She's the Ann Perkins to my Leslie. My little illuminated squeak toy, my asparagus-flavored water peddler, my super buddy who also suffers the daily setbacks (and let's be real, advantages) of Chronic Bitch Face. I chose to give this Marshalls ...
Let me preface by stating that FreshPaper gift cards are definitely not for everyone in your life, but if there's a chef, gardener, farmer, or veggie-junkie in your life, be sure and tack one of these very special gift cards to ...
The moment in which I felt most understood was the moment I saw this scene from 30 Rock: Liz Lemon gets me. Heaven is being wrapped in a Snuggie next to a wood stove, just me, a knife, & a block of ...
2015 is the year I finally start taking advantage of bizarre, themed holidays. Today is National Ice Cream Day. Why? Who knows, but it's the middle of July and it's freaking hot, so who cares about origin stories?! Let's melt some ...
Cast iron is an incredibly important part of my kitchen arsenal. One of the pans I have - a 10" skillet - was used by my 65 year old father to cook breakfast for his brothers when he was a kid. ...
Bread is unquestionably my favorite thing to make. I love the feeling of dough, as well as the transformations that the bread goes through between looking like a pile of flour to emerging from the oven a golden, crackly, heavy mound ...
If you've ever had good croutons, you now that they can haunt you with cravings. I was definitely the kid who would have preferred a bowl of croutons with some salad dressing on the side. Is that gross? Anyway, as ...
In my life, there are a lot of coffee drinkers. And the ones who aren't coffee drinkers are fanatics about tea. It's truest in wintertime, but everyone has a hot, steamy beverage that gets them through winter, and it brings us together ...
TJX asked me to use their three stores to come up with gifts for people in my life that I don't know. TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods are ideal sources for gifts that are special and interesting, but are ...
It's so tempting to call this "crap stock" because I'm bratty, but we'll stick with Vegetable Scrap Stock. This is one of the best, most economical tricks I've learned in my decade of experience as a semi-professional broke person. Vegetable ...
Lately, you may have noticed a few more posts about food than you may be accustomed to. I hope you're into cheap recipes with a healthy bent, because when I'm not working, I'm trying to make the best possible food ...
Today, I asked my good friend and star of my sidebar Dana from the amazing food blog, Killing Thyme, to wax poetic about her favorite broke food: grilled cheese. Two pieces of bread, X amount of cheese, and a little butter - you've ...
Serendipity is a pretty magical concept. There's always a debate surrounding the topic of serendipity, or more specifically, coincidence. One side says that there's no such thing as coincidence, and that random algorithms and probability are to blame for the ...
Alliteration, extreme! I had to make an impressive title for an impressive brownie. After weeks spent scouring the internet for a specifically black bottom black bean brownie, I decided that I should put my blogging where my mouth is and ...
The way that I eat is not really that different from the way I dress, if that makes sense. No, of course it doesn't. I mean the way that I shop for food is not that different from the way ...
If you have a New Year's resolution to do more cooking at home (which will save you bundles of cash, by the way! Do it! [Mom!]) and you are a music fanatic like me, then this subscription box is about ...
If you're wiley, you may have noticed that Fridays are a bit different around B&B. On Fridays, fashion in scares, and interior design rules. Small spaces, Design Breakdowns, and a zillion lists of inexpensive cookware, lighting, and knick knacks abound. ...
I've recently become enamored with these beautiful, colorful, and clever lollipops! ...