We weren’t a big vacationing sort of family when I was growing up, since my parents were running a small business, so there weren’t a lot of opportunities to walk the NJ boardwalk (and honestly, we were a bit too far inland for that to be an easy trip). However, on the occasions when I…
How I Became a Thrifty Gal
When I was a kid, my Mom and I had a weekend ritual during summer vacation. On Friday, she would get the local paper and we would search the classifieds for yard and church rummage sales. This was pre-Mapquest (dating myself here!), so there was a lot of “oh, I THINK I know where that…