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acting on impulse (or not)
I consider myself a careful spender, but while I’m generally frugal person I’m also not above the occasional impulse buy. I’ve been trying to avoid those purchases lately, though, because my finances...
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holiday shopping tip no. 1
You may think you’re being clever and getting around last-minute shipping fees by ordering something site-to-store, but I can assure you that it is worth the extra $20 to have whatever it is delivered...
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champagne wishes, pageant dreams
Pageant watching is a favorite pastime of the ladies in my immediate family, so we were all excited for the Miss America pageant, which took place this past Saturday night. My dad has even been sucked...
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vintage vinyl
Jon has recently picked up a habit of going thrifting on his lunch breaks. There are apparently quite a few stores in the vicinity of his office in a fairly well-to-do suburb north of town, so he’s...
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On Writing (about weddings)
[Oops! Forgot to publish this one on Friday…] Last night my favorite shop, Young Blood Gallery & Boutique, hosted an event with Meg Keene of A Practical Wedding, the blog and now the book. While...
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my GSUiversary
Last Friday marked a year since I began my new job. In most ways, this is the first real job of my career; I feel like my initial 3.5 working years out of grad school led to brain atrophy and little...
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weekend in review
The camp/friend reunion over the weekend was super awesome (and super hot, even up in the mountains of Western NC). Here are a few pictures from the trip accompanied by one of my favorite quote/poem...
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Old-Timey Tuesday: Yes We Can!
America, November 4, 2008 For the last election — my first to vote in person — I made an aspirational Blue State Blue Velvet cake, inspired by the Obama-centric blog Yes We Cake (which later featured...
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…only TWO months later (getting better all the time)
You know how WordPress sends you a “your year in blogging” report every New Year’s Eve? If you don’t, they do, and it’s one of those fun infographicky scrolldown things that is meant to make you feel...
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Twenty-two
Twenty-two has become a special number for me over the years, mostly (entirely?) in the context of the calendar. Our wedding anniversary is May 22. Two years before we were married, on June 22, the...
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