Food & Recipes

Meal Delivery Review Series: Blue Apron

This is the fourth article in a series on “Meal Delivery Kits”.  Read my first article on Hello Fresh, second article on Green Chef, third article on Plated, or scroll on to see my experience with Blue Apron.  Guess who just wrapped up another meal delivery kit? This time, it’s Blue Apron. As with the others, […]

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Travel

4 Steps We Took to Save $700+ on Flights to Cancun

This week, after planning out our travel itinerary for all of 2017, it was time to turn to booking and making those vacations we’d planned out in a document actually come to life! As I discussed in that last post, one of our strategies for elongating our vacations is to book over holiday weekends; unfortunately […]

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Review of Plated, a part of our Meal Delivery Series
Food & Recipes

Meal Delivery Review Series: Plated

This is the third article in a series on “Meal Delivery Kits”.  Read my first article on Hello Fresh, second article on Green Chef, or scroll on to see my experience with Plated. Please note: Plated advertises on Mrs. Millennial, but that doesn’t affect our review.  Post contains affiliate links. Another week, another meal delivery kit! This […]

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Travel

Why We Plan Our Travel A Year In Advance

It’s no secret that the hubby and I travel…A LOT. And one question I get asked often is “How do you manage to get all that time off work? Do you guys have unlimited vacation days, or what?” Well the answer is no, neither of us have jobs that afford us with unlimited vacation days. […]

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Food & Recipes

Meal Delivery Review Series: Green Chef

This is the second article in a series on “Meal Delivery Kits”.  Read my first article on Hello Fresh, or scroll on to see my experience with Green Chef.  So, for our second meal delivery kit, we received another free box through a friend to try Green Chef. Once again, I’ll review them on a […]

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Hobbies

Reflections on “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life”

Anyone who knows me knows that I really love Gilmore Girls. I’ve watched every episode in the series probably 6-7 times each (and more for my favorites). Why? Beyond the fast-talking, quirky town characters, and female-led cast and crew, it was mainly about Rory. I just get Rory. I sometimes wonder if I *am* Rory, […]

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Money

How to Cyber Monday Shop Like a Boss

‘Tis the season for unabashed consumerism….fa la la la…oh, hi there!  If you’re like me, you may have departed with a significant portion of your hard-earned moo-lah to take advantage of great Black Friday deals today. BUT if you’ve still got some shopping left to do, particularly online shopping, let me share my secrets for how to get the […]

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Food & Recipes

Meal Delivery Review Series: Hello Fresh

Today marks my first post in a new series on some of the most popular meal delivery services out there. If you’re new to this concept, companies like Blue Apron, Plated, Hello Fresh, and many others will ship you all the ingredients necessary for a week’s worth of meals, plus step-by-step recipes, at a cost similar […]

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Travel

Trip Review: Weekend in Seattle at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue & the USC Trojans!

This weekend we took a quick fun trip for one reason, and one reason only: to watch the USC Trojans play the spoiler for the University of Washington’s (as-yet) “perfect” season. And we got to see just that! But of course, a fun football Weekender requires transportation and a place to stay, and (being me) I […]

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Hobbies

22 MORE Things You Should Do If You’re Disappointed by the Election

DON’T MISS PART ONE, LINKED HERE! First, let me say that in this sea of uncertainness, I am so heartened by the interest in my most recent post, 44 Things You Should Do If You’re Disappointed by the Election. This post has been re-shared hundreds of times and is now the second-most read post on my […]

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