I’ve been told as I get older I won’t love birthdays so much, but so far it hasn’t happened. I turned thirty this week, so basically I’m now finally a real adult. I actually love having a mid December birthday because there’s usually a lot going on for the holidays, and for an extrovert like…
Somehow, we are only 28 days from Christmas. I feel like it was just Halloween and now we’re passed Thanksgiving and into the land of 4:20PM sunsets. I’m definitely missing the long, warm days of Hawaii. I’ve slowly plugged along with making Christmas presents since July, but now that we’re into the last month before…
Now that we are back from our trip to Hawai‘i, I figure it’s time to do my monthly update on our finances. I originally wrote down goals back in July, but I only started looking at it monthly in October when I realized I had completely ignored the goals after I wrote them. In order…
We went from 80s and sunny to 50s and rain in a week flat and suddenly fall is here. The days are getting shorter and Christmas is now somehow only two months away. I had gotten off to a good start on making presents back in July but then life got extra busy and I hadn’t done…
Since it’s Friday, I figured I would write down my Five Frugal Things a la Katy at The Non-Consumer Advocate. It feels good to list what went right this week when we’ve spent money left and right lately on necessary but unexpected things. 1. My son’s preschool requested that we bring in a pair of rain…
Paint and wine studios have popped up all over and are extremely popular in my city. I first splurged on one years ago for a close friend's birthday gift (Groupon, half price), and it still came to over $50 for the two of us, including a couple glasses of wine. We went to the studio,…
July is a great time to start Christmas "shopping." This might sound a little crazy, but I give gifts to a LOT of people - mostly family, and a few friends. Gift giving is hands down my love language, so skimping on Christmas presents just isn't my style. Ask me to wrap them and that's…