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It’s Time To Talk 2024 Finances (Yes, There Is a Pie Chart)

Hot on the heels of discussing Christmas gifts, I figured I might as well do a budget roundup from 2024. I find posts of this ilk are either deeply fascinating or horrifically boring depending…

Budget, Home, Personality Insights, Thrifting
Jan, 09, 2025
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Christmas Recap 2024: Gift Edition

The gifts are unwrapped and most are already in various states of use and play. As previously noted, we exchange a lot of gifts at Christmas (I explained more about that here) and there…

Thrifting for Christmas Gifts + You Might Be Surprised How Many Items Our Kids Receive

In response to my Happy Things Friday post last week, Rachel asked the following:

Out of curiosity, do you buy new or used for Christmas gifts for your kids? Do you think about it at…

Christmas, Holidays, Joy, Parenting, Thrifting
Dec, 19, 2024
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Party at My House?

Despite most bloggers appearing to be relatively introverted folks (#Stereotyping), I think we can all agree it would be pretty amazing to have a giant blogger get-together this holiday season. Decked halls, Christmas tunes,…

Happy Things Friday: 13 December

I am not at all superstitious and don’t have any fear of Friday the 13th but…still. I did take note of the date when I scheduled Indy’s dentist appointment for this afternoon. I’m hoping…

Guest Post: Welcome Kristen!!!

I am so excited to welcome Kristen – better known as The Frugal Girl – to my little corner of the internet. It was fun to answer Kristen’s questions for a recent Meet a…

Blogging, Guest Post, Minimalism, Personality Insights, Thrifting
Nov, 04, 2024
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Happy Things Friday: 4 October

Something about October signals “end-of-year” vibes for me me. Let the countdown begin; 2025 is around the corner.

October is a happy month. Thanksgiving (Canadian style), various family birthdays, nice weather, all the pumpkins.

This was…