Feb 9, 2012

  I’m just going to lay it on the line: family meal time sucks at our house. At the beginning of any give week I have all these grand plans about getting organized and planning out meals days (or weeks!) ahead of time so that I’m not scrounging around last minute or ordering take out all the time. And then it happens. Life. Busy schedules and the...

Feb 6, 2012

I know what you’ve been up to and you’re busted. Don’t try to deny it. You’ve been coveting your neighbor’s mobile phone and now it’s time to stop. You no longer need to keep up with the “Joneses” because now you can be a Jones. You don’t have to choose between the “cool factor” and functionality because Sprint has an awesome offering. (Do...

Feb 6, 2012

There are some things that I really hate spending money on. You know the things I’m talking about, all those necessary but boring things—makeup, house cleaning stuff, prescriptions. There’s just something about going to the store and shelling out money (that is already tight) for those things that makes me all twitchy. That’s why I’m grateful for...

Jan 12, 2012

  Call me a little old fashioned about some things, but you know what I think our moms did right? Having the girls over. It seems like my mom and her sister and friends were always getting together for some kind of party or another when I was growing up. Not only did they get to see cool stuff to buy—cooking and storage items, home decorating stuff,...

Jan 12, 2012

As of January 1, Walgreens and NYC Duane Reade pharmacies are no longer part of Express Scripts pharmacy provider network due to contract negotiations by Express Script. Despite Walgreens willingness to hold rates with no increase, Express Script still wanted to lower Walgreens reimbursement below industry standards and dispute the definitions of brand-name and...

Jan 2, 2012

One of the worst things about working in the corporate world today is those awful office cubes. Being stuck looking at three tacky, cloth-covered walls for 8 to 10 hours a day doesn’t exactly raise the creativity bar and instill the “Yeah! I want to work here!” ethic.  (And how about when someone sneaks up and pops their head over to look at you?...