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A One-Car Snow Day Adventure

February 14th, 2014 | 20 Comments

A One-Car Snow Day Adventure

On Wednesday, it snowed – kind of a lot, for the piedmont of North Carolina.  We got about four inches of accumulation within a few hours.  It’s thickest snowfall I’ve seen in the six years I’ve lived here.  The Triangle was caught unprepared in a way that was reminiscent of Atlanta two weeks ago (though, from my understanding, not as extreme).   I’ll tell you about the adventure we had getting home on Wednesday and then connect … Read entire article »

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Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 26January2014

February 2nd, 2014 | 10 Comments

Favorite Posts, Mentions, and Top Comments Week of 26January2014

The big excitement this week was that we got a snow day!  I think we’ve had maybe one other in the time I’ve been in grad school – the university is very reluctant to cancel and we don’t have snow every year.  So we took advantage and stayed home for the day.   On Friday I spent all day at the first session of my professional development program.  I think it’s going to take a lot more … Read entire article »

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January 2013 Month in Review: Money

February 1st, 2013 | 22 Comments

January 2013 Month in Review: Money

January was a fun month for us!  We went skiing with some friends, got a lot accomplished at work, started watching basketball socially again, went out for Restaurant Week, had a picnic, and had the excitement of two snowfalls.  We went over our grocery budget again (again, again… what kind of budgeter am I?) and you’ll have scroll down to see our bottom line.     The Everyday Budget   Our non-discretionary categories aren’t changing at all now – INCOME, … Read entire article »

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Weekly Update 46

January 20th, 2013 | 13 Comments

Kyle and I were both (extra) hard at work this week – actually succeeding in our effort to get to work on the early side!  We were also able to score tickets to a basketball game this week, which was very fun.  Durham was all in a tizzy because of 3-6″ in snow were predicted for Thursday night, and many schools an businesses announced closings and delays on Thursday evening.  I told myself “I’ll believe it when I see it” and keeping myself from getting excited turned out to be the best move – the roads were simply wet on Friday morning, nothing more!     Posts I Liked   Kim from Eyes on the Dollar details all the ways you can save money with grocery store loyalty cards.   Matt Alden S. from Dividend Monk at Budgets … Read entire article »

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