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Joanna

  • Baby nursery under $400

    Baby Nursery Room By the Numbers


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    It’s official: our nursery is completed. Baby, you are now welcome to come whenever you darn well please. Any woman who’s been pregnant (or any man who’s had a pregnant wife or girlfriend) knows that moms-to-be take baby preparation very seriously. I’ve wanted everything to be perfect. No, it’s more…

  • Johnny's $1 Christmas gifts

    Our Cheap (and Weird) Christmas Tradition


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    What makes giving Christmas gifts so much fun? Is it seeing the recipients’ excited reactions when they see what you’ve gotten them? Well, when Johnny’s family members open their gifts from him, their faces definitely react. But what that reaction will be is always completely unpredictable. And that’s thanks to…

  • Why smartphones are worth it

    Justifying the Cost of My Smartphone


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    I can’t live with it, can’t live without it: my smartphone. Sometimes I’ll look up from my phone, half an hour wasted, with no clue how I just spent that time. My favorite is when Johnny asks what I’m up to, and although I’m honestly up to something, it’s not…

  • Our Freaking Budget Weekly Wrap-Up

    All Wrapped Up — Dec. 15


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    We’re now two full weeks into this little blogging experiment of ours — and we’re still alive to tell about it! Like any good drug, we’re pretty hooked. How can you not be when you write a post about diapers and get eight “blowout” comment references and tons of awesome…