Happy Monday! This weekend was a wonderfully laid-back summer weekend. I met up with my friend Kim and headed over to the East Lansing Arts Festival to take a look around. Festivals make it feel like summer is officially here. I love it. I also managed to prep all of my lunches for work this week ahead [...]
Living With Less-Consignment Shop Review
After a few months of giving consignment sales a try, I can now chime in with mixed reviews. I stopped by the store this past weekend to pick up a check for $73.64. This is half of the purchase price I am entitled to for the items I took [...] Continue Reading…
Utilize Your Commute-Time to Expand My Knowledge
Fresh coffee in hand and workbag over shoulder, millions of people around the world embark on a common journey as they close the door behind them each morning. The daily commute. This event that happens between 6-8 am and 4:30-7pm five days a week that often causes congestion on [...] Continue Reading…
Fight to Freedom Report-April 2013
I hate to have two “progress” posts back to back. However, it’s officially the end of April and I need to hold myself accountable for my fight to get out of debt. With changes in expenses looming in the future, this month I made every effort to tighten the [...] Continue Reading…
Yearly Goals Check-In
Happy Monday! Since I have been spending my days at work reporting on other’s Q1 financials, I am finally finding the time to review my goals and do my own Q1 reporting. Or should I say T1 since we are a third of the way through the year at [...] Continue Reading…
Pay Yourself First-Easy Savings Method
If I took one lesson from my elders, it was that you should always pay yourself first. Or in other words, think of saving some of your hard earned cash for yourself and your goals before you pay your landlord, banker, or service provider. How do put money away for [...] Continue Reading…
Fight to Freedom Report- March 2013
Happy Easter! I cannot get over how quickly March went. I feel like it flew by! With March came a tax refund (see how I reacted to it HERE) that played a big part in my debt repayment this month. I am proud to say that I PAID OFF A STUDENT LOAN!!!!!!! [...] Continue Reading…
When Life Gets You Down..
You know those days the world just gets you down? Those days when you finally get home after a long day and crawl into your bed still fully dressed and agree that the world had won. Or is that just me? We each have those days in different ways. Whether [...] Continue Reading…
A Dose of Downton Abbey
On my flight from New Orleans the other week, I ran out of reading material and found myself reading the business section of the Wall Street Journal courtesy of the gentleman sitting next to me. I turned the page to find none other than the faces of Downton Abbey staring back [...] Continue Reading…
Check Out What’s Happening
Hello Monday. My week is getting off to a colder start than expected with temperatures in Michigan below freezing. Brrrr, I am ready for spring! A few quick happenings around the blog this week. 1) I have my first guest post today over at Budget for Health. Jessica is a fellow Michigan [...] Continue Reading…
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