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How to Get a Good Car Insurance Settlement

It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! My car insurance settlement has finally arrived. Ok, let me back up a step. For those of you who don’t know, on July 10th, 2011, I totalled my fiance’s car in...

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My Minimalist Christmas

Christmas is approaching. I tried to ignore it, but when I set foot outside for a run yesterday and realized it was only a few degrees above freezing, I really couldn’t put off the fact that Christmas...

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Buy Local This Christmas

 Don’t forget to enter into the give away I’m participating in, prizes include an iPad Mini and $100 cash! Ok for some reason I’ve really had Christmas on the brain lately. Usually this doesn’t hit me...

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Winter Running Gear Guide

Molly loves to accompany me on my runs. Exercising is a key part of a balanced and healthy life style. There’s no way around it, if you want to keep your health, you need to exercise. I came to this...

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2013 Goals

2013 is fast approaching and I need to start thinking about my goals for the new year. I did really well on this past year’s goals, so this year I think I’m going to push it a little bit farther. I...

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2012, A Year In Review

Wow its hard to believe that 2012 is almost over! What an amazing year it’s been. The end of the year sort of crept up on me, but now that I’m looking back, this year couldn’t have gone more...

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Why I Care About What I Eat

In this day and age, eating healthy doesn’t come naturally. In the average day, it’s far easier and cheaper to fill one’s mouth with calorie heavy, fat laden, and sweetened foods, than it is to seek...

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Why I Hate Bottled Water

Today’s guest post is written by Anne. Anne has some hippie tendencies and studied both economics and international development.  Most of the time, she blogs about gift ideas, including fun ways to...

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Back From Boston

Well I’m back from my trip, and I’m happy to say it was very relaxing. It was a fun trip, the drive down went quickly and the hotel was very nice for the price we paid. I went with my fiance and...

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Weekend Personal Life Update

My dog Molly, being cute while we’re at work. No link love today! I know, so sad. Mostly because I haven’t had any time to read blogs this week. Between being sick with the cold from hell, trying to...

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Goal Progress Check In & Link Love

I love my new mug! It’s Friday once again! I don’t know about you but this week seemed to crawl by for me. Although I did get a nice little surprise in the mail on Tuesday, my new mug! A few months ago...

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Are You Suited to Being an Entrepreneur?

Selling lemonade is entrepreneurship in it’s most basic form. My Dad is an entrepreneur in the traditional sense. He started his own business back in the 80′s, and it’s still running today. He took it...

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Finding Peace Amongst Chaos

Finding peace while being super busy can be tough. Follow my blog with Bloglovin My life has been really busy lately. I’ve got my full time job that is taking up full time hours, plus any extra skills...

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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

Running isn’t always fun and games. Awhile ago (a week? a few days?), my twitter feed started going a little crazy. This tends to happen when something big happens, like when the pope resigns, or...

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Remembering to Slow Down

Sometimes you just need to slow down. There’s been silence on this blog for the past week. Aside from my net worth update, I haven’t been able to bring myself to write. Every time I’ve sat down to do...

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Friday Link Love & Fundraising!

Blogging hasn’t been high on my priority list lately. Ok, so I’ve been a bad blogger this April. I think I got burned out. I just haven’t been able to sit my butt in a chair and consistently crank out...

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Managing Unplanned Spending

I’m raising money for Relay for Life! Read my post about it here, or donate here! The weather is finally starting to warm up. On Sunday, I did something that I haven’t done since before Christmas: I...

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Vacations While in Debt

This weekend, I visited my favourite city. While I originally was planning on visiting Halifax to run my very first half marathon, unfortunately, that wasn’t to be. I got injured and had to face the...

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I Need More Friends My Own Age

Hanging out with a few of my nieces and nephews. Throughout my life, I’ve always been friends with people that are older than me. It just worked out that way. I met my fiancé when I was really young,...

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Do Electric Cars Make Financial Sense?

Today I have an info-graphic about a topic that is very near and dear to my heart. I really love electric cars and hope to own one someday, or at least a hybrid. I think that being socially responsible...

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