As promised in my initial No Spend Post – I wanted to share the results of our month of trying to curb our spending from the holiday season. Like I stated in the initial post, this month was meant to be more of a financial reset for us than anything else. With the holidays, like …
I feel like between the months of November and December we spend so much money in our house. Obviously, part of it is because we’re buying gifts, but the sales are also always so good that we use that time to replace things around the house or upgrade/update things/spaces that are showing wear. While we …
I feel like everyone knows Aldi, but not everyone knows about it’s “brother” store/company; Lidl. Admittedly, I’ve heard about it, and have always been interested, but I never had one close enough to be able to get to it easily. Now, there is one on the way home from work. Actually, there’s about to be …
I mentioned in my Shorts this past weekend that Devon and I sat down and had a long talk about our finances, our goals, and our next big venture which is buying a house. Money is always that subject that so many couples hate having and while it’s not fun, I don’t want us to …
Summer, for me, always has that trend of spending more money than I should, so when September rolls around my bank account feels a little lighter than normal. Back when I originally started in education; I didn’t get paid in the summers (since I’m a 10-month employee), so I had to be really good at …
I know I have mentioned that I believe my birthday should be a national holiday. And…well…it should be. But until that happens, I greatly enjoy the fact that I’m still sort of celebrating it even though it’s been “officially” over for almost a month. How? Remember how I mentioned that I seem to be on …
I honestly get kind of mad when I have to pay full price for stuff. It makes my heart hurt and kills a little piece of my soul. Okay, maybe that was a little dramatic. But only a little. You know how you see/hear people or friends say “I need some retail therapy” and they …
