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How I Met Him

I have been married for a a month and a half now, and realized I've never written about how I met my husband. J and I attended the same university. He was quite the ladies' man in his college years, so he had already established a reputation by the time I entered school. In fact, I had heard about him before ever meeting him in person. Our first time meeting face to face was at a party during my freshmen year (he was a senior). He tried to hit on me, and I ran away. Of course, he swears he doesn't recall this incident at all. Fast forward a few years. I had taken a couple of years off and just returned to school....

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My Home…It’s Getting There

After having lived off cheap Ikea furniture for the majority of my twenty-something years, I vowed to furnish my new condo with good-quality, "adult" furniture. Yeah, that didn't happen. Because after the damn wedding, we really couldn't afford anything other than Ikea furniture. We (well, it's mostly me doing all the work while J stays hooked on the XBox) are still working on the two bedrooms, but I'm happy to say that the living room, kitchen, and the master closet are finally done! What you see as soon as you walk through the door: I'm not thrilled with the curtains...

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My Wedding, In Retrospect

I first starting blogging in 2001 and have had several blogs since then. (Although Geek in Heels is only 3 months old I've transferred some of my favorite posts from those blogs to the archives.) When I got engaged I naturally started a wedding planning blog and was delighted to be accepted as a blogger on one of the largest and best-known wedding blogs in the U.S. - Weddingbee. Due to its immense popularity, I sometimes get recognized on the streets. Once in a while, I meet new people and they exclaim, "I know you - you're on Weddingbee!" Thus, I think it would be safe to say that my internet identity is mostly tied in with my wedding, which occurred 1.5...

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5 Pieces of Advice for Recent Graduates, Part 5

Part 1: The world doesn't owe you anything. Part 2: It's never too late. Part 3: Make the best of it. Part 4: Be ballsy. 5. Sometimes, it really is pure luck. When I first started job-hunting, I didn't have much going for me. My grades weren't good, I had little experience, and I had no clue what I wanted to do for a living. I sent out my resume to hundreds of companies and never heard a peep. Soon, the bank of mom and dad threatened to cut me off. "Get a job or move back home." I decided to try temping while still job-hunting, just so I can prove to the parents units that I wasn't lying on the couch watching TV all day. I contacted a temp agency, and...

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