Although food banks are great, I also make monthly donations to a local diaper bank and a domestic violence shelter. As you mentioned there are many items that can’t be purchased with WIC/Food Stamps (laundry detergent, diapers, feminine hygiene products). If I have some really great coupons and I can combine them…

That’s good to know, I was about to forward this to my husband to check. I think our investments are each over $10,000 now but there may be a few funds that are just under.

I had it in second grade, the year I got tonsillitis five times. It was bout 3 or 4 when I had the chicken pox and pink eye at the same time. And my older cousin had bronchitis and strep but had already had chicken pox so they just left us in a bed together for a week and our parents alternated who stayed home with…

My cousin got them when she was 5, on the family’s first and only trip to Disneyworld. Her older brother had already had them so he went to the park with one parent and the other stayed in the hotel with the 5 year old. They covered her up and took her to the park on the last day of their vacation anyway. 

I’d rather eat at twelve thirty or one but I also have small children that nap in the afternoon and need to eat first. Thanksgiving should be at a real meal time. I wish we had appetizers, maybe I should bring some next year.

I didn’t let myself get dragged into it but my uncle (lives in Baltimore, works in D.C.) was arguing on Facebook that she should just take a loan out from the credit union, like “normal” people do. Yes, she will make decent money for at least two years. But maintaining two residences in two very expensive areas is not…

Happened to my mom and she was teaching junior high at the time.and in her late 20s. She also got pulled over for speeding in her late 30s and the first thing the cop said was “do you have a license?"

I’ve tried to follow along with youtube videos in my hotel room or in the “gym” at the hotel, but it’s usually just easier to get a day or week pass at a real gym. I’m happily an unlimited member of Orangetheory and I can go to any other studio if I call ahead and there’s room in the class. (there’s a small surcharge…

I don’t know how any one person could eat one of those things. I got a small Blizzard yesterday because I stopped at a Stuckey’s on a work trip for pecan candy and Dairy Queen is always attached. The Snickerdoodle Cookie Dough was calling to me, but I definitely should’ve got the mini. It took an hour for me to eat…

I hate those machines. The best ones let you choose “random” to have the resistance switch on you or some sort of “cardio” that instructs you to alternate forward and backward.

Have you tried Aerie?

Don’t worry, you’re not alone. I can’t STAND raw tomatoes. I don’t care what variety they are or how recently they were picked. But cooked tomatoes are fine (tomato sauce, tomato soup) and I like ketchup. Some salsas are fine but pico de gallo is naty to me.

sun warmed tomatoes still taste awful for those of those that don’t like them raw. Cooked is fine with me, I like tomato sauces and tomato soup. 

did this last year. Target was absolutely dead and only slightly picked over. Stocked up on kids clothes at the lowest price of the season, just as cheap as buying consignment.

And you should be able to buy diapers with food stamps. And laundry detergent. And tampons.

I’ve seen a ton of celebrities from afar at shows in the LA area, but the best one was probably Juliette Lewis and her skateboarder ex-husband who stood directly behind us at a Flaming Lips show. My super drunk BFF kept “accidentally” backing into her like it was some big thing to touch her breasts with his back. I’ve…

I love how busy he is. I don’t think I knew who he was until we started watching the League, though I also enjoy the “how did this get made?” podcast.

I like the White Elephant we do with my in-laws. Grandparents, children and their spouses/partners are involved and we spend about $30. (Last year that meant two Echo Dots in the mix plus two duplicate board games we’d enjoyed at Thanksgiving). Each of the 5 grandkids gets something from everyone but it’s not…

FYI, last time I bought one I had to use cash, not my card. I just keep the tag in my car and mention it every time we go through the drive-thru. I can feed myself and two toddlers with a 4 for $4 with one added item but we also get the junior frosty to dip our fries. 

Maybe that’s just online. I know you could buy them at my local one as of two days ago.