Blog post number 100. I'm not sure how I got here since starting the blog back in July, but I guess it pays off to be strict about posting every Monday and Friday without fail, with an occasional Wednesday for good measure. Instead of writing a post where I go over just my thoughts about…
This week, I'm on a couple of podcasts for the very first time, so instead of a separate post today, I'd love for you to head on over to give them a listen. FIRE Drill Podcast FIRE Drill is one of the first podcasts I ever listened to, and it is one of my absolute…
It's been a long week. Wednesday was a 13 hour work day (including a 3.5 hour dinner), and the preparation leading up to the day meant that Monday and Tuesday were reasonably long as well. On the upside, I did get in my run to work on Wednesday, and it didn't even rain on me.…
I'm generally an extremely healthy person. I've never come close to ever maxing out my sick leave at work (hardly ever using it), and the only time I've ever stayed overnight in a hospital was to give birth to my son. I'm not allergic to anything, and I generally check "no" all the way down…
My husband's project at work has mostly come to a close this month, so he's been getting home at a much more reasonable hours these days (4PM - 4:30PM instead of 6PM when he leaves before 6AM). It's been really nice having him home more and we've gotten to enjoy our afternoons together as a…
March 1 marked an official year of my clothes buying ban. No clothes, shoes, accessories, or jewelry. My last purchase was some time in February of 2017, though I couldn't tell you exactly what it was. Like my foray into a No Spend Month, I dove headfirst into this shopping ban with no preparation; one…
I've joined over 40 women in a collaboration to inspire and encourage women to take control of their finances. As I learned through the creation of the female finance writers and podcasters blogroll, it's time to shout from the rooftops that so many of us already are taking that control. It's time to break that…
February marked three months of very closely tracking our day to day spending. I fell off the wagon a bit the second half of December but hopped back on with daily logging in January. So far, we haven't quite hit the same low monthly spending as November, but it's been close. We ate through our…
Today, I'm featured on Abandoned Cubicle with a guest post talking about my financial back story in depth and about how I ended up where I am today. I first found his blog through listening to his episode on FIRE Drill Podcast back in November and have been hooked ever since. He and I agree…
Late February is a weird time of the year. Winter has been around for so long and yet we aren't nearly to spring for quite some time. This seems exacerbated for us in the Pacific Northwest this year because we got snow in November and now again in the last part of February. The extra…