Penny For My Thoughts

I went to the AAA Travel Marketplace today, as I have for the past two years.   While I had a good time and got lots of free goodies, I did notice a decline in some of the booths; offerings-namely, there was no chocolate fountain in the Western MA area, nor was the Essex giving away [...]

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Happy hump day!  Here are some freebies for you.  In honor of my going to the AAA travel show on Friday, I picked a couple travel-themed ones:
Try a free sample of Purex 3 in 1 sheets
Pick your free sample of Emergen-C
Also, Wellheeled is giving away $300 CASH on her blog, courtesy of Prosper.com.  I’ve never [...]

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For both my travel side and my personal finance side, my inbox brought me some good news.  My all-time favorite travel savings site, Yapta, is now powered by my favorite travel search site, Kayak.  I exaggerate not when I say that in the three years I have been using Yapta, it has saved me more [...]

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(I am aware of the irony of posting this before Valentine’s Day, when one could argue that being single is a money-saving venture)
As I’ve mentioned time and time again on here, I am a avid traveler, and being something of an independent sort, a fan of solo travel.  Most of the time, I’m ok with [...]

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Sorry about the lack of updates.  I’ve been dealing with some stuff in my real life that both reminds me why I save (so I have a cushion when ish happens), and that there are more important things than money.
However, this weekend I spent some much-needed Hedy time in New York City.  As I was [...]

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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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While out of town on a family emergency last weekend, it became apparent on Friday that I needed some medical attention, and some anti-biotics.  I called my PCP’s office and explained the situation, the answering service said my doctor would “probably” call an antibiotic by 5pm.  Now, while I love my doctor I wasn’t willing [...]

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T. Rowe Price is going to be sponsoring an exhibit at Walt Disney World’s Epcot’s Innoventions attraction.  T. Rowe Price states that in starting this exhibit, they are hoping to encourage conversations between parents and children regarding saving money.  While frequent readers to this blog will probably not be shocked to hear that I think [...]

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I went to the AAA Travel Marketplace yesterday.  I went last year, and had a good time (the best thing I got out of it was the idea to refinance my car through them, ironically).  I enjoyed it, in addition to having some great freebies (including a chocolate fountain), they also had some booths that [...]

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I have made very little secret of the fact that I love JetBlue on this blog, right?  They are my airline of choice.  I’m really impressed with their newest offer-if you buy tickets between February 1 and June 1, if you lose your job any day after today, you can get a refund.  I think [...]

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