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I’m super excited about a new project I’ve been working on called the Frugal Bon Vivant: Enjoying the good life — on a budget. (You may have already noticed the Deals RSS over on my side bar.) Anyway, I’ve always been good at finding deals, so I’ve combined that with my approach to frugal living. [...]

Maybe it’s because my birthday is next week, but I’ve been feeling like doing a little bragging lately. ;)  It all started a few weeks ago when I randomly won a trip to Chicago from BlogHer’s OceanSpray Cranergy contest. So here are a few things I’m jumping up and down about this week: Winning a [...]

100 push ups?  Consecutively?  That’s insane! Damn the person who created this challenge.  Don’t they know I just can’t help myself from participating in challenges?  I’m on Week 3 of the 100 Push Up Challenge. When I did the initial test, I could only do about 3 push ups.  I blame elementary school PE teachers [...]

I’m in a habit of chopping all my hair off about every 2 years.  It’s usually a fall or winter thing, and I try to wait until my hair is long enough to donate to Locks of Love. So after I got back to the States from traveling in Europe/Morocco at the end of November [...]

Traveling is so much more memorable when you’ve kept a travel journal. I use the little Moleskine Small Cahier Journal (Set of 3) as journals. They’re small enough to carry in your purse, but still legible, and the tan ones don’t get mixed up with your passport like the black ones. Sometimes I get a [...]

The beauty of being in a foreign country alone, is that it can be easier to kick a bad habit! Since it was all Greek to me anyway, I found myself using less filler words when trying to communicate. All the added words, such as “like” and “yeah” just add confusion. So while I still [...]

Ah! It’s time for another list. My packing list seems to be never-ending at this point. I’ve been told that you should decide on everything you want to take and then discard 2/3 of it, but of course, I consider myself to be an excellent packer :) so I’ll probably take most of the following… [...]

It’s been a little quiet around here lately. But the secret is out… I’m taking a year off to travel! I’ve been tentatively planning since spring of last year, but officially decided in December. Why, you ask? Well, it’s something I’ve always dreamed about doing, and right now is probably the best time for me [...]

I’m finally done! After 2 years of part-time classes, I’m officially done with my MBA! After undergrad, I had no intentions of getting my MBA, and I’m glad that I took some time away from school before going back. It gives you some perspective on what you’re learning. What did I learn? Not what I [...]

Who goes on a kayak trip without knowing how to kayak? Me! Well, kayaking isn’t really that tough, you just get in and paddle. It was fun, but I’d rather spend time in the water than kayaking. I like the option of being able to kayak, but ended up spending the majority of my time [...]