Traveling & Hospitality
1. Short Term Financial Goals — What do you like to spend your money on? When we were getting married, I told Collin that I did not want to get married if that meant we would stop traveling (I know, sounds a bit immature). But …
My husband and I were looking into different ways to budget that would actually work. We are not people who keep our receipts, balance a check book, or even check our bank accounts often. This led to us being unable to follow even carefully thought …
I could do a whole series of posts on this topic, but I went to LA just for a weekend, so I’ll do a “short weekend version” of this. Where we stayed Whenever Collin and I go on trips, we always scope out Airbnb first. …
A little over a year and a half ago, Collin and I met with a financial advisor to talk about retirement, savings, and other things about money that made me anxious. He turned to us and asked us how much money we had in our …
My husband and I recently bought a house. I joked about how signing a 30-year mortgage was more terrifying than committing to marriage for the rest of my life. I hated looking at the numbers of how much money in interest we would be paying …
To read the back story about why we live with strangers click here. When we first moved into our home, we furnished the first two guest rooms right away. We bought the bed frames, mattresses, rugs, and night stands from Ikea, so we ended up spending around $1500. We …
The subtitle should be “every little counts.” A lot of these may be review for you, but it helps to have these things on your mind as you go about your day. Sell clothes at Plato’s Closet (or a consignment shop) and extra books …
This summer I was in three weddings and I was invited to three others. It was an expensive summer of throwing bachelorette parties, going to bridal showers, and buying several dresses and having them altered. Last week I was at brunch with a newly-engaged friend when …
Perhaps I should start by saying that I come from a big family (I am the oldest of six children) and Collin is an extrovert who lived with lots of people throughout college. We are both used to living with people. While there have been …
You hear all about different meal planning tips, but making several different recipes to freeze can take an entire afternoon and hours of planning. The easiest way that I have found is to host a freezer meal night. This is how I did it: 1. …