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It Was 4 Years Ago, Right About This Time…
..that the last shreds of my sanity began to unravel…and the seeds of The Deal Mommy were planted. Let me explain…no, let me sum up. I hate cold. Hate it hate it hate it. Spent my childhood on the Mexican Border and Florida, spent my first real winter (at 19) on my a$$ because I bought “cool” boots instead of boots with traction, need a jacket at 70 degrees. DC is generally pretty temperate. With a few exceptions we don’t…
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2013 in Numbers: How The Deal Family Traveled, and How We Did It Without Going Broke
Hotel Nights Total: 59 Hyatt/MGM: 20Radisson: 6Marriott: 5SPG: 3Royal Carribean (Ship): 3IHG: 2Hilton: 1Other brands/Condo Rentals: 29 Car Rental Days: 64 Top Tips: Here’s hoping 2014 gets you where you want to go! I’m off to New York with Deal Girl on Friday, Myrtle Beach at the end of the month (another Skyauction steal), then have a clean calendar till summertime…can’t wait to see how it fills up. Where are you off to and what did 2013 teach you? Please…
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The Deal Mommy is your Gateway Blog
You’ve been warned. If you’re a Mom who just likes deals and reads this blog to learn a bit about travel, next Thanksgiving you’ll be spouting off open-jaw rules over the cranberry sauce. And if you’re a points junkie who just wants to save a few bucks on groceries, next year you’ll get two turkeys for free: one to cook and for your chest freezer. Because over the last two years, something that I never expected has happened: The Deal…
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On Alanis Morisette, Homework, and Miles When They Matter
I’m guilty of getting wrapped up in the fancy stuff we can do with miles and points. But today I’m not really thinking about any of that. I’m thinking about a rainy Wedding Day and Deal Kid’s homework. His 5th grade writing assignment was on irony and he was given the lyrics to Alanis Morrisette’s Ironic and asked to show 10 actual examples of irony in the song. It’s a great assignment, to be sure, and it got the family…
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The Blog is 2 Today! Random Thoughts and Lessons Learned
I’m not big on navel-gazing but got my page stats yesterday and realized that I would be at 25x my first month’s page views this month. Seemed as good a time as any to jot down a few thoughts gleaned from two years at the keyboard. Thanks again for sticking with The Deal Mommy for the last two years, and here’s looking forward to a great future!
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True Deal Mommy Confessions: Geography Fail
fter the story of my first flight on Southwest Airlines arrival in Charleston should have been the least stressful part of that Thursday evening. However, I made a mistake in Geography that my fifth-grader would have caught: I booked my rental car in the wrong state. So once I finally staggered off of the noxious fumes of flight 417 and into Charleston airport, all I wanted was a rental car and a night of sleep. I sauntered confidently to the…