From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Frugal Tip - A Big Mac My Way


by mfd on January 29, 2009

Spending less than you make is a big part of being frugal. Now some people will say you should never dine out but I personally don’t believe in that. In our budget there is money set aside for dining out because some times we don’t have time to cook and other times we just don’t want to cook. Once in a while that dining out budget goes towards the McDonald’s Big Mac. The Big Mac has been the signature sandwich at McDonalds for over 50 41 years. I love it and so do a lot of other people.

For the last 3 months I’ve been taking an alternate path to getting that great taste. I order a double cheeseburger and ask that they “dress it like a Mac”. The only difference, other than the price, is you get an extra slice of cheese and you don’t get the middle slice of bread (word on the street is they put that in if you ask for it). A Big Mac costs in the range of about $3.50 while the double cheeseburger costs $1.39 and an extra $0.30 for dressing it like a Mac. My fiancé and I order 2 double cheeseburgers like a Mac and 2 medium fries for $7.64. Even with coupons we were hard pressed to find a deal just as good.

Good luck and enjoy but be warned, the first week we did this we had Mcdonalds three times because now it was not only convenient but it was even cheaper.

-mfd-



CDIC - Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation

January 28, 2009

With the current economic condition you are hearing more and more about making sure your Financial Institution is a CDIC member.
What is the CDIC ?
The CDIC is a federal Crown corporation created by Parliament in 1967 and reports directly to the federal Minister of Finance. Their sole purpose is to protect the money Canadians [...]

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Visa Balance Protection - I Should Sleep On It

January 27, 2009

Recently I’ve been on a quest to cancel all of my unnecessary expenses. This week it was the balance protection on my Visa. It was one of those relics from my youth that sounded like a good idea at the time. Its never really bothered me before since I rarely used my Visa. My [...]

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Setting my Goals for 2009

January 23, 2009

The key to achieving success in anything is setting goals. Goals allow you to break up larger ambitions into smaller stepping-stones and successes. Setting goals at variable lengths of time also draws a map of where you need to get to as well as gauge your progression so that you can adjust your goals along [...]

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Net Worth Update - The Beginning

January 21, 2009

What is net worth?
Net worth is defined as all of your assest minus your all of your liabilities. To put it another way it is the total value of everything you own minus the total value of everything you owe. If you owe more than you own, you have a negative net worth. If [...]

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Mission Statement

January 19, 2009

This blog has been set up as my declaration of my Findependence Day. My goal is to be financially independent by my 55th birthday!
About me
I am a 29 year old IT professional, currently engaged to a 28 year old teacher. My fiance and I live together in a condo that we own (or at least [...]

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Findependence Day is Almost Here

January 6, 2009

Hope to have this up soon.

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