Coupon Crasy

"Can you go broke saving money?"

Having recently discovered sites like Save.ca, Bargainmoose.ca, smartcanucks.ca and redflagdeals.com, one wonders how CDN families can be without sites like these. From coupons sent to your home to alerts on free products and trial offers, the average consumer can get a lot of stuff for a lot less money.

Perfecting the technique of buying only what you truly need is at the heart of the issue. No matter how great a bargain, if you don't need it - don't buy it.

A fan of Gail's Till Debt do us part, an all cash weekly budget can get strained by so many online deals.

Suffice it to say, shop wisely and thoughtfully, else you find yourself broke from saving money.

Roommate versus Spouse

Remember having a roommate? If you had a good roommate, you tried really hard to make it work. Nothing worse than losing a good roommate. You know the one that paid the rent on time, cleaned up after themselves and took care of the place.

This all changes when you replace the roommate with a spouse.

For a woman, a spouse is much more work than a roommate. A good roommate does their own laundry, buys their own food and shares in the household work. AND, you don't have to sleep with them.

Is a booty call really worth having to do all the menu planning, prep and clean up, house cleaning, laundry washing, drying and folding as well as 90% of the childcare duties for someone who snores and hogs your covers?

Katherine Hepburn had it right. "I often wonder whether men and women really suit eachother. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."