by Nicole Ouellette | May 20, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
A Week-long Series About Travel In my moment of zen in the breakroom (this is where I sit for ten minutes with a coffee or chocolate yogurt and a women’s magazine on my break), I read a tip yesterday: when you travel and, for example, book a hotel, ask if they...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 19, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
A Week-long Series About Travel I read a lot of blogs and web sites trying to keep up with what’s going on in the world. (I follow over 60 by RSS feeds but this is not including what I just stumble upon, which is a fair bit). When I collect a fair bit of links...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 17, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
A Cheap And Cool Souvenir That You’ll Actually Still Like Two Weeks Later Maybe it’s that it’s spring and Sean and I have been talking about taking a vacation but travel is on my mind. Looking around my house reminds me of cool trips I’ve been...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 15, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
A Week-long Series On Gardening, Landscaping, and Money As a result of some exterior stuff (bad week), I had some blog block today. I did what any self-respecting twenty-something would do: I called Mom. You know, for someone who has never really grown much plantwise,...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 14, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
A Weeklong Series About Landscaping, Gardening, and Money Yesterday, I talked about some inexpensive and perennial ornamental plants to boost your home value. You can also, however, use some more functional plants to grow your own food, even if (like me) you've...
by Nicole Ouellette | May 13, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
A Weeklong Series About Landscaping, Gardening, and Money Ah, flowerbeds. I get why people have them. They allow you to plant pops of color or small vegetable plots without commiting to a huge garden. They have the added benefit of making it so you don’t have to...