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From the monthly archives:
Our friends are arriving tomorrow morning, and then Monday morning I’m heading to New York for business. I have a lot to do before our company arrives, so I’ll make this round up short. Here are my favorite posts from the blogosphere this week: Pecuniarities suggests a financial fast. Sometimes the only way to find [...]
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Yesterday’s post on how spring cleaning can save you money helped me feel so motivated that I thought I’d try something similar with my other recent goal — losing weight and getting into shape. I understand the importance of a healthy weight, regular exercise, and a good diet. But I don’t always make the right [...]
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photo by florriebassingbourn One of my goals for the next few weeks, despite my busy schedule, is to get myself motivated to get some real spring cleaning done. We’ve been living in the same apartment for two years, and we just signed the lease for another year. We’ve got some serious clutter build up that [...]
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This morning, like every other morning, my alarm went off at 6 a.m. Since daylight saving time began, my morning wake up call happens before the sun rises. Some mornings, it feels like I’m waking up in the middle of the night. I’ve been getting up at 6 a.m. for the past couple weeks to [...]
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My shopping trip yesterday was a phenomenal success. I was looking for fashionable, versatile clothing that would be professional enough for an upcoming business trip and comfortable enough to wear in my pretty casual office. I shopped with a friend, and we went to Anthropologie, Banana Republic, and Old Navy. Before the trip, I decided [...]
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This weekend I’m heading out to shop for clothes. It’s probably been about 8 months since I bought anything new, and even then it was just random clearance items I found every once in a while at the store where I worked. This week, Kacie at Sense to Save wrote about how budgeting gave her [...]
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Whew … our crazy month isn’t even half over and I’m already tired. We had a fantastic time with Tony’s parents. The weather was absolutely beautiful last weekend. We spent Sunday afternoon at a local winery. We tasted some wine, strolled the grounds, and enjoyed the warmth and sunshine. I had to go back to [...]
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I’ve written before about how much we love public radio. Our local NPR affiliate is our favorite radio station on the dial, and we’ve gotten hours of free entertainment from it. As you probably know, most media outlets are struggling due to the recession. As a former journalist, I really value newspapers and other media [...]
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