splurging

When I lost one of my freelance editing gigs in mid-January, I panicked. With my husband and me in a field that is shedding jobs like there's no tomorrow, we were already on a budget. Still, I ran the monthly expenses once again, trying to figure out where I could save: Ordering in food two times a...

Staycation has become the marketing buzzword of the season. I've been guilty of using it in writing myself, but last night I was watching TV and a commercial came on that made me think it's all gone too far. The furniture store Raymour and Flanigan was having a Staycation Sale. "Gas prices put the...