I’ve learned a lot about budgeting over the past year and a half. It started out of necessity… Continue reading
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December Goals- final tending list of 2018!
December is here! and I’m ready to finish out the year strong… but first let’s re-cap November… Continue reading
Cultivate What Matters: Finance Guide
When the Cultivate What Matters team announced their Summer Collection, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on their new Finance Guide. After the past few years being really difficult financially between medical expenses, my own lack of work with being so sick while pregnant and committing to nursing my daughter, and my husband’s former job being a toxic work environment, it has taken us a while to start to get back on our feet and it has been an exhausting journey that has made me want to throw in the towel sometimes. It has felt like the epitome of little by little progress to get out of medical debt- not even little by little, more often microscopic… so my husband and I were ready to dive in together and re-focus on our finance goals with this little guide… Continue reading
Year End Wrap up: Drinks
Ah drinks…Did you notice that this particular focus fizzled a bit? I learned some things about myself through this though. Continue reading
November Goals after a Whirlwind October
Wow! How exactly is it November already? I’m so excited for some blog posts I have planned this month and to approach the holidays in a peaceful and joyful spirit. Continue reading
Budgeting: Make Your Own Frozen Meals
Few things add extra expenses to your grocery bills like pre-made frozen food. When life is busy though, those frozen aisles definitely look appealing. Continue reading
Moving on a Budget
Moving on a budget is hard. Moving on a budget when you are crunched for time is even harder. I won’t lie, I started packing with visions of Pinterest perfect organization- spreadsheets, checklists, countdowns. What ended up happening was a lot closer to chaos. Continue reading
Budgeting: A Magical Money-saving Place
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I am a huge fan of Amy Poehler and her show Parks and Recreation. I take the worldview of Leslie Knope on several things in life and find inspiration, joy, and perhaps painful recognition in various aspects of her life portrayed on the show, but there is one HUGE point on which she and I vehemently disagree:
Follow up: Exciting News! What we’ve been budgeting for…
So… you may have noticed that I’ve been extra busy/distracted/a bit stressed recently. I’ve wanted to write about why for the last month or so, but for some reason have been anxious about sharing this news with too many people before it became official, but now I can finally share (No, we are not expecting baby #2… sorry to disappoint those of you who have been asking…): We are going to be homeowners!! Continue reading
Budgeting: Focus on what you’re budgeting FOR
It’s a little embarrassing to admit that the first time I really put myself on a budget was when I was in grad school. Before that budgeting either didn’t exist because I didn’t have to worry about budgeting much more than how I would manipulate my school lunch allowance to get maximum amounts of coffee without passing out from starvation (I had a stressful high school experience) or just the general mantra of I don’t know how much I’m making or how much stuff costs but I live by the basic rule of nope I can’t afford that and make myself miserable. Continue reading
Alphabet Resolutions 