Feb 14 2014
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Sandberg. He is 94. She is 92. They’ve been married 65 years. They met at a party in the 1930′s. Her friend had invited her with the intent of setting her up with another guy. But as Mr. Sandberg put it: “I had other plans.” He swept her off her feet, …
Jan 20 2014
I originally wrote this post for GoGirl Finance. I have updated it to reflect our last check payment that we made last week. It wasn’t until about three weeks after our wedding that Eric and I decided to sit down and go over all our finances. This is when we discovered that we had more …
Jan 10 2014
If your friends decide to do something that is normally out of your budget, would you be willing to splurge even though the expense made you uncomfortable? Or would you speak up and say something? A friend from out of town will be visiting this weekend and suggested brunch with a group of our friends. …
Jan 06 2014
Every year, I like to do a review of our finances. I think it helps to sort of check in and see how you’re doing financially and if you’re meeting your financial goals. Now that I have a couple of years’ worth of data collected, it made things a bit more interesting. For example, here …
Dec 16 2013
I’ve had lots of goals in years past. But I have only TWO goals for 2014. 1. Save, save, save With enough money in the bank to pay off our $11,000 in 0% interest debt, pushing the button and switching to “We’re debt free!” is just a matter of logistics. In 2014, we’re focused on …
Dec 13 2013
Below is a guest post from one of my favorite blog reads, Frugal Portland. Hi friends! Erika was kind enough to allow me to write something in her space. She’s super nice. In fact, she’s one of the first people who was ever nice to me online! You don’t forget those people. If you’re new …
