If you’ve ever traveled to Phoenix, or have known people who’ve visited Phoenix, they may tell you it’s impossible to get around without a car. Heck, even I have been guilty of saying it’s impossible to get around Phoenix without a car. Before we get ahead of ourselves: if you’re moving to Phoenix for the long term, it probably will be pretty hard to live here without a car. So that Continue Reading
Ways to Get Around Portland With Limited Mobility
As you may know from my several awesome Portland posts, I went to Portland two weeks ago! First of all – time flies. Second of all, can I go back? Seriously, I love Portland that much. Loving Portland aside, I went up to Portland with my Dad as a father/daughter bonding trip. As I mentioned, my Dad is getting older and this is probably one of the last times we will be able to travel Continue Reading
Discounts for Teachers
If you live on the West Coast, chances are you (or your kids, or, in my case, my significant other) may have started school a few weeks ago. East Coasters, you may have been lucky enough to start only a week or so ago ;) Has being back to school finally sunk in? B is a teacher, and we actually met through school district meetings. The rest, as they say, is history. However, Continue Reading
Traveling on a Budget: Where to Stay
I feel like most people's dream is to go traveling around the world with one of The PNW packable backpacks on their back and not a care in the world... Unfortunately, not all of us have got the wealth to achieve the dream of traveling. If you do it then it's budgeting all the way. Let’s face it: sometimes the most expensive part of travel is finding a cheap place to stay. When traveling on a Continue Reading
Shopaholic Friends
This past month, I had some shopaholic friends from out of town visit. Now, if you read my About Me page, you’ll notice I mentioned I had a ‘problem’ with shopping. It wasn’t ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ problem (I didn’t go into crazy amounts of debt), but I did go into some consumer debt, and I didn’t really have a lot to show for it. Sure, I had a killer closet and was the girl who always had Continue Reading
So I Just Made $50 Last Weekend!
If you just read the title of this post and thought, ‘yeah, so? So did I!’ then you either work weekends, or you have a really cool side-gig that you need to tell me about, stat. If you’re reading the title of this post and are thinking, ‘sweet! How?!’ then keep reading! Making an extra $50 for fairly little effort is possible! Note: you probably won’t make $50 every weekend, but $50 Continue Reading
Getting Lunch with Co-Workers
Do you go out to lunch with your co-workers, but need to stick to a budget? I understand the benefits of going out to eat lunch with co-workers: networking, keeping up with people you used to work with, and yes, keeping up with gossip (“industry news” ☺) It’s completely valuable. But (and you knew there was a ‘but’ coming!) sometimes it feels like a little too much. Knowing how important Continue Reading
Networking for Introverts
Three Tips for Networking Success Networking: for many people, the bane of their existence. This is even more pronounced for introverts like myself. Even if your job mostly involves working behind a computer, you probably had to do some networking, at the very least in the form of the interview, to get your job. Especially nowadays, when getting a job partially lies on who you know, Continue Reading
How to Save Money in an Long Distance Relationship
Let’s face it: long distance relationships (LDRs) stink. Whether you started out in an LDR because you met online, or you ended up in one due to school or work, they take a toll on your relationship, no matter how positively you try to spin it to your friends and family. If you’ve ever been in an LDR, raise your hand if you’ve ever said this to your mom/sister/BFF: “Oh, being in a long distance Continue Reading
Embrace Free Work Perks!
My organization offers a free fitness incentive program that, if you walk 5,000 steps 3 times a week, tracked by a provided pedometer, you’re entered into a monthly prize drawing for $50 gift cards to either a local grocery store chain or a sporting goods store. On top of that, work also offers gift cards in various, progressive amounts for each 100,0000, 500,000 and one million steps you walk. Continue Reading