Liquidate Your Past and Invest in Your Future
Please note: If you are my ex and are reading this, then it is not your jewelry I pawned! Ever since being engaged (we are E+ two weeks now, as my fiancée likes to keep track of time after the big day), I have had this consuming desire within me to organize, de-clutter and simplify [...]
From Wedding World Back into Reality
Registries, gowns, the best cuts of meat, champagne, and the finest sheets with high thread counts: weddings are a far cry from reality. Everything is delicate, brilliant, and made to be consumed as if it were the last you would ever experience in your entire life. Weddings are so different from weeknights with leftover meals [...]
Possum Living: A Book and Honeymoon Review
I wake up in between a set of sheets so old and worn from washing (the thread count must be around 27 at this moment) that I might as well be lying on the 20-year old mattress below. There is no heat in this cabin, and so we’ve taken two sleeping bags leftover from when [...]
Wedding Shoes Drama: How Much is a Fair Discount for Imperfect Merchandise?
Most of the planning for our wedding occurred ahead of schedule. Our honeymoon is fully booked, I have my gown, our location, caterer, and photographer, our flowers and cake are picked out, and everything seems to be falling into place. But I found myself four days away from flying up to PA where, among other [...]
How to Save Money on Your Wedding—Part I
According to Bridal Bargains and various other sources, the average 150-guest wedding in the United States costs around $30,000!! Ofcourse, this number is an average, so it includes the million dollar weddings as well as weddings that are $500 (as pointed out by the authors of Bridal Bargain). But based on this average, where is [...]
Honeymoon Savings Goal: September Update
October is here, and it’s time to update my honeymoon savings goal! If you remember, I started off with $779 at the beginning of September. Now we are at $931. Here is the breakdown: $10 from a gas rebate $30 from another rebate (although I cannot remember what this check was for! $75 from our [...]
Combining Finances
Having ‘the financial talk’ with your future spouse or live-in boyfriend/girlfriend can be a bit overwhelming depending upon how much you do or do not know about each other’s finances (see photo below—actually taken during our conversation! I thought it was too funny and dramatic not to include). But with rather large upcoming expenses (buying [...]
I have Joined the Yakezie Challenge!
