Uncertainty Kills Me May 10, 2012

I confess: I love structure.  I like it when there are rules, when there are set plans, when each dollar has its assigned place.  This is probably why I love math & science, and also why I get such a kick out of personal finance.  There’s the natural order of things, a script.  This is [...]

Overstuffed March 19, 2012

If you asked me on laundry day, or on Day 78 of a shopping ban/wear everything challenge, I would tell you that I have too many clothes. If you asked me at 7am on a weekday, I would tell you that I need to go shopping because I have nothing to wear to work today. [...]

The Life I Want vs. The Life I Have February 13, 2012

Chad does not understand my interest in fashion. He likes to look fondly back on College Sarah, who rocked socks with sandals and only owned one other pair of shoes, whose tiny wardrobe couldn’t fill apartment closets, who could wake up and be on the bus to class in 10 minutes.  Grownup Sarah likes to [...]

TurboTax Happy Hour Recap February 5, 2012

It’s tax season! I went to a happy hour sponsored by TurboTax on Wednesday, thanks to the lovely Brian from My Next Buck, who scored me an invitation.  We enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and drinks while TT showed off their new apps for phones and for the iPad.  I don’t have an iPad (woe), but the [...]

Musing on Christmas Gifts January 3, 2012

My parents offered to buy Chad and me a new TV for Christmas this year. We’ve had a giant tube TV since we moved to California 6.5 years ago, a giant tube TV that also looked as though someone had taken a bite out of the side due to an accident on the moving van.  [...]

Winter is here! December 10, 2011

Here in DC, we’ve been enjoying unseasonably warm temperatures.  I’ve been enjoying the extension of fall, where I can pile on thin layers and cute coats, in contrast to winter, where I throw on my thickest sweater and unflattering puffy down coat and horrible faux Uggs and basically cease to look cute for the next [...]

Fight On November 11, 2011

I don’t usually post about personal stuff or my opinions on non-financial (erm, or non-fashion) topics, for many reasons.  Still, I often find writing cathartic, and even if I end up not posting this on the blog, it helps me to get this out, to write about it even to a pretend audience. I am [...]

I’m working too much! September 19, 2011

Okay, I like my job, I really do.  But I do not like it so much that I am willing to give up weekends, or work 12-hour days (or 22 hour days, as I had to do last week), or miss college football. I had to work on Saturday.  And last Saturday. And Labor Day [...]

Rebalancing housework September 12, 2011

When we first moved to DC and Chad was looking for work, he took on most of the housekeeping roles.  After all, he was home, and I was putting in some extra hours settling into my new job and trying to make a good impression.  He unpacked all our boxes from our move, took care [...]

Inspired by Revanche… Baby Talk August 26, 2011

My mother-in-law is having shoulder surgery in a few weeks.  She’d been putting it off for nearly a year, but a this point, the range of motion in her arm is shrinking and conflicting with the things she does every day, even to the point where she can’t pick up my niece (her granddaughter) without some [...]