Happy Friday, everyone! Can I get an Amen that this busy week is over? :) I am so excited about this weekend. It is supposed to be chilly (!) so will turn off our AC for the year, open our windows, and catch up on what feels like a billion household chores that have been
health & wellness
The Happy Pounds
Remember that old Bridal Bootcamp I was doing back in the spring? Where I would exercise a minimum of 4 times a week? And count my calories? And remember how I reached my goal weight for the wedding? Well, since then I’ve gotten a little lazy. Like, really lazy. Like gaining-EIGHT-pounds-in-the-last-five-months lazy. My best friend
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money
Weekly Money Check-Up: 9/26
Weekly Money Check-Up is a weekly series on My Pretty Pennies. To participate, fill in the blanks in the comments section, or post it on your blog and link below. If you do post it on your blog, please credit MPP and link it back here. Thank you for participating! 1. The most I’ve spent
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my life
Happy First Day of Fall!
Today is the first day of my favorite season. There’s such an energy in autumn. Football games, apple picking, festivals, TV premieres, and the chance to wear scarves and boots again. What a great time of year. In fact, J and I originally wanted to get married October 8th (as in, two weeks from tomorrow,
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my life
Life is Busy!
Oh, hello Wednesday! It’s nice to see you again so soon. I can always measure how busy life is when I compare it to the cleanliness of my kitchen. It’s been unusually clean, which means we have been eating out or out of town or merely grabbing whatever we can find that doesn’t require any
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money
Weekly Money Check-Up: 9/19
Weekly Money Check-Up is a weekly series on My Pretty Pennies. To participate, fill in the blanks in the comments section, or post it on your blog and link below. If you do post it on your blog, please credit MPP and link it back here. Thank you for participating! 1. The most I’ve spent
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goals
Here’s to Getting Older!
Today is my 26th birthday. I am kind of sad to see my 25th year go – what a wonderful year! However, I am convinced that the late 20s will be my best years yet. So in honor of getting older, I have created a 30 before 30 list. (May also be referred to as
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books
My Thoughts on The Hunger Games
A few weeks ago I finished The Hunger Games trilogy. I promise I won’t give away any spoilers, but I do have a few things to say about this book. First off, don’t be fooled by the Young Adult label—it’s actually quite mature and is a page-turner at any age and I recommend it to
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money
Weekly Money Check-Up: 9/12
Weekly Money Check-Up is a weekly series on My Pretty Pennies. To participate, fill in the blanks in the comments section, or post it on your blog and link below. If you do post it on your blog, please credit MPP and link it back here. Thank you for participating! 1. The most I’ve spent
