by Libby Balke | Having Fun, Travel
I know this blog is supposed to be about personal finance, but I just got back from visiting London – my first trip to Europe! – and my mind is still swimming in all the wonderful things I got to see and do. For years, I’ve been an armchair traveler,...
by Libby Balke | Having Fun, Travel
I’m usually a tightwad. I’ve been called frugal, cheap, thrifty, and every shade of grey in between. 99 percent of the time, I’m so frugal that I forget to have fun with what my husband and I have earned. So when Crystal from Budgeting In The Fun...
by Libby Balke | Having Fun
I don’t know about you, but when I think of summer, I think of swimming. I think of scorching hot afternoons spent floating in the crisp coolness of a pool, and I feel the tension melting away. Swimming and summer are definitely synonymous in my book. Now that...
by Andi B. | Having Fun, I Am So Cheap, Miscellaneous, Saving Money, Technology
by Andi B.Thank you to Free Money Finance for hosting the Festival of Frugality and featuring this post!Yes, you read that right. My husband finagled a PS3 for a grand total of $117. Last year, our anniversary present to each other was an Xbox360. We bought the 360 in...
by Andi B. | Having Fun, Health and Wellness, Personal, Stress
by Andi B.Yesterday as I was taking my husband to work “bright and ugly,” I grumbled my usual, “Nothing good happens at 5:30 in the morning.” Then in a rare moment of thought not centered on my own life, I thought of the people headed up the...