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Christmas Eve
Happy Christmas Eve! My gifts are purchased, my full-time job has wound down until the new year, my stocking is stuffed and I’ve even finished all of my freelance projects for the month. There is...
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2015: A Year in Review
Just a few of the highlights of my year. 2015 was a year of transition. My husband and I made some big changes in our lives (that I outlined in my net worth update) and that meant I was pretty...
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How to Plan a Luxury Vacation to New Orleans on a Budget
In Fall 2014, I attended FinCon in New Orleans. Since New Orleans has a reputation as a great city, my husband, his sister, and her husband came along with me. We had a blast, and we knew that the...
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The Life Insurance Saga: Term vs. Permanent Insurance
This post is part of a sponsored collaboration. All opinions and views expressed are my own. Back in November 2015, I blogged about whether or not it was time to buy life insurance for my husband and...
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Students Helping Students: Financial Literacy At Its Finest
When I went to university, I enrolled in a program that had co-op work terms. My choice was not accidental. I intentionally chose a program with work terms because I wanted to get experience in my...
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Protecting Yourself From Fraud
Chase recommends one way of avoiding credit card fraud is by not making purchases over open Wi-Fi. This post brought to you by Chase. The content and opinions expressed below are that of My Alternate...
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Have You Checked Your Credit Score Recently?
For the longest time, I was afraid to check my credit score. I wasn’t sure what I would find, and I felt that my massive debt load meant I surely had a score below 600. At the time, my husband was...
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Financial literacy rates in Canada are staggeringly low. In a recent study by Statistics Canada, only 22% of men answered 5 out of 14 standard financial literacy questions correctly, and a mere 15%...
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This post is part of a sponsored collaboration with TD. Thank you for supporting the brands that support this blog. Over the past five years of writing this blog, I’ve examined whether I should have...
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Where to Go from Here: Taking Stock of 2018 and Planning for 2019
Every January I make a point to sit down and look back on the previous year. I check in with my goals for the year, and then I use my progress or lack thereof to help myself set goals for the upcoming...
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