Did anyone watch 30 Rock last week? They had a Leap Day episode and it was hilarious. It made me wish we actually celebrated Leap Day in all its glory. I mean, a day that only exists every four years is kind of a big deal. We should at least have some kind of theme,
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Spring Shopping: My New Favorite Skirt
Is anyone else over winter? I am. I’m so ready for spring and pretty flowers and warmer days with fun flowy outfits. Today I’d like to share my new skirt I got to refresh my wardrobe for this season! How do you like my new polka dot skirt from Francesca’s Collection? I got it a
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 2/27
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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Nashville Trip: Part 2
On Saturday we left Nashville and drove an hour south to Columbia for a 100th birthday party for Debbie’s grandmother. Yes, you read that correctly — we went to a 100th birthday party! Can you imagine living that old? She was born in 1912 and has seen oh so many things. Amazing. We started by
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Nashville Recap: Part 1
My mother-in-law Debbie and sister-in-law Katie have talked about going on a girl’s only trip for months (or maybe years?) and finally made it happen two weeks ago. We went to Tennessee for a family gathering on Saturday, but decided to arrive on Thursday to spend a few days playing in Nashville. I had been
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Gigi’s Fabulous Caramel Cake
One of the things on my 30 before 30 list is to make my grandmother’s caramel cake. Now, you may think baking a cake is a simple task and not worthy of a four-year countdown, but this is no average cake. (Okay, actually the cake is pretty easy. The not-so-average part I’m talking about is
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 2/20
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 Weekend!
Well, wouldn’t you know life didn’t stop when I went out of town. I came back from my five-day trip to a massive to do list and have been doing my best to catch up with that list all week. Soon, very soon, I’ll catch up on here. What are you up to this weekend?
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day, my friends! I have always had mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. It was such a fun holiday when you are little. I remember my mom would serve us heart-shaped pancakes, give us little boxes of chocolates, and I’d walk to school in my new heart socks and “XO” earrings to bring my
