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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Slashing your dry cleaning bill and other laundry issues
I should first start this post off by saying that I don’t typically dry clean my clothes. And as I search my mental vault for an instance where I’ve utilized dry cleaning, I draw a blank because I’m a low-maintenance kind of girl, the kind of person who has been working in a business-casual environment for the last decade and not in need of special care for my khakis and T-shirts. But for the rest of you, I’ll share these … Continue reading
For your reading pleasure
It’s one of my weekends off from the cab company and I have been enjoying it to its fullest. Yesterday my hubby and I spent most of the morning cleaning since we were having friends over that afternoon … even though it’s a pain at the time, it’s nice to only have to pick up this morning and not feel guilty about sitting around and blogging instead of being upstairs and cleaning. My Saturday night consisted of a movie with … Continue reading
How do you organize coupons?
I am an avowed consumer of generic and store-brands when it comes to my grocery shopping, however there are some things we don’t skimp on – my husband loves Jif peanut butter and in my forays into freezing leftovers, I have found that nothing works better than Ziploc bags. So the other day I found a 50-cent coupon off of Ziploc and realized that I had another 75-cent one lying around somewhere and while that’s all well and good, I … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Money Saving Strategies, work
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Spring is in the air!
Today is a gloomy day here in Minnesota, but I cannot complain because the light and intermittent rain that has been falling over the past few days is washing away our snow. Sure, the grass underneath is dead and our yard is going to turn into a muddy mess, but I am optimistic thinking of future days of sunshine and warmth. Today is the last day of my unofficial vacation – I’ve been spending time trying to organize the office … Continue reading
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Leaps of Faith and My Abbreviated Vacation from Employment
I figure the best way to do this is to be truthful … you know how I’ve been talking about my job search and all that fun stuff? Well, the reality of my life is this: My last day of my former full-time job was last Friday. I took a leap of faith gave my three-week notice shortly before Valentine’s Day and intended to do some freelance work writing grants while picking up more hours at the cab company to … Continue reading
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Government Rebates: Grumble, grumble, grumble
This is me multitasking. I am at home this morning, blogging with you fine people, working my cell phone and waiting for a web page to load. What exactly am I trying to accomplish? Today is the day that the appliance stimulus program started in Minnesota. The rebates became available on the State of Minnesota website at 8 a.m., Central Standard Time. It is 8:24 a.m. The website has already crashed and when I call? “Your call can’t be completed … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Where My Money Goes
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