Potentially funny thoughts from a local comic
Yesterday, I went cycling with a small group of folks. It was my first long ride this year – 36 miles. It was mostly on the greenways – Raleigh has these fantastic greenways, and I don’t understand how I ever had the chutzpah to ride on roads back in the day… I got my first…
I saw Bon Jovi last night at PNC Arena. It was a lot of fun – lots of people, fun experience, good company, but it was one of the more boring concerts I’ve attended. Let me elaborate: I was never a big Bon Jovi fan. I am on the younger side of Gen-X, and I…
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…
In my last post, I mentioned that my man and I are “competitive budgeting.” We’ve been spending entirely too much money lately, and we’re both trying to get that under control. September was our test month, and with 5 days left, I think we’ll both make our goals. Still, I have very little left if…