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If you need help with basic budgeting / saving money, this is your post! For the past 3 years, I have been obsessed with financial independence! Please note, I am not a financial planner, and I’m coming from a “no-dependents” mindset. Regardless, here are some tips on how you can live below your means: Put…
I am trying to stay on the financial independence (FI) path. However, if you looked at my spending this past month, you would not believe that. This past month, after basic bills, I have spent nearly $300 on exercise shoes, $150 on gas, $200 on eating out, $200 on general shopping, $60 on beer (that’s…
This is my first financial independence (FI) post. FI is a movement for people who are trying to retire early, some as young as their early 30’s, by earning a middle-to-upper class salary, but making lifestyle choices so they spend less money. I have already surpassed the early-30’s retirement goalpost, but I have adopted some…
I have saved some money in the past 2 1/2 years! I’m now working towards Financial Independence (FI). There are many blogs about FI, but I am blogging about my own adventures of being Cheap Girl. When I started this blog in mid-2015, I was annoyingly cheap. I’m not as cheap as I once was….
I went to Nordstroms.com because I wanted to buy the Estee Lauder “Defend by Day, Detox by Night” collection. I purchased a face cleanser for $10 to bring me up to $45. That way, I could also get the free gift that also included a day and night face cream, mascara and several lipsticks. When I got…
Today I took a much needed mental health day. I had a few “use it or lose it” vacation days left, and I was overwhelmed by the number of errands on my to-do list that I couldn’t seem to find time to do. I’m proud to say that I accomplished the majority of them this…
I started out November at a disadvantage, ok?! I needed to pay for car insurance, an oil change and a haircut. $550 was already gone by the second day of the month. I still could have easily made it through November under budget, though. Little did I know… In essence, my “urge to spend” switch…
I haven’t blogged in nearly two weeks because I’ve been busy writing a book about saving money for Nano: http://nanowrimo.org/dashboard. I worked at an affordable housing conference for two days this week. I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely couple, Alexis and Christian, from Tiny House Expedition: http://www.tinyhouseexpedition.com/. I also attended a roundtable discussion they…
I am rocking the thrifty! Last weekend I was a little worried because I’d already spent 73% of my budget for the month. However, today is 10/18, I have 2 weeks left to October, and I’ve only spent $100 in the past week. Not bad and I may actually beat my goal! My spending this…
Those of you keeping up with my blog might know that in September my man and I were competing to see who could spend the least amount of money. I lost, but not by much. On the last day of the month, I “had to” buy a fire pit from a dude on Craigslist for…