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Posted on October 4, 2019October 8, 2019 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 31 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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Realized I wore the same sweater on my 32nd birthday yesterday as I did on my 21st. I’ve been on this clothes buying ban for closing in on three years now, but clearly, I’ve been loving (and taking care of) some of my clothing for much longer than that. #shoppingban #clothesbuyingban #debtfreecommunity #choosefi #financialfreedom #financialindependenceretireearly #zerowaste #zerowastecommunity #treadlightly #wearitagain Friday the 13th is my favorite, especially when it’s my birthday (we also got married on one). Feeling so grateful for another year on this earth. It truly is a privilege to get to see another birthday, and I am so thankful to grow one year older. Plus, I’m just loving being in my 30s. #growingolder #happybirthdaytome #debtfreecommunity #treadlightly #zerowastecommunity #choosefi #financialindependenceretireearly #celebrategrowingolder #fridaythe13th I know I share a lot of photos of our backyard trails, but serious, how awesome is this view? Soggy run this afternoon, but a beautiful one. And a run at 2:30PM on a weekday thanks to my 80% time schedule. #slowFI FTW. Have you ever considered working less than full time? If you can swing it, I would highly recommend considering it. Love my job, but I also love my life balance that comes from working it less than full time. #nofilter #debtfreecommunity #financialindependenceretireearly #financialfreedom #trailrunning #pnwtrails #pnw #washingtonstate #gooutside #lowimpactliving Fall is so lovely. And I can’t think of a better place for a run outdoors. Our home may be older, and smaller (by choice), but we live in such a wonderful place. These trails are no small part of that. #debtfreecommunity #choosefi #pnwtrails #fallleaves #zerowasteliving #financialindependenceretireearly #gooutside I got close to plastic free on my most recent trip to the grocery store, but it was so hard. I had to go to two different grocery stores. With two kids in tow, I’m just lucky they are across the street from each other. With kid foods, this is epically hard to do. And when you do it, it costs significantly more. And I still couldn’t find hot dogs or ketchup - though homemade / farmer’s market could make this happen in the future. All of this takes time, and money, and patience. And an acceptance from your kids and family for choosing options that aren’t what they’re used to. The hurdles feel big and exhausting, and I have the mental bandwidth (and finances) to attempt this. To guilt people about their waste, or how they feed their families is no good. Just choosing healthy, frugal options is hard. Throw in a challenge to no plastic? That’s ten times harder. Why ultimately we need systemic change - we can’t rely on or expect enough consumers to change so significantly to change the whole system. That doesn’t mean we don’t do the best that we can, but that we need to also acknowledge how much is beyond the individual consumer. #zerowaste #zerowasteliving #debtfreecommunity #financialindependenceretireearly #choosefi #plasticfree #nosingleuseplastic #noplastic #climatechangeisreal #fridaysforfuture Women’s Personal Finance meetup and clothing swap on Saturday was a success! Currently wearing some awesome new warm socks on this cold morning courtesy of one of the other ladies who attended. And then what didn’t get a new home from one of us went to the Women and Families Day Center (soon to be overnight shelter) that shares the basement with my church. After the swap, we went for a cheap happy hour to talk finances and life, and I headed home with a full heart. Find your community. Share things. With your friends and with those you don’t know. Your life will be better for it, I promise. #womenspersonalfinance #debtfreecommunity #financialindependenceretireearly #choosefi #zerowasteliving #clothingswap #sustainableliving #sustainablefashion #dfc #firecommunity #climatestrike #climatechangeisreal

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