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…
Late February is a weird time of the year. Winter has been around for so long and yet we aren't nearly to spring for quite some time. This seems exacerbated for us in the Pacific Northwest this year because we got snow in November and now again in the last part of February. The extra…
In the last few months since we’ve embarked on the task of seriously slashing our grocery budget, we’ve eaten a lot of tacos. Not only are they quick and easy to make, but we all love them and don’t mind eating them weekly, so they end up on the menu again and again. There are…
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…
We went from 80s and sunny to 50s and rain in a week flat and suddenly fall is here. The days are getting shorter and Christmas is now somehow only two months away. I had gotten off to a good start on making presents back in July but then life got extra busy and I hadn’t done…
I made pork loin for dinner earlier this week and we ended up with quite a bit of it leftover, but not enough to stand on its own, so I decided to make a meal that didn’t need a lot of meat to be really tasty. Since we’re focused on reducing our food budget, I’ve…
Like most many young 20-somethings, we ate a lot of Top Ramen when we first moved in together. It wasn’t fancy and it definitely wasn’t healthy, but it was cheap and filling, which was on the top of our list when we were just married and flat broke (and I couldn’t cook beyond boiled tortellini and fried…
We live on the top of a hill a short walk from a small strip mall with a grocery store and a few restaurants, along with a few other stores. When a weeknight gets especially hectic, our go to dinner has been to walk over and pick up teriyaki. Chicken teriyaki is a meal we…
My husband and I are total foodies. While we are generally frugal in nature, food is a place where we tend to spend way too much money. We live in an area with some really great restaurants that make fantastic food and many times source ingredients locally and seasonally. While we mostly go out for…
Last month, we went to our neighborhood block party and met a bunch of new families with young children like us. When we first moved into our home six years ago, there were really no young kinds around, but fortunately that's really started to change in just the few years since we've become parents. At…