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Posted on October 4, 2019October 8, 2019 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 30 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (Leavenworth Weekend Edition)

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.…

Posted on June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 19 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (2019 – Week 25)

We had plans fall through at the last minute last week, so we decided to go to Leavenworth again for just Saturday night. We haven't been for a little while, but it's one of our favorite places to visit for a weekend. There's always something fun to do, be it the Accordion Festival like last…

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There are few things I enjoy more than sharing our trails and feeding people. Last night I got to do both. The trails are free, the food was cheap, but the night was wonderful. Thanks for coming and enjoying my space and making a Monday night great, @stephoneek @fetching_freedom @apurplelife and @tawcan #debtfreecommunity #financialindependenceretireearly #backyardtrails #eatingtogether #dfc #firecommunity #bloggercommunity #pnw #spaghettiandmeatballs #choosefi #upperleftusa #changingseasons #fallenleaves #autumnleaves🍂 Year Two of Cents Positive in the books, a weekend specifically for women to talk financial independence. In a space that has been traditionally very male dominated – and still has a stigma that the narrative is one for white, male engineers, a women-centered space is dynamic and important. A year after my first Cents Positive, I have a number of closer female friends, both from that event and that blogging space, and I left this year with deeper friendships as well as new ones. When you spend a lot of time thinking and writing about a community that isn’t very populous in everyday life, spending a weekend with your people feels extra special. Link in bio to my full recap of #CentsPositive2019. Thanks again to @our_nextlife for putting together such a rad event. #womenandmoney #womenspersonalfinance #financialindependenceretireearly #choosefi #debtfreecommunity #debtfreejourney #dfc #fire #womenofFI #firecommunity #financialindependence #centspositive Three years ago, before I started my blog and got myself totally immersed in the personal finance space, I wasn’t a person to be able to give this kind of advice. In fact, I’d never negotiated a job offer or salary review in my life. Fast forward to today, and talking about money and work more, especially with some ladies who are particularly good at it, and I felt confident and knowledgeable to help a friend trough the process now. And I felt like a total rockstar when he let me know he’d countered and got both more money and more vacation time. Freaking awesome. S/o to @dumpster.doggy @herfirst100k @webravelygo @mechanicfinancial and @smartmoneymamas in particular for being amazing role models here. And @reachingforfi for talking about her own process so often that now it just seems like something you do. Know your worth. Ask for more. You can do it. #womenandmoney #personalfinance #womenspersonalfinance #debtfreecommunity #debtfreejourney #dfc #choosefi #financialfreedom #financialindependenceretireearly #knowyourworth #knowyourworthladies #askformore #paygap #genderpaygap We are so lucky to live where we do. Sunday was a car-free adventure day. We walked the 3.5 miles down our hill to a local brewery, the library, and sushi for dinner (25% off coupon). Bus home at the end of the night. We are definitely soaking up the last of our sunny, warm-ish days as we barrel toward winter. As much as we enjoy out of town adventures, local ones can be pretty dang great as well. They tend to be cheaper, and low key, which is a perfect way to spend a Sunday. And pretty close to zero waste, thanks to the kiddo’s new reusable straw, which he now carries in his backpack everywhere (even when he walks 4+ miles in an afternoon). Not bad for a 4 year old. #debtfreecommunity #debtfreejourney #dfc #zerowaste #zerowasteliving #carfreeday #carfreeliving #sustainableliving #financialindependenceretireearly #choosefi #localadventures #treadlightly #urbanhiking #kenmorewa #longwalks #noplanetb #climatechangeisreal #ecofrugal Before writing this blog, I considered myself to be a pretty decent environmentalist. Over time, I’ve pushed myself to make changes that are more and more in line with those beliefs. I biked and walked/ran to work often enough before I had my son, but plenty of things I do now are newer. I pay attention to the trash I create, especially single use plastics, to a much stricter level than a did when I was younger. And the decisions I make now that are harmful to the earth come with a whole lot of guilt. Some of this guilt absolutely comes from the fact that climate change is here, and it’s just going to get worse. The irrevocable changes to this planet aren’t a future concern, they’re a now concern. And the longer we plod along slowly in pursuit of doing better, the worse it’s going to get. The best we can do now is work on damage control. Time and time again, I’m now called out as a “model” sustainability person, especially within the personal finance space. And that’s simply not true. I do things environmentally right maybe eighty percent of the time, but that means I fall flat the other twenty percent. Link in bio for my full thoughts. #zerowaste #zerowasteliving #zerowastelife #climatechange #climatechangeisreal #climatestrike #noplanetb #choosefi #debtfreecommunity #financialindependenceretireearly #sustainableliving #lowwaste #lowwasteliving We headed back to Leavenworth last weekend to celebrate my grandmother’s 85th birthday and the Autumn Leaf Festival. The weather was wild over the pass with inches of snow on the ground, but it was clear once we got back down the mountain. The weather wasn’t great this year (swipe to the end to see us in short sleeves two years ago!) but we still managed to have a wonderful time, as we always do when we visit. Leavenworth, we’ll see you next year for another birthday trip, and likely a few other times before then. Link in bio for the full rundown of the trip for this week’s Frugal Five. ETA - my husband WAS there - he just escaped most of my pictures 😂 @visitleavenworthwa #leavenworth #leavenworthwashington #highway2 #stevenspass #pnw #pnwadventures #frugaltravel #tinyglobetrotter #debtfreecommunity #dfc #financialindependenceretireearly #choosefi #firecommunity #leavenworthwa #autumnleaffestival #travelwithkids #pnwonderland #upperleftusa

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