Great resource to find garage / yard sales in Raleigh

May 4, 2010

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1628181/garage-sales-in-raleigh-find-yard-sales-in-raleigh-nc

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I’d Rather Live In a Trailer Than Pay HOA Due’s

May 4, 2010

My husband and I became first-time home owners in December 2008.  Our motivation for buying a house was two-fold: 1. We wanted privacy.  2. We needed more room. We had been living in a one bedroom apartment since we got married in 2007.  The apartment was fine when I lived by myself.   But together, [...]

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Want a job? Don’t move to Raleigh, NC.

May 2, 2010

I’m an accountant.  My husband is a search engine marketing professional.  We live in Raleigh, North Carolina.  In January 2009 we both lost our jobs within one day of each other.   It’s now May 2010, and we still don’t have permanent jobs. A CPA friend of mine went to a continuing education lecture a [...]

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Real Online Dating Advice – i.e., What Worked For Me

May 1, 2010

If there’s one thing I did very well while I was single, it was online dating.  I honestly don’t know anybody else who’s had more success with it than I did, which is why I’ve spent countless hours of my life giving online dating advice to my frustrated single friends. But first, I need to [...]

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Wedding dress advice for women who hate weddings

May 1, 2010

The Dress. This is where most women’s “wedding fever” really takes hold. I know it did for me. I went on a spur-of-the-moment trip to David’s Bridal (which is the last place I wanted to go – it’s like the Wal-mart of the wedding industry) with one of my bridesmaids and tried on probably 15 [...]

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