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My husband and I hooked work yesterday. Okay, we’re too goody-goody for hooking work, but we did take the day off to drive down to NC. It took us roughly five hours each way, but it was definitely worth the trip! We spent money on gas and food and little else. It was nice to … Read more
If you’ve read this blog for any time you know that I am extremely frugal. I absolutely hate to spend money on anything extravagant and I often think and rethink big purchases at least two or three times before actually pulling the trigger. Although I am thrifty 99% of the time, I do spend big … Read more
The weather here in Maryland was absolutely beautiful today. Rather than scarfing down my lunch while working at my computer, (which is what I typically do on a Friday afternoon), I decided to pick up something special and eat outside. I’ve been eating homemade sandwiches and salads for weeks now and I was definitely in … Read more
While patiently waiting for over an hour at the doctor’s office I began to peek through the App Store on my iPhone and came across a sweet little application called the Gratitude Journal. I immediately fell in love with the cute little Buddha Baby depicted in the application and decided to spend 99 cents to … Read more
If you haven’t watched the eTrade baby commercials yet go here. Some of them are hysterical.
As a kitten…
On a daily basis my husband works a multitude of jobs. He typically commutes between offices and locations multiple times throughout the day. As luck would have it one of his new jobs is located just a few miles from home. When it’s convenient my husband works at the job closest to home in the … Read more
This evening I drove into DC to meet my very first college roommate, who I met in the fall of my freshman year. In the real world we would never have been friends. She was a sorority socialite and I was… well… not, but the trials and tribulations of our first year of college brought … Read more
For the first time ever my husband and I decided to spend Thanksgiving at our beach house in North Carolina. Over the years we’ve divided up the holidays among our respective families and my husband’s family won Thanksgiving, while mine won Easter. The other holidays like Mother’s and Father’s Day are toss-ups and Christmas is … Read more
I am definitely grateful for the little things in life, but last week I was grateful for a small shipment of pomegranate juice sent from the great folks at POM Wonderful. I have written about my love of POM on more than one occasion on this blog. I wrote How Clipping Coupons Got Me Into … Read more