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Just a few days ago I called my old landlord in Grenada just to say hi. For those who are new readers (top o’ the morning to ya), I lived in Grenada, West Indies for 3 years before I became a full time blogger and a mom and a New Jersey-er. As soon as my … Continued

At the beginning of this year, I wrote a post called “Our Only Goal for 2014” where I explained that my only New Year’s Resolution for 2014 was to maintain, maintain, maintain. In years past, I made huge goals about maxing out IRAs and saving thousands of dollars and destroying debt all at the same … Continued

I got a lot of e-mails this week, and more than one person told me they don’t know how I do all of this. And by “all of this” I assume they mean take care of the beans and run my business and try to support hubs all at the same time. My answer is … Continued

Harry and Hermione would like to wish you a Happy Halloween! Aren’t these costumes so amazing? I can’t take any credit. My mom, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law made the entire thing! Halloween is supposed to be freezing cold up here. I’m not sure I’m ready for it at all. In fact, I wanted to sort of … Continued

Last month, my friend Kassandra wrote a post and listed a few things that were weird about her. I loved reading it and told her I’d put it on my editorial calendar to write a similar post inspired by hers. Well, peeps, that day is today. Edit: I feel a little strange publishing this because … Continued

So excited to welcome Robin from The Thrifty Peach to my blog today! Enjoy! Hello, new friends! I’m very excited to be able to share a story of mine today on Budget Blonde, because Cat’s blog was the very first personal finance blog I started reading. Like Cat, I absolutely love to write and learn … Continued

I recently had the pleasure of being on the Stacking Benjamins podcast with the lovely Paula Pant of Afford Anything and of course Joe himself. I’m a huge fan of Joe. He is, in many ways, sort of an unofficial life coach of mine. He’s hysterical, we get along really well, and I think by adding … Continued

Last week I went to ballet class. Yes, I checked and I am still 27 and not 7, but there I went – pink tights and all. It was worth it. It was really, truly great. I’ve danced my whole life, starting at 2.5 years old. Growing up, I never played any sports. I spent … Continued

Everyone is writing all of these fab posts about FinCon, the financial bloggers conference many of us just went to, so I don’t want to be repetitive by telling you about the conference and all the speakers and all the sessions. What I do want to address is how you can make the absolute most … Continued