During these cold and blustery winter days in Michigan, a girl needs something pretty and fresh to keep her spirits up. Something delivered directly to her door so that she doesn't have to step out into the cold. For me, that something is Stitch Fix. My latest "fix" of 5 items … [Read more...]
The Easy & Delicious Breakfast that Saved Me on the Whole 30
When I started sharing my Whole 30 adventure at the beginning of January, I received several questions from Kinder Craze Instagram followers and well as readers of the blog. People wanted to know how my Whole30 was going and if I could share some of my favorite foods from my new … [Read more...]
Planning Our Wedding on a Budget
Now that we are a mere four months away from our wedding, Rob and I are in the throes of wedding planning and we are at the point of making some tough decisions about what we can afford (as well as what we cannot afford) for the wedding. We set our wedding budget over the summer … [Read more...]
Door to Door Organics = Grocery Heaven
Today is Day 29 of my Whole 30 journey. To be completely honest, I have kind of enjoyed the past 29 days. I have great energy during the day, I sleep well every night and I have the comfort of knowing that every single morsel of food that I have put into my body during the past … [Read more...]
How Can We Afford a Wedding?
By now, you know that Rob and I are working to pay off $180,000 in student loan debt. You also know that we are in the midst up planning our upcoming wedding. Typically, those two items don't mesh well. Either you are aggressively paying off debt, or you are spending a small … [Read more...]
What the Whole30 is Doing to My Budget
I'm pretty sure that friends have always suspected I was a little bit crazy. Now I have given them even more reason to want to put me in the looney bin. This month, I read the book "It Starts with Food" because I wanted to become better informed about the food I was eating and … [Read more...]
Stitch Fix 16 Review and Giveaway
Without a doubt, Stitch Fix has become one of the things I look forward to most each month. I love new clothes and never have time to shop, so I cannot express how helpful it has been for my personal stylist, Layla, to select five great clothing items and ship them to me. I try … [Read more...]
Six Surprising Things That Happened After I Said Yes
When Rob proposed, I was overjoyed and couldn’t wait to begin making plans for our life together. Right away, I was surprised by so many parts of the engagement process that I had not anticipated. Some of the unexpected issues were trivial. Others a bit more serious. Here are six … [Read more...]
A Look into Rob’s Closet
When Rob and I first started dating, I knew that I really liked him, but I wasn't exactly in love with his entire wardrobe. I remember confiding in my good friend Meggan, "I think he still wears some clothes from high school." One day last year, while Rob was cooking dinner in a … [Read more...]
