Personal Finance and Lifestyle Guide
Exercise makes me feel good; really good. In fact, if I don’t work out during the day, I’m not a very nice person. I become grouchy, cranky, irritable and kind of mean. I have little patience, everything annoys me and I constantly think about how annoyed I am that I did not have time to […] More
I honestly don’t know why I continue to bring my headphones into the gym with me. The conversations I hear when I’m in there working out alone are enough to make me want to leave my music off and be a nosy neighbor, and I don’t even think I feel that bad about it. This […] More
Just about three weeks from now my two oldest kids will be back in school. That means I’ll have one in kindergarten and one in third grade, and 2-year-old twins at home. Ask me if I’ve back to school shopped yet. No; no I have not. Well, that’s not entirely true. I did order the […] More
We all make mistakes. In fact, rereading this makes me want to change the title of this article to, “Why I Fail at Being Even Remotely Frugal and Should Be So Ashamed of Myself”. I, for example, made the mistake of getting out of bed this morning even though I feel like I might die […] More
I love style and fashion; looking good and being put together are so important to me. However, I am asked all the time why I buy what I buy, why I spend what I spend and why this, that or the other. The only thing that I can really say is that style is highly […] More
Before I was ever allowed to get my driver’s license, I had to learn to change my own oil and a tire on my car. It’s not that my parents thought I’d make a career of doing either – or that I’d ever actually do either – but there is nothing that my parents dislike […] More
I probably don’t even need to tell you how easy it is to overspend; I do it all the time. I went into Publix just yesterday for fresh salmon from the seafood counter, a loaf of fresh French bread and broccoli. I should have spent less than $20, but somehow I walked out of the […] More
Ah, sweet, sweet summer. Kidding, summer is pretty much my least favorite ever. I can say that as a lifelong Floridian being that summer is mostly all year, and sometimes we have a cool evening in the 70s or that kind of spring-like day when it’s in the 60s for a minute before it gets […] More
I have never purchased anything from a thrift store. There; I said it. I haven’t, and I likely will not ever at this point in time. You might laugh, but I have this running (inappropriate) thought that things in thrift stores are for those who really cannot afford to shop anywhere else. I’d feel guilty […] More
My oldest daughter will be 8 in just a few weeks, and I’ve become a bit nostalgic as I remember all the moments that led up to her arrival. My husband and I had been married for more than three years before we became parents. We were on a vacation in Hawaii when he told […] More
How’s this for a Tuesday shocker; there are only 28 weeks left until Christmas morning. That’s right; just over half the year to go until we wake up in the morning to tear into our gifts with our loved ones, and it’s not that much time. Sure, it’s June. But wake up, people; June is […] More
How can I make life a little more affordable? It’s the question people ask more often than any other question imaginable, with the exception of why do I only want Chick-Fil-A on Sundays? The cost of living is high, and it’s often a wonder to me that people can live at all these days. I […] More