Works-for-Me Wednesday!

So it’s the backwards edition of Works-for-Me Wednesday, which I am excited for! All through my college years and the first few years in an apartment, I had less-than-adequate baking sheets. They were brown and dingy, somehow becoming yuckier and filthier with each use. I gladly trashed those terrible pans, and slowly, I have been [...]

Gift giving is expensive…

Gift giving is expensive, so this year, I made it my goal to reduce the amount of money we spend. I find that hard to do because we have such generous families and friends who are always gifting us waaaaay more than we could ever gift. Anyway, I am trying to make as many of [...]

I love saving money!

The teensy tiny itty-bitty jar of poppy seeds on the right was $3.99. The giant jar on the left was only $1.99. I was very happy to find this at the Christmas Tree Shop store that recently opened in my area. They aren’t even expired.

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DSC_0012, originally uploaded by Adventures in Amberland.

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DSC_0012, originally uploaded by Adventures in Amberland.

$7,500… what to do?

I’ve been reading this great blog, Mrs. Micah’s Finance for a Freelance Life, for awhile now. The blog features all sorts of information on debt repayment, credit cards, home mortgages, etc. It’s very helpful for me in particular because Mrs. Micah is dealing with car payments, credit cards, school loans, and such. All right up [...]

I needed hamburger buns…

In honor of Works-for-Me Wednesday, I thought I would post a new twist on basic dinner items. I needed hamburger buns, but I didn’t want to put on shoes and go to the store. So I came up with this recipe called, hmm, Mexican Corn Cake Surprise. OK, that sounds suspicious, so I’ll go with Mexican [...]

Everywhere a pear

The two, large dining room windows have been naked since we moved in last May. Regular curtains were too small, and even if I did find ones that would fit, I wasn’t spending $23980345 on curtains… and they all seem to cost that much. I am quite particular about fabric. I knew exactly what I [...]

How do you get to Amberland?

This blog will document my pursuits… the good, the bad, and the “thank-goodness-nobody-who-reads-this-knows-me-in-real-life-so-that-I-don’t-die-of-embarrassment” ones.