Updates: July 29 – August 4
Happy actual Long Weekend! CF and I took a long weekend last week, so it’s back to work on Monday for us. It seems like the past three years have had terrible August long weekend weather, so get out and enjoy the Vancouver sun (and heat!) for once. CF and I will be patio hopping for lunch and dinner, with a trip to the Hastings Racetrack sandwiched in between. We love to gamble (strange for a PF site, I know…) but we always go in with a plan. We’ll be taking $10-$15 each to bet on the races and armed with my trusty guide, maybe we’ll actually win some money. In any case, it’s an excellent day to be outside.
Photo Credit: tpower1975 @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gowestphoto/3921760653/
Without further delay, check out some of our favourite posts of the week:
- Part of the reason CF took her current job is the great 4 weeks of paid vacation and 35-hour work week that she receives. But many people work more and take much less time off. This is a great infographic detailing the backwards steps that North America has taken in terms of stress, work hours and compensation. We’re making less, working more and hating every minute of it!
- Jeremy did an interview with Global BC TV this past week and talked about the recent BMO retirement survey among young Canadians.
- Eddie at Finance Fox experienced his first Dine and Dash this week – no HE didn’t dash, but some overweight 20 year-olds did! Surprisingly, Dine and Dash is fairly common and Eddie covers some interesting points in his analysis.
- Finding your blogger voice is a challenge we all face. Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses asks “Is Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses Personal Finance Enough”? We all claim to be PF, some more-so than others. The fact is, most of us are not experts (and respect those that are) and talking about your personal experience and relating it to finance is all I need to consider a blog “Personal Finance”.
- Daisy at Add Vodka looks at the Ways We Are Costing Each Other Money. Just like Eddie’s experience, shoplifting costs us money because retailers have to account for product loss in their retail price. Read on to find other ways in which we cost each other money.
- Earth and Money asks Are We Funding Our Own Demise? Socially responsible investing is a tough subject and this is a great primer.
- Liquid Independence at Freedom Thirty Five Blog talks about his $15,000 shopping spree…on stocks!
- We’re always trying to cut down bill expenses like hydro and cable/internet - See Debt Run talks about How to Lower your Cell Phone Bill. The new site layout looks great!
Outlier Model around the web:
- Modest Money – Beginning of August 2012 Favorite Blog Posts
- Earth and Money - Links Grow on Trees – Go Canada Go!!
- Mo Money Mo Houses - July Link Love
- The Financial Blogger - Carnival of Personal Finance #372 – Olympic Sports I Would be Good At
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Thanks for the mention guys. I like to gamble too, especially at the race track. So let me know next time you’re going. I tend to blow a lot more than $10-15 though lol.
For sure, we’ll let you know! We ended up doing alright for an afternoon out.
Thanks for the mention!
I still can’t believe I experience the dine and dash, it was funny and odd at the same time.
As for gambling, I enjoy the casino, and make some regular trips to Niagara Falls (US side has better winnings), and my annual trip to Vegas. I do wish I knew more about horse racing, outside of a tr-fecta I know very little…LOL
Hope you’re having a great weekend.
We have a “gambling fund” that we use to finance our trips to the casino… I might write about it at some point. But betting on horse racing is super fun, regardless of whether you know anything about it. At the track we go to, you can place a bet for only $2, so it’s actually a pretty cheap way to spend an afternoon.
Thanks for the mention! I’ve still never been to the Hastings Race Track but I’ve always wanted to go and bet on horses at least once. Maybe I’ll do it sometime this summer. Cheers!