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    Wishing for Home this Fall

    As we step further into October and all hopes of an extended summer that September sometimes holds fastly falls behind us, I find myself ready to curl up on my couch with a warm cup of tea and read a good book. I am ready to sink into fall, to embrace that feeling of cozy that falling leaves brings to our doorsteps. But as I sit on my couch, I can’t help but find myself lacking the cozy feeling. Enter Fall The whirlwind of summer kept me busy just enough to not worry extensively about the long term future — thoughts instead tended…

  • Living Space

    The Power of a Simple Coat of Paint

    I picked this simple little dresser up from a Goodwill for $20. Although the peg legs, color, and even drawer handles brought on 60s era nose-wrinkle, I was interested in it because it was small, lightweight and easy to pull drawers.  The dresser was meant for my 3-year-old daughter, so having easy sliding drawers was crucial for the independent little miss to get her own clothes in and out.  The size was the next big thing.  The dresser needed to be short and narrow enough to fit under the window of my girls’ room, and it could only be the…

  • Pantry - Purse

    Tips and Tricks for Successful Grocery Shopping

    My household has always operated under a budget. A very tight budget. Like many, my husband and I started our life together in undergrad, which put us under a lot of pressure to live … “lightly”. Our adventures following undergrad  also demanded light living as we started out working modest paying jobs, trying to save up money for my husband to attend law school. Our time in law school demanded was the lightest of all as we tried to limit our student loan debt as much as possible while at the same time welcoming a baby into our home.  Our…

  • Purse

    Budget Tips to Help that Savings Account Grow

    We all want to see growth in our lives, monetary growth included. Here at Pockets of Pennies and Dirt we are all about figuring out the best ways to utilize the things we already have – and that includes money.  Though we wish money was of continuously flowing supply, that isn’t always the case, especially not in the quantity we’d like.  When it comes to money, I feel like my most creative self is forced to come out in order to stretch it to its max! Money always seems to be in short supply around my household. Here are some…