It’s not good to keep secrets in the blogging world. I know that. And it’s not so much a secret, so much as it isn’t really my story to tell. But we have more debt than I’ve previously mentioned. Well, had. More precisely, Mr. P had more debt. I wrote a post about how we … [Read more…]
Over the past month, I’ve gone back to clipping coupons. Not “let’s buy free contact solution even though no one wears contacts” couponing. Not “buried under a mountain of Sunday papers” couponing. I’m not even primarily couponing for things I need. I’m couponing for our food pantry.
It’s no secret that saving money, paying off debt, and earning extra income are some of my priorities. I’m fortunate to be in a relationship where Mr. P shares the same values. We certainly haven’t always been on the same page financially, but tying the knot and blending bank accounts certainly helped us work towards … [Read more…]
If you follow me on Twitter, it’s no secret that I hate paying for cable. Yet, in the great compromise* that is marriage, I’ve continued to shell out for cable since those two glorious weeks when we had no TV or Internet at all when we first got married and a certain someone may or … [Read more…]
If you’re looking for a post about a way to devour a 57-ounce dry-aged bone-in rib eye and wash it down with seared Hudson Valley foie gras at Prime Steakhouse while the Bellagio Fountains dance for $10 a person, keep looking. While I won’t promise you big-name chefs and bank-breaking restaurants, I can promise you … [Read more…]
With the new year just days away, now seems like a fitting time to look to the future. Many of the posts on She Picks Up Pennies have had a financial focus this past year. Looking ahead, I plan to continue to pay down debt (we’re shooting for well above the $18k mark for 2016!), … [Read more…]
Mr. P and I are jetting off for a quick trip (hooray for gifting experiences instead of things). While we’re away, thanks to Nate Vickrey for this post on some insights into different job opportunities digital nomads pursue. The rise of the Internet brought us a lot of possibilities. Among them is the opportunity not … [Read more…]
To The Families Who Gave Teachers Gifts, I spent the day before winter break writing your children thank you notes that I am fairly confident you will never see. In fact, they’ve probably already been relinquished to the deep recesses of binders next to permission slips, school calendars, and progress reports or banished to the … [Read more…]
For the past few years, I’ve been tutoring as one of my side hustles. It can be quite lucrative. It can be very fulfilling. It can also be a colossal pain in the patootie. Whenever I think I’ve tightened all the loopholes in terms of cancellations and payments and covered all my bases in terms … [Read more…]
Happy Friday, frugal friends! While I’m busy lovingly planning lessons and instructing scraping kiddos off the ceiling before winter break starts next week, I thought I would do a little flashback Friday action to one of the first posts I wrote on the difference between frugality and cheapness. Where do you land? We’ve all heard it. … [Read more…]