kids learn by example, but they also learn by inclusion and letting them make their own choices and mistakes.  …

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Tips and Tricks For Saving Money While On Vacation

All of us want to provide the best family experiences each Summer for our kids and for some of us that means planning a vacation. But with a family things can get really tight in the budget department, we all feel a little anxiety when…

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5 Tips to Help You Save For Your Next Family Vacation

Every year things are getting more and more expensive, saving for families of all shapes and sizes is also getting a little harder to accomplish. We are all commonly cutting corners and trying to snag extra work here and there to break even or, if…

Money Saving Grocery Tips

With food prices on the rise and the economy on the decline, many of us are left wondering how to save money on groceries with little effort and impact on our lives. So here are a few money saving grocery tips: Buy in Bulk When…

Saving Money With Coupons (it’s not that hard!)

Written By: Monica Marchand I started couponing during my maternity leave as a means of saving money on a smaller income.  I discovered a vast world of couponing with ways to not only save money but to get free items and even get paid to…

Saving Money With Coupons (it's not that hard!)

Written By: Monica Marchand I started couponing during my maternity leave as a means of saving money on a smaller income.  I discovered a vast world of couponing with ways to not only save money but to get free items and even get paid to…

ATB Financial: Find the RESP money you’ve been missing

It’s probably the thing new parents hear the most from well-meaning people in our lives–enjoy it, it goes so quickly, (or some variation). It does go quickly. There’s no denying that. So talking about saving for your child’s education after high school graduation is never…