Posted by Sarah on June 17th, 2010 Ever since the recession started, people have been very interested in the debate between buying and renting. If you look at a real estate listing in most areas, you will see that houses are popping up on the market like crazy and it doesn’t look like an end is in sight yet. People are becoming more scared to buy because jobs are not as secure and they don’t want to negatively affect their credit scores, so they may start renting. However, there is still a large part of the population, mostly people around my age or a little older, who are out there looking for their first place because they no longer want to “throw their money away” on a rental apartment or house.
This topic is of particular relevance to me because I have been looking at options for San. He is in the real world – works full time and is paying back his school loans. He was only considering renting because he does not make a lot of money, but I started to do a little research on condos in the area and found that, with the help of many foreclosures, he could probably afford to buy if
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Posted by Sarah on June 10th, 2010 By now, I’m sure we have all seen the TV shows about hoarders, or at least have heard about the disorder that plagues many people’s lives. It starts out small, then it eventually takes over their entire being, calling for an intervention. It’s a sad story, but since we are aware of it now, perhaps we can do a better job to help those we see hoarding.
However, what happens when we realize that we are hoarding? I do not want to make light of hoarding, but I have noticed that I hoard some things. I definitely do not have piles of stuff blocking my windows and doorways, but I have noticed trends in the things I buy. I buy things I don’t need, but I buy them over and over because I am really like them.
What things do I hoard? Can you guess by this picture?
I’ll do the counting for you – there are nine cardigans in this picture. The three in the bottom right corner I just bought this weekend. Most of them I have picked up for $10 or less, but I still
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Posted by Sarah on June 3rd, 2010 I’m taking the day off today from asking a Think About It Thursday question. I don’t have a good reason….
Wait, what am I talking about?
I’m 21! The big party-hard birthday ‘everyone’ looks forward to. Except, I’m no partier and will probably not even drink anything alcoholic today. I’m having a get together with my closest friends on Saturday, however, where we will be eating Mexican food at a local restaurant, sipping a margarita, then going to a bar or two where they will urge me to get completely drunk (which won’t take much, I’m sure), but I plan on remembering my birthday celebration, so I will do my best to stay classy.
What I look most forward to about this birthday is not having so many limits. When I go on a date with San, I can have a strawberry daiquiri without having to mention anything about virginity. When my friends go to the bars, I can go too, even if I don’t want to drink. Most bars in the Twin Cities require you to be 21, so I couldn’t even go along to be the
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Posted by Sarah on May 27th, 2010 I am a week away from turning 21 and about to become the owner of a new (to me) car. Since I turned 16 I have been driving a 1992-1993 (I’m not a car girl…) Chevy Lumina which was purchased for about a grand with 250,000 miles on it. It was in mint condition considering it was just over ten years old and had been driven a ton. It was a dear friend of mine, but it has gotten to the point where I have to record when and how much gas I put in because the gas gauge doesn’t work and I have to know what to do when it unexpectedly shuts off while I’m driving down the highway. Not exactly the safe car anyone wants to be driving…
I’m now on the hunt for a new one and want to know if you have any recommendations. I’m looking for something used and pretty inexpensive (think around five grand or less). I want something I can haul a good amount of stuff in because I will be moving a lot in the next few years, but I don’t want a gas guzzler. All
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Posted by Sarah on May 20th, 2010
Yesterday, I posted the first part of the Minnehaha Parkway neighborhood tour. I promised I would show you the more colorful houses, which I am doing in conjunction with my Think About It Thursday post. After seeing all the more subtle colors on the homes yesterday, I want to know what you prefer – neutral or colorful homes. Would you rather have a home with neutral colors and use landscaping and accessories to bring in color (or bring no other color in at all) or use color on the house itself and limit the color in other areas? Or, do you like color everywhere and cannot get enough of it?
Let’s look at the second part of the tour so you can be the judge of what looks best. Again, for the first part, head over to yesterday’s post.
Light blue shutters and a red clay tile roof. Very pretty! 
I’m loving the turquoise! Think of how bland this house
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