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Posted on December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 32 Comments

No Spend January? How about Local Spend Instead?

In the past, I've written about No Spend months (I even tracked "No Spend" days for an entire year). When we were working to get our spending under control, that process was really helpful in tracking our day to day spending and making sure we were intentional with where our money went. Our dog had…

Posted on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 24 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (2019 – Week 43)

Last Friday was our "would have been" tenth wedding anniversary. My now-husband was active duty in the Marine Corps though, and when he let his command know that we were engaged - and had set a wedding date - they purposefully sent him on a detachment detail to Yuma, Arizona for three months, overlapping with…

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 10 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (2019 – Week 40)

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…

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 13 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (Labor Day Weekend Edition)

Last weekend was Labor Day, and a long weekend where we actually stayed local the full three days. After our experience with the ferry wait over Memorial Day weekend, we decided it was worth avoiding the travel crowds and just staying near home instead. Clearly, this made our weekend cheaper than it would have otherwise…

Posted on June 14, 2019June 19, 2019 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 37 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (2019 – Week 23)

The last few months have been a cycle of getting to see blogger friends in person - either again or for the first time - likely because now is probably the best time of year to visit the Pacific Northwest, plus the kiddo and I made a visit down to Portland happen to celebrate Uriah's…

Posted on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 50 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (2018 – Week 13)

This week was a pretty exciting one for me on a non financial note. About a month ago, I had been invited to apply to an unpaid public appointment position in my city, and I was selected as one of six to have an interview for the spot. To my complete shock, I got a…

Posted on January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 20 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (2018 – Week 2)

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…

Posted on November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 6 Comments

Spicy Pickled Potato Salad (35¢/Serving)

Since I decided to jump into a No (Low) Spend November without any kind of preparation, I’m going to have to get a bit creative this month. We are going to Hawaii in a week, so I’m going to be doing my very best to spend as little as possible while we’re home so we can spend a little…

Posted on November 3, 2017November 25, 2017 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 13 Comments

Friday’s Frugal Five (No Spend November)

Friday again! This week flew by between Halloween falling on a weeknight and the neighborhood dinner we attended last night. For those of you who are new, this idea to celebrate frugal wins for the week came from Katy at The Non-Consumer Advocate.  1. My son wore the same Halloween costume (Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon!)…

Posted on November 1, 2017January 31, 2018 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 18 Comments

Exploring My Favorite Town: Kirkland, Washington

Over the weekend I had a friend in town for a short visit. She now lives in Oregon but didn’t grow up in the northwest, so she’s spent very little time in Washington. Since we only had until early afternoon, I decided to show her around our downtown.  Next time she comes for a visit…

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