Random Thoughts: Back to Work!

The week after the Labour Day week is typically the time when all of us get back into the swing of things, back to work, and start getting the things done, that will need to get done before the end of the year (you know in 3 months or so). It seems to creep up on us, that the New Year is coming, but as the summer passed we got that much closer to Christmas and such.

There was also a meeting of the N.C.F.B.A. where we welcomed a new visitor to our happy get together. The discussions were lively and as usual I learned more from the membership than they did from my tired, dog eared stories (I believe Larry MacDonald has banned me from telling certain stories again). Go over and check out the memberships site (it’s in the right column), some fine financial info can be found there.

I wrote about a co-worker who claims I Don’t Use Customer Appreciation Point Systems, some advice on New Kids and Money, another update on RESPs with RESPs and Rules where I learned no one really knows the rules, how Employment and Unemployment Up in August, a Sunday Video: The Timmins Food Bank to put things into perspective, and finally Random Thoughts for a Short Laboured Week

In the blogosphere, there were many more interesting posts out there, like:

• Money Highway would like us to all Stop Pretending to Be Rich and live within our means. I just don’t like acting like I’m poor, like I am, I guess.
• Our new amigo My Own Advisor is Looking Back – RioCan purchase was a good move, but I still like my index fund, then I can cheer for all stocks not just a few.
• BalanceJunkie states that Market Integrity Should Not Be an Oxymoron, but if we all know it doesn’t have integrity, does it need to have it?
• A CanadianFinanceBlog points out 10 ways to reduce your cell phone bill, Way Zero is to not get a cell phone,No it is not a necessity for most of us.
• Michael James shows some of his lifestyle choices with Figuring out Hot-Tub Costs, now this is not the Celebrity Personal Finance Blogger Hot Tub, but it might end up that way. Red Hot… in the HOT TUB!!!
• Preet from WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo seems to be living La Vida Loca in L.A. this week, so he left us last week a Lap of the Blogs strangely enough he is publishing on the Globe and Mail web site too!
• Money.Smarts wrote about the High Cost of Being Frugal, which is an interesting dichotomy .

There will be more to my continuing RESP saga, with possibly a definitive statement about how TD Mututal Fund accounts work and maybe a way around it (if it works for me, that is).