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Hands On:

Managing finances as a couple can be tricky business. In our house we’ve traded off being the breadwinner, we’ve saved, overspent, and tried lots of different methods for managing our money. Because we moved in together quickly, talking honestly about money has always been something Jesse and I have had to manage, and for that [...]

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Elsie at A Beautiful Mess is hosting a really wonderful challenge to pick four simple goals for the rest of the year- but not results oriented goals, ones that will get you doing things that make you happy. Every month when I pick my goals for my inspiration & type a-ery posts I seem to [...]

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It’s dress sharing time again- and I can’t believe I only have two months left! Is the summer that far along already? Maybe this winter I’ll have to do Six Months + Six Parkas… though, somehow the appeal just isn’t the same. Dress number four isn’t just thrifted, it’s also a walk on the wild [...]

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I wanted to make sure that when I  picked July to master sangria, I did it thoroughly. There were different batches drawn up, dutiful sampling done, and I can verify that both this and the white wine sangria from last week are delicious! This has been a lot of fun, and this post marks a month where [...]

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For the past two months I’ve been swearing that I’ll master sangria, and while it took me a while to get around to it, last week I finally made good! I’ve had friends in from out of town and thought that it was the perfect chance to try my first of two recipes – one red wine [...]

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