If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that we started working on clearing out the nursery (formerly known as our “storage room”) and we also revealed the gender of our first child. We are not those people who need a big gender reveal – so that was never going to happen. While we had …
Top 5 Favorite Cookbooks
If you read my post last week about us doing a No-Spend Month, you saw one of our biggest goals was to decrease our takeout/delivery spending. My first trimester, I was significantly more tired than I was used to, and while I still get tired more easily, it’s not to the degree that it was …
No Spend Challenge
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 …
Life/First Trimester Update
Happy 2022! I hope everyone is having a great and healthy holiday season and New Year. We know of a lot of people who spent this holiday unwell, so we spent most of the winter break at home and away from people because the pregnant lady (me) is trying to desperately avoid getting sick with …
Beyond Thankful in 2021 (& time to share a secret)
In some ways, it has been really hard to say that you’re thankful for anything in the past couple of years. But in the same vein, I think the past couple of years have made us more grateful for what we have and what we have been able to grow/achieve. I will be the first …
Black Friday Shopping List
Am I the only one who basically stops shopping around Labor Day until Black Friday/Thanksgiving weekend? I don’t see a point in buying things at full price when literally EVERYTHING goes on major sale at Black Friday. I think the only thing I’ve really bought in the past couple of months were a couple pieces …
Shorts
*It has taken a lot longer than it normally does, but I think I’ve finally figured out my life this school year in terms of routine and kind of what to expect of myself this year. I feel like I normally have this together within a couple weeks of school starting, but this year is …