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No, Spend February 2021
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. ??
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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 in July 2019! (read more here) By doing these NO Spend Month Challenges not only does it help us control our spending, it really is fun to get creative with our cooking by using what we already have! This challenge also helps us get a little bit closer to our goal of FI! {Financially Independent!} Read more about our FIRE…
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Bathroom Remodel on a Budget
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 level. We actually don’t mind having our bathroom as a shared guest bathroom. BEFORE!!! After!! Breakdown of cost: Grey Paint: FREE {Thanks to my wonderful MIL it was left over from her house!} Behr Falling Snow White Paint: $45.98 Light: $44.97 Counter Top: $65 Counter Side Kits: $19.95 Drywall: $4.98 GFCI: $18.98 Push Switches x2: $21.98 Shower curtain: $19.99 Shower…
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No, Spend 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 month! Ryan and I have put this no spend month challenge on ourselves!! This challenge is going to help us get a little closer to our goal of FI! {Financially Independent!} Read more about our FIRE journey here. Ryan and I have been very aware of our spending these last few months but the temptation to fall back into a…
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Simplifying Our Retirement Accounts
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 catch up here.} We are One Step Closer to FIRE One of the latest steps we have taken was to simplify our investment accounts. If you are anything like us, you probably have several retirement accounts all in different companies. This can be difficult to keep track of everything not to mention the FEES… We will be talking about that…
