We usually forget when we make each other little coupons for future adventures. I think everyone does, to be fair. I found the card from my Easter basket last year and knew it was time.
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Date Archives → February 2026
I’m Star and I Love Wedding Groups
You might see a bride say she wants to feed 150 people on a $500 budget. For that many people that works out to just over $3.30 per plate.
Continue readingThe Mealtime Shuffle
I am fighting a losing battle with the weekly meal plan. Granted, I’m pretty sure a lot of people are, because it refuses to play fair.
Continue readingYou Can’t Go Cold Turkey from Money in Capitalism
I didn’t want new stationery, kitchen items, or clothes. I didn’t even want to decorate our new house anymore. I wanted out of this cycle of paying down debt, relapsing, spending, and then having more debt to pay down.
Continue readingThe Only Thing I Can’t Stand: Seeing My Old Self in Others
I used to be an insecure person. In fact, insecurity ruled my entire life. My personality was fear. I had no boundaries, because I couldn’t stand the thought of saying no to someone. Anyone.
Continue readingWe Got Our Deposit Back!
When we put in the dispute, even Navy Federal told us it would be highly unlikely we would get anything back. When I Googled it, one search result estimated our odds of getting all of our money back was around 10%.
Continue readingI Didn’t Get Here By Accident
It was only in my late 30s that I was finally able to say that I really loved myself and understood myself and was willing to work with the self I have to become the best version of me I could evolve into. But now that I’m here, I’m really done talking about diets.
Continue readingThe Gotcha Game
When I worked at the university, I had a manager. He was a bad person who enjoyed being a bad person. When he tried to teach me things he had a very interesting way of doing it.
Continue readingWhat Happened to Pinterest?
The Pinterest subreddit caught my eye recently. Mostly because almost every post is people trying to find alternatives and figure out how to stop using it. Recently, with Pinterest proudly leaning into the AI slop that is degrading the platform, I have become one of them.
Continue readingGuess What? No, Guess!
Last week, the events coordinator from the Heard Museum called me and said they were willing to offer us the venue at a discount. The discount was exactly what our deposit had been. So we could still have our vow renewal without losing anything.
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