I discovered Pinterest four months too late. What a time saver it would have been planning a wedding! I could have had hundreds of images pinned in organized boards for every part of the wedding planning process: engagement, dresses, ceremony, reception, honeymoon. But alas, I had to plan that event the old fashion way —
money
Weekly Money Check-Up: 11/28
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
10 Things I Am Thankful For
1. Good health, which I take for granted too often. 2. In-laws that like each other so much we share holidays. 3. Jesus and the gift of salvation. 4. Pets, especially this loveable one: 5. My cozy apartment that I love to call home. 6. A job that pays the bills and coworkers who keep
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Journaling
I was organizing my bookcase the other day and was surprised how many journals I have collected over the years. The picture above is all of the ones I could find, although I know there are at least five more that are lost in childhood boxes or were misplaced in my many moves or purposefully
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 11/21
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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Happy Friday!
I’m going to keep this short and sweet. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! (photo credit)
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shopping
The Handmade Market
Last Saturday I mosied myself out of my sweatpants coma and rejoined society to attend The Handmade Market in downtown Raleigh at the Cobblestone Hall. It was such a fun time – supporting the local artists with friends on a beautiful fall morning when the air was chilly and the energy of Christmas approaching brought
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Christmas Trees: Real or Fake?
Being as it is our first Christmas, we have to decide whether to get a real or fake Christmas tree. I was making a pro and con list and thought I’d raise the question on here. What did you grow up with? What do you own now? What is the biggest factor for deciding against
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food
Banana Frozen Yogurt
For the past few months I have been reading on various blogs and websites about this mysterious banana frozen yogurt. Apparently all you need to do is just freeze bananas, pop them into a blender or food processor and tada! it magically turns into a creamy banana ice cream. The pictures looked so delicious and
