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March 2013

  • Richer or poorer

    Wait, Are We Poor?


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    Want to know a big, juicy secret? We’re not rich. Oh, you already knew that? Crap. I’ll let you in on another tidbit of personal info. We’re not poor, either. In fact in our minds, we’re pretty far from it. Whether that’s a statistical fact (compared to median household income)…

  • He Says/She Says: Minivan

    He Says/She Says: Minivans


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    In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial-ish topics where we agree to disagree. But Johnny’s usually right. Don’t tell Joanna I wrote that. Cool, thanks. The first fight. Every marriage has one. Usually it’s a disagreement about some major fundamental belief: parenting, budgeting, politics. Ours went a little…

  • Check out our favorite eats and sights in NYC on the cheap!

    Thrifty Travel: New York City


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    Around these parts, spring is in the air-ish. We’ve had a couple warm-weather teaser days that have us itching to get out and do stuff. To hold us over until the warmth is here to stay, we’ve been solidifying some of our plans for spring and summer road trippin’. One…

  • Losing Weight, Gaining Money


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    We all have different reasons for wanting to be healthy. Johnny and I have had a long-standing goal to exercise regularly. And at different times in our marriage, we’ve both met that goal. But since I had our baby in January, we’ve been working to get our groove back in…