Penny For My Thoughts

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Entries from May 2009

Sales Tax increase in MA

May 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

For those of you outside of the New England area, you might not have heard about Massachusetts increasing its sales tax from 5% to 6.25%.  As I work in the human services industry, I see the sales tax increase as being a necessary evil-the programs that would have been cut would have been an utter [...]

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Penny for my Thoughts Review: Sandra’s Money Saving Meals

May 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Possible subtitles for this post were Epic!Fail and yes, it is possible for something to both suck and blow.  I love Food Network, but am ambivalent on Sandra.  One thing that’s always goaded me about her is how she’s all “America’s Second Harvest-I teach people nutritional skills!” then turns around and makes a meal with [...]

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New Great Weekends with Samantha Brown…thoughts

May 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Given that I am a vacation freak, you’re probably not terribly shocked to learn I’m a bag Samantha Brown fan (when I was in Disney World in 07, she had just finished filming there-the manager at the Boardwalk was saying that she always stays there and she really is that nice.  Ergo, I was thrilled [...]

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Congrats!

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Congratulations are in order to Danielle, who won the Amazon.com gift certificate!
There will be no networth post this month due to computer issues.

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