If I can’t have 5K I guess I’ll run one

I really wish someone would just give Mark and I 5 g’s. Since that’s not going to happen, I did the closest thing I’ll come any time soon to gittin’ 5K. I signed up for a 5K. The Ravenswood 5K, to be exact. Proceeds benefit our ‘hood food pantry and schools.
I started training a few [...]

Aldi is the bomb

I just want to write and say that Aldi is the bomb. In January, we spent hundreds of dollars on food, shopping at uber-expensive Chicago-based chain, Jewel. We’ve cut that in half, spending only abut $250 for two people so far in February. The basics are extremely inexpensive. Just 99 cents for green tea, for [...]

How ghetto am I, on a scale of 1 to 10?

My husband Mark found a bottle of wine on the street. Yellow Tail. Shiraz. It had fallen out of someone’s car, apparently, and was nestled in the snow. It is now Friday night and I am drinking it. How ghetto am I, on a scale of 1 to 10?

Sex addicts in the neighborhood

To entertain ourselves the other day, Mark and I did a search for sex criminals in our neighborhood. Well there are plenty of those. And they all look absolutely creepy. Just looking at each picture I thought, “Well, you would be a sex criminal, wouldn’t you?”
I’m sure you stumbled upon this post because the word [...]

Taking advantage of being a broke ass. Or, things to do when you’re down and out

There are actually perks to being down and out. Here are a few:
1. Reduced rates- We applied for a scholarship at our neighborhood YMCA. Because we look down and out at present, we will likely get a greatly reduced or free 6 month membership.
2. Free food. When we meet tomorrow with the Department of Human [...]

Throw a Link Card into my budget. I’m not Recession Proof

I took a look at our finances today. Yes, it’s quite dire. My newlywed boo Mark and I should be able to squeeze by for the rest of this month…barely. We have only $450 in our shared banking account. When I add in the checks that I’ll receive from my freelance copy writing gig, my [...]

Nude job search and…btw, we have gone completely soft.

I’m considering taking my clothes off for cash at this point. At an art class. I called an art center in my neighborhood to see if they needed models. What inspired this was a colleague of mine at the grocery store, who was a nude model careerist before taking up the grocery biz. She made [...]

Light at the end of the job search tunnel (?)

The blog posted below, found on the Wallstreet Journal’s blog site, is either inspiration or a thorn in the side. It’s the story of one guy’s successful quest to find a job. At first, it made me feel a little better about me & the Hubs so far frustrating and fruitless job search. Like, there’s [...]

Getting fired whilst trying to make a budget plan

I was “laid off” from a grocery store last week; my husband can’t find a job. Yeah, I’ve felt pretty low these last few days in the city of Chicago. But things are looking up. Here are a few things that have helped me in the early days of my somewhat discouraging  job search!

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Chatting [...]

Happy New Year’s, You’re Fired!

As I stocked dried pineapple bits this ‘morn at my grocery store, the big boss came over to “chat.” As soon as the words “let go” and “slow sales” exited his mouth, I coveted the wretched place I disdained only yesterday.
I couldn’t form a sentence without tearing up like a schmuck. They hired me as [...]