So remember that little fund I add $30 to each month? The Christmas Fund? We’re going to reorganize things a little bit and call it now The Christmas Cruise Fund. :) Last month my mom turned 50. My family asked her what she wanted to do to celebrate, but it was kind of put on
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I love the library!
I always keep my old planners. They sort of serve as a diary for me later when I forget what was going on in my life. I was looking through the one from last year right after graduation before I moved up here. I noticed under my list to do when I moved to DC,
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Progress Bars
I’ve been asked by Bank Gal (and a few others) about how to add the progress bars to the side of your blog. When I was a new blogger this was one of my first questions after looking at many delightful blogs I admire and wanting some progress bars of my own. In order to
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Long Weekend Report
Hooray for fun long weekends!! I had a fantastic time visiting J. We rarely see each other without some kind of agenda (like attending a wedding or hanging out with family) so we planned for an “unplanned” weekend and it was absolutely perfect. Lots of delicious food, humid-less weather, and fun times with friends. Here’s
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Little Love Vacay
I am heading out of town today after work to visit the boyfriend. This was not in my calendar nor my budget, but a little spontaneity is good sometimes, right? ;) I am hoping that the extra income I earn this month will hold me over–especially since I’m traveling the last weekend for a wedding.
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Weekly Report: Short & Sweet!!
Starting Balance: $319.82 Monday Gas -$29.85 Target -$41.67 Run: Sprints, bleacher runs My visit to Target was one of those accidental “Whooooa, did I really spend that much??” trips. I went initially to get some more running shorts and ended up getting the shorts, a new running top, socks, underwear, and really cheap pajama shorts.
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Blogs & Coffee
My favorite part of the day is in the early morning: I sit on my couch with a newly brewed cup of coffee and open my computer up to peruse blog updates from dear friends I have subscribed to. I saw this poster on Naturally Nina–a new blog I’m quickly falling in love with. It’s
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My Health History
Jessie @ Jessie’s Money asked: How did I get into running? I thought I would write a little post on my history with running and nutrition since I do seem to write about it frequently. Disclaimer: I am not an expert on anything fitness or nutrition-related. The things I did may not work for you
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Weekend Report: Fairly Frugal
Starting Balance: $490.34 Friday Christmas Fund: -$30 Emergency Fund: -$75 Verizon: -$85 (internet & phone) Metro Card: -$15 RUN: Rested :) A while ago my DC sports team won tickets to the Nationals’ baseball game plus $20 each in “Nats bucks” to use towards food or merchandise. On Friday night three of my teammates and
