Recently my husband and I took our second trip to Key West, Florida. The trip got me thinking about what we did to keep a budget and how to travel cheap while on vacation. I wanted to share a few of my tips from our recent trip in the hopes they might save you some […]

A while back I wrote a post with 20 ways to stop spending money. I actually had 35 ways to share but I didn’t want to overwhelm anyone. Today I’m sharing those other 15 ways to save to help you live more frugally, eco-friendly and have more money to spend in ways that fuel your […]

Has anyone ever told you running is a low-cost sport? I agree and disagree with this statement. Running starts as a frugal sport but most runners eventually find themselves wanting a challenge. This challenge often takes the form of running their first 5K race. I was there myself, back in 2008. Completing your first race […]

When I moved from Fort Wayne, Indiana to Cleveland, Ohio in 2011 I was a little shocked by the price of zen. While both cities are in the Midwest, where I was living in Indiana had a particularly low cost of living. In retrospect, I was a little spoiled, only paying about $7 per class, when […]