I’m straight killing it in the kitchen these days! I certainly still don’t consider myself a cooking aficionado but I have cooked twice in the past week, so…maybe I AM an aficionado. All my meals have been wonderfully frugal too. I’m focusing on using what I already have in my house to create meals these […]
Smart or Dumb: The Decision is In!
I recently asked y’all if changing my blogs name and moving the content to a new blog was smart or dumb. I was feeling like my complete name is actually not such a great idea for a personal finance specific blog. As I have other writing interests and want to grow my portfolio in those […]
Smart or Dumb: Changing My Blog’s Name
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 […]
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 […]
Stupid Things I have Done to Save Money
I like to consider myself a savvy frugal person but, I can admit it’s been a long road to get here. I have made lots of weird decisions with my spending money, no doubt about it. I think I’ve made even weirder (and dumber) decisions to try and save money. I thought I’d make a […]
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 […]
So What’s Next?
Now that I’m all debt free and have celebrated all over the great state of Texas you may be asking yourself “What’s this blog gonna be all about, if not Kara’s desperate and rather single minded sprint towards debt freedom? What does she have left to say? Will there still be catering leftovers?!” And perhaps […]
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?
I am DEBT FREE!
It happened! It came! It’s real! I am debt free! I’ve known it was going to happen this week for a little while now. I was just waiting on a payment to come through my account. Yesterday morning it did and so I made my final student loan payment!
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 […]