We’ve Paid off over $12K In Debt In Four Months. Plus June 2015 Wrapup!

June is over. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that half of the year is officially gone and whether or not I did enough in the first half of the year. This month was a very busy month for me in that things with my graduate thesis project took off, requiring me to put a lot of extra energy into my lab life while also trying to balance all of the extra work I accepted outside of the lab. Half way through the month when I began to feel a bit, overwhelmed, and  I had to…

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Focus on What Really Matters When Planning Your Family

  In the past family and friends would always ask my Husband and I when we planned on having a baby. With me being in Graduate school the idea of bringing a child into the world with my limited contribution to our income coupled with the fact that I didn’t have a normal work schedule never seemed liked a great idea. My Husband and I would talk about having kids, but we always said we would wait until I graduated. Now, with only 6-10 months left of graduate school the thought of having kids has crossed my mind and we…

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How to Incorporate the Pineapple Trend into Your Wardrobe

This post was sponsored by ShopatHome.com, but the love of Pineapples is all my own.   Every summer I fall in love with the pineapple trend. This summer the Pineapple trend took the world by storm with chic and modern pineapple apparel being found everywhere. Of course I wanted it all, but there’s this thing that I’m doing called being “Broke on Purpose”, which doesn’t allow me to spend my money as freely as I’d like. Since we’re living on a budget I always scour the internet for the best deals and if I can stack coupons or double the…

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The Mitsubishi Mirage Turned me into a Local Celebrity!

  It’s not every day I get to ride around in a car where pedestrians give me the thumbs up and the neighboring cars at a light want to engage with me in a conversation about the awesome color. It was weird having to say “Excuse me”, to people who’d innocently stopped to look so that I could get in my car and drive away. I’ll be honest for a bit I kinda felt like a big deal. I guess that is if you can feel like a big deal in a subcompact car, but for a whole week, thanks to DriveShop, the…

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AD Grandma’s Southern Green Beans with Candied Bacon

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SummerYum #CollectiveBias BBQ’s and Cookouts are great, but everyone knows that the best thing about these gatherings are the sides.  I love a good side dish, I mean let’s be real here you can only put so much meat on your plate before it becomes a bit much. One of my favorite side dishes at our family get together’s would be my Grandmothers green beans. They weren’t just any green beans as they were made with special ingredients, you know like a whole lotta…

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