The Children’s Place – additional 50% off

Posted by Fay on Apr 4, 2012 in Children, Deals, Shopping | 0 comments

I’ve had some excellent shopping adventures recently. I got those amazing book deals last week and this week it’s cheap children’s clothing! The Children’s Place has an additional 50% off already reduced items and you can apply the discount code that was emailed to subscribers to receive 25% off your total purchase.  For those of you who aren’t registered to receive emails...

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Menu plan – week ending April 5, 2012

Posted by Fay on Mar 31, 2012 in Food, Meal planning | 0 comments

This week’s menu plan will be based on No Frills grocery deals for the week ending April 5, 2012. Sunday Chicken Florentine Pasta (omitting tomatoes) Fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts – $3.44/lb or $7.58/kg Saputo Mozzarella cheese 500 g – $3.97 Campbell’s chicken broth 900 mL – $1.88 Neilson 10% cream 500 mL – $0.99 Fresh bunched spinach – $0.88...

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TurboTax with Free Quicken Cash Manager 2012

Posted by Fay on Mar 5, 2012 in Tech Talk | 1 comment

Everyone has heard that preparing a budget is critical to assist with spending and saving. I have never created one before so I’ve been looking for personal finance software to assist me. I read some software reviews to see which one would best suit my needs and I decided on Quicken Cash Manager.  Most banks have an option to download electronic statements into Quicken format or even allow...

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Dinner on a budget

Posted by Fay on Jan 17, 2012 in Food, Meal planning | 0 comments

I usually don’t buy meat from warehouse-style grocery stores (e.g. Food Basics, No Frills, etc.) because they sell thawed, previously frozen meat or worse yet, they mix fresh and previously frozen meats together to make up their ground beef/chicken/pork. I prefer to buy meat that is either fresh or frozen because really, it can’t be both. I made an exception this week when I saw the...

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