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Happy Monday! As I mentioned the other day, I’m frolicking in Ireland as we speak. To help you not miss me as much while I’m gone, I’ve got some great posts lined up for you this week. Remember how I asked y’all to share your inspirational story with us? BOY did they have me…
I’m headed to the airport for a wild and exciting Europe vacation (more on that soon!) but had to pop in to share some exciting news…I’m the new Living Frugal columnist for TheStir.com! I’m so honored and flattered that they asked me to be on their team. Their site is pretty addicting, not going to…
I was recently interviewed and featured on SheKnows, a huge site that is FULL of amazing “good to know” stuff! They asked me to write up why/how my blog got started, and 5 key tips. At first I thought to myself, “5 random tips? How will I ever narrow that down?” and then it hit…
3.5 years ago we hardly had money to pay our bills. We had $10,000 debt on just one credit card. I was a new SAHMom and Bubba had a new business & wasn’t bringing home much of a paycheck. We looked at each other and decided we wanted a better life for ourselves; for our…
We had lots of fun at our Live Q&A #3! The fun part is that Google+ (follow me HERE) now has a feature where you can type a question directly to me WHILE I’m filming, rather than having to post it to FB or Twitter! It makes it so much easier and interactive! To make…
Lately I’ve been getting some great questions from you lovely reader friends. For the next few Fridays I will feature some of them, in hopes of helping others at the same time! *Got a question for me? Drop it into the box at the upper right of my website and I will personally respond…and…
As I mentioned on Monday, we finally got our new car this weekend! Here’s a brief background on our story… Part 1: Finding a new car We have been a 1-car family for almost a year. We did it to save money, and to help us get out of debt faster. We told ourselves we…
We are so proud of ourselves for getting out of debt, and I have to share how we did it! So now you have the background on our story from the previous post… (built a house, put our life savings into the house, lost the house and our savings, my husband started a business…
We have a big announcement! It’s huge. Gigantic, even. Yes, I’m pregnant…but I have been for 6 months now, so sorry, that’s not it. No, Oprah hasn’t invited me to be on her show yet. But she’d better hurry up and give me a call. No, I didn’t win the lottery. Though, that would be nice….
I posted THIS post about my amazing savings trip to Costco. A reader left this comment that I wanted to address: *Note: Click HERE to see this summarized in a video. perilsea said… That is a pretty amazing day, for sure! Do you just use your Amex at Costco, or do you buy other things with it…
