January 8, 2010
When my husband and I bought our tiny townhouse 3 years ago, we got a flooring allowance from the sellers, because the carpet looked like a dozen people from a dozen keg parties threw up on it.
The allowance was just enough to buy the cheapest wall-to-wall carpet on the market. I argued, stomped my feet, [...]
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December 27, 2009
My husband’s extended family has long since gotten too big for our budget.
Buying Christmas gifts for every person in his family about broke everyone. Not to mention that we were really giving each other clutter — nice clutter, beautiful cluttery gifts that I appreciated, but gifts that cluttered just the same.
So, a few years ago, [...]
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