Get Organized: Don’t spend money that isn’t yours.

February 15, 2011
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Welcome back to part two of the Bridezilla Bakes personal finance series – written by Sean, my husband… aka, Groomzilla. If you missed it, check out Part 1 (You need a budget), in which Sean talks about why budgeting is so important, and explains how to figure out your monthly active income: how much money [...]

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Get Real: Sometimes, I need you to leave me alone.

February 11, 2011
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Most people, when they graduate college, miss the camaraderie. The social network, if you will. The buzz, the parties, the constant feeling of connection and belonging. They miss their roommates, their classmates, their sorority sisters, the cafeteria staff – most people I know can talk about their college network for hours, and get teary just [...]

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Edamame Teriyaki Noodles

February 9, 2011
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These kinds of meals define my daily repertoire: fast, easy, healthy meals. Almost all of my dinners are fast, because I don’t make anything that takes more than 30-40 minutes, maximum. And, most of them are healthy. And all are easy… because we eat a lot of soups (dump and stir) and stir fries (dump [...]

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Get Organized: You need a budget (Kind Regards, Groomzilla).

February 8, 2011
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So. When I relaunched my site in January and created a Get Organized category, I knew that one topic I really wanted to get into was budgeting and personal finance. Money is something that can control and trap us more easily than anything else — and when Sean and I got married, we began to [...]

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Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies on an Oreo Cookie Crust

February 7, 2011
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I promise to explain why my Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies aren’t… red. But first, play a little imagination game. Pretend that it’s Monday morning. Imagine that the temperature is way below freezing, and that it’s snowing (AGAIN). Let’s say, hypothetically, that you’ve been sick, tired, and cranky for… possibly… three weeks. If — you know, [...]

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How I know that Sean is the one. Part one of many.

February 4, 2011
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Yesterday I obsessed over mentioned how stressed I am about getting my grad school admissions results. At work yesterday, I was feeling incredibly crummy – I didn’t sleep very well Wednesday night, I was cold from the subzero weather outside, and stressed (per usual) about what I needed to get done and the bad grad [...]

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