by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 19, 2007 | Personal Finance Tips
My mom has been recieving Bon Appetit magazine and then either sending them or giving them to me for years now. Also, whenever people see a great recipe in a book or are thinking of getting rid of a cookbook, they ask me first.
I’m known as a lover or recipes and a bit of a cook (though not at all a baker as some friends are a little too quick to point out…though my cake with substitutions did work out in the end, anyway…). The problem then becomes a file folder of recipes I can’t organize, let alone find to make. Plus piles of ripped out magazine pages just get to me.
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 16, 2007 | Personal Finance Tips
I finally sat down yesterday with all my tax stuff and began a new sheet of paper called "Tax Crap". No one likes doing this. I don’t like doing this. But at least I know all my tax stuff is together and ready to go. I also know what I’ll be...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 15, 2007 | Personal Finance Tips
A few years ago, during a period of unemployment, I decided to make my own Christmas gifts. I had my family and my then-boyfriend’s family as well as friends who I felt I should give gifts to. What followed was a period of frustration and exhaustive...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 12, 2007 | Personal Finance Tips
I know that Jesus is supposed to be the reason for the season but unless you haven’t walked into a store in the last two weeks, it’s hard not to at least spend some time thinking about the commercial crap. I walked into Target tonight and got swept up for...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 12, 2007 | Personal Finance Tips
I know that Jesus is supposed to be the reason for the season but unless you haven’t walked into a store in the last two weeks, it’s hard not to at least spend some time thinking about the commercial crap. I walked into Target tonight and got swept up for...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 4, 2007 | Personal Finance Tips
The great thing about having a house is getting to play outside in the snow. The great thing about having a house is getting to wake up early and shovel snow. The great thing about having a house is getting up early and taking half an hour to shovel the minimum amout...