A good friend of mine, Michael Gillette, a renowned guitarist and teacher, gave me a great Christmas CD of traditional music with a delicious new flavour. Only two instruments play – a flute and acoustic guitar – that reinvigorate the classics with lively nuances and brilliant flurries. An added feature to their vivacious touch makes…
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Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I haven’t, but I’m starting to think of gift ideas and asking the yearly dilemma, to make gifts or to buy them? For me, this is an annual question which could go either way, some years I make gifts for family, other years I buy specific items or…
I’m happy to offer you a new free printable: My Christmas Gift List & Budget. Although Christmas is still 3 months away, I’m starting to think about shopping for Christmas gifts now. I often buy Christmas gifts throughout the year, stash them away, and then forget how much I spent on them, who they’re for,…
Tips to Save Money this Holiday Season, starting Now! Extra Costs Don’t forget about the other costs of the season you may splurge on, and can easily cut out. Custom photo Christmas cards, new dress clothes and shoes for yourself, your husband and kids, seasonal treats and eating and drinking out. Make priorities, treat yourself…
Travel 9. If you have to fly somewhere for the holidays to visit family, make sure you pay less for your ticket. Check online for seat sales, buy your ticket early, and fly mid-week if that’s a possibility. If you’re flying to the States, it may be worth driving to the nearest American airport and flying…
Tips to Save Money this Holiday Season, starting Now! Gift Giving Each year you have a long list of people you will buy gifts for, and probably a loose budget you have in mind for each. 5. Cut down your list. Do you really need to buy a gift for all the coworkers in your office,…
Tips to Save Money this Holiday Season, starting Now! Family Feasts Do you host the annual turkey dinner for your extended family? There are many ways you can save on the costs of the occasion. 2. Try alternating hosts each year between you, your parents, your brother or sister and in-laws so the financial burden doesn’t always…
By Margaret H. Johnson Even though you may be feeling that it’s ‘too late’ to start saving for Christmas now, what are your other options? If you answered ‘credit cards,’ you aren’t alone. It’s easy for the majority of Canadians to fall into the debt trap, but do you really want to start the new…
By Margaret H. Johnson I heard my first Christmas carol of the year about two weeks ago. And you know what? I’m still not in the Christmas mood yet. In fact, I’m not ready for any bells ringing or children singing or, bah humbug, a partridge in a pear tree.
As the Christmas-spending credit card bills start to roll in, are you asking yourself how you’re going to pay them off in a reasonable time? Pay off your Christmas bills with these 6 tips. 1. Did you receive any money for Christmas gifts? If so, we recommend putting that money on your credit cards now, and…
If Santa has been watching the news around the world, then he might be thinking more about falling off a fiscal cliff than splurging blindly on everyone this holiday season. And this has nothing to do with Scrooge. There is a big difference between sensible shopping and Grinch-like cheapness.
Now that Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday has past, is there any money left for a budget? Oh oh. I think it’s supposed to be the other way around. Aren’t we supposed to organize a budget first before we spend money? To answer the very first question, it’s never too late for a…
Tips to Save Money this Holiday Season, starting Now! The holiday season is approaching, and with family gatherings, gift giving, increased travel and holiday splurges it’s an expensive time of year. We are rolling out a new series of great tips to help you save money this Thanksgiving and Christmas, and yes you should start…
