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All I Want for Christmas Is a Giving Revolution

All I Want for Christmas Is a Giving Revolution

I’m a Scrooge.  Well, I’m not necessarily cheap (I prefer frugal), but gift-giving and gift-receiving totally stresses me out.  The whole process used to be manageable when I was only responsible for giving to my immediate family members, but the list of gift recipients has completely blown up with my marriage to Kyle, as he has a wonderfully close (and large) extended family.   Giving presents stresses me out because I’m kind of a perfectionist and I … Read entire article »

Filed under: giving, values

Winter 2012 Travel Plans

Winter 2012 Travel Plans

Last night Kyle and I booked our Christmas flights!  Against my wishes, we have fallen into an every-other-year visitation pattern with our parents regarding Christmas, and this is a California year.  I’ve been checking prices for about six weeks and the prices were far higher than I expected.  I always strive to buy cross-country flights for around $400 but they were around $550-600.   Finally last night we were able to score flights for under $400 by … Read entire article »

Filed under: targeted savings, travel