Saving for life’s important moments and priorities don’t need to be complicated. In fact, it can be easy… especially when you have an app at your fingertips that makes the process simple and fun. One of the most crucial elements in saving money is giving that
If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or pressured about your wedding plans or your wedding budget, read this post where we share FIVE wedding planning truths to save your sanity.
It can be a blessing to foot the vast majority of your wedding bills yourself. Not only will you learn valuable money lessons along the way, but you’ll also start your marriage off on the right financial footing!
Creating your wedding budget is the key first step to planning an event you can actually afford! Learn more about how to get started setting your wedding budget.
It’s one thing to set a wedding budget, but it’s another thing completely to STICK TO IT! Setting the budget is actually the easy part… and I make it even easier in my book, where I share how to look at your personal finances and monthly
Hi there When trying to decide on a topic for my first post, I am not sure why, but color scheme spoke to me. More specifically, how not to get trapped in a “color scheme.” I mean, whoever said that you had to select strictly one to
via Every aspect of a wedding can cost a pretty penny, thankfully there are ways around almost all of the costs. Depending on your location, you can get great deals on previously used wedding items. It can take some time to find exactly what you are
Hi guys! A while back I told you all about the mini meltdown I had while looking for a venue for our May 2014 wedding. My search came to a screeching halt when I found the Olmsted of Atlanta. (Editor’s note: the Olmsted has closed its
Trying to find fresh flowers around Christmas can be a challenge. Also I have a hard time spending $50 on a boutonniere that will die the next day. So instead of fighting it, I embraced the festive atmosphere and decided to make my boutonnieres Christmas themed!
So I’d been meaning to sit down and actually go over the budget we’ve been working with and see how we were doing with things. Some things we don’t have to pay for until the day of the wedding while several things we know we will
{source} We are officially into the double digits here in wedding planning world. This may sound strange to most of you in the same planning stages as we are, but I feel like things are starting to finally slow down a little bit. At the beginning
When it comes to planning a wedding, we invest so much time and attention to all the details about that day. We obsess over a dress, and the perfect shoes to match. Then we drive ourselves crazy over party attire, centerpieces, bouquets and boutonnières. It’s a
My engagement ring is fake, and not the fancy lab-created simulated diamonds type that cost nearly as much as a mined diamond; no, it cost my favorite gentleman all of $627, and a large reason for that was because it was set in 14k white gold.
Let’s talk about M-O-N-E-Y. I’m kind of passionate about my finances. Currently on my nightstand is a book by Charles Schwab on investing. I just finished “The Millionaire Next Door.” Heck, if I’m home on a Saturday night, I’m watching “The Suze Orman Show” and I’m
When we started to look at the budget for our wedding, Nick and I wanted to be realistic. We know we’re savvy, but we would hate to set a budget and have to go way above it. It would only make us feel defeated in the
