5 Lessons I Learned Paying Off Debt

Guys, in 5 days, I am going to accomplish something I haven’t done in over 12 years. The first time I did this, I was still a high school senior. Any guesses??

Yes, I fell into the hole approximately 71% of college students fall into. I fell into student loan debt. This was my first dip into debt. After the student loans, it became credit cards, car payments and a mortgage. I haven’t been debt…

How to Transition your Wardrobe from Winter to Spring

Disclosure: this post contains affiliate links in which I earn a commission. Anyone else spring cleaning their wardrobe? With it already being mid-April, you wouldn’t think that we would be throwing on those big wool sweaters anymore. However, in Ohio, this winter is dragging on. Like snowing still. Never ending. It sucks. Needless to say, I’m trying to spring-ify (if that’s a word) & clean out…

10 Ways to Get Out of Debt

“Debt is dumb.” This is one of my favorite quotes from financial expert Dave Ramsey. Anyone else hear of it? I feel like this plays on repeat in my head every time I’m at the store. Yet, as a family, we’re still carrying an enormous amount of debt. “If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.” Dave Ramsey Constantly having a dark cloud of debt following us around feels…

3 Steps to a Better Budget

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links in which I earn a commission. Alright, I did it. I mentioned that awful word. The dreaded “b” word. I mean, no one actually likes it. That’s right. Who likes a budget? It just seems so, so….constraining. Don’t we all just want to spend ALL the money on ALL the pretty little things? Boy, it’s so easy to do! And that is the very reason WHY a budget…

5 Ways to Tackle Debt Once & For All

Disclosure: this post may contain affiliate links in which I earn a commission for purchases. As Dave Ramsey says, “unless you control your money, making more won’t help.” How true are those words? I often find myself impulsively shoving knick knacks from the $1 section at Target into my cart. It’s as though they strategically placed them there knowing that I needed them! How nice is that?! Of…

30 Things on my 30th

Well, it happened. I had been waiting 365 days for it to arrive. At first I dreaded it, didn’t want to think, dream, talk about it, especially since I was recovering from the worst case of the flu I’ve ever experienced in my life. Now it is here and I have to say, it sure feels good. One month ago, I turned… The big 3-0 photo: www.iheartlifephotography.com I don’t know what it is, but I feel like…

How to Recreate your First Date

Happy Valentine’s Day! Have any hot, date night plans for tonight?! Brent and I are rekindling some of the heat over dinner at home. I’m aiming to get Ella into bed early tonight so we can enjoy each others company, interruption free, before I need bandaids to hold my eyelids open. In case you are wondering about the bandaids, 9 pm is my usual bedtime and I live with a night owl. Since we’ll be…