
Las Vegas Recap: My Most Frugal Trip Ever
We spent most of our time at the pool, and it’s where we probably had the most fun. I’m in the white swimsuit 🙂 I’ve been to Las Vegas a...

Barclaycard Arrival Plus™ World Elite MasterCard® Review – Get $440 For Travel
I plan on using this new credit card for most of our wedding expenses and also for our normal day-to-day expenses. I’m hoping to earn...

How To Enjoy Life Without Going Broke
The items/experiences below are not all free (is anything absolutely free anyways?), but they are ways for you to enjoy life without...

Would You Move To A Completely New Place?
Last year here on Making Sense of Cents, I talked a lot about us buying a new home. However, I’m sure you’ve noticed that we have not...

Are Rewards/Bonus Credit Cards Right For You?
It seems like using credit cards for a reward/bonus is becoming more and more popular. However, is it for everyone? I think there are...

February Goals – Making and Keeping Them
Hey everyone! I found the picture to the left the other day in a photo album. My dad LOVED taking photos and I still remember when we...

Do You Make Excuses For Why You’re Not Following Your Dream?
Many people will make various excuses for why they cannot and why they will not be able to reach their dream. With 2014 very close, you...

St. Thomas and Weekly Update
This is a Pinterest Fail of mine from last year. Hey everyone! I hope all of you had a great weekend. And, I hope all of you have a fun...

How I Paid For A Trip to Ireland With Simple Savings Tricks
Last October, I headed over to Ireland for the first time. I was going with my girlfriend, who back in college decided to take a semester...

Would You Ever Move To A Completely New Place?
I see that some of you are in the planning stages to move to a new city, but then there are some of you (like me) who are making a ton of...

Gulf Shores Recap and Weekly Update
Hey everyone! Happy Monday. This past weekend was nice and relaxing, but the weather was all over the place. It was 16 degrees on...

Where should we travel to?
Now that I’m self-employed, I can pretty much work wherever I want to – I just need my laptop (well, and money). I can manage my business...

What I’m Fine With Spending My Money On
Even though saving money is important, most people do not want to be at the point where money is completely controlling their lives. As I...

How I Plan on Getting $2,500 in Airfare to Las Vegas for CHEAP
EDIT: This trip was amazing. Please check out Las Vegas Recap: My Most Frugal Trip Ever. Since we are going to Vegas, I do want to help...

Self-Employment and $5,382 in Extra Income
The picture to the left is from yesterday when we went for a long drive. We live in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, and drove around in...

Fun Things To Do In St. Louis – FinCon Fun!
Background: As some of you might know, the 2013 Financial Blogger Conference starts on October 17 (one month to go!). I am very excited,...

What’s Stopping You From Living Your Dream?
The other day I noticed that a lot of blogs participated in a blog hop about what they would do with their time if they had 3 months to...

New Orleans Recap – Cost and Pictures!
I slept for probably 12 to 15 hours each day. It was a sleep vacation for me… Also, nothing in this post was sponsored, I only included...

How to Manage a Side Business While Traveling
One of the greatest benefits of making online is that you can do it from anywhere. You don’t have to remain in one location. You can move...


















