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March 2013

  • Our Almost-Splurge Weekend


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    Johnny and I splurged on this poster back in December and we’ve been meaning to get it framed ever since. But life got real busy real quick when Baby Girl made her debut, so the poster’s been spending it’s time just begging to be bent in any area of our…

  • He Says/She Says: Thrift Stores


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    In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial topics where we agree to disagree. After Johnny and I had been dating for a few months, I found out the cold, hard truth about most of his clothing: it had been carefully hand-picked from the thrift store. Admittedly, he was…

  • Dear Nigerian Prince

    Pen Pals with Nigerian Princes


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    There are three things I hate: Scams Spam email Olives But since I recently did a whole post on not whining, I’m not about to do that with these three awful, terrible, no good, lousy things. After all, maybe I haven’t given them a fair shake. Maybe they’ve just gotten…

  • Where Did All the Thank-You’s Go?


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    Having a baby means receiving lots of baby gifts. And in our house it also means writing lots of thank-you notes. I just got the rest of my thank-you notes written and sent off. Admittedly, they were a pain to write, having to scrounge up friends’ and relatives’ addresses and…