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January 2013

  • Our Freaking Budget Weekly Wrap-Up

    All Wrapped Up — Jan. 26


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    What a week! We had a whole lotta of new visitors (welcome pals!), thanks in large part to some awesome bloggers that linked to us (thanks a bajillion!). We also enjoyed some great discussions in the comments, especially hearing some of the responses to “You Couldn’t Pay Me $$$ to…

  • The Zero Dollar Baby

    How We Got a Free Baby


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    Yesterday I got the best text from Johnny. It said, “We owe $0 on the epidural!” That text confirmed what we had hoped against hope would be true: having Baby Girl had cost us $0 in hospital bills. The Backstory Last July, Johnny and I were contemplating moving away from…

  • He Says/She Says haircuts

    He Says/She Says: Haircuts


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    “I think someone is using our bank account! There’s this random $100 charge.” “Johnny, remember? I got my hair cut.” “I know you got your hair cut, but what does that have to do with this $100 cha… NO! SERIOUSLY?!” And so only a few weeks into our budding marriage,…

  • We Quit in 2013!

    That’s It, We’re Quitting Our Jobs (Kinda Sorta)


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    Welp, 2013 started off with a bang. We added a “mini us” to our family. Just with adding Baby Girl to our insurance and keeping her dressed and diapered (which apparently doesn’t prevent her from still peeing on us) we’re guaranteed a couple hundred extra dollars in expenses each month.…