Welcome back for another round of Smart or Dumb! Smart or Dumb is a series here where I present a financial question I have to my readers. I’ll present the question and you dear readers, must choose definitively one side, Smart or Dumb. You can’t waffle in between or play the devil’s advocate. You pick and […]
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Actually Cooking For Once: A Frugal Meal
God knows I am not a born cook. My interest in food stems from eating it, not assembling it. I don’t care to try out recipies or to just go into the kitchen and ‘throw something together’ for a meal. In my perfect culinary world, a delicious and nutritious meal would magically appear on my […]
It’s Been Six Months With No Clothes Shopping- But That’s About to Change
Earlier this year I made a pledge to go a year without buying clothes. Six months in, that has been an incredibly pledge easy to keep. I dislike clothes shopping and I don’t have a personal interest in fashion. I don’t spend my free time browsing clothing sites or at the mall. I’m also lucky […]
A Weekend of Debt Free Celebration!
Sorry to go MIA everyone, but as you might have heard, I paid off all my debt recently. And boy oh boy, did I celebrate! Look at those numbers up there, how could I NOT celebrate? KaraKara Perez is the original founder of From Frugal To Free. She is a money expert, speaker and founder […]
Debt Payoff- May Update
May has come and practically gone. It was a truly rainy month here in Austin. While rain is normally a welcome thing in our drought ridden part of the country, we’ve experienced some extreme flooding and all the damages that come with that. It’s a tough time for many here in Central Texas. If you […]
How Technology Smoothed My Way Into the Personal Finance World
It’s a techy world out there nowadays, no matter what line of work you’re in. There’s an app for everything, people use phones to pay for purchases and every business needs to be on Facebook and Twitter. Bonus points if they use Instagram. You can 3D print things right into existence, self driving cars are […]
I Think I have an Exact Debt Freedom Date
I have some very exciting news today y’all. It almost doesn’t seem real. After months of working my butt off, sending every spare dollar towards my debt and just dreaming of the day that I would be debt free, I think that day is in site. After some careful debt payments calculations (one of my […]
Back in Action!
Hi y’all! I bet you thought I’d forgotten you. Never fear! I’m back from vacation, I’m starting a new schedule and I’m ready to be blogging again. I’m playing catch-up with my nonprofit job but you can expect a San Diego recap tomorrow. I’ve also got exciting debt news, job news and some lifestyle hopes […]
Off to San Diego Tomorrow!
The time has arrived! I head off to San Diego at 7am tomorrow morning (woof, early flight). I’m excited and a little nervous. I really want to enjoy my time away and with my besties but I also want to remain true to my budget. I only have $2,400 left on my loans and come […]
Smart or Dumb: The Decision is In!
A few days ago I asked the second question in my ‘Smart or Dumb’ series. I was torn between using some of my emergency fund cash ($1000) to help pay off my remaining debt this month. I’ve been carrying debt since 2011 and I am only $2,700 away from being debt free. As any reader of […]