My husband and I like good, quality food. We love to support local businesses and buy sustainably as much as possible. We sort of figured that choice meant that our grocery bill would always be higher than the average because we didn't want to settle on the quality of our food. Because of that, we…
I have to admit, I'm enamored with van life as much as the next person. The idea of being able to pick up and go in a tiny house on wheels, no worries about clutter or cleaning, sounds absolutely fabulous. But our family is stationary during the week these days, and our goal is to…
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…
It was my husband’s turn to ring in his 30s over the weekend, and so we decided to head out of town to celebrate. While it may seem a little counter intuitive to be spending money on a weekend away while participating in the Frugalwoods Uber Frugal Month and just after announcing our big 2018…
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…
Merry Christmas to me! I finally finished up the last of my handmade Christmas gifts last night (though I still have yet to wrap them). I love making sure the gifts we do give at Christmas are heartfelt and mostly homemade or experience gifts, but they sure take a lot more time and energy than…