Honeymoon Savings Goal Update: February
Our honeymoon is getting awfully close. I set a goal starting last September to raise $2500 for our honeymoon with taking as little money as possible out of paychecks to do so (instead using bank offers, rebates, side income, etc.)…and as of last month we were at $1670. In other words…another $830 still to save! [...]
How to Save Money on Your Wedding—Part II
The first article in this series is available here.
Our wedding is quickly approaching; we are getting married on April 17th, 2010, which is only two months away! Here are some additional ways we have managed to save money on our wedding (remember from the first article that average costs are from the book Bridal [...]
Honeymoon Savings Goal Update: January
Hello Everyone! We were able to add $301.99 to our honeymoon savings goal this month, bringing the total to $1,670.78 (check out progress bar in right hand column). The breakdown is below:
$121 from ING Checking Account Opening Bonus
$120 from Freelance Writing Income
$11 Hasbro Rebate
$9.99 Oil of Olay Bodywash Rebate
$10 Gas Rebate
$30 Carpooling
How are you doing [...]
December Savings Goal Update: Honeymoon
Hello Frugal Confessions Readers!
If you check out the progress bar for paying cash for our honeymoon, you will see that we are now at 54% of our goal! While that is wonderful…I realized the other day that our honeymoon is just three and a half months away. Needless to say, we need to get moving.
We [...]
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 [...]
Savings Goal Update: Pay Cash for Honeymoon
Hello Everyone!
I am pleased to report that we were able to add $115 to our savings goal of paying cash for our honeymoon in April 2010. This brings us to over 41% towards our goal of $2,500! The $115 was from freelance writing income.
How are you all doing with your savings goal? What are you [...]
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 engagement party
$27 from [...]
Savings Goal: Honeymoon
My fiancée and I think big when it comes to travel. In fact, we met one another in Japan while I was traveling abroad as a student to study for a semester, and he was stationed in Yokosuka as a cryptologist in the Navy. This was after I had finished a tour in London, and [...]
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 every [...]
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 [...]
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