
How To Save Money By Bartering Services
Weddings are expensive, and since the very beginning I knew that I didn’t want to spend anywhere near the national average of $26,000 on...

March Update and April Goals
Our first green smoothie ever… YUM! Hello everyone! I know it’s still March, but it’s the last day so I figured it was fine for me to...

Wedding Update – Up To $20,000
When I first created my wedding budget (back in January of 2013), I wanted to stay under $20,000, and preferably around $10,000 to...

I’m a Lazy Bride and Weekly Update
This past week was a good one, except for two little things. One – Wes hurt his back and couldn’t walk at all, which meant we had to go...

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...

Should You Get a Prenup?
She thinks that he won’t take it the correct way, but she wants to protect herself in case anything were to happen. Does this mean she...

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...

Random Wedding Planning and a RANT
Hey everyone! This is a loooong post just so all of you know. Exactly how long? 1,950 words to be exact. Enjoy! 🙂 Recently, I have been...

Plenty of Wedding Planning and Weekly Update
Not too much happened this weekend for us. We tried to do a little off-roading the other day, but even the park was closed because of the...

How to Ask for Cash Gifts for Your Wedding
Asking for cash gifts for your wedding has to be one of the thorniest issues in the wedding blogosphere. In terms of touchy decisions,...

Our Wedding Plans – We Need Advice
Hey everyone! Today’s post will be all about our wedding. I’m looking for ideas and tips to make sure that I am not missing anything....

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...

How Much Was Your Wedding?
This is W’s Grandma’s – Where we are having our wedding. Hey everyone! Happy Friday. I’m out enjoying #FinCon13 and it’s a lot of fun. ...

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...

August Goals and Life – Wedding Dress Picture Too!
The dress was in “oatmeal” when I tried it on but will be white when it arrives. Hey everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend, and...

How to Set a Wedding Budget – Part 1
In fact, a wedding budget is probably barely mentioned at all by most people. That said, if you don’t want to start out life as a...

Engagement Photos
We had our engagement photos done last month. We went to Laura Ann Miller Photography and she was awesome. We went to the same college...

More Minimalist Confessions – Wedding Edition
Today’s post is by my lovely staff writer Jordann. She is getting married this week! I haven’t been a very good minimalist lately. It’s...


















