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Joanna

  • Cheap Eats: Asian Chicken Salad

    Cheap Eats: Asian Chicken Salad


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    A few weeks after Baby Girl was born and the generous meals from friends and family had subsided, Johnny and I had to start feeding ourselves again. And after a couple nights of Johnny’s gourmet hot dog, grilled cheese, and cereal cooking, we needed reinforcements. Unfortunately, this meant eating out…

  • 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…

  • 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…