Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Well we didn’t end up going hiking this weekend. But, we did go on a 2.5 hr. walk on Saturday (beautiful day), and a 2.5 hr. hike yesterday (rainy and miserable). So all was not lost. I would have really liked to climb another mountain, but hopefully we’ll have a chance next month to go. We also went to Costco for the first time in months to pick up some much needed bulk items: chicken breasts, cheese, romaine lettuce, green tea, granola bars, cereal, some personal items, etc. All in all, it came to $95. Then our weekly grocery shopping … Continue reading →

So today after work BF and I are going to go talk numbers at the car dealership with the intention of purchasing a car. Over the past month we’ve been carefully weighing out the pros and cons, gotten opinions from various family members, and have done a ton of research on the internet. We went to test drive a couple of cars last week and I think I’m ready to commit. I know that some of you support the idea, and some of you don’t. But for our lives over the next 3-4 years (I will be taking 0% financing … Continue reading →

I was over at flirty*almost*30′s website yesterday and she was talking about a website called walkscore.com. Basically this website, Walk Score, it calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. The site measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking. Interesting! So I plugged in my address (don’t forget to put in the city as well, because the first time I tried, I got a place in Texas), and our place got a 31 out of 100. Not good at all! But I already knew … Continue reading →

Cali, from the Soia & Kyo Fall 2009 collection.

I’m happy that it’s Friday already. :) BF and I are planning on going hiking this weekend. But we’re not sure if it’s going to be an overnight hike or just a day hike on Sunday. It depends if he has to work OT tomorrow. BUT, I am super excited to finally go hiking (we haven’t gone in over a month) and my fingers are crossed that he doesn’t have to work tomorrow so that we can go climb a mountain (and fulfill one of my goals for 2009 – which was to climb 4 mountains). The only down side … Continue reading →