Below are a few quick ways to save money without cutting into your lifestyle.  By paying attention to what you are using and what you are spending you would be surprised how easy it is to save some money #1 Cell Phone plans: Log on to your cell phone account and check your usage.  If [...]

3 Websites for 2010 1)      www.gazelle.com  Gazelle is a company that will buy your old cell phones, laptops etc…  It is super easy you go to the website and  follow the prompts for the item you would like to sell.  They then ship you a box with a prepaid envelope. You put your item in [...]

It was recently brought to my attention that I was “conservative.”  I have been conservative for the better part of my life.  I am proud to be conservative.  I am intrigued by those who are free spirited and do not worry about the future but I have always been a gal with a plan. I know [...]

I love Starbucks.  Every morning I would faithfully get a egg sandwich and a venti non fat, no whip, flavored latte.  This amounts to a little over an $8 a day habit. It also amounted to waiting 15 minuets in line each day to spend $8+., which made me somewhat bitter every morning.   One day [...]

I am a big fan of bottled water. I like both the fact that it is convenient to just grab one and go, and that it is filtered. At Big John’s grocery store, in Healdsburg, I found The Bobble.  It is a BPA free bottle that contains a built in filter.  Each filter lasts roughly [...]

College is not cheap in any way shape or form.  Any nickel you can add to the college fund is important which is why I love www.upromise.com  What it is:  Upromise has partnered with online retailers, major brands and restaurants.  The business gives a percentage of what you buy back to upromise for your child’s college [...]

The Healdsburg Twilight parade is a town tradition.  Every year in honor of the Future Farmers of American the town comes together to put together a local parade.  Local businesses and people create and design floats which are supposed to play into a general theme.  This years theme is “what grows in your backyard.”  The [...]

The Russian River Rose Company is unlike any other rose company.  It is only open in April and May on Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment.  It is not a traditional nursery but rather acres of roses situated around the owners homes.  They have roses cascading through trees and on arches and anywhere there is a [...]