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Should You Buy Anniversary Gifts?

January 14

As many of you know, the hubs and I just celebrated our 5 year anniversary. Sorry to keep mentioning it, but we just keep marveling at how fast time has gone by and how just 18 months ago we were living in the Caribbean with absolutely no clue that these two beans were about to start cooking in … Continued

How to Send Two Kids To College on a Teacher’s Salary

January 12

Please welcome my friend Jenna to the blog, who has a great story about how her parents sent her and her twin sister to college even though they both made low incomes. Twenty-six years ago, my parents were in for the shock of their lives. Five months after saying I do, my parents found out … Continued

A Half Cash Budget for 2015

January 6

Happy New Year everyone! It’s great to have a fresh start. I appreciate all of your well wishes in my most recent post about reaching my 5 year anniversary. Hubs and I enjoyed having over two weeks off together over the holidays. He’s back at the hospital today, and I’m back at my desk, juggling … Continued

What a Journey: My 5 Year Wedding Anniversary

January 1

Happy New Year everyone! It’s time for my annual marriage review post because tomorrow is my 5 year wedding anniversary. Wow. 5 years. What a journey. There is so much I want to say, especially about this past year. Coincidentally I started my blog the same year we got married and so I’ve been recapping … Continued

We Actually Did It: Our Very Minimalist Christmas

December 24

For weeks, I’ve been talking about battling materialism and consumerism for our children’s first Christmas. I’ve written about my plan to give them very few Christmas gifts and go as minimalist as possible. I’ve written about this plan across multiple sites on purpose so I would actually do it. We went back and forth on … Continued

Christmas Traditions & A Writing Wrap Up

December 17

Hi everyone! The hubs just took his final exam in psychiatry, and he is off for the next two weeks. We will be enjoying Christmas right here in NJ, and I’m hoping for a white Christmas!! Hubs already has a two week rotation scheduled covering next Christmas and New Years so this could be our … Continued

In Budgeting, There Will Be Times…

December 16

I’ve been on a journey of budgeting and frugality for years now. I’ve made mistakes, both small and large, but overall I have always had some financial sense. I really believe much of this is personality and innate. My two siblings and I all view money a little differently, so I can’t help but feel … Continued

Remembering the Ultimate Minimalist Life

December 11

Just a few days ago I called my old landlord in Grenada just to say hi. For those who are new readers (top o’ the morning to ya), I lived in Grenada, West Indies for 3 years before I became a full time blogger and a mom and a New Jersey-er. As soon as my … Continued

I Had One Goal – Did I Meet It?

December 3

At the beginning of this year, I wrote a post called “Our Only Goal for 2014” where I explained that my only New Year’s Resolution for 2014 was to maintain, maintain, maintain. In years past, I made huge goals about maxing out IRAs and saving thousands of dollars and destroying debt all at the same … Continued

Making the Holidays Special

November 25

Yesterday, I texted the hubs and asked if he wanted to get down the Christmas decorations and listen to Christmas music while we put them up. He was so happy I suggested it (and shocked) since usually he’s the one telling me it’s time to get everything together! I don’t like the rush, rush and … Continued