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Celebrating Your Money Wins – Volume 21

August 21, 2019 by Penny 2 Comments
Summer Money Wins Carnival Fund

Summer might be winding down, but money wins are still going strong. As far as us personally, we are celebrating a huge debt payoff milestone, but the personal money win that I want to celebrate today is actually a lot less flashy.  My husband and I sat down and brainstormed some of the different things … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Celebrate Tagged: accounts, community, consumerism, Fidelity, garden, gardening, investing, money wins, recycle, relationships, reuse, Vanguard

More April Fools’ Day Money Truths

April 1, 2019 by Penny 8 Comments
April Fools Money Truths I Swear

I opened a Vanguard account almost five years ago. Somehow, I managed to land $0.07 in the settlement money market fund. I still don’t know how I did it, and just the other week, it disappeared. April Fools! It is April 1st, but that’s actually the god’s honest truth. My initial instinct was to figure … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: credit, investing, jokes, personal finance, rebate, refund, Vanguard

Share Your Struggles, Not Just Your Successes

September 17, 2018 by Penny 32 Comments

Last week, I saw a mom at a distance walking with a toddler, a dog, and a toddler push car as I drove home from work. My heart melted. I smiled at the scene. My son has the same car. In fact, I was headed home so that I could become that mom—sans dog—in a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Wonder Tagged: debt, investing, memory, motherhood, roth IRA, stock market, storytelling, success, Vanguard

Am I Making Room for My Priorities?

May 14, 2018 by Penny 13 Comments

I’m not sure what it is about time. Some moments, it feels like it’s crawling. Then, all of a sudden, you blink and almost half the year is gone. I started off the year with good intentions. Scratch that. I started with priorities. Rather than worry about where I’m headed or how far I still … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: decluttering, goals, investing, priorities. Poshmark, Roth IRAs, Roths, selling, Vanguard

Why I’m Glad I Disagree with My Dad About Money

April 25, 2018 by Penny 13 Comments

My dad and I talk about money fairly regularly. As a money blogger, this is probably par for the course. Except my parents still don’t know about this blog. Not exactly anyway. For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you’ll recall that my husband let the cat out of the bag last fall … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Wonder Tagged: fiduciaries, fiduciary, investment fees, investments, life insurance, saving, spending, term life, term life insurance, Vanguard, whole life, whole life insurance

I Make Money Online & And You Can, Too!

August 21, 2017 by Penny 8 Comments

Spoiler alert: I make money online a lot of ways. Blogging isn’t currently one of them. That’s right. I’m writing a post about how to make money online, and I’m not encouraging you to start your own blog (though I’ll gladly add yours to my reading list if you do!). Instead, I wanted to shed … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Invest, Make Tagged: Ebates, invest, investing, Poshmark, selling, Target Retirement Fund, Vanguard

Debt & Investing: Which Path Do You Choose?

February 22, 2017 by Penny 24 Comments

I don’t set goals. But I do get set in my ways. Since I’m so charming, it all works out. Right? Riiiiight. For more than the past year, we have implemented the exact same approach to paying down debt and investing–do both as well as we can. And it’s working. But I also wonder if … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Save Tagged: debt, debt payoff, investing, mortgage, roth, Vanguard

Savings Advice for Windfall Season

February 8, 2017 by Penny 34 Comments

Windfall season is upon us! Extra paycheck month and tax time are both nearly here. Of course, I know I’m not actually coming into any money that isn’t already mine. In fact, if I wanted to go all Debbie Downer on you, I’d point out the fact that this is actually money I’ve already earned, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Save Tagged: baby, extra paycheck, future, planning, roth, roth IRA, savings, tax refund, tax return, Vanguard

3 Investment Mistakes I’m Trying to Fix

June 20, 2016 by Penny 24 Comments

Since this is a post on investments, let’s get the platitudes out of the way: You’re in it for the long-haul. Look at the market’s performance over time. It’s just a bump in the road. That many Bogleheads can’t be wrong. This also isn’t going to be a post about how my dividends are now … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Invest Tagged: FIRE, investing, retirement, roth IRA, savings, Vanguard

Betterment, Wealthfront, or None of the Above

May 2, 2016 by Penny 15 Comments

Earlier in the year, I set the goal of opening a taxable investment account by my birthday. I was spending a lot of time researching Betterment and Wealthfront. It seemed like robo-investors were a pretty painless way to up my fairly pathetic investment game. Now that thirty has come and gone, here’s where things stand … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Invest Tagged: Betterment, IRA, roth, savings, Vanguard, Wealthfront

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