I’m sorry if this is roughly the 800th time you’ve heard me talk about Suzette, my sourdough starter. I just think she’s great. It was actually after quarantine that I got on the sourdough train. I was dropping dinner off to a friend and she had some starter that she offered to share. I never thought about baking bread before (it was SO intimidating!) but immediately went to work on…
Before I begin, let me make one thing abundantly clear- I AM NOT A MILLIONAIRE. I’ve made decent financial decisions in my tenure and I make a decent living but I am most certainly not raking in a multiple six-figure income. Yet. Perhaps the question I’ve been asked the most on social media since announcing my new “little condo” as I’m calling it (even though I’m pretty sure the square…
While I am a happy consumer of the fitness world, I do not claim to be or have any desire to be a fitness blogger. Fitness bloggers are all great. They’re happy, sweet people. I know several for the DC Bloggers Union and I’ll leave the fitness talk up to them. This is a lifestyle and personal finance blog. I do know I would lose my marbles if working out…
I’ve been thinking about writing this for a while but, once again, have had imposter syndrome. Truth is, I’ve been through the home buying process three times now (one fell through) so I certainly have more experience than many unmarried 30-something women. No matter how you slice it, home buying is a grueling process. It’s emotional, violating, slow and volatile. But, believe it or not, it is SO worth it.…
If you’ve experienced the lovely debacle of getting canned, you know it’s a MAJOR blow to the ego. I told precisely no one about it when it happened. Not my parents. Not my roommates. No one. “I quit,” I told them, which wasn’t a total lie. It was a mutual decision. But I’m getting ahead of myself. I got a job teaching second grade when I was 22 and fresh…
As someone who has long been an avid Dave Ramsey follower, I was shocked to learn that most successful, financially savvy business people are, in fact, in some kind of debt. Let me back up and make one clarification–there are many, MANY kinds of debt that are BAD. Just about every credit card debt, especially store credit cards, are very, very bad debt. I am not saying this to make…
If you follow me on Instagram or know me IRL, odds are pretty high that you’ve heard me talk about OTF. Pre-COVID, I was obsessed and sometimes went 7 days per week. The workouts are fantastic and really showed me how to work out and get that amazing rush of endorphins. I challenge you to find a better feeling in the world. For that, I will always be grateful. When…
I did an Instagram poll to see if you all would be interested in this topic and the answer was a resounding yes. It’s blog posts like this that give me major imposter syndrome.. I’m not an expert but in this case, I have found what works… And I just so happened to ask my significant other to chime in here and there. When I first asked Jim what his…
One of the many beauties of the internet is the wealth of information out there, especially from armchair experts such as myself. The truth is, if you’re willing to do your research, you can learn so much from peoples’ firsthand experiences. Today I thought I would share a bit of wisdom I learned along the way and I hope you find it valuable! I did not focus on making a…
This year sucks and I’m completely lamenting the fact that we are not currently packing our bags for the luxurious Mexican vacation we had planned for next week. Thankfully everyone in my life is healthy but that doesn’t make our lack of travel more than a little sad. I’m not the type of person who usually focuses on the negatives. In fact, I’m very much a “glass half full” kind…