This past Saturday I drove to Greensboro to spend some time with my grandmother Gigi. I turned off her TV and put on Celtic music. She napped while I crocheted granny squares. I read aloud passages from the Bible and an article on cherry blossoms from my January copy of Southern Living. I told her
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 1/30
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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Have a very good weekend.
Oh hi there, Blog. It’s been a while, no? This week has been… work. Lots and lots of work. I love my job and I love my position, but right now things are busy and I find myself drained at the end of the day. Thus no posts aside from the usual Monday check up.
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 1/23
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Have a happy weekend!
Happy Friday my friends! What are you up to this weekend? I feel like I’m getting sick (not again!) so I plan to keep this weekend low-key and very casual. Here are five happy things to end your week on: — 1. Check out the 10 Things You Do to Save Money that End Up
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Wishing for Snow
I’ve always loved snow. I love light flurries, I love heavy blizzards. I love when you have nowhere to go and can watch the snow fall from your window. Growing up, my dad would wake me up in the middle of the night so we could be the first ones to experience the white untouched
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 1/17
Sorry this is a day late! I took a break for MLK day. :) 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
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Happy Weekend!
Happy Weekend my friends! What are you up these next few days? We have some friends coming into town and I’m so excited to spend the long weekend together. J and I tend to stay in our little neighborhood bubble, so I am looking forward to exploring new restaurants and fun things in Raleigh. Five
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Our Budget
Alright folks. I have found a way to share our budget… without sharing our budget. Since I am no longer anonymous and my coworkers, friends and family read my blog (hi guys!), I had to forgo the luxury of sharing all the nitty-gritty numbers sitting in my bank account. Personal finance was the initial purpose
