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What The Hell Are Deep Life Goals?

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I codenamed my pet ideas "M" and "A" for each respectively. I have been unable to retain as much time socializing with fellow bloggers or writing while working out these pet ideas. Thankfully traffic ...

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Seattle Woodland Park Zoo Review + Recap (Pic Heavy)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Every good city needs a good zoo and the Woodland Park zoo is our little slice of nature. Everyone's miles may vary but it took us about...6 hours to rush and we skipped a few exhibits. I think at the ...

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Getting a Grip in our Household Finances

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Hiya kids,I have a guest post from Kris. I enjoyed reading his My Financial Mistake series so this is kind of like the summary chapter after his financial mistakes. He will go over with you guys how ...

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The Confessions of a Houseporn Addict

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I don't know if I have to disclaimer this but this is indeed still safe for work! ;) I don't talk too much about real estate here but this is an obligatory real estate opinion that I feel should be ...

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17 Part-Time Jobs with Good Health Insurance and Benefits

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

~Over a nice quiet dinner out with my husband we discussed the trending post-retirement topics inside our home this week. Financial independence city contenders for our desired lifestyle was one ...

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Why We Sold One of Our Airbnb Rental Properties

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Whoopsies. I had this post sitting at the back of the queue for too long and I forgot to finish it off.~ This is an installment of my Airbnb series. Check out part one or browse all my ...

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Seattle CityPASS Review – Is It Worth It? (Pic Heavy)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

If You Like Vacation Slides...My old high school buddies (Cynthia and Daniel) came to visit us in Seattle. Since Cynthia and my birthday landed right next to each other, we decided to make a grander ...

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I Got 22,000 Days Until I’m Dead.

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

First thought: does that seem like a big number to you?I don’t know but I’m a little 'awww :(' at that number. 22,000 days seems minuscule to me. For some odd reason in my head, I clocked in a ...

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Why I Don’t Think Cheating on Homework Is Wrong

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Disclaimer: This post probably makes me sound like a bad person x2.So I binged watched 'The Good Place' over the weekend with my husband and despite the eerie similarity of characters between ...

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How To Afford $800 Shoes When You’re $100k in Debt

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

This post was written in aggravation at 3 AM by yours truly.There are barrels of good people out there under a mountain of usurious debt north of six figures. You could argue until the cattle turn ...

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