by Nicole Ouellette | Jun 8, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
This weekend, I was in Québec City with Beth, a woman I tutor in French. Her husband and her were kind enough to offer me the trip. Beth proceeded to pay for everything while on the trip (Tom stayed behind, probably to revel in bachelorhood and let us speak French all...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jun 4, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
At the inn, we have a policy about not offering discounted room rates. When your business is the only open four months of the year and you have to pay shorefront property taxes, it is completely understandable to me. We do, however, have different types of rooms...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 31, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
This week, after realizing I overspent my grocery budget, I decided to not to go to the grocery store and live exclusively on what I had in the house. Additional observations (see yesterday’s post for part one): Let me finally experiment with this discount food....
by Nicole Ouellette | May 29, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
I waited a little too long to update my budget spreadsheet this month only to discover on Tuesday night overspent my usual grocery allowance by $36. And I still had a week left in the month. D’oh! Rather than panic, I decided to take the Not Go To The Grocery...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 14, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
My friend HK used to use the term “forage” for what she’d do in our college cafeteria. Like any cafeteria situation no matter how good, you end up having to look around and create meals yourself with what’s available… you know, unless you...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 1, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
This week it’s Mission Health Insurance in my life. I’ve got to navigate this before my current job ends so this week, it’s the Week O Insurance at Breaking Even. More posts about this fascinating topic in the coming days! Since I didn’t commit...
