Get With the (10,000 Step) Program

Kung Hei Fat Choy!!
 
One of my many goals which I’m working on starting this January is be fit and trim… in the most frugal way possible.    
 
I recently learned of 10,000 Steps Program.  Studies have shown that a person who walks 10,000 steps a day will burn between 2,000 and 3,500 extra calories per week, [...]

Setting up an Emergency Account? Automate!

 ”E.Q be damned.  I want that _____!  I’ll just double my savings in the next paycheck.”
Does this sound familiar?
Over the past few months,  a few readers have gotten in touch with me, realizing the need to build their 3-6 months emergency fund.  The problem they were facing was how to operationalize this.    We are surrounded [...]

A special invitation for guilt free luxe shopping at Gilt.com!

Have you ever pushed and shoved your way through a sample sale?  Endured the crowds at the mall looking for the perfect bargain item?  Waited patiently until your favourite designer or luxe brand has an end-of-season sale? 
Well,  that could all change courtesy of gilt.com.  This wonderful website features fairly current items from your favourite [...]

Lessons from our forefathers (and mothers): Greatness is never a given. It must be earned

“In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted – for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches [...]

Barack Obama: “‘What I Want for You — and Every Child”

It could be said a politician’s family makes the ultimate sacrifice:  privacy and any semblance of normalcy.   For Malia and Sasha,  tomorrow marks the start of a new life lightyears away from the one they left behind in Chicago.  I appreciate President-Elect Obama for sharing with us the letter he wrote to his children.  It [...]

The Obama Inauguration: Get a Piece of history

The excitement in the air is almost tangible.    On Jan 20,  2009,  Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.    For me, his presidential campaign was remarkable not just because he was making history as the first black president but because he generated a feeling which had been missing [...]

Analysis Paralysis: What are the Best Financial Products for You?

Ok.  So you’ve  decided that 2009 will be the year in which you will commit yourself to putting your financial house together.   You’ve done a financial health check and discovered the vulnerable areas which need additional attention e.g  too much debt, too low a return on savings or onerous finance charges which could be restructured.   You’ve [...]

Free Ebook: Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan

I bet you are scared. Angry, too. And confused.

 These are the opening lines to Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan:  Keeping Your Money Safe and Sound, echoing the feelings in most households around the world.    In it,  she shares advice that we can all start using today to better manage our money and start living our best [...]

Quote of the Day

We spend so much time smoothing things out, we lose the opportunity for change, or for texture or creativity.
Instead of working so hard to make everything okay, perhaps it is more helpful to work hard at living with a world that rarely is.
– Seth Godin
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Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. [...]

Dance a Jig: Travel on the Cheap

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to go see the world,  there are number of great deals which are up for grabs:
 
1.      British Airways is taking $250 off any round-trip World Traveller Plus ticket to London, and $100 off any ticket worldwide.  Book by January 27.
2.      Expedia is holding a winter sale with hotel discounts of [...]