All of us who live in Winnipeg know that the past few years haven’t been easy. Many of us have found it hard to pay off our bills on time or at all fo...

How to Minimize the Top 5 Winter Expenses
Across most of the country, it’s been quite the winter so far. We’ve had record low temperatures and unexpected weather events throughout – whet...

How am I Doing so Far?
2014 thus far ….. So far the month of January has been a bit of a challenge, with regards to our finances, of course. This ongoing financial man...

Our Plans to Save for a Rainy Day
New Years resolutions often involve finances and money in some form or another. For me, this year was no different. I wanted to improve our family’s f...

On the hunt for the best 0% balance transfer credit card
Since I’m getting organized around my family’s budget and spending in 2014, I heard that I should keep an eye out for a 0% balance transfer credit car...

8 ways I plan to teach my kids to manage their money
Since I found out my credit score yesterday, my minds been full of wonder around how I could have waited so long to get my financial affairs in order....

My wake-up call…after getting my credit report!
As I mentioned in my last post, I had a discussion with a friend last week about her credit situation. What she told me about her credit score and her...

The top 3 budgeting tools for Canadians
As you all know, I’m on a quest to get my family’s finances in order since it’s a New Year. So, I started to organize all my receipts and pulled out m...