July 2011 - Page 2 of 2 - The Outlier Model

Vacation recap – Student card success!

Vacation recap, trip to Germany, vacation, travel abroad

Brian / July 22nd, 2011 / No Comments

As you know, CF and I recently returned from our vacation in Germany. In addition to saving lots of money on accommodations and a little money on neck pillows, we found the attractions to have very good deals for people with student cards! Thanks to a clerical error before I graduated, my student card expires next month even though I have been graduated for 3 years. Since CF is back in school and also...

Posted in: Minimalism and Frugality, Travel Tagged with: Berlin Zoo, Berliner Dom, frankfurt, German Wine, Mosel Valley, Museuminsel, Stadel Museum, Student Discount, Tangled Vines

Investment update 2011

Online trading platform, Investment update, investment, stock exchange

Brian / July 21st, 2011 / 2 Comments

We spend a lot of time on this site talking about being frugal. Spending less than you earn. Breaking convention and making sacrifices those around you are not prepared to make. Well, all that is important, but what do you do with all of that money you’re saving? We’ve already talked about Real Estate, and we’re well on our way to being successful landlords. In the past three months,...

Posted in: Money Tagged with: dividends, finance, investing, RRIF, RRSP, Shaw Communications, stock market, Sunlife Financial, TFSA, unregistered account

Almost free emergency kits

say no, financial responsibility, borrowing money, lending money, debt, free emergency kits, emergency, catastrophe, survival kit, preparation

CF / July 12th, 2011 / No Comments

Here’s a quickie while I’m slaving away at probability homework: Brian and I have emergency kits that we keep at work which contain water, food, and a rudimentary first aid kit. We have a larger “earthquake stash” but these are smaller, portable personal kits. For the container, we use large plastic bulk nut jars that I salvaged from the recycling pile and washed out. We fill...

Posted in: Home, Life Hacks Tagged with: earthquake prepardness, Emergency supplies, first aid

Updates: Erm… most of the summer? Let’s call it July 3-9

most of the summer, trip to Germany, travel, back from traveling, train station, reading in a train

CF / July 9th, 2011 / 1 Comment

Brian and I just returned from Germany a few days ago and WOW it’s been hectic! Before the flight, I had massive studying to do for my exam (PS – well above average, thank you very much). I had intended on doing some writing while on vacation, and I have to say – good intentions have a way of going awry. We brought our little netbook on the trip so that we could be blogging away...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: frappuccino, James Altucher, postmodern theory, Starbucks