Double standards drive me nuts. Double standards that cost us to spend more money than necessary flat out upset me. Case and point, the savings that can be realized cross border shopping. The price discrepancies between Canada and the United Sates for goods that are similar, if not precisely alike is an egregious double […]
Category: Purchases
How to Save for a Car
Are you in the market for a new (or even used) vehicle? If you are, then you may be wondering how to save for a car? The truth is there are an endless number of ways to begin saving for your next automobile purchase. You just need to find the option that is best for […]
Netflix Sucks in Canada
Netflix appeared in Canada in the fall of 2010 for $7.99 a month, with the first month being free. Was I interested? Oh yea, you bet I was. I had heard about the U.S. version and was stoked we finally had Netflix in Canada. When I went to their site and checked the content offered […]
Fashionable Pregnancy Clothes on a Budget
One of the exciting parts of being pregnant is that you get to go shopping! First there is shopping for fashionable pregnancy clothes and then there is shopping for the baby. However you can spend a lot of money on both types of shopping excursions and that is something Sustainable PF and I want to avoid as […]
How to Stop Smoking Cigarettes
In writing this article I provide both good news and bad news to our readers. The bad news is that i’ve been a smoker for the better part of 18 years which i’ll discuss in more detail later. The good news is that as of January 15th, I am once again a non-smoker and going […]
How to Install a Low Flow Toilet
This weekend I completed the final house upgrade for our ecoEnergy Retrofit: do it yourself low flow toilet installation. We had already paid someone to insulate our basement and interior walls. But I like to try to do some things myself so after insulating our attic on my own I figured I should at least […]