Me and my bestie in CO For those of you who follow me on Twitter you may have seen a picture or two of my recent road trip. The boy and I hopped in a car for eight days and meandered through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. It was our first trip together (and […]
Personal Finance
Make Money Off Your Hobbies
A buffalo coin (worth $50!) After my delightful clothing swap a few weeks back I found myself with a ton of clothes. The way my clothing swaps work is everyone leaves their clothes and the host disposes of them somehow. Usually people take them to Goodwill and that was part of my plan too. However, […]
Free is All Around Us: Have a Clothing Swap
Snacks for the swap Monday night I hosted my very own clothing swap! I’ve attended a few over the past year but never been the host. I love clothing swaps. They’re a fantastic way to meet people, pick up new clothes for free and spend a few hours in the company of other women. I’m […]
August Recap: Most Expensive Month of the Year
August has been far and away the most expensive moth of the year for me. Even though I have stayed true to my leftover diet and free entertainment I have been hemorrhaging money this month. The hits just keep on coming! KaraKara Perez is the original founder of From Frugal To Free. She is a money expert, […]
Seize The Chance To Make Extra Money
Sitting in to get the lighting right Well, well well. Look who’s back. I know you thought I’d abandoned you but I didn’t, I promise. Last week was a crazy one for me and I just didn’t have the energy to sit down and get out any good posts for y’all. Let me fix that today. […]
An Almost Entirely Free Weekend of Fun
This past weekend was a pretty great one for me. I did a lot of socializing, a lot of eating and spent some time outdoors, which are all favorite things of mine! There was hiking, there was brunch, there was a birthday and the was Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. I spent a ton of time with the boyfriend […]
The Hardest Thing I Work At Is Myself
Long time readers of my site know that I don’t shy away from hard work. I work multiple jobs, sometimes seven days a week. I side hustle like a bamf! If there is something that I want I have no problem working my butt off until I get it. Since September of 2014 I have […]
A New Timeline for My Financial Goals, Part Two
On Wednesday I talked about how I’ve had to re-configure my financial plans for the rest of 2015. I’ve set a rather lofty savings goal for myself of $5,400 for the remainder of the year. It’ll be divided into my IRA account, my long term travel savings and my emergency fund. Since I’m a planner […]
A New Timeline For My Financial Goals, Part One
Way back in June, after I had paid off all my student loan debt and was riding high, I came up with a financial plan for the rest of the year. I wanted to save for my road trip in early September, another road trip in October and max out my IRA all before the […]
On Being Called Cheap
A catering co-worker of mine called me cheap the other day. I guess the first time he said it it was to someone else in our catering company. ‘Kara’s too cheap. It’s getting out of control.’ As we all know, I am a fiend for catering leftovers and getting the most out of my side […]