My lack of Internet has made me surprisingly productive these last few weeks. Among my accomplishments, I've 1) completely unpacked and settled into my new apartment, 2) reduced my wardrobe to one closet, 3) tried several new recipes, 4) hung shelves, 5) went to...
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Book Review: The Tightwad Gazette
My friends S and S have mentioned the Tightwad Gazette before. I've even seen Amy Dacyczyn (pronouced like "decision" in case you are curious), TWG's creater and writer, mentioned on other blogs and websites. What I didn't know until this past weekend was that Amy is...
Where Does My Money Go?
This guest post is by my friend Melanie Brooks. She's a freelance writer and editor at Bangor Metro and had a personal finance revelation recently. I told her she should write it up as a guest post. Check out more of Melanie online at www.melabrooks.com. Two more days...
Too Cute Tuesday: Recycled Paper Coasters
My mom bought me a cool little gift a few weeks ago: coasters made of recycled foreign newspapers. I added them to my drawer of cute little things I tend to have: candle sticks and napkin rings and other entertainment cuteness. That's right, this stuff gets a...
New Life, New Budget
The holidays approach and I am beginning to settle into my new apartment. I am ready to look at some new numbers: the cost of my new life. As with other things in life, I only realized how good I had it looking back on the situation. My costs were low and I had...
I’m Alive!
<p>HTML clipboard</p>This weekend, I found myself completely without internet, which is a small scale nightmare for a daily blogger like myself. I've been mooching off my friend Jen's internet for the last two weeks. She's away for three weeks...
I'm Alive!
<p>HTML clipboard</p>This weekend, I found myself completely without internet, which is a small scale nightmare for a daily blogger like myself. I've been mooching off my friend Jen's internet for the last two weeks. She's away for three weeks...
The Mainebiz Book of Lists: Maine By Money
when my father was alive he used to love getting the annual Mainebiz Book of Lists, which usually comes out around this time of the year. What this magazine does it rounds up a lot of Maine's financial figures and puts them in list form. Here's some...
Locked Out, or Things I’m Thankful For
I wasn't sure if I'd ever blog about this because it's a slightly unflattering incident but it illustrates well how I'm feeling this Thanksgiving Day. Here goes. Picture this: Monday morning, the beginning of a crisp day in a small town in Maine......