July 2013 - The Outlier Model | The Outlier Model

Recipe Idea: Slow cooker pulled pork

Slow cooker pulled pork, pork shoulder, pork sale, pork shoulder sale

CF / July 29th, 2013 / 11 Comments

Having the most frugal grocery budget in the world isn’t going to help you any if you can’t put together at least a few healthy, tasty, and cheap eats! Every few weeks, The Outlier Model features a cheap recipe idea, along with the cost breakdown. A few months ago, we happened to hit an amazing sale on pork shoulder. The store was out for the day on our usual grocery shopping day, so I sent Brian...

Updates: July 21 – 27

local fireworks competitions, birthday celebration, personal financial blogs, financial blogs to read

Brian / July 27th, 2013 / 10 Comments

This weekend, we’re celebrating CF’s birthday! There are a ton of events on so we’re checking out a shakespeare play, followed by the local fireworks competitions. Should be a great time and hope everyone has a great weekend! Photo Credit via Flickr Here are some of my favourite posts from the week! I was really sad when I read that Timmy the cat was no longer with us. I’d...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: birthday, cheap weekend, customer service, link love, net worth, student, travel, volunteering

Opting into my employee stock plan

CF / July 24th, 2013 / 17 Comments

Readers might remember that back in February, I decided not to sign up for my employer’s stock purchase plan. Well, I have another chance to sign up because the next intake has just begun! Photo Credit: diane10981 via Flickr My company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers the following: contributions of between 2 and 10% of your annual salary 15% discount on the market price...

Posted in: Money Tagged with: buying stocks, employee stock purchase plan, investing in stocks, investment decisions, stock market

Repair or Replace the Fridge?

Replace the Fridge, refrigerator problems, ref, refrigerator, freezer, home appliance

CF / July 22nd, 2013 / 21 Comments

A few days ago, my fridge stopped working. First the freezer stopped freezing things reliably, then the whole fridge had cooling issues. All this while Vancouver had temperatures in the mid-to-high 20s! Needless to say, Brian and I lost most of our food stash and the stuff that we did cook didn’t taste quite right. Photo Credit: hankinsphoto via Flickr While we were waiting for the technician...

Posted in: Home Tagged with: broken fridge, freezer stopped working, lg freezer, lg refrigerator stopped working