It has officially been two months since I started “really” budgeting. Back in August, I wrote a post talking about budgeting and I mentioned a few of the budgeting options that are out there. I mentioned YNAB, Mint, Wallet, EveryDollar, and HoneyFi and at the time of writing the post, I was working my way […]
It may partly be due the fact that I am currently income-less and am harboring quite a bit of anxiety surrounding that fact, but I have been very interested in budgeting, saving, and organizing money for the last few weeks. If you have been reading this blog for a long time, you know that when […]
Today I’m here to talk about one of my favorite subjects, money, and how to save it 馃槈 The idea for this post came to me when I was listening to the Best of Both Worlds podcast and they were discussing money and spending habits and I thought it would be an interesting topic to […]
Moving to Madrid is exciting and new and bold and…expensive. Granted, Madrid is cheaper than many US cities, but the cost of living is going up, up up, especially when you throw in all your travel plans, time for going out, and your desire to live in the city center. One of the best ways to make […]
Ooooof, this month was a scary one in terms of spending. The good news is that most of it was on current and future travel plans. The bad news is that I still spent a *#$@ ton of money. But somehow my bank account isn’t completely empty, so let’s go with that. For memory’s sake, […]
My brother and I spent 2.5 great days in Barcelona, enjoyed a lot of the incredible sites, and did it all relatively inexpensively. Here is what we did: Day One Stroll La Rambla, admiring the sites, shops, and hoards of people. Stop along the way for some incredible fruit cups or (overly sweet) 1 Euro […]
SO. 聽I am officially down to 299 Euros in my Spanish bank account. (I wrote this one week ago…I am actually officially down to 53 Euros but who’s counting?) 聽Don’t ask me how it happened because I’ll literally look at my hands like a little kid looks at their hands if you take a toy […]
You may or may not remember, but back in January, I wrote some “resolutions” for the New Year.聽 One of those resolutions was to start budgeting my money. This is one that I have really been focusing on this year, and it’s been paying off!聽 [Pun intended]. I have never been a huge spender.聽 I’m […]