About Kristen

What I Spent If you’re on social media, you’ve already seen these Chiquita pics. But since some of you aren’t on social media, I’ll include …

This week, I am thankful: for some lovely sunrises and sunsets It’s been low-humidity weather here this week, so I’ve been making a point to …

I’m being careful with my expensive sunglasses I have spent my life owning inexpensive sunglasses. In fact, maybe the most I’ve ever spent on a …

1. I got eyeliner and a brow pencil for $0.80 I opened up my CVS and found a random $4/any purchase coupon. I also had …

Ah! We are finally in a section of the book that is seasonally appropriate, at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. 😉 …

What I Spent I did not even realize how chicken-heavy my week had been until I sat down to write this out. I guess my …

This week, I am thankful: that I see zero days with highs in the 90s right now I know that this could change, but my …

In the last six days, I’ve worked almost 50 hours at the hospital, so the current version of me is a little on the tired …

1. I signed up for a $250 banking bonus You know how I signed up for a Wells Fargo $300 offer when I got my …

I have a little less than a month left before school starts, which is making me feel a little twitchy. Bucket lists are usually filled …

What I Spent I wrote last week’s WIS, WWA post in a 15-minute span from 9:15-9:30 pm and I am sitting here at exactly 9:15 …

This week, I am thankful: that I got to meet up with some readers! Reader PD organized a little Mid-Atlantic meet-up, and ten of us …

Guess what! I’M DIVORCED. It got legally finalized back at the end of January, but because so many pieces were still moving (account transfers and …

Obviously, staying home and not traveling is the most money-saving thing to do. But little trips have the potential to add a lot of joy …

Lots of unrelated topics today. Let’s go! First, two questions from Lina, a German reader we met last October. 1. When I grew up in …