Money Dates: Putting the sexy in savings Light some candles, put on the music, pour a couple glasses of wine and fire up that spreadsheet…wait, what? You thought date night could only be dinner and a movie? Do I have news for you! If you want to reinvigorate your relationship, there’s an even better way to build up trust and intimacy. Marriage.com says that after infidelity, the top causes of divorce are: Money, Lack of Communication, and Constant Arguing. How about constant

"Oh no, it's Susan's birthday today and I have nothing and we need to be at the party in an hour!" Wendy and John finished getting ready and jumped in their car. Fifteen minutes later they pull into the drug store parking lot and Wendy runs inside. She scans the lines of cards for five minutes until one pops out. She fails to notice the $11.99 price tag. The meager gift rack is no more forgiving. Wendy settles on a set of costume jewelry, and grabs a gift bag on her way out

Budgets, dieting and exercise have a lot in common. The same mindset required to sustain a healthy diet or a regular exercise regime is applied to maintaining a better budget. Slipping up and having that extra slice of pizza is not any different than putting those on sale extra houseware items in your Loblaws cart even though you only set out to buy groceries. Sleeping in through your morning routine is the same as not putting together that crock pot meal and having to buy

You get paid bi-weekly, why wouldn’t you set your regular mortgage payment to come out on the same frequency? Simple right! And look at how much faster that mortgage is being paid off. Who wouldn’t want that? As a former personal banking officer, this was a common conversation with my clients, and almost all of them went this route. But over time I’ve discovered that accelerated mortgage payments aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Let’s start with the advantages: Over a twe