When I first started blogging back in summer 2017, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing and knew no one in the online community. Months before I had even figured out that Twitter was where I would find the majority of my personal finance friends, I'd somehow connected with a few other new…
My sister and brother in law invited us over for high tea at their house on Sunday afternoon. They'd gone to a tea shop in Seattle and had a great time, so they decided to set up something similar at their house. We headed over, along with my husband's parents and his godfather, and we…
Last Friday morning, the kiddo decided he wanted to have a sleepover with his Grandma and Grandpa (the husband's parents) - and he wanted to have it that night. Apparently they had been talking about the idea for a while, but he woke up that morning ready to go. I asked my mother in law, and…
We went to Leavenworth's Autumn Leaf Festival this past weekend for my grandmother's 85th birthday. We first took her there three years ago and inadvertently stumbled on the festival. They shut down the main road from cars and have one of the biggest parades in Washington with high school marching bands from around the state.…
Have you ever purchased second hand clothes from a thrift store for yourself? I grew up putting together thrifted Halloween costumes, but it wasn't until college before a friend introduced me to the frugal treasure hunting that can be done at places like Goodwill and Value Village for dirt cheap everyday clothing. I still remember…
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…
I spent Sunday morning blogging in a coffee shop on the computer for the first time ever. I usually write this blog in snippets on my phone when I have a few minutes (like walking to work on the days I drop the kiddo at preschool), so spending a couple hours by myself with headphones…
We ended up attending three birthday parties last weekend: two on Saturday and one on Sunday. The second one on Saturday was for one of our neighbors, so it just meant that we wandered down the street and hung out at their house like we usually do, just with a bunch more people. The kiddo…
Until a few months ago, I had no idea that Jetty Island existed. As it turns out, it is a small, two mile long man-made island just off of the city of Everett, which is about a half hour north of us (when there's no traffic). The city operates a small foot passenger ferry from…