I have a secret (well, my husband knows it, but that's about it): I'm addicted to Amazon Prime. It's not so much the buying: I actually save money with Amazon Prime. It also comes in handy to have! In fact, two months ago when I came down with the flu, I used Amazon Prime to deliver more cold supplies (tea, tissues - the usual!) using Same Day Delivery. I just couldn't wait for my husband to Continue Reading
How to Save Money on Your Wedding: The Music
I love music - but didn’t have any of my own at my wedding. I spent months (okay, years) planning my wedding playlist. Seriously, I had a playlist on iTunes (and then Spotify) called “Wedding” where I collected all of my (and my now-husband’s) favorite songs. I was so excited for our wedding playlist I even shared it with my friends ahead of time! That probably jinxed it, because when it came Continue Reading
Get Rid of It! How to Declutter Your Bedroom
It wasn't the plethora of purses falling on me, or the socks falling me, or the gloves I hadn't worn in 5 years that made me declutter my bedroom. It was only when a pair of shorts hit me in the face and scratched me that I realized: I have a clutter problem. You see, these shorts had never been worn before. They still had the tag on them (that's what scratched me) and I had shoved them in the Continue Reading
How to Save Money on Your Wedding: The Venue
Oh man, your wedding venue… just thinking about choosing a wedding venue makes me exhausted. If you’ve just gotten engaged or know someone who has - congratulations to you/them! Celebrate and enjoy the blissful feeling while you can, because sooner or later your budget is going to kick in and you are going to FLIP OUT. Okay, I’m being a little melodramatic here, but out of all the things that Continue Reading
How to Save Money on Your Wedding: Food and Drinks
When it comes to wedding food and drink, everyone has an opinion. You thought people’s opinion on your wedding dress was bad? Just bring up “food and drinks” and everyone from your mama to your old cranky uncle is going to have an opinion. And they’re not just giving you their opinions, everyone is basically judging you. From: “You’re offering a full course meal? That’s too expensive!” Continue Reading
Budget Challenge: Gifts, Special Events and Holidays
Is 2018 your year to get your budget under control? Do you want to spend less on things you don’t care about, and save more (or put more toward debt)? Then good news - you’re in the right place! I talked about my 2018 Budget Challenge on Thursday here, and today I’m buckling down and tackling February’s Budget Challenge: Gifts, Special Events and Holidays. Did you miss January’s budget Continue Reading
Should You Become a One-Car Family to Get Out of Debt?
Have you read or heard stories of people becoming one-car families and thought, wow, how do they do that? For a long time, I thought I was defective, because any time I thought of becoming a one-car family, I just could not figure out how to make it work between my husband and I. And we don’t even have kids to figure into the equation! I felt bad because a lot of debt pay off stories feature Continue Reading
How to Improve Your Life in 10 Minutes a Day
I forget how I first heard of Tim Ferriss, but after I picked up his book Four Hour Workweek, I was hooked. Tim Ferriss blog, podcast - I had to consume it all! One of the things I like the most about Tim is his unwavering commitment to improving himself, in almost any aspect you can imagine (physically, mentally, emotionally, etc.) But who has time to dedicate hours, days, weeks, or even years to Continue Reading
How to Save More Money and Time Grocery Shopping
Wouldn't it be awesome if grocery shopping would just go away? If groceries could just appear in your fridge, with all the ingredients you need for delicious and healthy meals, plus snacks? Until some magical robot fridge makes that happen, the best we're going to get is meal planning and grocery delivery or pick up. Yes, with meal planning and grocery delivery services, I have finally gotten Continue Reading
The Dinner Daily Review: This Inexpensive Meal Service Saves Me $100 Every Month
If it were up to me, I would eat peanut butter and jelly, salads and smoothies for breakfast, lunch and dinner (and maybe even in that order!) Unfortunately, you can't really get away with that type of lifestyle when you have a family. Something about "balanced meals blah blah blah" :) I really only have three good, go-to meals and, after several months of repeating those meals, plus throwing Continue Reading