Finances

Looking for Free Things to do on Valentine’s Day?! While Valentine's day can be a great, love-filled day for many, it does put a lot of unnecessary pressure on couples, who often, end up spending a lot of unnecessary money on gifts. You can actually have a great time with your partner without spending a lot! Read on to discover 10 awesome free things you can do this Valentine’s Day!

Top Ten Free Valentine’s Day ...

This entry was posted on February 7, 2023 by Kristin McConnell (updated on February 9, 2023)

No Spend February — Simply put, a no spend month is where you don't spend unnecessary money, and stop impulse purchases throughout the month. This helps you become aware of and stop, your unnecessary spending. ??

No, Spend February 2021

This entry was posted on February 1, 2021 by Kristin McConnell (updated on February 23, 2021)

No Spending Update! — In February we decided to do a No Spend Month I had several requests to update you on how we did! If you missed the first blog you can read it here. Food $0 Going Out to Dinner $49.29 Personal Items: $0 Pet’s: $0 I think we did great Ryan […]

February No, Spend Month UPDATE!

This entry was posted on March 3, 2020 by Kristin McConnell (updated on March 17, 2020)

No Spend February — “A fresh month has come! Open your mind for opportunities, and you will be amazed at how much you are capable of achieving!” It’s that time again! Time for us to do a NO SPEND MONTH!! We did this back in November 2018 (read more here) As well as back […]

No, Spend February

This entry was posted on February 1, 2020 by Kristin McConnell (updated on January 31, 2020)

Money Saving Apps — We all want to save money. I’ve been using these money-saving apps that actually pay you to shop!! The coolest part? You can use these apps alongside sales most of the time! Today we are going to talk about ways we are earning money back shopping! Earning money back on […]

Money Saving Apps You Need ...

This entry was posted on December 9, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on December 9, 2019)

Wow is it really August already! This summer is flying by! My kids are back in school! Jack is starting his Sophmore year and Gillian is a 7th grader this year. July was our no spend month you can read about it here. I am so glad we did this […]

SHOP YOUR KIDS SCHOOL SUPPLIES!

This entry was posted on August 22, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on August 23, 2019)

No Spending Update! — July we decided to do a No Spend Month and today marks our halfway point so I wanted to do a little update. If you missed the first blog you can read it here. Food $0 Personal Items: $0 Pet’s: $27.75 Bedroom Remodel: $46.04 Bike Tire Tube $9.40 (Paid with […]

No, Spend Month UPDATE!

This entry was posted on July 18, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on February 25, 2020)

Budget Bathroom Remodel — Time for a fun update to our master bathroom/ guest bathroom. Yep, that’s right Ryan and I share a bathroom with our guest’s. When this house was built it was meant for the upstairs bedroom to be the Master Bedroom/bathroom but Ryan and I wanted to be on the main […]

Bathroom Remodel on a Budget

This entry was posted on July 12, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on July 12, 2019)

no spending month — July is one of my favorite months! It’s my birthday month!!! Yay!!! Also the fourth of July has a special place in my heart. ❤ My husband Ryan and I first started dating on the 4th back in 2003! =) This July we have decided to do a no spend […]

No, Spend Month

This entry was posted on July 1, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on July 3, 2019)

Piggy Bank and Calculator — Do you track your spending? For years we had a budget, but we would never really tracked our spending. Anyone else? ??‍♀️ We just spent what we spent and on occasion, we would sit down and go over our budget. We would set a new budget again. And then we […]

Tracking Our Spending!

This entry was posted on May 23, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on May 23, 2019)

Disclaimer: I am not in any way a financial advisor. I am simply sharing what we are doing as a family to become financially independent. If you have been following our journey to financial independence. You know that we are taking steps to FIRE (Financially Independent Retire Early) {You can […]

Simplifying Our Retirement Accounts

This entry was posted on April 27, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on May 22, 2019)

Earn Money Back from Grocery Shopping — Today we are going to talk about ways we are earning money back on our groceries! This will be just an overview I will later do a full blog post on each topic! Earning money back on our groceries is a simple way to get us closer to our goal […]

How to get Money back ...

This entry was posted on March 25, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on September 11, 2019)

Homemade Bread — In the United States, we waste between 30 to 40 percent of our food supply, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. As a family we are guilty of this as well but we are trying our best to cut back on our food waste. What we have been […]

Shop your Pantry

This entry was posted on March 21, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on October 21, 2019)

This is going to be a bit of a different blog series then I normally write. But I wanted to share this journey with you! Our journey to financial independence may seem like an extremely off-topic for my blog but in my eyes, I see quite the opposite! Our finances […]

Our Journey to Financial Independence

This entry was posted on March 19, 2019 by Kristin McConnell (updated on March 21, 2019)

Grocery Shopping Can be overwhelming without a game plan! I have put this blog post together to hopefully help you shop! =) The grocery store can be a stressful, agonizing experience if you don’t have a good strategies in place before you get there! If you don’t have a plan […]

Grocery Shopping

This entry was posted on August 14, 2018 by Kristin McConnell (updated on October 11, 2020)

Grocery Shopping — No Grocery Shopping! Back in November my husband Ryan and I decided we were spending way too much at the grocery store each week. When we had 3 freezers full of wild game and frozen vegetables from our garden. Why were we spending so much at the grocery store when we […]

No Grocery Shopping!

This entry was posted on February 18, 2018 by Kristin McConnell (updated on January 31, 2020)