Last weekend the three of us had a wedding reception to attend in Gig Harbor, so we decided to stay there for the weekend instead of making the trek out just for an evening. As much as we love spending time on the Olympic Peninsula, we pretty much stick to the areas north of Poulsbo,…
It's hard to believe I've been doing these Women's Personal Finance Wednesday Roundups for an entire year now. I might have initially fallen into the Women's Personal Finance niche mostly by accident, but I'm loving it here. One year, 52 weeks, of these posts down. Here's to year two. I can't wait to see what…
It's hard to believe we are already almost at the end of the third quarter of 2019. Didn't we just go to Hawaii? Apparently not, considering that was almost eight months ago now. That said, we have definitely packed quite a bit into the first nine months of the year. Most of it has been…
I was in DC for half of this past week (through Sunday morning) for FinCon, which feels a little surreal. One week ago today I was on day two of three of the conference for me, but looking back it's hard to believe I was there for such a short time. Granted, I packed just…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
It's Sunday and I'm headed home from my first ever FinCon. While I had started blogging before the conference in 2017, I wasn't enmeshed in the community in a real way at that point and didn't really think about going. 2018, however, was a very different story. I still didn't go - much because it…
Last weekend was Labor Day, and a long weekend where we actually stayed local the full three days. After our experience with the ferry wait over Memorial Day weekend, we decided it was worth avoiding the travel crowds and just staying near home instead. Clearly, this made our weekend cheaper than it would have otherwise…
Welcome to another week of the Women’s Personal Finance Wednesdays roundup. I started this series after months of debate because I wasn’t certain I wanted to up the ante and commit to publishing three posts a week. However, now that I’ve started sharing these posts, I’m so glad I started. There are so many fabulous…
As of yesterday, I haven't bought myself a single piece of clothing or pair of shoes in two and a half years. I'm not sure at what point I'll eventually break the ban and buy a few things, but I'm not there yet. That said, at the point I do, I'll be looking to thrifted…
Sunday morning the three of us headed down off our hill to another local park. We made the decision to make a half a day out of the trip, so we had breakfast at a local coffee shop first and then headed down the trails. We spotted a bunch of wildlife, including a Kingfisher, a…