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Gift Ideas for the Adventurous Guy
Have a guy in your life that lives and breathes adventure? If he’s not jumping out of a perfectly good plane, he’s hiking, biking, or doing extreme sports. If he’s an avid outdoorsman, he might seem like he has everything. But if he’s got a birthday coming up (or you...
What Millennials Want in a Rental
Millennials get a bad rap for being lazy and entitled—the truth is this generation really just knows what they want. They know that after graduating college they’re going to be up against plenty of challenges when trying to find a job and a place to live, so they’re...
What Rory Gilmore Shows Us About Millennial Entitlement
I recently re-watched Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. In case you’ve been living under a rock, A Year in the Life is the revival of the original WB show. It follows the lives of Rory and Lorelai 10 years after we last saw them at the end of season seven…when Rory...
Tips for Your Autumn Beauty Routine
Autumn is finally here and that means it’s time to pull out your scarves, play in color-changing leaves, and bust out those boots you have been missing all summer. It also means that now is the perfect time to switch up your beauty routine to fall more in line with...
6 Picture Perfect Fall Date Ideas
There’s something so romantic about autumn, isn’t there? It’s not just the season of pumpkin spice after all. Between the crispness of the air, the fall foliage, and that first snuggle session in front of a roaring fire, there’s nothing that spells romance better than...
Preparing for the Worst? Why Younger Generations are Opting For Prenups
A prenuptial agreement might be something that you only associate with celebrities and high society or something that you’ve seen on TV. It might come as a shock to you then to find that more and more millennials are opting for a prenup. With young people starting to...
How to do Project Life on a Budget
Have you ever felt frustrated with scrapbooking? Maybe you wanted to stick with it but it became too expensive or time-consuming, or you just weren't happy with how the layouts turned out. I used to feel that way. I'm not a creative person at all, and I was never...
Could a Career in Academia be the One for You?
There are many great questions that you may find yourself ready to ask in life. One of the very first will always involve your career. You'll be working for a long time, and you want to make sure that you choose the right path to embark on. But with so many options...
5 Reasons to Refinance Your Student Loans
Are you struggling with student loans? I know how difficult it can be. When my husband and I got married, we had a combined total of $117,000 of student loan debt. Being buried in six figure debt is overwhelming – I felt trapped and hopeless. *Disclosure: This post...
Scrapbooking, Cannoli, and Fur Babies: July/August Update
For those of you who are new readers, I post an update every few months that shows how we’re doing on our debt snowball and other life goals. A couple years ago, I shared a post called What to Do When You're Feeling Stuck. In this post, I discussed my three year...
The Top 10 Best Board Games for Adults
My hubby and I love to have board game nights with our friends. We’re currently on a three year spending ban while we pay off our massive student loan debt, so finding free things to do for fun is important for our sanity. In addition to being free, game nights are...
How to Stick With Clean Eating (When You’re Tempted to Give Up)
There are numerous reasons to start eating clean. Maybe you want to lose weight or perhaps you just want to be healthier. Whatever the reason, it can be difficult to stick with a whole food diet when you’re used to eating an unhealthy diet. I’ve been eating a vegan,...