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…
We spent what felt like a lot of money this month. I have to admit, I put off adding up our expenses in January because I just knew we hadn’t done as well as I would have hoped when I set our big financial goal for this year. After all, we decided to go out of…
While I didn’t list any of these Friday round up type posts in my list of favorites in my post on my first six months of blogging, but I really do enjoy writing them. I hope they are fun and quick reads for you as well and that you like them as much as I…
Wednesday marked six months of blogging. It feels a lot like having a kid in terms of time - on one hand, didn’t I just start this thing? On the other, it’s strange to think I’ve only been writing for half a year. Apparently the majority of blogs fail within six months (though I can’t…
We’re now solidly into January and another month of tracking our spending to the penny. Thanks to the awesome long weekend we had to celebrate my husband‘s birthday and our monthly Costco trip yesterday, we are just over halfway as far as expected spending for the month, so we are going to have to be…
A little late with this post seeing as it’s now the first week of January, but I didn’t want to skip it. Checking in regularly on these “to do” items keeps them fresh on my mind so I get them done. Short term goals: 1. Call USAA to see if we can get better insurance…
I have never been one to make New Years resolutions. I have in the past written down and achieved different goals, but they have never started on January 1st because it was a new year. I just jump right on and begin as soon as I have that motivation instead of waiting until “tomorrow” or…
I've come to really appreciate writing these Friday posts because it helps me to be mindful of what we have gotten done every week. Most of my goals are bigger ones, so there isn't a ton to update week to week, but there is always something to celebrate and talk about. The items I list…
“We’re doing so much better than pretty much everyone else our age that we know.” “We don’t ever pay credit card interest.” “We don’t have any expensive hobbies.” “We like good food and we’re okay with spending more on that.” “We’re already naturally frugal.” “I don’t have time to track things so closely.” I’ve had…