Last night I had the privilege of attending my friends’ second wedding, their renewal of vows after 16 years of blissful marriage.
This celebration was great not only because it was to celebrate a lasting love between two people, but also on the money side of things, was made way more affordable because of the bride’s [...]
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Got Friends With Talent? You’ve Got A Great Party
Bad Weddings: Too Expensive to Attend
It is June, traditionally wedding month so I thought a story and writing my opinions on wedding celebrations would be appropriate. I think friends’ and close relations’ weddings are special and treat them as such, after all I am bearing witness to the start of a couple’s new life together: I give thoughtful and useful [...]
Mother’s Day Gift Suggestions (One with an Ulterior Investment Motive)
Mother’s Day is coming up! If you have a mom you’d like to thank this special day, why not make her something? Cook her a nice lunch (I have posted a great recipe for Baked Tofu and Rice today) or make a card. Yes, MAKE a card. Even if you think you have no artistic [...]
Friends: Cheaper than Psychotherapy
Sometimes my life gets filled with too much work, my to-do lists get crazy, I have too many chores and family obligations that I crash and realize my life is out of balance. Don’t get me wrong, these episodes don’t occur too often and I do OK for the most part. But when it does happen I [...]
Money and Relationships: Survivor in the Workplace?
I was broke. I had just finished my schooling and was heavily in debt, plus my husband was still in school. I just got my first “real” job with good pay and benefits. This job involved several months of training and I wound up in a class full of people my age or younger but in very [...]
