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COVID-19

That Isn’t Very FI…or Is It?

September 8, 2020 by Penny 12 Comments

Let’s not sugarcoat this. The pandemic pushed me back onto Facebook. Said another way, I logged onto Facebook on purpose. Repeatedly. In an effort to not totally regret my pandemic-induced poor decision making, I also started hanging out in more personal finance groups. I don’t regret that particular decision. In fact, there’s plenty of knowledge … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Wonder Tagged: COVID-19, education, FI, financial freedom, financial independence, leave, teaching

What Free & Frugal Fun with a Toddler Looks Like Lately

May 25, 2020 by Penny 6 Comments
Free Frugal Fun Toddler Lockdown Edition

To say that this hasn’t been the spring we imagined is an understatement. Our usual free and frugal fun adventures are comprised of library visits, playground adventures, and children’s museum explorations. So when the pandemic and subsequent lockdown more or less shook the Etch-a-Sketch of options clean, we had to rethink what free and frugal … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Save Tagged: COVID-19, family money, frugal, frugal fun, toddler, toddler money

Rethinking Goals in 100 Days & A Giveaway!

May 18, 2020 by Penny 30 Comments
Rethinking Goals in 100 Days and a Giveaway

To say it’s been quite the year is an understatement. And we’re not quite halfway done! I recently heard someone joke that all of us got our 2015 five-year plans wrong. Isn’t that the truth? I don’t think any of us are strangers to curve balls, but what happens when the whole season is cancelled? … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: book, Christmas fund, COVID-19, goal setting, pandemic, sinking fund

Getting an American Airlines Refund and Wondering What’s Next

May 11, 2020 by Penny 11 Comments
How We Got an American Airline Refund COVID 19

When the pandemic hit, we stopped vacation planning, but we already had our air travel booked for this summer. That meant that I was going to try to do the unthinkable: get my money back from an airline. I honestly never expected that it would happen. But this past week, we got our moolah back! … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan, Save Tagged: American Airlines, Coronavirus, COVID-19, refund, travel

Stimulus Check Spending – What We’ve Done With Our Check So Far

May 4, 2020 by Penny 10 Comments
Stimulus Check Spending Update 1

How fast can I spend $1200? How fast can we spend $2400? In my mind, I can spend that money in a blink. (In a past life, I probably could have, too, on shoes alone!) But it turns out that we have only spent a fraction of our stimulus check so far. Personal finance is … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: charitable giving, charity, COVID-19, freelancing, home repair, stimulus check

Everything I Bought My Toddler During Quarantine So Far + Free Toddler Fun

April 27, 2020 by Penny 3 Comments

If you’re not a stranger to the blog, you probably already know this about me. When I’m stressed, I shop. The same is true for just about any other emotion, too. There’s a lot of talk about the endorphin rush and all the other science-y explanations for why people impulse shop. And those things are … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Make, Spend Tagged: COVID-19, crafts, DIY, family, impulse buy, money diary, quarantine, self isolation, toddler, toddler crafts, toddler money, toddler money diary

5 Ways I Saved & Earned: Week 5 – COVID-19 Edition

April 13, 2020 by Penny 2 Comments
Saving with Gardening during COVID 19

I haven’t done one of these saved and earned recaps in a while. Why? Because I somehow seem to be one of the only people in the universe whose spending isn’t dramatically less during COVID. Why is staying home so expensive? OK. It could have something to do with the fact that just this morning … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Make, Save Tagged: apps, COVID-19, education, gardening, grocery shopping, meal planning, receipts, remote learning, teaching

When Your Money Goals Feel Like an April Fool’s Joke

April 1, 2020 by Penny 4 Comments

I’m not going to lie. I’m not even sure when I lost sight of my goals this quarter, but I do know that by the time March 31 rolled around, those goals were the last thing on my mind. The fact that I was truly worried about trying to get more sleep and save money … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: COVID-19, failure, goals, pivot, saving, spending, teaching

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