Article Roundup – I’m Back from Austria Edition

Hello Everyone! Well, we are back in the U.S. What a refreshing time off, and a great honeymoon in a gorgeous location. Some of the highlights of our trip include: a trip into the Bavarian Alps (we were right down from Eagle’s Nest, a home built for Hitler…eerie), weiner schnitzel and apple streudel, walks and [...]

What are Your Thanksgiving Plans? It’s Off to Austria For Us

Remember when we had our bags packed and were ready to go to Europe to honeymoon for two weeks? We were like those two kids on the Disney commercial who pack their bags late at night in anticipation of the magic to come. Well, several days before our honeymoon a volcano in Iceland erupted, sending [...]

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 [...]

How to Save Money on Your Wedding—Part II

Check Out: How to Save Money on Your Wedding Part I.   Our wedding was on April 17, 2010, and we were thrilled with the results. 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 Bargains): Music/DJ for [...]

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 [...]

One of the Luxuries Money Can Buy: Sanity

For those of you who have never had a wedding, let me explain the mindset that I am in. Our wedding is less than two weeks away, and while all of the large details are taken cared of, there are about 30 smaller details still left. These details include anything from tux pickup, marriage license, [...]

Honeymoon Savings Goal: March and Final Tally

Since September of 2009, I made a goal to put $2500 into savings to be used for our honeymoon using as little of our own 9-5 paycheck money as possible. I am happy to report, just 22 days away from leaving on our honeymoon, that we have succeeded in doing this. We thought outside of the box, and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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