Foodie Pen Pals
At work, a colleague of mine was gushing over a package that had arrived in the mail–the real post-office-delivered-mail–that contained delicious treats from a “pal.” She went on to say […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
The True Costs of our DC Wedding
I promised I wouldn’t talk about weddings anymore, but I finally got around to examining the true cost of our wedding and thought I would share.
David and I started with a specific budget and paid for 98% of the wedding ourselves. Our budget was less than HALF what the average wedding costs; our total wedding was still less than 3/4 The day I realized we were going over the budget was the day I decided to buy a second dress and it was hard to determine whether what I wanted and needed was worth the investment.
Luckily, going over the budget wasn’t forgetting that one still existed and I think we are both proud that we’re “graduating” with no wedding debt.
El Chucho: Get the Blue Hawaiian
This weekend it kind of seemed like the U.S. had badly wronged Mother Nature, no? The East Coast had derecho, Colorado remained submerged in a land on fire, while Florida […]
