*This post contains affiliate links* In many ways, these weekly posts are an update on my life in a pandemic hot zone. In other ways, I treat these posts as a way to remember all the thoughts and emotions and news that passes each week. At any given moment I feel overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, concerned, … More Social Distancing Diaries: Vol. 7
This week I spent a lot of time day dreaming of being outside! … More Social Distancing Diaries: Vol. 6
*This post contains affiliate links* New week, new stay at home orders! This week the governor of New York extended the stay at home order through May 15, this comes after the announcement that NYC school’s will not be going back (and continue with e-learning) through the remainder of the year. Josh and I received … More Social Distancing Diaries: Vol. 5
*This post contains affiliate links* Happy Friday! I keep having these grand visions of working from home, eating healthy meals, and doing something productive with my downtime. In reality, I’m just trying to get through the day and eating sleeves of Oreos. I keep looking at my phone as if its going to tell me … More Social Distancing Diaries: Vol. 4
*This post contains affiliate links* This weekend it really hit me that I don’t want to get this virus. I’ve been trying to combat my own paranoia, but I can’t stop thinking about how this pandemic won’t go away and it seems inevitable that me and Josh will get it just because we live in … More Social Distancing Diaries: Vol. 3
*This post contains affiliate links* Hi friends, how are we holding up? Still feeling anxious? Me too. Let’s get through the bad news first: Josh was officially laid off on Sunday night and he was able to apply for unemployment on Tuesday (so many people are applying that NY state had to separate applications by … More Social Distancing Diaries: Vol. 2
I recently had a discussion with my fiancé on some long term savings goals that we have and I thought I would share some of our discussion and the expected dollar amounts that would end up being. Please note however that a lot of these are mostly my goals (i.e. retirement contribution), but for longer … More Long Term Savings Goals
In the personal finance realm there are a couple of different “winter” themed debt payoff methods, such as Debt Snowball, or Debt Avalanche, where basically you pay down the lowest balance first and then use that previous payment toward your next lowest debt, and so on and so forth. Snowflake method can also be referred to … More Snowflake Saving Method
Or a better title, how long it took to get my $20 payoff! It took 10 months to reach the $20 threshold for redeeming my savings. Is it worth it? The reward took a very long time to see. Part of that reason is because I didn’t want to overspend. I was very conscious that … More My Experience with Ibotta
This time of year is so tempting for me to want to buy-all-the-things! The “sale on sale,” new merchandise, a feeling of general wanting. It’s all part of my problem of shopping. For the most part, I have resisted, but that’s only because I let myself shop one “sale on sale” and make other purchases … More Shopping My Closet
