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I'm not afraid of my father anymore

This post was a long time coming. And if you've watched the news in the last 24 hours, you'll understand why I finally picked today to write it. Back to your regularly scheduled un-hoarding...

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The $43,000 storage unit

A while back I read on the Children of Hoarders website that one individual's hoarder parent had rented three storage units over something like 15 years. They did the math on this one: 3 storage units...

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This is what minimalism prepared me for

Remember the good 'ol days when you first discovered minimalism and its lofty promises? It taught us that if we could get rid of our attachments to physical objects, we could:Ditch all of your things...

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Diagnosis: Affluenza

Today's the first post of my now regular "Diagnosis: Affluenza" posts, where I take a look at my personal spending in the last week in an attempt to acquire less stuff, learn to need less stuff, and...

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Ooops

Hey there folks,I've been enjoying everyone's posts about the holidays and your comments here on my blog! I'm unfortunately going to be a little scarce for a while as I managed to, er, do some damage...

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Friday's Fashion Fallout: a two-fer

Courtesy of some unfortunate computer problems with my laptop I'm a little behind on everything, and now borrowing the Chief Engineer's laptop. So you all get a two-fer to make up for last week's...

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Friday's Fashion Fallout: a handbag, a trip, and a marriage

I looked on Facebook this morning and read a friend's comment:"Ten years ago today some of my new friends in London invited me to see Star Trek: Nemesis. Best decision I ever made. I sat next to the...

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Back in business

But it's a good thing I'm not a business, because I'd be broke and out of business if I were.Stop laughing! It's a ridiculous background screen and I LOVE it! My laptop made it back to me this week...

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Diagnosis: Affluenza January 11-17th

I think I've finally figured out a format for this. As usual, I started the week with $250, $30 of which went into a brokerage account for me to invest. That left $220. I then got paid for some...

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Sacrifices to the gods of our tile floors

There's nothing quite like going out of your way to save something for the thrift shop only to break it right before you get there?Because I swear, the whole week of attempting to use or get rid of...

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Friday's Fashion Fallout: Men may love it...

This shirt just proves how completely distorted women's body image is, compared with the way that men see us. I wore this to, er, work one day. While it looks demure and all that, I'm all chest when I...

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Diagnosis: Affluenza January 18th-24th

This week wasn't a total disaster. I spent $158, and slightly over 1/3 of that was for medical expenses. There was definitely room for improvement this week but at the same time I didn't buy a single...

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200 posts! Thank you all!

I couldn't believe it when I looked at my stats today and saw that I've made 200 posts!I've had a lot of fun so far and "met" so many wonderful people though your comments and emails. This blog even...

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Friday's Fashion Fallout: The best things in life aren't free

Because when they are free, you tend to acquire them even if you don't really like them. We had these things called "free boxes" in college. They were on every hall and were a place you could drop off...

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Friday's Fashion Fallout: Seven Jeans, True Religion, I Say No But They Keep...

I bought these jeans because of a song.No, I'm not kidding! Fergie had a song with the lyric,Seven jeans, True Religion, I say no but they keep givin'when I was in grad school. And this incredibly...

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Diagnosis: affluenza, with a side of sequestration and Robitussin

Sorry for the disappearance -- I'm coming off the worst case of bronchitis I've had in years. Blogging has somehow gotten lost in the 11 hours of sleep I've been needing each day for the last two...

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Upside down

The world is a little upside down for me tonight. The first of my college friends has passed away.Holland was the only girl I've ever met with her name. I remember her jumping up during introductions...

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May all your hell weeks...

"In this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at the flowers." — Kobayashi IssaEleven years ago today was one of the strangest and most painful days of my life. My now-husband's father had passed...

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Everything but the kitchen sink

I wanted to say thanks to everyone for their support after losing my friend Holland last week. We had a three-day weekend in honor of Presidents' day this week and it seemed like a good way to keep...

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For shame!

Have you ever found something in your home or office and just thought, WTF?!?I keep a small collection of trinkets on a shelf my desk. I'll show you my workspace in a post later this week--I'm looking...

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