Month: November 2023
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The Friday Edit: Vol. 37
Weekend Reading// For the holidays: do we really all need to be tablescaping our dinner tables? And: how to budget for the holidays. Gift Guide Season: Food Forward, Carly’s “For Her”, Under $25USD White Elephant Gifts I refuse to get another subscription service, but the Lessons in Chemistry (Apple+) show looks so good, I love…
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What I’m Buying in November
Short form: not much. This is a very boring, very practical monthly shopping list. And that’s the shopping list for the month. There is no fun spending this month, I need a hard reset on spending after the past five months. You can read about how I am doing a No-Spend November in this post.…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: October 2023
October was baaaaad. I knew it was going to be an expensive month. I spent a full week down in Guelph at an AirBnB (it was paid for in September), and I ate out a lot basically the entire week, got some beauty appointments done, and bought some things I wasn’t planning on buying. Let’s…
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A Week in Outfits
Last week’s high: Last week was a rough week honestly. Like the only thing I can think of for a high is that I stopped throwing up, or the feeling of the IV fluids entering my body and being rehydrated, that did feel really good. This week’s goal: Get caught up on work and life…
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What I Read in October
I only read one book in November, Horse by Geraldine Brooks. It left me with such a reading hangover that I’ve only just recovered from it this past Sunday. Nearly three weeks after I finished this book and I have only just been able to read again thanks to fantasy novels. Horse tells the story…
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The Friday Edit: Vol. 36
Don’t worry there’s a lot less vomit talk this week. I took Monday and Tuesday off as sick days and also took myself to the ER on Monday night because I was not getting better. It was a good call because I was very dehydrated. I think I had thrown up so much on Tuesday…
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No-Spend November
I have been feeling like I need a hard reset. Life has just been super busy the past few months, good busy, the best busy. But during the pandemic I got really used to keeping my apartment to a certain level of organization, my finances to a certain level of healthy, my chores a certain…
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October in Review
October was a rollercoaster of a month, I started on such a high and ended it in the emergency room. On October 1st I spent the day at the Aberfoyle Antique Market and had a great time. It’s a perfect way to spend a Sunday if you are in the area. This is the Pub…
Laura Caeris - Thoughtful Millennial 