Plenty of sane people out there are being wise and stickin’ to 12 new things for 2012.  I, on the other hand have spent one moderately regrettable year with my head in books, behind a computer monitor breakin’ brain sweats for my Master’s Degree (which I’m getting this May, hooray!) and I feel that I must make up for lost time.   All work and…

As a frugality blogger, I often am moved to ask-  “WHY SO SERIOUS?”  when people take their couponing to the extreme and execute their money saving tactics with military precision…which I like to a point but not when it totally is un-fun. That is why I love Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel:  100 Dirty Little Money Grubbing Secrets by Phil Villarreal…    it ain’t yo…

  Wishing you a Merry Christmas from my home to yours.  May the Happiest Place On Earth be wherever you are!   Much love and many blessings- Shannyn…

I am making a list of 22 things for 2012- my list of new things I want to try and habits I want to incorporate in my life in the new year.  Turns out, I’ve had to revise this handwritten list 2 times, and will be revising it a third time later today, there is so much mulling over in my head that I’m telling…

Should you get a dog if you live in an apartment/are a broke college student/working a lot/single? I recently had two people ask me how I manage to care for Ralph while working/schooling on a limited budget.   Obviously, my situation puts serious time and financial constraints on what could be used to care for a dog, but I make it work…how? Let me share.…