31 Days { Early Start on Christmas Gift Guide}

Let’s talk about one of my favorite topics- Christmas! Although October may not seem like the ideal time to start Christmas shopping, I love shopping year -round to get the best deals on gifts, and not have to spend a ton of money all in the month of December. Since we already established that carrying […]

{31 Days} Shopping the Clearance Racks

I know I said this earlier, but October is just flying by! I hope you’ve been enjoying the posts on Financial Savvy- I’ve enjoyed remembering the creative ways we’ve saved money, plus I’m thinking of new ways! I wrote last week on “The Goodness of Goodwill,” but today, my outfit came from major retailers, minus […]

{Giveaway} The Total Money Makeover

I’ve loved sharing tips each day on how our family saves money. One of the best books I’ve read on the topic is Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover. He basically brings to light how many Americans have the wrong perception of money and debt. He walks the reader through “7 Baby Steps” that will help […]

31 Days of Financial Savvy

Goodness, can you believe October is tomorrow already? Hard to believe my littlest guy will be one next month. NEXT MONTH! Crazy talk. In case you forgot what he looks like, here he is! Pretty cute, huh? (I have identical pictures of all 4 kids like this. And when I say identical, I mean identical. […]

Mama Blogs {31 Days of All Things Children: Day 24}

There are so many other great parenting blogs out there that I love to read when I have time, which is definitely decreasing.  (especially since I am trying to have more discipline!) I would love to share some of them with you. I don’t read this blog often, but I ran across this post about “tricky […]

Need Discipline? {31 Days of All Things Children Day 23}

  I have mentioned before that finding time to do things when having children takes lots of organization and discipline, something which doesn’t come naturally for me.  My inclination is to sort of take each day as it comes and not have a grand plan. I am not irresponsible, just a little on the relaxed […]

Yum