Spending Winter Frugally: While Decluttering is Good For Your Wallet

Several pounds of various fruity smelling lotions that I got for Christmas five years ago… gone. Bags of “gently used” and slightly frumpy work shirts that I wouldn’t dare wear anymore even if I had no clean laundry… gone. The black soap dish and toothbrush holder from when I thought it would be cool to [...]

Why my W-2 Makes me Cry

It’s tax time, and those pesky W-2 and 1090 (or is it 1099?) forms are slowly finding their way into my mailbox. Yesterday, frustration and anger set in immediately after opening my W-2. I’m not being overly dramatic; I wanted to throw something. Hard. And scream. And cry. I have been doing my best to [...]

Feb: Starting Again.

I was on a weird sort of self-imposed hiatus during the month of January, as you may have noticed. A sprinkling of writer’s block, a dash of winter blues and some good ol’ (long) recession-style office hours have conspired to stop my usually creative and energetic self from doing much of anything lately. But I [...]